karmahill

We use Smart Slides at Pixellu.com. They make a great slideshow and have lots of great music you can add.

On the original image, I would just even out his skin tone. Removing wrinkles from men can make them look like they had a facelift sometimes. I would also Increase exposure. The people in the back are really dark. Light Room is the perfect tool for this simple editing stuff. Photoshop takes more time.

For some reason, my public profile has my name twice.

 

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How do I fix it it looks super weird?

 

Thank you.

One of the most important things in photography is to follow the light and when you don't have any to give you inspiration it makes it tough to get really interesting images, especially in landscape situations.

 

Just try to get your exposure right and post-processing is key. Can't do a ton about a dreary day though, unless you want to do hours of Photoshop work.

We do all outdoor portraits in very bright lighting in Maui, Hawaii. For larger groups, we use two strobes, one on each side of the group out of the frame. We have found constant lights just don't do the job, at least in our outdoor lighting environment.

So I am assuming she makes good money off the photos. If she is just doing it as a service to her recital parents you could tell her you will do them for free and post them on a site where the parents can buy the digitals strait from you and you will probably make good money.

 

She does obviously know your value and quality or she wouldn't be coming back again and again. If it's not worth your time just say no and see what she comes back with.

 

Good luck :)

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We shoot hundreds of portraits per year and from experience, don't use a tripod. A tripod is great for getting extremely detailed landscape shots, usually at longer distances, but not really needed for portraits.

 

Take your camera off the tripod and you can get any angle you want (use off camera flash if additional lighting is needed), as long as you have the camera focused (or on Auto Focus) and your camera is on an acceptable shutter speed (it can be pretty slow considering they will be sitting 100 or more is really safe) you will be better than fine and get lots of great new angles.

For us bookings really seem to ramp up 1 -2 months directly after Christmas and New Years. I agree with David, engagements are really happening all the time now.

Aloha,

 

Can I redisign my community member page, if so how do I go about doing it.

 

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