i have no idea what im doing

[mamabravo]

i really dont!

i tried setting up some cheap lights and this is what i came up with

nothing special.. my daughter loved wearing the dress

[cdifoto]

I like these. The softness works (the grey border kinda doesn't though, IMHO). Do you have any of her looking at the camera?

[mamabravo]

here is one looking

[inthedeck]

Nice shots. But, what don't you have 'no idea' about? A description would be helpful? I mean, the lighting isn't bad, but in #2 there is a cast of light in her hair, but even that doesn't really 'detract' from the image, as it's got this overall softness to it, almost like you used a softfocus 135mm lens.

Please explain.

[mamabravo]

well this is the first time tring this im not a big fan on indoor shots but iwanted to see what i could come up with

i will be taking pictures outdoors in the next week

mabye i should invest in some better lights?

[nvrl8]

what is your "cheap lights" definition...LOL. I also do most things outdoors, but would like to get some studio stuff to get going. Did you shop at home depot? Just curious what you used. The pics look great.

[airshaq20]

Shots look great. Im just wondering if the Pro-mist filter can do this? I've seen shots that look like this (both indoor and outdoor) - but I dont know what filter they used.

OP, can you give me a description or post of pic of your "cheap lights"?

[mamabravo]

i bought these lights a home depot a while ago to take pictures of my jewlery. i dont know what there called i use the word "tins" they look like round tin bowls.$15 cnd each i have two

i used my camera flash + a small fill flash on a braket to the side.

and in ps i used a skin softener with a blurred vingette

mabye im to hard on myself i think they could be better?

[mamabravo]

here are the lights i used

[tuggnet]

I really like the shots, however, my eye seems to be drawn to the extreem OOF foot in #1. It looks to be in about the same plane as her other foot, so it's most likely due to the blurred vingette you used.