My Favorite Shoot to Date (not for dial up)

[taygull]

In exchange for building my site I agreed to do a shoot of a friends children, we were about 4 miles north of the Red River just in Oklahoma. The friends Aunt and Uncle had this beautiful farm on a pond.

Here are a few of the pics, if they seem soft it is either the filter or the resizing.

I'd love some feedback as these are only a few, and not all my favorites but I'm short on time today.

Some of these will be printed pretty large so feel free to let me know your thoughts!

#1 Running

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7923/runningweb6lf.jpg

#2 Look What I Got

http://img333.imageshack.us/img333/7581/aaimg173901copy6mj.jpg

#3 Cane Pole Farm

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/7968/bambooweb8mt.jpg

#4 Boys will be Boys

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6487/fencetyweb3yd.jpg

#5 In the Garden

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1129/garden1web4hy.jpg

[PeaPicker]

Nice work.
#5 is my favorite. :)

[DwightMcCann]

My only suggestion is to increase the contrast a bit in #2. Children often make taking wonderful pictures very easy and it looks like these two are no exception. Nice work, Chris.

[song4themoon]

Great work.

Number two seems a little bleached out, try to add a bit contrast, not much.

Number 4 I would not use a softening filter.. for boys it just looks better without the softness, other than the filter I LOVE that pic.

First one is beautiful and works probably best in a large printsize.

[taygull]

Here is #2 straight from the camera, not even any USM....thoughts?

http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/8855/lookwhat2cd.jpg

[beano]

Here is #2 straight from the camera, not even any USM....thoughts?

http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/8855/lookwhat2cd.jpg

I much prefer this version. The original was too red IMO, and hazy?

They're all very nice shots, and i can't decide if i prefer this version of #2, or #5!?!

[DwightMcCann]

I like this unretouched image much better! :-)

[getting-started]

quickly gave a shot at your original picture. very adorable shot!!

[cbock]

i like 4 and 5 the best. also, #2 looks better without pp.

very nice shots!

[MDJAK]

Oh, to have little kids again. What a great series of photos.

mark

[Pawnee Dan]

Photo #5 is awesome. The innocence of youth is illustrated so well in this photo.
The dress, the hat and the bare feet are so perfect. Thanks for sharing.

[ric]

#5 is my favorite...

[jrichardson14]

Can't tell you much on the technical side but... as a mom I would LOVE 4 and 5!
Beth

[jrichardson14]

I like the first one too but I think the green border takes away from your shot.

[tpetty]

you gotta frame #5 - great job! It's a portrait.

[momentz]

Yup last two for me too :)

[taramcg]

I love these! Excellent job. The collage is a lot of fun and I really dig #4 & 5. Love #2 also, but prfer the untouched version. I am sure the mom will love these too.

[abbyroadme]

I like 2 and 5 the best...great picutres! :)

[islandphoto]

LOVE #5!

[incendy]

4 and 5 are awesome! Especially 4, which just feels timeless

[taygull]

Thanks for all the kind words, #5 does it for me as well. I liked the PP version above as well.

I'll post a couple more Sunday, there is one that I'm sure they have picked out to be a "canvass" print...and it is not #5.

Again, thanks for all the good words!

[Titus213]

Very nice shots of some beautiful children. Nice work. Color and light is great. I like the increased saturation even more.

[tomsters]

Origianally posted by taygull:
Here is #2 straight from the camera, not even any USM....thoughts?




I like it much more than with pp, though I would crop it a bit. Just a thought.

I also agree with song4themoon:

Number two seems a little bleached out, try to add a bit contrast, not much.

[samsen]

My suggestions:

[samsen]

And the other 2:

[taygull]

I like what you have done there, shoot me a pm if you don't mind on what you did. I'll post a few more from the series in another thread her in a bit.

THANKS!

[taygull]

Any tips on getting these printed, I'll use MPIX? I'm looking at Matte finish...what about the best paper for these?

[taygull]

How about that printing advice..you guys have any?

[anokastealth7]

I like #2 straight from the camera better, #4 and #5 are my favs from the series

[DwightMcCann]

Chris, the Force is with you ... just trust to your own inner voice!

[taygull]

Chris, the Force is with you ... just trust to your own inner voice!

Thanks Dwight, I guess I'll just let MPIX make the suggestions. I would guess if I do large prints of a few of these for portraits you would not want to use a "gloss" finish?

[Desi]

really lovely photos.

i like 2 a lot - just with a bit of contrast.

[lmelendez]

Nice work.
#5 is my favorite. :)

Same here, #5 is my favorite.

[fdpiech]

I Love number 4... Great shot.