Portrait again

[JCR]

My daughter (whom I practice on regularly) comes up to me the other day out of the blue and says, daddy can you take a picture of me like this (and proceeds to climb into the chair and go into this pose of her own accord)
I done nothing to arrange her position it was all her own, all I done was press the shutter and post process.
Am I creating a modelling monster?

[JCR]

Hard to believe this was the same little girl a year and half ago at deaths door.

[Saralonde]

How happy you must be that she can pose for you now! I love the b&w portrait; such a beautiful little girl.

[nrellas]

Well it looks like you have your own personal model. A young beautiful healthy looking one at that. It is backwards for me (also me being a guy not a girl) as I often nag my father, and he is always more then willing. But they are great times that I will always remeber and def. helped me grow in more then one way.
Congrats on her recovery, and congrats on your new, shall I say, portrait partner.

N

[JCR]

Hey thanks both of you for the kind words and time, she was born with a germ cell tumour on one of her ovaries no one spotted it until she was 4.5 yrs old something I still feel pretty guilty about (dad shoulda known she was in pain) but she never complained until she collapsed (size of grapefruit when discovered). Anyway didn't mean to turn this into a heart thread so sorry for that. It just hit me after posting the first shot how far she has come in such a short time.

[mytwogirls]

I love your black and white conversion on this one. If you don't mind sharing I'd love to know your conversion method!

[JCR]

Thankee sure will share, pretty simple really. Some levels adjustment and dodge and burn by hand/eye. Always seems the best way to get best results, you will likely need a pressure sensitive pen to get the most from it, I use an intuos2
I was quite lucky on the light at time of capture, taken in natural daylight.

[mytwogirls]

Thankee sure will share, pretty simple really. Some levels adjustment and dodge and burn by hand/eye. Always seems the best way to get best results, you will likely need a pressure sensitive pen to get the most from it, I use an intuos2
I was quite lucky on the light at time of capture, taken in natural daylight.

Hmmm...I might have to give that a try. I like how creamy her skin looks.
Thanks for the tip!

[kevin_c]

Thats a lovely shot JCR, I think the B&W realy works well. A nice happy ending as well :-)

[Ianfp]

It is fantastic to see her looking so well now! I love the contrast and detail in the photo.
Ian

[SoaringUSAEagle]

Her hair is just amazing! Thats what catches me eye every time I look at it... very well done! She is gonna grow up and be:

A) A Model
B) A Model
C) A Model

or

D) Model/Photographer

lol ;) :)

[JCR]

haha I'm hoping she becomes a doctor it's all she goes on about since being in hospital. She saw a lot of little kids crying while having their chemo and wants to make them better in her own words.
Thanks guys.

[Athena]

What a beautiful, beautiful girl - inside and out. :)

[beckybun]

beautiful shot!

[Chris71]

Stunning photo! What a beautiful little girl you have.

[MARKinCORNWALL]

Truely stunning, can't work out if it's the hair, eyes or skin that first draws you in. The whole effect is fantastic. Unfortunatly if I ask to take a photo of my daughter whose 18 she spends 2hrs putting makeup on first, lol