My Wife & Me- 1st Anniversary

Well my wife and I decided (Ok, I decided because I wanted to use my new strobes) that we're going to take pictures of us for each anniversary. Here are two shots from out little photoshoot. I wish I had gotten a picture of the setup, it was pretty fun to do in my small apartment. Lighting was Main on camera left about 4 feet away into an umbrella, Fill was camera right about 4 feet away as well also shooting into an umbrella.

I also ended up with my SB-800 on a stand behind us camera left as a hairlight. The background was actually a black bedsheet that I hung off of our china hutch a couple feet behind us, and I added in the background in PS. This was my first attempt using my strobes doing portraits of people. Comments or critique welcome :D

Pretty girl! Congratulations on the anniversary! I think you did really well for a first time and self-portraits to boot! Job well done!

A little different than MTB photos huh? One nit pick I have is her hair in the shot with you. There is a small area between both of you in a clump of her hair that looks strange and "digital". It may be from the PS to the background though.

Great Shots!

Hi jorgemonkey,,,,fine looking couple.....For your first attempt you did really well...

Jurgen
Australia

Thanks!

Yes, that hair in the shot of both of us was from PSing the new background in. I was trying to get it done kinda quickly since I was trying to get it posted before I left for the day. I've got a version of the PSD saved before I started to clean up my cut & paste job, so I'm gonna go back and clean it up better. Also, I love using the wireless remote on my D70 for these shots. Its definatly different from MTB shots, and different from my product shots I do at work!

Gorgeous portraits! Great lighting and ps work jorgemonkey

Excellent for your first try at portraiture. The couple shot is the best. One of the challenges of portraiture is getting the lighting perfect as well as the skin colouring. The first is a tad over-exposed. Pros who have a good critical eye and are aware of trends, procedures and methods, look carefully at the area around the eyes, de-emphasize some areas and emphasize others.

Ronnoco

Next time try a solid colored shirt as well. Stripes are fairly distracting....

you guys are cute!