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Taken this evening, hope you like.

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I like it, it's nicely lit.

What was your setup for this kind of shot? I'm just getting into portraiture so it would be interesting to know.

One little thing that I dont like about the photo is the editing around the hair on the right side, it doesn't look right.
 
Its a lovely formal portait of your daughter - well done. I concur with the other comments on the background and the stray hairs between her neck and bust other than that nicely exposed by a proud father
 
jayeshpp said:
I like it, it's nicely lit.

What was your setup for this kind of shot? I'm just getting into portraiture so it would be interesting to know.

One little thing that I dont like about the photo is the editing around the hair on the right side, it doesn't look right.
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A small soft box at approx 60º from the camera left set at approx 45º looking down
A medium sized softbox for fill almost immediately to the right of camera, set at 1 stop less than the key light.

A small reflector with medium grid skimming off the hair from the rear rhs.

Final exposure f11.

I have embedded another of which has only been spotted, not sure what you mean about the hair, but appreciate your CC.

spencer said:
Its a great shot, with a very pretty model.(y)
But the processing doesn't blend with the background very well!:shrug:

Spence
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The background was probably not the best choice with the colour of her hair.

Paul-H said:
Must get my eyes fixed, don't see any problem with the hair?

Very nicely taken Photo
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Thank you

donald said:
Its a lovely formal portait of your daughter - well done. I concur with the other comments on the background and the stray hairs between her neck and bust other than that nicely exposed by a proud father
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Many thanks


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Many thanks all.
 
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the hair looks soooo much better now mate..

md(y)
 
scraggs said:
It's a nicely lit shot with a nice pose, but it looks a touch soft to my eyes.
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I think that may be down to resizing and compression, it prints fine, but I appreciate your cc. Thank you.

..MD.. said:
the hair looks soooo much better now mate..

md(y)
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Thank you, I always have to meddle :shake:

foodpoison said:
Much prefer the second shot. Beautifully lit and super sharp. Bet she's happy with it (y)
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Many thanks.
Lol, she's never happy with my pics of her.

She and a previous boyfriend, spent about £500 at a studio in London and came back with just a CD with some very plain and some poor shots, of which I had to print. She loved those ones - DOH.
 
Hi steveathome

Lovely shot and subject.
Don't see much difference with the edit / original.
Think you'd have saved yourself a little processing time if you'd have spent a minute or two fixing the hair before shooting.
One thing I'm not so keen on is the stray hairs just below your daughter's neck - again you could have sorted before shoot. Not a huge issue though.
 
Yep, a lot to be said for planning and preparation.

Many thanks for your honest CC.
 
this is the kind of thing i meant mate..

not a massive difference but some..

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md:shrug:
 
nothing major..
very slight usm if it helps about 0.4 on the radius.

took the reflection out of the one eye.
and slightly desaturated it..thats about it really . it was a nice photo to start with imo..

md
 
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