Some portraits of my Cousin

My Aunt gave me a call last week and wanted me to come down and take some pictures of my Cousin, here are a few that I did. I really like the way the last one came out, not that its really a great shot (not smiling) But I like the way it shows him, more of a 'studio candid' then anything

Shot with the 20D, Sigma 70-200, and 550EX and 580EX in some home made soft boxes on the last shot, the first 2 are out doors with natural light

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I LOVE that first one, SOOOOO cute!
#2 wouldn't be so bad if it was a different crop, I'd probably crop it off at the bottom of the pocket on her jeans, a tad over her head and on the left side of the frame, make it seem more intentional. Otherwise its a cute capture.
#3 is nicely lit and so on, just a shame she wasn't smiling and the crop seems a bit to one side, cutting part of her hair off and then having extra room on the left.
I do love that first one tho!

Personally, I like the first two the best. His expression in the third just looks too forced. Not your fault, of course! I get similar expressions from my son and he's 8 years.

TSEE wrote in post #4027552
I LOVE that first one, SOOOOO cute!
#2 wouldn't be so bad if it was a different crop, I'd probably crop it off at the bottom of the pocket on her jeans, a tad over her head and on the left side of the frame, make it seem more intentional. Otherwise its a cute capture.
#3 is nicely lit and so on, just a shame she wasn't smiling and the crop seems a bit to one side, cutting part of her hair off and then having extra room on the left.
I do love that first one tho!

Hes a Boy, btw, but your not the first (nor the last I suspect) to make that mistake. I tend to leave room to crop it down to an 8x10, hence the extra space on #'s 2 and 3

I kinda like #3 because it shows a little more of attitude, a little more of a representation of the child then a 'perfect portrait' I have others where he has more of a smile, but I just like this one for my own reasons.

Thanks for the kind words

-Johnny

Johny, they are all well done, though I like the first one the best also. Either your lens is too sharp, or they are a touch over sharpened. the hair is just too coarse. other than that, I like them

kevindar wrote in post #4028217
Johny, they are all well done, though I like the first one the best also. Either your lens is too sharp, or they are a touch over sharpened. the hair is just too coarse. other than that, I like them

a combination of latter 2, slightly over sharpened and corse hair, resizing for the web wasn't the best thing for them, the prints look great, however.

Johnny Thunder wrote in post #4028153
Hes a Boy, btw, but your not the first (nor the last I suspect) to make that mistake. I tend to leave room to crop it down to an 8x10, hence the extra space on #'s 2 and 3

I kinda like #3 because it shows a little more of attitude, a little more of a representation of the child then a 'perfect portrait' I have others where he has more of a smile, but I just like this one for my own reasons.

Thanks for the kind words

-Johnny

Ooops. Sorry. He's got beautiful features, made me lean towards a girl altho he did look somewhat boyish in #3, the other two tho had me think girl for whatever reason. LOL Don't worry, I've had people comment that my youngest looks like a girl (the long hair I'd guess), he can be dressed all in blue and people still say "what a pretty girl". LOL
I see what you mean, I tend to do that too altho I've started to tilt down a bit more to include more of the body instead of empty space overhead, that way it still looks ok as a 4x6's as well, my family is nuts on 4x6's - or I should say my MIL is. LOL
I think character shots are hard for others to see since we don't know the subject ourselves, but that's fine - if its shows who he is right now, you've done well!