single photos Baylee

Comments & suggestions appreciated. Thanks for looking.

beautiful portrait. One thing, the eyes seem a little soft. When shooting portraits, I usually select the center auto focus point. Then I will focus on the eyes and recompose the shot with the shutter pressed half way to keep focus on the eyes. I have included two pictures of my stepdaughter showing the results of this before and after I learned to use center auto focus. The top picture is with all auto focus points selected, the bottom with center. I hope this helps. Take care!

by the way, I made the attachment big on purpose so that you can see the eyes better. =)

Thanks Kelly, for taking the time to view and comment on my picture of Baylee. That is a huge difference in the eyes! Thanks for the tip & I will definetly work on the focus points. Thanks again.

The pose and tones are all nice in this photo. For my taste there is too much work on her face. It looks unnatural. In addition I think the hair is to sharp, and the whites of her shirt are too "glowy".I did a lot of this kind of work when I was learning to use photoshop. It's really tempting to go overboard with the effects, but if you tone it down a little your photos will look better.

 

I was watching a documentary on fashion retouching. They do a TON of work on the photos (many days worth per photo), but they leave little details (moles, lip hair, etc) to give people cues that the photos are "natural".

Aubrey, Thanks for the advice. I always appreciate any help I can get. The only work that was done on this photo was turning it into a B&W in Microsoft Digital Image Suite (not Photoshop) and applied a diffuse glow filter to the image. My daughgter, whom is 11 years old in this picture, doesn't have freckles, lip hair, moles or any other visable marks on her face. Thanks again!

 

Ingrid

Great shot, I don't see anything wrong with this shot. Exposure on the skin tones looks to be right on the money, that is why the whites are bright. GREAT WORK (The catch light in her eyes makes the shot pop) Keep up the good work.