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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - slejhamer - Oct 30, 2006

Just sharing some snapshots I took over the past few months, and have finally gotten around to processing.

Kate & Madelyn in April, screened outdoor light with fill flash. 1/160s, f/4


Madelyn in early May, window light and bounced fill flash; 1/60s, f/4


Madelyn in late July - she really grew up this summer! Window light only; 1/125s, f2.0


William in August, obviously window light only; 1/1250s f/2.5 (about the shutter speed: I had inadvertently set ISO set to 800 so it was much quicker than expected)


Katie in October - also becoming a little lady, all too quickly. Screened outdoor light behind, bounced flash for main; 1/60s f2.2


Will in October - spikey hair for his first birthday Window light and bounced fill flash, 1/60s f/4

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Irma - Oct 30, 2006

Your children are beautiful, Mitch... and Will!! how big is now... and so handsome...

Wonderful pictures all of them ... Lovely moments so well captured...

The light is perfect, and your post processing is great, very professional... always the same, this is something I can't get with my pictures...

Thanks so much for sharing ...

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - smarti77 - Oct 30, 2006

Great shots. It's good to see more portraits being shown on the site lately.
I also have three children and I find it an ongoing challenge to get a really nice shot of the three of them together while they are still young. Do you find the same thing? I agree with your comments about how quickly they change.
Shane

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - slejhamer - Oct 30, 2006

Thanks folks!

smarti77 Wrote:I find it an ongoing challenge to get a really nice shot of the three of them together while they are still young. Do you find the same thing?

It's just about impossible.

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Pat - Oct 30, 2006

Beautiful shots - I wish I had more of mine when they were growing up :/

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Toad - Oct 30, 2006

These are all great shots - they have grown so much since the last photos I saw. I like WIll's new hairciut!

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Wedding Shooter - Oct 30, 2006

One word Sleg - awesome.

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Schellamo - Oct 30, 2006

Aww, these are lovely!
Thanks for sharing

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Russt - Oct 30, 2006

Great series of shots Mitch, the pp is spot on, just the right amount of contrast.

are you still using the b&w conversion method as in your tutorial??

I hope I can get the same level of consistency one day

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - slejhamer - Oct 31, 2006

Thanks again!

Russt Wrote:are you still using the b&w conversion method as in your tutorial??

Hey Russt, yes, pretty much the same, but with some added twists like a realistic "grain" layer.

I've got everything made into PS Actions, so I can quickly run a few different versions (preset tints and contrast settings) and pick the one that works best for a particular subject. Some benefit from deeper shadows, some need the shadows opened up, some need more of a high-key appearance, others need the mids tweaked, etc.

I should lump them all into one action that creates all the variations at the same time.

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Petographer - Oct 31, 2006

Very nice images Mitch. The kids are beautiful. You always do a fantasic job with images of your kids.

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - slejhamer - Nov 1, 2006

Thanks Peto!

My wife keeps reminding me that the only reason she "let" me get a digital camera was to take pics of the kids ... in other words, I'm supposed to shoot a heck of a lot more than I do! :o

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - Paul.R.Lindqvist - Nov 1, 2006

Beautiful kids! And great shots of them.

My favourite is the last one! Great job!

/Paul L.

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Bunch of Snaps of My Kids - rdegro - Nov 13, 2006

Great portraiture here slejhamer, great looking family, I know how proud you must be. I really like the B/W.

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