Single girl shoot

Here are a couple from a shoot my wife and I did the other day...

I shot these with an XSI and 28-135.. Im a noob so PLEASE C&C!!!

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I find it a tad noisy. Could just be my eyes though. What ISO did you use?

AmandaMarie wrote in post #9111376
I find it a tad noisy. Could just be my eyes though. What ISO did you use?

I found them to be a little noisy, too.
ISO are 500 and 800 for the two pictures...

My best guess is that (since both are natural light), they are backlit and the exposure was brought up in post, resulting in noise.

I think the posing is good, and she has a great smile that's natural, with a hint of mischief to it. I think the OP would benefit greatly from a speedlite which would allow for "fill flash" in some of these pictures which were probably backlit, so that he can balance ambient and exposure of his wife's face.

Very good first effort as far as creating a picture is concerned - technical skill is all that's needed, and getting to know your camera goes a long way.

DocMike wrote in post #9111425
I found them to be a little noisy, too.
ISO are 500 and 800 for the two pictures...

My best guess is that (since both are natural light), they are backlit and the exposure was brought up in post, resulting in noise.

I think the posing is good, and she has a great smile that's natural, with a hint of mischief to it. I think the OP would benefit greatly from a speedlite which would allow for "fill flash" in some of these pictures which were probably backlit, so that he can balance ambient and exposure of his wife's face.

Very good first effort as far as creating a picture is concerned - technical skill is all that's needed, and getting to know your camera goes a long way.

Yes the ISO in both of these were 500 and 800... a mishap on my end.. the thing is the lighting was perfect and I should have been shooting at 100... lol and i think you misunderstood... this is not my wife.. my wife was shooting too... lol

I need a file reader. I always find myself asking people that.

+1 on Mike's suggestions.

Lovely model too shoot, nice lighting too!

Just be careful of the focal point in #1 it looks like the camera focal point was on the tree and not on the models features like her eyes?

#2 is slightly better but it could be my screen, not 100% sure where the camera focal point was?

I cant read EXIF data at work (Booo rubbish work pc) what af point was selected and mode shot in?

AmandaMarie wrote in post #9111620
I need a file reader. I always find myself asking people that.

+1 on Mike's suggestions.

here ya go

http://regex.info/exif​.cgi

In addition to the noise issues, the hair is completely blown here on my calibrated monitor.

heh, not being your wife explains the lack of 'oh god again?' face that all wives use in front of husbands camera, i was going to comment on how lucky you were....

Thy're nice enough, just a little soft in the focus, the noise doesn't worry me that much. Its probably not going to show on a 5x7 print.

A reflector (you can use a car windscreen sunshade as a cheap alternative) would allow you to balance the light on her face with the background better, the result would be you don't burn out her hair so much.

Silver Paul wrote in post #9113330
heh, not being your wife explains the lack of 'oh god again?' face that all wives use in front of husbands camera, i was going to comment on how lucky you were....

Thy're nice enough, just a little soft in the focus, the noise doesn't worry me that much. Its probably not going to show on a 5x7 print.

A reflector (you can use a car windscreen sunshade as a cheap alternative) would allow you to balance the light on her face with the background better, the result would be you don't burn out her hair so much.

hahaha well I will have to post some photos of my wife cause im a lucky man.... Swimming upstream big time...

Nice shots - I didn't notice the noise, and wouldn't worry about it. The light balance between hair (too much) and face (not enough) is more of a concern, and her face is a little bluish (especially in #1).

on an XSI, either of those ISO should not introduce grain. I don't see it either. The blown highlights are more concern to me than any noise you might see. Noise shouldn't really be apparant either in daylight like this; dust- then sure.

I'm not a fan of the tree and the way you had to crop because of it. Make her the focus, not the tree.

They look very soft.

Jon.