Family portraits

Family portraits taken high atop the Rocky Mountains. 580exII through a softbox.

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I usually dont beg for comments, but a week, 170 views and nothing?

Gonzogolf,
I'll give you my cc for what it is worth.

1. The background is exposed nicely but for a family portrait, you guys are to far apart. Try a V or triangular shape with some sort of connection between you and your kids. Such as you putting your arm on one of their shoulders. Angle your bodies so that you aren't flat with the camera.

2. Your son is positioned right at the camera. Have him angle to the camera with his weight on the back foot. Also this one seems a little soft.

Hope this helps some. Maybe someone with more experience will comment and help you out. I know it is frustrating when you can't get "good" help.

Gonzogolf,

I really like the background and the lighting! I will have to agree with the previous post that the spacing is not favorable. Given it is a family portrait it might look better if they were physically closer with possibly some contact between the subjects; they appear too independent as opposed to a family. But as I mentioned, lighting and background is very nice!

tmalone893 wrote in post #8439268
Gonzogolf,
I'll give you my cc for what it is worth.

1. The background is exposed nicely but for a family portrait, you guys are to far apart. Try a V or triangular shape with some sort of connection between you and your kids. Such as you putting your arm on one of their shoulders. Angle your bodies so that you aren't flat with the camera.

2. Your sons is positioned right at the camera. Have him angle to the camera with his weight on the back foot. Also this one seems a little soft.

Hope this helps some. Maybe someone with more experience will comment and help you out. I know it is frustrating when you can't get "good" help.

Thanks for the posing tips, that is my brother in law and his kids not me.

Here is one of them posed closer together.

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I think the poses give a very casual feel to them. Very impressive lighting for a single 580EX.

I really like the lighting in the shots.

A clothing consultation before the shoot was obviously missed.

Benji

Benji wrote in post #8441136
A clothing consultation before the shoot was obviously missed.

Benji

They're kids on vacation.

The one suggestion I would make is to get them much closer together, uncomfortably close actually, it makes for the best compositions. Have a look at Benji's tutorial on posing a family of four.

http://photocamel.com …0-posing-family-four.html

The son's smile sppeares to be coorelated to how far he is from his family. He appeared more uncomfortable on the last shot. The lighting looks nice and even.

i like them..all.. family portraits don't have to have perfection in clothing, nor perfect poses.. perfect posing makes for like commercial like results.. casual and fun is better to me.... but that is me..

don't know how i missed this tread.. but love the balance of sky to subject.. sweet..

phamster

Mossman6 wrote in post #8544685
The son's smile sppeares to be coorelated to how far he is from his family. He appeared more uncomfortable on the last shot. The lighting looks nice and even.

Holding an 11 year old boys attention for any peried of time is a challenge. He rarely smiles in photos, it was all I could do to get a couple of half smiles.

phamster wrote in post #8544949
i like them..all.. family portraits don't have to have perfection in clothing, nor perfect poses.. perfect posing makes for like commercial like results.. casual and fun is better to me.... but that is me..

don't know how i missed this tread.. but love the balance of sky to subject.. sweet..

phamster

Thanks for the compliment Phamster, I value your opinion. Rather than pose them too rigidly I let them do their own thing. If they were clients rather than my family I might have been a little more hands on, but this is sort of who they are and how they act.