My Kids..........

[b1gdaddy]

My 1st Picture post...... Kerry 7 and David 6 months....

2 - brollys 1 - vivitar 285 & 1 - Sunpak 3600

Pic has lost a bit of sharpness in downsize :(

All comments welcome please

EXIF
010f Make Canon
0110 Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
829a ExposureTime 1/125
829d FNumber 8.0
8822 ExposureProgram 1
8827 ISOSpeedRatings 100
920a FocalLength 50.0

[KaplanMultimedia]

Beautiful kids and a beautiful shot. I assume you were going for a high key effect but IMO, it's a little too overexposed.

[Kevin]

Nice shot, ditto on the overexposed. But none the less nice shot.

[b1gdaddy]

Thanks for comments..glad i shoot raw...any better?

[scotgasch]

that's better...do you mind if I play with it a bit?

[Maureen Souza]

I saw the first photo earlier and boy, am I glad I came back to it. The 2nd edit is much better. Your kids are beautiful and I love how you positioned them for the shot.

[MsTracy]

new here. love the pic, what lighting/setup do you use? At home? I need specs cuz I'm new and would love to do what you have done. Great pic but don't like the 'up the nose' of your girl. But still great shot. perfect of your son...love his hair. my son has curls too and they are tdf.

[SuzyView]

Welcome to you and to Tracy. It's great to see new people all the time because I'm pretty new.

Your first post is wonderful. The adjustment is great. Keep posting. You have beautiful kids.

SuzyView

[b1gdaddy]

"that's better...do you mind if I play with it a bit?"

Go for it :D

"new here. love the pic, what lighting/setup do you use? At home? I need specs cuz I'm new and would love to do what you have done."

Just 2 brollys and 2 flashguns (vivitar & sunpak)........white duvet on floor shot overhead..... shot raw .... EXIF in 1st post

Still playing around myself.....not done much with indoor lighting before so i have a long journey ahead!!!!

"Great pic but don't like the 'up the nose' of your girl. But still great shot. perfect of your son...love his hair. my son has curls too and they are tdf."

I try not to force poses so grab what i can when i can... my kids get bored quickley when dad gets his gear out!:D

Thank You :D

[MsTracy]

I know what you mean about taking what you can get! I take a bunch at first that are 'ok' then hope and pray for better ones. :)
Hope I didn't tick you off w/ my comment...it came out the wrong way I think.
Anyway, what is your setup? I would love to know what all you used to take that picture because I'd like to do the same w/ my kids.

Thanks!
Tracy

[scotgasch]

here we go...

[Maureen Souza]

If you don't mind people playing with your photos, go into your sig and turn on the "Image Editing ok" switch.

There is a lot to be learned from this although some people prefer not to have their photos tampered with.

[b1gdaddy]

I know what you mean about taking what you can get! I take a bunch at first that are 'ok' then hope and pray for better ones. :)
Hope I didn't tick you off w/ my comment...it came out the wrong way I think.
Anyway, what is your setup? I would love to know what all you used to take that picture because I'd like to do the same w/ my kids.

Thanks!
Tracy

No offence taken.....posted expecting good/bad comments all welcome!:)

I used vivitar 285, sunpak 3600, 2-silver brollys 350D with 50mm f1.8.

[b1gdaddy]

"here we go..."

Thanks. I like the soft effect.

[qellerpen]

here we go...

Love the work, can you explain what you did?

[Brandy327]

Wow! The edit is definitely an improvement! Your kids are beautiful! I love the curls! I was really hoping one of our kids would get my hubby's curls, but so far no such luck!

scotgasch - LOVE the PP work! Great job!

[scotgasch]

Love the work, can you explain what you did?


Well...
1. first of all I did a levels adjustment because the image was a little flat
2. made a selection of the girl's eyes
3. added a levels adjustment layer and adjusted the eyes a bit
4. did the same to the boy then flattened
5. made a duplicate image
6. added a gaussian blur at about 9
7. dragged the blurred image to the original while holding shift
8. added a layer mask
9. painted with black at 100% over the eyes, nostrils, mouth, and eyebrows of the kids
10. adjusted the opacity of the blurred layer to about 50%
11. did some dodging around the edges
12.....I think that's it.

[gidda]

i dont like the way the mouth has been changed.Should leave something natural to staying natural.

excellent shots!!
:)
can i buy your pics??

[Rhinotherunt]

This is such a cute image... I had to play with it a little...

[D. Craig Flory]

I like the image and the last edit a lot. My only question is .. when will they be scheduled to be separated ? Oh ... they aren't conjoined twins ? *S*

[Rhinotherunt]

I would like to see some images of them seprately as well. The lil one is too cute! The curls and those eyes...

[Familia]

there too cute!

[ABrownPhoto]

Nice shot! i liked your edited version much better!

Cute kiddies!

[b1gdaddy]

i dont like the way the mouth has been changed.Should leave something natural to staying natural.

excellent shots!!
:)
can i buy your pics??

Thanks for asking gidda but they're not for sale.

I may post a couple more soon although the youngest won't stay static enough for me to capture!!!! must practice panning! :p

[ABrownPhoto]

The 2nd version is much much better ;)

I like this shot very much.