erica_duffy

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>How did the photographer in the following link achieve the look of the babies? The look of the soft, perfect skin and eyes and colors popping. I attached a picture I'm trying edit to look the same way and I can't figure it out. Hopefully I'm explaining the look I'm going for. Thanks</p>

<p>Link:</p>

<p><a href="http://dawnm.com/chicago-baby-photographer/">http://dawnm.com/chicago-baby-photographer/</a></p><div></div>

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>My husband's Aunt asked me to retouch this picture, so far I was able to add hair on the top of her head but she also wants bangs added and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Any suggestions? Thanks!</p>

 

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>My husband's Aunt asked me to retouch this picture, so far I was able to add hair on the top of her head but she also wants bangs added and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Any suggestions? Thanks!</p>

<p>Thank you for all the responses. This is actually and grandmother and her granddaughter. The baby's mother and father were standing by me to get the baby to smile and the grandma was looking at them too! I got a couple of her looking at me but this is the best one of the baby smiling. They have to come back for the baby's pics with mom/dad because she got cranky. I'm thinking of asking the grandma to come back too so she can look at the camera. I'll tweak what I have and see what she thinks. Thanks again!</p>

<p>Hello,<br>

Recently I got the Nikon D90 (before I had the d5000). Ever since I got the D90 when I take pictures it's hard to focus on multiple subjects, especially in one is not directly next to the other. Or part of my one subject will focus and the other will not. (My subjects are people). What settings can I change this with? I tried messing around with the settings and nothing seems to work. I can't seem to find anything in the manual, which I'm sure it's in there I'm most likely looking in the wrong spot. I've been using a 35mm lens. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I'm still new to the forum and I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. One of my constant lights broke and instead of buying a new one I'm saving up for two AB strobes. In the mean time I have to make due with what I had. I want to know how to adjust the photo I'm attaching to look better. I'm usually pretty good at editing the photos in photoshop but for some reason with this particular session I'm not so lucky. Any suggestions? I'm looking to lighten the background. Thanks!</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for the input everyone! I think I'm going to get two <a href="http://www.alienbees.com/b400.html">The AlienBees B400 Flash Unit</a>. Now, my concern is lighting up my background. I need to light up the white....can I use two constant lights on the background or will that be bad to combine constant and strobes?</p>

<p>If I purchase a flash unit from Alien Bees will I be able to use the light stand and umbrella i'm currently using for my constant lighting?</p>

<p>Thanks! I have no idea what I'm looking for so I'm glad you were honest with it. I shoot portraits. I also have a SB-600 speed light that I use attached to my camera. Would it be best to purchase two more and just use those? I am going to start on location group portraits. I forgot to ad I use a Nikon d90, will any strobe kit work with that camera?</p>

<p>Forgot to attach the link! Here it is: <a href="http://www.cowboystudio.com/product/c07/p0702-01.php">http://www.cowboystudio.com/product/c07/p0702-01.php</a></p>

<p>Currently I use 4 constant lights. One broke so I decided to switch to strobe lights and keep the other 3 I have as back-ups. I have no idea what kind of lights I need. Currently I use my living room as my studio set-up. The space is approx. 12 ft x 20 ft. Any suggestions? I'm looking into the link below but I have no idea! Also, now I have two lights in front of the subject and two lights on the background. Many of the strobe lighting kits come with only 3 lights. How do I set up the lighting then? One on the subject and two on the background? any feedback is appreciated! Thanks!</p>

<p>I would shoot in RAW, however I read that Windows Vista isn't compatible. I have to look into it more.</p>

<p>Thank you so much for the info!! I tried the photo filters and it worked, i still need to play with it a little more to get it where I want it. </p><div></div>

<p>Yes, it's the entire image. I'm shootiing JPG, i haven't tried RAW yet. I'm using photosthop CS2. </p><div></div>

<p>Hello!<br /> I'm not sure if there is a better place to post this question, I'm still new to the forum. The other day I took pictures and didn't realize I had my end table lamp on. In the camera view I didn't not but once I uploaded the pics I did. I already asked my cousin to come back for another session, but first I wanted to see if there was a way to fix this in photoshop? Thanks much!! <br>

I'm trying to upload samples now..</p>

<p>I tried a few sessions with natural light...neither of the newborns slept at all so it was a little tough with the posing! What do you guys think? This is my first time trying out natural light.</p>

<p>Hi Devon,<br>

I uploaded one photo, I'm working on more. Thank you for your input so far!<br>

Erica</p><div></div>

<p>Hello,<br /> I currently take pictures out of my home. I have 5 lights in my set up-2 105w Continuous Daylight Studio Photo Light Bulbs 5000k with umbrellas, 2 smith victor photoflood lams with ECA 250-watt bulbs and a SB-600. I can't seem to make the background white, it turns out gray. How should I be setting the lights up? and How should my camera settings be set up? I use a nikon d5000 18-55mm lens. I don't have a light meter, hopefully I will in the future but I don't right now. I attached a couple pictures to show what I'm talking about. Any feedback appreciated! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Hi,<br>

Currently I use studio lighting and I would love to learn how to use natural light on newborns. I've only photographed one newborn, it was for my sister-in-law, and it was done in the evening so I couldn't use natural light. I love how natural light pictures turn out. I can't seem to figure out the settings on my camera. I have a Nikon D5000, AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm lens. I've played around with the settings but I can't get the pictures to look as nice as I've seen them. Should I be using a different lens? I also have a Nikkor 55-200mm lens, I have't used it yet.</p>

<p>Any input is greatly appreciated! Thanks!</p>