First Haircut

[Almighty_tuna]

My little Maggie had her first haircut last week and seemed to enjoy it more than her mom! Highlights were blown a wee bit in the scanning.

[darkrainfall]

This is definitely a keeper for the photo album, but it looks like you used direct flash, which seems to have washed out your daughters skin tones a lot. The composition is good though and it is very cute.

[Almighty_tuna]

Thanks for your reply! I really didn't have a choice when it came to the flash. For now all I have is the small pop-up. The actual photo retains most of the skin tone (but only most, not all), the scanner helped wash out more. I was pretty close for this one and used my 50/1.8 since I had to squeeze between her and the counter. Any ideas about how one would bounce it when being so close?

[darkrainfall]

Hmm... it is difficult to bounce the direct flash from a camera pop up flash, but I dealt with that for quite a while when I first started taking pictures... what I did was try to use settings that didn't require flash, or I'd find some more light from another source, such as more lights, windows etc... Given what you have, you did a good job, I would encourage never using direct flash, but sometimes it's better to have the picture than to pass it up for lack of light.

[Almighty_tuna]

Thanks for the advice, darkrainfall!