first time group photos C&C please!

heyya potn,

let me just say that im usually photographing cars, so when i was called 2 days before thanksgiving to photograph a family for their xmas cards, lets just say i was a bit nervous

made a last minute thread in talk about photography (https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=410483) and hortons provided me with some pretty useful info

anyways, here are three shots that i took out of maybe 30... before someone mentions why its so symmetrical, there was actually a couch on the left side of the photo, but i figured that if i cloned over the right side, the photo may be a bit easier on the eyes. plus, if i didnt tell you guys i dont think too many people would have noticed :P

I think they look nice.

I think they look very nice as well. Bounce flash?

Chuck

the lighting is real nice, and i like the first two the best. the only thing about the first one: the ceiling kind of detracts from the image.

Myself just finishing a a family group shot too...I must admit yours put mine to shame! How many shots did you take to get these samples?

Very nice, but how did you get the immense detail in the symmetry of the room???

rayboon - thanks

freebird - yeah bounce flash. 430ex with a index card attached to it, so it would throw some light into their eyes.

adam trevillian - i agree with the ceiling, but i dont know which ones they are going to print so i tried to keep the 2:3 ratio

elbee19 - haha! thanks, youres cant be that bad! i took about a total of 30 pictures. the first 4-5 were really underexposed so i had to play around with the settings

johnsoir - there was actually a couch on the left side of the room, but i ended up just cloning the right side of the room into the left. the couch was too distracting IMO.

Nice! 1 is my favourite

I think you did a very nice job although I think a longer lens would've given you a better perspective (which of course may not have been possible in close quarters ) The second pic would be my favorite. Had the perspective been different, I would like the first better but your foreground subjects are just too out of proportion in comparison to the background subjects.

looks great.... the last picture tends to be wide a little... did you mean doing this///??

I like #2. The thing that stands out to me in #1 is the ceiling and the mantel (which seems to come out of the men's shoulders)

Those are very nice. Great color, you positioned them well, and the PP is good too. They are also very photogenic.

Good Job

i can't see the pictures, it says bandwidth exceeded
could you repost them please?

i may have to take some group photos of my own family this xmas, so it i would be interesting to see these

thanks

jamesss wrote in post #4418765
i can't see the pictures, it says bandwidth exceeded
could you repost them please?

i may have to take some group photos of my own family this xmas, so it i would be interesting to see these

thanks

hey! sorry about that, a lot of my clients that i shoot automotive pics for link my pictures in forums so it drains my bandwidth, but i put these on my server so it should be good for a while...

i can post the others too if u want a better idea

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