The 16th UK South-East "The Cooper Crawley Creche" Thread (All Welcome)

Matt Peters wrote in post #15710229
Welcome along Hannah.. Your new site looks very impressive & I love the layout of your studio, it looks like a very workable and versatile space!

I totally agree with the newborn comments, if the parents request it or have the accessories I will take some pictures with them but I tend to go with the more natural shots or baby posed on a stretched throw!

bah! all the baby haters on here Give me a good prop anyday.. one from yesterday

Don't get me wrong I do like the effect they give & I could do with ordering some nice back drops, just not keen of the guff people stick on the baby's heads.. Lol!

Is that natural lighting or strobes?

I was sent a 9 months free unlimited BB code recently that due to already have Sky BB I was unable to use it.. While on the phone I had a chat with the guy on the phone who explained that if you have the free 2mb BB, if you go over the usage twice in 6 months they should automatically upgrade your package..

According to him this should have happened within the first two months of moving into our current house in 2008, but due to a glitch in the system that was only fixed 2 months ago we have only just be moved upto unlimited.

When he actually checked our usage it averages 18gb a month! So we have saved over £360..

Welcome to the party Hannah.

Good to see you here.

bridge99 wrote in post #15710204
ah but you can crop more on a 5d3 than a 7D, at the bird thing you can put your card in and shoot away with it for a bit if you like, are you actually coming on that day I cant remember?

Actually I am thank you that would be great

ies photos wrote in post #15710296
bah! all the baby haters on here Give me a good prop anyday.. one from yesterday

Nice site Hannah, and that trip sounds good Richard.

Well done Mr Bridger, cracking lens

well that's pretty cute. Nothing on the baby's head is nice.

Quick (but not as quick) re-edit of the Nuthatch shot taking Marks edit as a base.

Better?

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/90216953@N04/8​555275260/

Put it on 500PX if anyone feels like giving some love.

http://500px.com/photo​/28168407

Spuddyd wrote in post #15710734
Quick (but not as quick) re-edit of the Nuthatch shot taking Marks edit as a base.

Better?

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/90216953@N04/8​555275260/
Nuthatch Re-edit-1 by Spuddyd, on Flickr

tis much better but the colour still looks a bit odd. Nuthatches are more pink and more blue - well the ones I've been watching lately are, yours looks a bit faded. And if I were being fussy, I'd crop out that thing on the bottom right just on edge of frame.

Matt Peters wrote in post #15710307
Don't get me wrong I do like the effect they give & I could do with ordering some nice back drops, just not keen of the guff people stick on the baby's heads.. Lol!

Is that natural lighting or strobes?

Bit of a mix, natural light wasn't quite enough so had to bounce my studio lights a bit. All done in the Mothers front room this.

Yep, understand where your coming from Penel and looking at it again, I would agree with you. I hadn't even noticed the post in the forground and now you mention it, it is a distraction.

Not sure how to pull the colour out in the bird without making the patches of grass in the background look like a nuke has gone off . Limited to LR4.3 and PSE7 for editing so I'll just have to play and see what works.

Cheers.

Spuddyd wrote in post #15710853
Yep, understand where your coming from Penel and looking at it again, I would agree with you. I hadn't even noticed the post in the forground and now you mention it, it is a distraction.

Not sure how to pull the colour out in the bird without making the patches of grass in the background look like a nuke has gone off . Limited to LR4.3 and PSE7 for editing so I'll just have to play and see what works.

Cheers.

I'd up the saturation a wee bit on the whole thing. Then I'd use the adjustment brush (in lightroom) and up the saturation a little bit more on the bird. If your circle is big enough with wide enough feathering it won't be noticeable. At least I think that's what I'd do. I might have a fiddle with the white balance too. I do all my editing on a desktop and right now I'm on the laptop so I can't look at the other computer.

One from yesterday- Knole Park. Interesting how the damaged trees are still surviving.

Spuddyd wrote in post #15710734
Quick (but not as quick) re-edit of the Nuthatch shot taking Marks edit as a base.

Better?

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/90216953@N04/8​555275260/
Nuthatch Re-edit-1 by Spuddyd, on Flickr

much better Andy still a bit yellow but overall better, I always find the best thing to do if your not sure is to pop into Photoshop and hit Auto Colour, 95% of the time it will fix most colour casts whatever they maybe. I normally do this if I just cant get the colour right in Aperture, well most of the time I actually use curves but thats because I have used that method for my day job for years, but auto colour works great.

Thank you all, this looks like a fun place to be!

hannahcouzens wrote in post #15711691
Thank you all, this looks like a fun place to be!

Hi Hannah,

Welcome aboard! I'm always the last one to welcome newbies bty . The site is handy and we sometimes have meet ups. I tend to dip in and out and have bought items from other users from the site- can be very useful

There is a potn blurb book, where members may get their photos voted in. I think the last one was recently published.