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ByTheBrooke
6th of November 2008 (Thu), 01:02
Taken of my 17 month old son. Taken with my 40D 28-90 5.6.

All shot with natural lighting (3 open bay windows) and on camera flash diffused with white tissue paper.

1/125 5.6 50mm ISO 400
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/ShutterFlyMomma/Fall%202008/Nate10172008-5-1.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/ShutterFlyMomma/Fall%202008/Nate10172008-5SC-2.jpg

1/250 6.7 28mm ISO 250
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/ShutterFlyMomma/Fall%202008/Nate10172008-37-1.jpg

1/250 6.7 28mm ISO 250
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/ShutterFlyMomma/Fall%202008/Nate10172008-9-1.jpg

the 28mm was necessary for longer length shots due to space restraints LOL. I aim to shoot at 50mm whenever possible. There are LOTS more here (http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa123/ShutterFlyMomma/Fall%202008/)
I'm still learning quite a bit concerning lighting. I know what looks good, but struggle to put it together while chasing him down! I'm taking the NYIP courses at the moment, and enjoying reading alot here and learning :) Always open to cc :) I do realize there are quite a few shadows, and am slowly playing/learning to avoid those :) Any tips on that with what I have available (which for now is just the on board flash and natural lighting until I can get my hands on an affordable flash) is greatly appreciated :)
Kissa
6th of November 2008 (Thu), 08:27
number 3 is my fave :D

number one and 2 are great and i love the selective coloring i just thing the eyes are a little bit too much. They eyes don't look natural anymore
ByTheBrooke
6th of November 2008 (Thu), 13:41
Didn't change anything on the eyes, those are 100% natural :) I only do layer SC-don't add anything that wasn't in the original shot, they just stand out a lot more against the b&w. Those type edits are always a matter of personal preference though :) That shot looks AMAZING on metallic paper :) (to me/my family anyway!) Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks :) my SIL calls #3 his "pouty model pose" LOL
AndreaBFS
6th of November 2008 (Thu), 16:59
Unfortunately, the flash really didn't work for you on the first 2. The saturation is emphasizing the harshness of the light. The light on the 3rd and 4th looks a lot better. Try to get him out of the center, too. :)
FocalPrincess
7th of November 2008 (Fri), 00:43
Ah, I don't have to pick at you about the diaper!!! Have to say, for that reason, #3 is my favorite. The first two look...overprocessed possibly? In the last 2, if you want to remove the wrinkles from the background (which I had to do for quite a while as well) is to use the dodge tool in ps, set to highlights. Should take them right out for you.
ByTheBrooke
8th of November 2008 (Sat), 04:21
Ah, I don't have to pick at you about the diaper!!! Have to say, for that reason, #3 is my favorite. The first two look...overprocessed possibly? In the last 2, if you want to remove the wrinkles from the background (which I had to do for quite a while as well) is to use the dodge tool in ps, set to highlights. Should take them right out for you.

yeah, that first shot was slightly underexposed, so I did over process a tad-have just been too lazy to go back to the original and change it :)
Thanks for that idea on the wrinkles.I never would've thought of doing it that way! PS'ing is still my biggest weakness! And yay for another CD'er :) They make for some awful cute shots, don't they?! Add some babylegs, and oh my!