High School Senior Pictures

[MT]

Yet another stab at it.

http://www.pbase.com/billcarter/image/44993230.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/billcarter/image/44993233.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/billcarter/image/44993225.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/billcarter/image/44993243.jpg

Comments and/or advice, as always, is welcome.

[dannym]

Great shots of a very lovely young lady. Keep it up!

[berto]

very good job Mt. she's very beautiful and you captured her well.

[bolantej]

i can't help but laugh when i look at the last one in the field, but i don't know why. very nice photos. the DOF is great and so is the subject.

[hollow]

mmmmm..... looks good !]

well done ! :)

[PhotosGuy]

Nice shots! Except for the last "Squint shot". I suggest that if you'd done the same shot/pose at 180 degrees from where you did, her face would have been in the shade & the light would have looked nice on her hair & flowers. There are a lot of variations on that you could try like a bounce card, fill flash, or raw processing with a bit of the "fill light" slider. Try it sometime. ;-)

[Airedale1]

Lovely young lady and I like the last shot best, "squint" and all. Hey, it works for Clint Eastwood.;)

[PhotosGuy]

Clint had a .44 & I'd never critique his shots! ;-)

[MT]

PG - we did that variety as well using reflectors but I didn't get precisely what I wanted - but it wasn't for lack of trying.

[liza]

Great work! I especially liked #3 and #4. I also take senior pictures for children at our high school who are in my special education class. Most of them can't even afford the WalMart studio, so I do it for the cost of prints only as a graduation gift for them. I may use the idea in # 4, if you don't mind.

[Ballen Photo]

MT, She's a very pretty young lady. That rock (Or whatever it is) wall in the first shot looks like it would make an excellent backdrop for studio style portraits. ;)
Numbers 3 & 4 are my faves for showing Her smile close up. (I like the squint) :D Nice work.
-Bruce

[PhotosGuy]

PG - we did that variety as well using reflectors but I didn't get precisely what I wanted - but it wasn't for lack of trying. OK, I stand corrected. ;-)

[MT]

Liza - I'd be flattered. Watch out for honey bees though.

Bruce, that is actually a very narrow (one car width) underpass. It is a favorite spot of mine, not only for the background but because it is angled in such a way that in the afternoon the light reflects off the far side wonderfully difused.

Thank you all for the comments.

[mdm]

Nice job!

[Ballen Photo]

Bruce, that is actually a very narrow (one car width) underpass. It is a favorite spot of mine, not only for the background but because it is angled in such a way that in the afternoon the light reflects off the far side wonderfully difused.

Ahh, THAT explains the nice subdued lighting. ;)
-Bruce

[sixshot]

Nice shots. I like the one in the field, but the first one is my fav.

[threadders]

What camera was used for these shot ? also what filter (if any) was used. Fantastic shots

[MT]

threadders

Canon 20D - the first three with 85 1.8 and the last with the 50 1.8.

These were shot Raw, converted with DPP, and a little USM in Photoshop.

[threadders]

threadders

Canon 20D - the first three with 85 1.8 and the last with the 50 1.8.

These were shot Raw, converted with DPP, and a little USM in Photoshop.

Can you explain what DPP & USM on photoshop is ?

[MT]

DPP is Canon software to convert Raw images (Digital Photo Professional). USM - unsharpen mask.

[witchy]

I like the first one the best. Nice shots!

[chuckvanhalen]

Nice job. Number 3 is my fave.

[stormyguy]

I like the first shot especially and agree that the background is very neat. I like 'graffiti' style backdrops.

[goforphoto]

Nice shots. I think you were to close to the wall in shot number 3 which through the focus of just a tad but it's still a nice shot.

[-=fnord=-]

No 4 gets my vote sweet dof great shot

[jamiepeter]

The 3rd is my favourite. Any reflectors involved?

[hydonedo]

The wall is colourful

[JimCapaldi]

I like the first for the background the the third for the pretty smile. You had a great model to work with.

[tmonatr]

I also like #4 the best. (What squint?) I did think it might look better with less foreground and more background. But that is just me. The important thing is that the young lady likes them (and I'm sure she does).

[D. Craig Flory]

The 1st image is terrific and #2 is also very good !!! I don't care for #3 that much because of her hands being cut off. I'd like it more if the bottom hand was entirely cut off OR both hands totally showing. (more image on the original file ?) And #4 I don't like at all. The squinting doesn't bother me as much as other things. (but if the image had been created with the sun behind her it would have been better) The main problems ... all that space below her. If it had been composed as a horizontal it would have worked. There is little in focus. An image composed horizontally with lots of room on the sides and with the foreground in focus, and the background out of focus, would have been great ... if backlit and a reflector was used to light her face at a 45º angle.

[ABrownPhoto]

NIce shots!

i feel they could have used some fill lighting there, and #2 looks a little too posed. other than that I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!!

Nice work! i cannot wait until people start TRUSTING me with their senior pictures!

[photographybyvan]

Hello all,

We just finished a new senior video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v9AnWI4Lm0

Dustin Olenslager
Photography By Van
www.photographybyvan.com
(702) 646-4441

[angiebaby]

very nice pics. I like the first and fourth best. Keep it up.