first studio shoot

This was part of my first proper studio shoot, a couple of friends kids. He was a handful, but the 7 month old was great

took 200 shots, some posed some just as they were moving about etc. I kept 70ish for editing, here are a few from my Flikr, C&C welcome:


L&J Monger (16) by Stu_Farnell, on Flickr


L&J Monger (17) by Stu_Farnell, on Flickr


L&J Monger (28) by Stu_Farnell, on Flickr

L&J Monger (75) by Stu_Farnell, on Flickr

and one while i was playing with her:


L&J Monger (42) by Stu_Farnell, on Flickr

I have noticed some hair on the backgrounds on these from that damn teddy bear and i though I had edited them all out. On my desktop they look gone, on here I notice them, time to re-edit some.

1 just doesnt work... too little face, and 5 is just not flattering!

3 is ok, but red is distracting. No.4 though I really like. DOF is spot on and a wonderful shot, different to the norm but I love it.

I was unsure about the 1st myself, I do have one of him which would of been great, however, it looks like the bear caught the focus over him and he is ever so slightly soft.

#4 was a rescue job, I upped from f8 to f2.8 and forgot to change lights so blew it out, luckily managed to get it back in lightroom.

As for #5, it was just me messing around with her. She was only 3 weeks when I last saw her and this has some personal emotion in just for me

Here is the one that was just out of focus :


L&J Monger (15) by Stu_Farnell, on Flickr