My next photo shoot this week was baby Roman - 7 months.
I had all these great "sitting"-type poses ready to try out. But Roman's not sitting yet. So once again, I was sort of stumped.
Again with the backlighting. I think I got the exposure better this time, and with less haze (yes!) than the last attempt.
This pose is super. I need more go-to's like this one. Mom and baby look beautiful to me.
Doesn't this look mom look like a rock star? She reminds me of you, Charlie.
Black backgrounds are difficult. Baby appears to be floating a lot of the time. Not sure what the solution to that is.
This shoot made me a little crazy. I kept my camera in manual but had to keep switching the settings. I was using my speed light, bounced off the ceiling's corner behind me - but I also frequently switched to all natural light... which meant I had to increase my ISO by a lot. I was so frustrated, because it seemed that every image came out over- or under-exposed. Thank goodness for the ability to post-process. I would like to get proficient enough that my images come straight out of the camera with little need for editing. Maybe some day. Practice makes perfect.
Beautiful. I love the one with Roman grabbing Mom's chin. I don't know what they look like right out of the camera, but your post-processing is looking pretty excellent.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Heidi! I can tell you... most of them did not look pretty. But I've learned to slightly over-expose, because it's easier to recover the blown data that way than if you under-expose. So that's been helpful.
ReplyDeleteNot that I am an expert, but the easiest way to set exposure (and most of the time its pretty good) is to expose for your own hand. The professional way to do it is with a gray card. You can get one for no more than $15 and probably a lot cheaper depending on how big of one you want.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kris - great idea :)
DeleteI seriously loved them, probably even without retouching. A pic of my baby is a great one no matter what. Oh and about the black background. We love those. We thing it has a cool 3d effect. It is one of our favorites. I say keep it. It is awesome : ) Thank you again!!!
DeleteSo glad you like them! Thanks for having a super cute, smiley baby :)
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