Sophia & Olivia-1 year old cousins at the park

It was finally nice enough to get outside and take some pictures! My daughter and niece love their outdoor time so we took them to the park. I haven't had that many outdoor photo opportunities since starting out last fall and most of my pictures have been in my condo, so I was very excited to see what happened. While it was a tough time running after a 15 month old and a 17 month old and I couldn't get them to stand together for very long...I was pretty happy with how it turned out! C&C is always welcome.

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Absolutely love #4. Great shot!!

Not crazy about your processing, but that's so subjective and I'm kinda old school on that stuff... (they look a little overexposed, washed out and overly yellow on my color corrected monitor)

collierportraits wrote in post #12336839
Absolutely love #4. Great shot!!

Not crazy about your processing, but that's so subjective and I'm kinda old school on that stuff... (they look a little overexposed, washed out and overly yellow on my color corrected monitor)

I am glad you like #4... that was one of my favorite shots of my daughter that day

I actually was trying to do something different with the processing to give it a muted, vintagy, dreamy summer effect. I didn't want a natural photo and tried being more creative in tone. I thought the SOOC shots were rather underexposed so that must be part of the processing or user error! I'm still learning about everything! I'm sad you aren't a fan but completely respect your point of view!

i very much like the idea you were going for. it gives it that spring, warm, vintage look to it.

123KID wrote in post #12337856
i very much like the idea you were going for. it gives it that spring, warm, vintage look to it.

Thank you!! I thought it was kind of nice

I love the 1st and 4th....beautiful kids! love the clothing and great processing for this look....

blondine wrote in post #12338676
I love the 1st and 4th....beautiful kids! love the clothing and great processing for this look....

Thanks! The first one I call their "almost" hug. My niece loves to give hugs, but my daughter isn't so sure about it yet We bought them new outfits and thought we'd try them on outside for the one nice day we had here this weekend. I thought they worked well for the tone of the pictures...

Haha.

#4 is priceless.

collierportraits wrote in post #12336839
Absolutely love #4. Great shot!!

Not crazy about your processing, but that's so subjective and I'm kinda old school on that stuff... (they look a little overexposed, washed out and overly yellow on my color corrected monitor)

I'm actually seeing this style quite a bit, particularly in kid portriats. I've got a few friends that are mom/photographers who do something simliar with thier PP.

mchong75 wrote in post #12339118
Haha.
#4 is priceless.

Yes it is It's funny, my late father used to stand kind of like this all the time, so I thought it was so cute when I found that I snapped her doing the same thing! Reminds me of him.

JasonGambino wrote in post #12339194
I'm actually seeing this style quite a bit, particularly in kid portriats. I've got a few friends that are mom/photographers who do something simliar with thier PP.

Yes, I've been seeing it a lot too and think it is beautiful. I may not have done it quite as successfully as some others, but I like trying things out and think it added just a little something that I needed in the pictures.

becky330 wrote in post #12339246
Yes, I've been seeing it a lot too and think it is beautiful. I may not have done it quite as successfully as some others, but I like trying things out and think it added just a little something that I needed in the pictures.

I think these are pretty successful. Maybe kick the contrast up a bit but you captured the moments really well.

what software are you using?

I am using Digital Photo Professional to open the RAW files and tweak exposure (I also have Lightroom 3) and then used Photoshop CS3 for the rest of the color tweaking. I could see upping the contrast a little bit if it still left a little haziness... Thanks for your suggestion!

I like them all and the PP! Thanks for sharing. I would apply that same PP on #1 to #4. Seems you have an extra layer of texture.

williejr wrote in post #12339446
I like them all and the PP! Thanks for sharing. I would apply that same PP on #1 to #4. Seems you have an extra layer of texture.

I did try out some texture on #1 and a couple others in the set that I didn't post. But I could definitely try it out on #4 and see how it looks. Thank you!!

I really like the PP on these and of course the photos! Great job!!