This was taken on my second ever learning photoshoot

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any comments on how to improve or what you think on these images would be greatful

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and this one
 
Eye contact is the main thing missing.
 
Personally I don't think that eye contact is so important here. The key thing is the girls are all looking at the same thing. Their expressions are enchanting and then exposure works well on the background. You should be proud of yourself for such a beautiful shot.
 
Yellowbelly said:
Personally I don't think that eye contact is so important here. The key thing is the girls are all looking at the same thing. Their expressions are enchanting and then exposure works well on the background. You should be proud of yourself for such a beautiful shot.
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Thank you x
 
It's a very nice shot Kelly. Eye contact isn't always needed and is fine on some shots. The girls are all looking at the same thing so it engages the viewer wondering what they might have been looking at. Nicely lit and exposed.

The only thing that would concern me, which I've learnt in doing my first shoots for people over the last few weeks, is the aspect ratio of the image. I included a triptych in a set i did for someone and they turned up on my doorstep a week later saying 'The man at Asda couldn't print it on a 7x5. It's too long!' I patiently explained that it was just to show what the three images, included on the disc, might look like displayed together and the idea was that she would have the three images printed and display them in a frame. :-)

It's worth remembering that, unless you are providing custom print services, that people are likely to go down to the local supermarket and get some printed so it's a good idea to provide your images in a cropped to a commonly used aspect ratio.

Lovely shot though, you should be happy with it. Hope the reshoot you did went well.
 
mikeplow1961 said:
It's a very nice shot Kelly. Eye contact isn't always needed and is fine on some shots. The girls are all looking at the same thing so it engages the viewer wondering what they might have been looking at. Nicely lit and exposed.

The only thing that would concern me, which I've learnt in doing my first shoots for people over the last few weeks, is the aspect ratio of the image. I included a triptych in a set i did for someone and they turned up on my doorstep a week later saying 'The man at Asda couldn't print it on a 7x5. It's too long!' I patiently explained that it was just to show what the three images, included on the disc, might look like displayed together and the idea was that she would have the three images printed and display them in a frame. :-)

It's worth remembering that, unless you are providing custom print services, that people are likely to go down to the local supermarket and get some printed so it's a good idea to provide your images in a cropped to a commonly used aspect ratio.

Lovely shot though, you should be happy with it. Hope the reshoot you did went well.
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Yeah I get what you mean about sizes, it's hard to save at a particular size as you don't know what they want them printed out as! Xx
 
Kelly very well done! I really like the one of the girls! There is so much to learn but you are doing great!

Cathy
 
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Beautiful girls captured their expressions nicely :)

A nice pose I used to do in my old job is to sit them in a train.....
Tallest to smallest, facing their bodies to left or right, then sitting in between each others legs, then get the girls to turn their bodies to face you, making sure they are looking at you if you can, or off to the side a little maybe.
The girls would be sat close together that way, you could shoot fuller body and head and and shoulder shots.
Another idea maybe the two smallest back to back, then turn to face u, with bigger child kneeling behind, so the pose in triangle shaped.

I have not done portraits to this extent yet as just starting up but having this experience with poses with last job has helped me so much.
I was trained to pose the children and take pics, all studio set ups were pre determined and the camera settings too, then posing and what they called 'childs play' for getting the attention of the child/ren.

Hope this helps :)
 
I think that you captured the little boy beautifully :)

It reminded me of the work I used to do.
 
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The exposure is nice, but the composition is unevenly tight around the edges. Numbering the girls from left-to-right. 1 is very close to the edge of the frame to the side, 3 is cropped very tight to the head at the top but the gap to the right is far greater than for girl 1 to the left.

The creases and folds in the background are quite obvious and leave the background uneven. More distance between the girls and the background would have helped. I'm going to hazard a guess and say that the room available was a lot smaller than you'd have liked.

On the colour splash version, I think you may have missed the focus. The focus on the cuff of his trousers (right-hand side) is significantly sharper than that on his eyes.

Good work though on getting the expressions. I just can't get a natural look with some children.
 
Alastair said:
The exposure is nice, but the composition is unevenly tight around the edges. Numbering the girls from left-to-right. 1 is very close to the edge of the frame to the side, 3 is cropped very tight to the head at the top but the gap to the right is far greater than for girl 1 to the left. The creases and folds in the background are quite obvious and leave the background uneven. More distance between the girls and the background would have helped. I'm going to hazard a guess and say that the room available was a lot smaller than you'd have liked. On the colour splash version, I think you may have missed the focus. The focus on the cuff of his trousers (right-hand side) is significantly sharper than that on his eyes. Good work though on getting the expressions. I just can't get a natural look with some children.
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Thank you for the comments, your hazard guess was correct the room was tiny. I get what you mean about focus on the boy.

I had 3 people standing behind me with bubbles, toys and sweets bribing I find it works sometimes :)
 
Three people? :shake:

Diminishing returns. Your aim is to get (or fake) a connection with the camera, if you can't do that whilst shooting, one shiny object (toys sweets etc) can be used, but the aim is to get attention and then use it to guide the child to look at the camera.

'In the general direction' isn't really a good enough aim, and having lots of people vying for attention is making your life harder not easier.
 
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