My 6yr Old

Hey All,
I have a little boy with some special needs, so getting him to sit still, smile AND look at the camera for a second almost *never* happens! Until recently he could not even smile on command, so even that is a major accomplishment for him!

Today we were out by the lake, enjoying the beautiful fall weather, and he shocked my by sitting on a bench, and looking at me with this huge smile when I called his name, so I snapped a photo! I was in manual mode, using a basic 50mm (doesn't have IS or L or USM). The lake is behind him to the right which is washed out, and there is a tree on his left that turned to bokeh... what do you guys think of this? Pls advise.

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Nice shot. Looks like a young Paul Newman to me.

A slight boost in saturation may help give it a bit more pop.

Exactly as said above, including the Paul Newman comparison!

He is one handsome young man and that is a great smile. The only thing I'd try is to add a bit more contrast. It brings the whole image up nicely IMO.

I think it looks very good as is. A nice looking kid & a great sharp capture well exposed.

Nice one. COuld you crop out a little bit?

lovely photo and great capture if he's a little bugger to photograph, nice work

carlh wrote in post #15064437
lovely photo and great capture if he's a little bugger to photograph, nice work

He is by far the hardest kid I've ever tried to photograph before! In the past, even professional photographers have indicated he is a challenge to shoot lol. I've taken the advice and boosted the contrast - it looks way better now! I'm going to go ahead and print this one, frame it and display it on one of our walls.

I was actually able to get several great shots of him yesterday, and we're going out again for more on the weekend. I generally don't order the school photos -- I prefer to try to shoot my boys myself (lol) -- that way, they'll remember the fun we had while doing the shoot, and I can get exactly the poses and smiles I like!

Thanks everyone!

You know what I like about shootin my own kids....when I look at all their pics on my wall, on Facebook or wherever, I know that they were looking at me. That even though I was not in the picture, I was there.

What's great about this pic is that your son was smiling at YOU.