Home Studio - Beginner

Hi,

We have had the 1 year old birthday for my daughter and it has gone well with our mini studio setup

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The image here is non edited and very pleased with it to be honest.
 
Well, there you go - single light portrait, simple and effective. Maybe put the flash just a bit higher next time.
 
Well done Arif :thumbs:

I would just say, think how different that would look if everyone was wearing brighter colours? The first rule is the get the subject looking as good as possible - that's what makes the picture. The technical stuff is secondary, and with a bit of practise, should be taken for granted :)
 
@HoppyUK @Garry Edwards

Thanks! I am a novice :-D I am happy with the results as I had loads of other pictures with family too so your help and feedback is priceless - We ended up using 2 lights however one had the softbox and then other was using an umbrella to eliminate the shade caused by us standing to the right. I will take the tip in clothes to mind in future, didn't really think about that. For my first home studio shoot, very pleased. Again cannot thank you all who have responded with feedback, much appreciated. I now know where to turn if I have any issues ;-)
 
Hi. New here. As for the first shot, it turned out being very good. When I turned on my first two lights, I was desperate for a while :-) I might have one suggestion though - don't fear the light! For my tastes, it is a bit underexposed. Or put it in other words - a bit of the PP (post processing) would be handy. Not sure what SW do you use, but restoring a bit of a tonality moving few sliders in LR (Lightroom) might do some wonders. Some ppl do use so called dodge & burn techniques, which is nothing more, than just selectively brightening/darkening parts of photo. Sometimes just round/oval vignettes are enough. There is also nice PS (Photoshop) plugin, called Viveza (Nik collection, now owned by Google), which might help here, or on1 software (which we use, that's why I mention it here).

During my workshop, I showed the audience, how even under 3 min edit, might create a visual difference. Here's one of such shots:

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- corrected a tonality, increased colors, brushed in some more light light to the face, applied a vignette in the end.

OK, so - just don't worry - there are ppl, who do PP a lot, and hence their images from studio is just half-made material, which is later often turned into something not looking like an original photographs. But I prefer those, who know few bits about the lightning and try to use it effectively. Ideally, it is best to combine both worlds :-)

Cheers,
-pekr-
 
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