My Daugther

I'm trying to improve in portraits! Please critique and let me know the good and the bad please and thanks

Very pretty model. The comp looks great. If the word "FUN" wasn't cut off, it would have added a little character to the shot. I like her freckles, it adds to her cuteness. I bet the color version looks even better.

cute freckles...

thanks for sharing,,

Cheers,

Very nice shot. The light is very nice and also even. Great exprssion and angle of the head adds to the feel. The eyes are also very sharp. I also wonder what the color version is like.

Beautiful shot! Love the freckles..i have them too...cute arent they? lol. I love the lighting on this shot and she is just a cutie!! I too would love to see the color version!

As per request..I changed the original picture to color

Thanks so much for the kind comments thus far!

Nice shot although the eyes seem too dark for me, The eyes hold the personality sometimes so maybe bring them out a little.
I have run some dodge/burn over the whole image with some selective sharpening/softening and changed the contrast some with levels.
Hopefully you feel it's an improvement.
Very pretty young lady you must be proud.

I definitely like the color version better. As a dad, this shot captures everything great about daughters: fun yet loving.

Great work, and very pretty model.....

JCR wrote in post #2151919
Nice shot although the eyes seem too dark for me, The eyes hold the personality sometimes so maybe bring them out a little.
I have run some dodge/burn over the whole image with some selective sharpening/softening and changed the contrast some with levels.
Hopefully you feel it's an improvement.
Very pretty young lady you must be proud.

Wow..that's a very nice improvement! Thanks for nice comment, and taking the time to do that for me.

And thanks for the kind comments from you all as well

The WB seems a bit warm, correct the levels.

Hellashot wrote in post #2153081
The WB seems a bit warm, correct the levels.

She looks a little pink to me. WB. Everything else looks great.

My thoughts: I have heard from dozens of speakers, at professional photography seminars, that kids need "room to grow". In other words, your image was created way too close. Kids need surroundings for size comparison.

The color balance could have been better but maybe this is right out of the camera and you have not worked the Raw files yet. I'll hope to see more from you with much more room around kids images.

D. Craig Flory PPA Certified, Cr.Photog., ASP
loryphotog@mindspring.​com

You have captured a nice shot in my opinion, you should be proud shes a beautiful child

D. Craig Flory wrote in post #2153401
My thoughts: I have heard from dozens of speakers, at professional photography seminars, that kids need "room to grow". In other words, your image was created way too close. Kids need surroundings for size comparison.

The color balance could have been better but maybe this is right out of the camera and you have not worked the Raw files yet. I'll hope to see more from you with much more room around kids images.

D. Craig Flory PPA Certified, Cr.Photog., ASP
loryphotog@mindspring.​com

this is interesting..so do you feel that tight crops for children shots are a general no-no or just this composition in particular.. and is it necessary to have size comparisons with children as part of the composition.. It seems a bit different to me.. perhaps because there is soo much macro work that wants to bring the smallness of subjects to be the center focus by tight crops?... just curious..

sari