Family

[misol]

I did some photos of family on a recent visit. I am somewhat anxious to impress, and really feel like I didnt get the great photos I was looking for. I would love to hear feed back on these photos. I did do editing on them, but wonder if any look over edited (in my desire to knock their socks off)? Thanks so much

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[Lori11]

I love the first shot! I dont think they look "over done". I like the second one but seems like something is missing. On the last one if you cropped it you came very, almost to close to the top of hs head, I would crop more off the right side of it. Nice work!

[Dave Smith]

Misol

Agree with Lori ... the third could use a little crop on the right side.

I think they willl be well pleased with these.

[Frog]

Welcome to the forums!
My socks at least drooped a little on the first one. Its a nice composition.
The others are ok and the crop suggestion is a good one. I would crop out the window entirely and then crop a bit from left to keep the balance.

[misol]

Thanks very much for the feedback. I appreciate it very much. It always helps to have a second eye. The one of the younger man cant be cropped much different (I always crop in a 4x6 size)...but I dont mind the extreme empty space. But it is just a personal taste issue. I totally see what you mean about the older man and re-edited. And I also see the something missing in the beach photo...I think there is too much empty space because the sea/sky isnt interesting and there lacks some depth of color.


Thanks so much for the imput and would appreciate any further C&C if anyone has any thing to add.

[gracie_r]

Wow, I love the first two. The expression of the woman in the first one conveys so much, and I love the simplicity of the second one. The 3rd and 4th are good shots too, don't get me wrong, the just don't evoke emotion like the first two.

Nice work!

[Dave Smith]

I see why you cropped the last original pic.

The white spot above his head is way distracting.

I think your original crop was better.

[Alison]

Great lighting and tones on all of them.

Have you used a noise filter on the first one because the skin on the lady looks overdone and blotchy on the shaded side. Other than that. I love the feel of the picture and the emotion you captured.

The others are great shots too, my favourite being number 3. It's a shame about his expression though. However, I know not everyone is comfortable in front of the camera, me included!

[misol]

I used a skin smoothing technique that i don't really care for, but my husband was insistent it looked great...he hates to think of his mom as old! It did bother me, it doesn't look too natural I think.

#3 was really a capture, he was talking...I think asking me what I wanted to eat for lunch. So I dont think its his camera face, but in between words? I didn't really see it in a bad way, I guess people see things differently when you know the person.

[misol]

actually I went back and looked and there is some blochiness to that area...I think its a skin issue, maybe a shadow...I am going to work on fixing it but not sure if there is much I can do.