Elliott - home studio

[psenior1]

The 5 yr old little girl and her mum that I was meant to be taking pics of on Monday had to postpone, so friend of my wife and her 7 month old boy were last minute stand in's.

I'm not as pleased with these shots as I were the last set, I swapped the softbox on my second light (to the right of Elliot) for a shoot through brolly without considering the blue curtains covering the patio doors right next to the light.

I had real trouble getting the WB and skin tones looking reasonable, it took a bit of tweaking and I'm still not 100% happy. Another lesson learnt, I've got a large black background cloth that I will cover the curtains up with next time...

On top of all that Elliott had been up in the night and then missed his morning sleep and getting him to smile was near on impossible! All in all a lot harder shoot than my previous three! Thankfully I got 20 or so reasonable shots and the parents seem very pleased...

C&C welcome (please!)...

#1

#2

#3 (a crop of #1)

#4

#5 (B+W + 12% yellow)

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

 

[springtide]

Very nice set, and even more so with the conditions. Sounds like your learnt a lot.

It's very hard working with children of this age even when they are your own!

 

[tikkathreebarrel]

Lovely set: I presume that mum likes them? Don't he look like his mum?

 

[kate90]

i think their great photo's, i love #3, the way the light is caught on the eyes looks good =)

 

[psenior1]

Lovely set: I presume that mum likes them? Don't he look like his mum?

thanks, yep the Mum seems very happy with them!

My screen calibrator arrived yesterday and the skin tones now look a lot better!