Claire-Bear

Comments are always enjoyed - especially if they are pointers to

improve the image:) Thanks!

What a cutie :) I couldn't resist removing the chair in the background & hand-painting her. She's a doll. Hope you don't mind.

 

Remember, if ever you have anyone that wants a hand-colored image, I now have my shop open & I am doing this for other photographers. I really love doing it :) Just e-mail me.

I never mind when you play. I love seeing others' perspective on my images. You do such a nice job hand coloring and I will definitely keep you in mind if I have any customers that would like that service. I have done a few but I tend to rush through them which doesn't work so well. Great job taking the chair out. The chair is a little mushroom style that I found at Wally-World. The kids love it and little babies fit perfect in it but it's brown and I hate the metal legs. My next purchase will be a new foam chair called a Bumbo. It helps even little babies sit straight up.

Emily- my daughter has one of those chairs, they are so funny :) I also am going to get one, they work wonderfully :)

Great picture. Good exposure and colors.

not a huge fan of hand coloring, but was wondering if you pushed brightness and contrast up to bring out her eye color more, or was the shot simply overexposed somewhat, could you post original? I really love the eye detail you've brought out.

Sasha - Here is the original. As you can see the hat caused a large shadow in her eyes so I did have to bump up the exposure and adjust curves. I also dodged the area under her eyes and her actual eyes. Thanks for noticing that I did work on it. I am pleased that you approve.

Wonderful high kee image Emily,well done,best regards

Wonderful Colour Combinations...Nice shot...

Ger..

Thanks Dan & Ger for commenting. White and black are my favorite backdrops to shoot against. I think it just draws your attention to only the child. I had a hard time with the hat/shadows but her mom really wanted the hat on.