My first kid shoot.

I had my first kid shoot today!
It was for a friend of a friend whom I had never met, but it went pretty well and they were super nice.
I told them I would do the shoot for free, as I am trying to build a portfolio. She told me she wanted "different" shots, as her previous portraits were done at kmart with corny backdrops. She wanted to do the shoot in her front yard, which kind of sucked being that she had a tiny yard with with tons of distractions in the background, (she lives in the suburbs), but we had fun with it anyways. I am hoping this leads to some more gigs because I could sure use the practice. Here are a couple I liked. Any pointers are greatly appreciated, let me have it!

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Fun shuff, great shots. The quality the 5DMKII brings to photos is unreal. I have been making a study and I can almost always tel when shots have been taking with that camera VS a crop body.


I know the camera doesn't make the photographer but dang that is one sweet camera and it puts out rich images like a goose laying golden eggs.

I think I have a dream forming, it goes something like this, Sell one kid get the 5DMKII, Sell another kid get the 85L MKII, Sell the wife get the 135L then move so they can't return the wife lol

BigAlz1 wrote in post #10741972
Fun shuff, great shots. The quality the 5DMKII brings to photos is unreal. I have been making a study and I can almost always tel when shots have been taking with that camera VS a crop body.


I know the camera doesn't make the photographer but dang that is one sweet camera and it puts out rich images like a goose laying golden eggs.

I think I have a dream forming, it goes something like this, Sell one kid get the 5DMKII, Sell another kid get the 85L MKII, Sell the wife get the 135L then move so they can't return the wife lol

Thanks! I just got my 5D on Friday and the difference is unbelievable.

Fantastic shots, all of them. Yes, even the last one.

Thanks Adam!

RPCRUAB, so it's not just me, that thing really does have that much more color detail in it? Good to know, my scheme to sell the family off is full steam ahead.

All very nice images...good work. To nick pick a little (that's all it is as the images you posted work very well), with #1 I would crop a tad tighter to remove some of the area above her head. And the color seems just a tad off on #2. Love the last one the best. Again, all of these work very well. She should be very happy with those.

dwarrenr wrote in post #10743104
All very nice images...good work. To nick pick a little (that's all it is as the images you posted work very well), with #1 I would crop a tad tighter to remove some of the area above her head. And the color seems just a tad off on #2. Love the last one the best. Again, all of these work very well. She should be very happy with those.

Thanks for the advice!

Magnificent all, I have nothing to critique the photos.
Greetings.

Very sweet! Love the use of natural light for hair lighting.really nice. Only nit.watch the crop , she has no feet in #3. I really like the first one..

-Óscar- wrote in post #10743369
Magnificent all, I have nothing to critique the photos.
Greetings.

Thank you!

Flo wrote in post #10743899
Very sweet! Love the use of natural light for hair lighting.really nice. Only nit.watch the crop , she has no feet in #3. I really like the first one..

Thanks for the advice! I definitely have to work on my in camera cropping/composition.