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So, I took my little one along for a studio session a few weeks back and looking at the images after printing we've spotted a few things with some of the images.

If you look at the section of the picture below that I've marked in a square you'll see that sections of the flooring look a different shade to rest of the floor/background. It's a similar colour to the shadow but it's not the right shape to be a shadow. Any ideas as to what this is?... uneven lighting? uneven flooring?

Comments would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Looks like they were using vinyl and it rucked up.

2 min retouch. Plus I'm surprised that pic isn't presented portrait format.
 
There is quite a lot of reflection from the vinyl as can be seen from your Son and toy...was there perspex on top of the vinyl to create this effect?? if so, it may be a reflection from something else in the studio caused by say a hair light which he has retouched (not very well) or as others have said creases in the vinyl he has tried to remove....and would probably show up when printed out.
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scottthehat said:
i would have thought that this would be hardly noticable in print.
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When you have large areas of a single tone then other muddy areas, it's very evident in a print.

This is a 20 second edit to fix though. Speak to the photographer in question and ask for that to be done - he should not be presenting images without having done a basic edit.

i have no problem with the landscape format though - I like the use of negative space in images.
 
EOS_JD said:
When you have large areas of a single tone then other muddy areas, it's very evident in a print.

This is a 20 second edit to fix though. Speak to the photographer in question and ask for that to be done - he should not be presenting images without having done a basic edit.

i have no problem with the landscape format though - I like the use of negative space in images.
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It's very noticeable in print. That's when I really spotted it tbh. I actually done most of the edits myself because the photographer done them as a favour, and for free, so I just took the images straight from his card on the day.

I've fixed it now but it was more of a "where has this come from, light or wrinkled flooring".

I kept the negative space as I'm a big fan of that type of image.

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This is pretty normal to be honest. When I shoot images the floor is very grey! I use a white vinyl and a lastolite hilite. it's really just about the level of light and I need two more lights (in addition to the three I use) to get it looking right. Could be small chink in the floor causing small shadows to appear and/or the light just not hitting the floor quite right but not a major issue.

As you took the files from him with no editing, I would not really blame the tog for this. Most very small studios or home studios will need to tweak these things.
 
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EOS_JD said:
This is pretty normal to be honest. When I shoot images the floor is very grey! I use a white vinyl and a lastolite hilite. it's really just about the level of light and I need two more lights (in addition to the three I use) to get it looking right. Could be small chink in the floor causing small shadows to appear and/or the light just not hitting the floor quite right but not a major issue.

As you took the files from him with no editing, I would not really blame the tog for this. Most very small studios or home studios will need to tweak these things.
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That's useful to know.

Don't get me wrong, this wasn't a "look at what this photographer did" rant, it was more of a "hmmm, what's causing this".
 
Happens to me all the time with small creases on the white vinyl.
If you put too much light on the front you are in danger of blowing the subject with the reflection, far easier with a brush in photoshop using a 255 255 255 sample from the white bits.

You could also use the "replace colour tool" using the eyedropper and get the grey bits to white.
 
Shooting white is tough and unless there's plenty space, light spill and control is always difficult.

the edit you've done is pretty good.
 
I don't like the edit, to me you should have left the natural shadows, his hands and toy look strange now.

I'm also drawn away from his face as it seems over exposed to the rest of the shot, just my opinion though, and I don't know that much :D

Cute shot though.
 
Yes I had a lookon my home calibrated monitor and the image dopes lack a bit of contrast and is slightly over exposed. Not a lot though
 
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