Impomptu play session in the golden hour

I happened to have my kit on me when I was out and about, and went to my cousin's house for dinner. Ended up taking some photos of his kids and one of their friends playing near dusk. They are adorable. All shot with sigma 85 1.4.

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I Really like these....Great job!!!
I have the canon 85 1.8 but from the looks of these, I need the 1.4!

That first picture.... She's got that "Sassy" stance, lol.

Really like #2, great capture!

reefvilla wrote in post #16283622
I Really like these....Great job!!!
I have the canon 85 1.8 but from the looks of these, I need the 1.4!

That first picture.... She's got that "Sassy" stance, lol.

Yeah, she is quite sassy. Thanks guys, I'm loving the siggy. I need to break it out more. Canon 35L gets more play.

I haven't looked at the canon 85 1.8, but only images 1 and 7 are below 1.8 -- wouldn't the images produced with the canon 85 1.8 be very similar to the ones here? I find at 1.4 (and 1.2 when I used the canon 85 1.2) that it is hard to get the entire face in focus -- I don't know how people do it!

The processing on these needs work.

jenirose3 wrote in post #16306357
The processing on these needs work.

I disagree. I don't think every photo needs to be processed to the moon and back. These are family photos, not magazine ads.

I think the photos are great. They take the viewer to that time and capture the playfullness of the children. Good exposure, good focus and the composition draws your eyes to the main subject. It makes me think of being at a cookout on a summer's night. Well done.

jenirose3 wrote in post #16306357
The processing on these needs work.

I'm curious as to what you mean by this, or what you think I should do exactly, and I mean this. I know very little about photo shop and don't spend more than a minute on each photo. The extent of my photo shop knowledge is coping, cloning, sharpening, and adjusting the color/contrast. That's about it. Feel free to take a crack at them (i'd like you to) and tell me what you did. I would love to learn.

Wrench wrote in post #16306423
I disagree. I don't think every photo needs to be processed to the moon and back. These are family photos, not magazine ads.

I think the photos are great. They take the viewer to that time and capture the playfulness of the children. Good exposure, good focus and the composition draws your eyes to the main subject. It makes me think of being at a cookout on a summer's night. Well done.

Thank you for your compliments! As I said, I really don't know much at all about photoshop despite shooting for several years now. I try to get as much right in the camera as possible doing the things I bolded, and don't spend more than a minute on each photo doing some of the things I mentioned above.. To each their own I guess