What do you think?? Need your critique!

Alright. . so I've been very interested in photography since highschool. My mom bought me a Xti Rebel for my graduation present. So far I've had it for 3 years. .right now im a housewife with 2 children. My husband is military and we have orders to move to Japan on March 1st of next year. Im really really wanting to start my own photography buisness.I've already came up with a name. (Bright Eyes Photography). I love photography with a passion. I've started collecting photos for my portolio and I would really like to know what you think? I have a basic lens. No equipment. I have what we can only afford as of right now. (Until i move to Japan we will have lots of money to buy me new lens, euipment, and etc.) I do a little editing on photoshop. So please tell me. . what do you think?

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Our daughter Calianna. The other picture was of my son & husband.

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Our son Landon again.

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Seeing that picture of Landon- I can't imagine where you came up with the name Bright Eyes...LOL Actually I think its a great name! And I love shot number one its so unique. I do like them all. Good luck with the business and being in Japan...our hearts go out to you. Military life is hard- As far as equipment goes, it may be good to wait till you get to Japan to buy, I don't know this for sure but I almost bet some of the stuff you can get cheaper there than here in the States.

i like them all too, specially #1. i can picture or imagine that in an allergy commercial . there's a guy in flickr that sells used lenses and he is based in japan. i'll look up his email and pm it to you. goodluck!

And this one. Just experimenting with house light and used a sheet as canvas. lol

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The first ione is the best for me out of the series.the babe is dark in the last one, and there are heavy shadows on her side and wee head.Th e crop on the babe in the second is off for me?

Your son is a cutie.his hair does get lost ion the BG though.a hairlight/backlight would alliveate this. Did you add a glow to his face?

Good luck in all your endeavors

jacksonvillenp wrote in post #9247114
Seeing that picture of Landon- I can't imagine where you came up with the name Bright Eyes...LOL Actually I think its a great name! And I love shot number one its so unique. I do like them all. Good luck with the business and being in Japan...our hearts go out to you. Military life is hard- As far as equipment goes, it may be good to wait till you get to Japan to buy, I don't know this for sure but I almost bet some of the stuff you can get cheaper there than here in the States.

Thank you =] And you are right. . haha that's how i came up with the name. And yes I will wait until we get to Japan to buy anything. I hope it sure is cheaper because lens are so expensive. When your living paycheck to paycheck. . it's hard to buy anything other than food to survive. I can't wait to get there. . only 2 more months. =-D

jodelak wrote in post #9247144
i like them all too, specially #1. i can picture or imagine that in an allergy commercial . there's a guy in flickr that sells used lenses and he is based in japan. i'll look up his email and pm it to you. goodluck!

that would be awesome! please email it to me. Thank you so much! =D

image 1 is a great idea. Ive attempted something similar with my daughter and have not been able to nail it yet as she prefers to pull them off and throw them rather than blow them lol. Just be careful with the sun. His hair is blown in the back and it keeps pulling my eye to that part of the picture rather than focusing on the good stuff

Second picture needs to be a little sharper for me. Its a cute outfit! Also, be careful with the diapers showing

Three looks unreal and completely photoshoped. Did you do any alterations to his eyes post processing? Thats insane if you didnt because those are some wicked blues with black outlines. But I love the colors in the picture

I like where you were going with four. The clouds are blown but the overall color is good.

Four is not quite right. I cant put my finger on whats wrong. I cant tell if its over saturated or what. See her skin, how its kind of taken on a dapple appearance in the shadows? Then her stomach on the right side looks sunken in.

I would say your photos look 110% better than my starting photos a year ago and you will get better the more you shoot. Best of luck with your business and your trip to Japan!

Flo wrote in post #9247181
The first ione is the best for me out of the series.the babe is dark in the last one, and there are heavy shadows on her side and wee head.Th e crop on the babe in the second is off for me?

Your son is a cutie.his hair does get lost ion the BG though.a hairlight/backlight would alliveate this. Did you add a glow to his face?

Good luck in all your endeavors

I didn't use any kind of equipment and im not that talented with photoshop. . ( still learning alot. .) yeah and the crop is off. i didn't even really look at that. shows what an amateur i am haha. no didn't add a glow. just smoothed his skin out. everything behind him was already dark so i just filled it in to look like a backdrop.

I'm not sure it's a great idea to rip off a band's name for your business.

griptape wrote in post #9247495
I'm not sure it's a great idea to rip off a band's name for your business.

i second that

Well the reason I thought of it was because my son has these bright blue eyes. . any suggestions on how to pick a name??

oh by the way there are a million of bands out there. . how am i suppose to pick a name because im sure everything i come up with will be taken. . ?? i think i will just stick with bright eyes photography. . really who cares if its a band or not..