[Schellamo]

...paid shoot that is

8 kids, 10 adults (including me), way too many cooks in the kitchen so to speak!

Here are some photos, I'd love some feedback as I learned that I don't work well under pressure!

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4. This is the main shot I needed to get, its for the grandparents birthday


5.


it was quite stressful, having so many people, I don't know how some of you handle weddings! I need to learn to be more assertive I guess.
Anyway, comments anyone??

[byrt_001]

hi

there is a couple of things that i personaly do not like. But remember that i'm fussy...

shot1: the child on the left looks totally out, could have been better if he was in the middle next to the other boy.

shot2: i like the faces,

shot 3: the faces, very nice

shot4: the image looks like the people are falling becuase the way they were seated.

shot5: not bad....small distractions that are not worth mention.

overall not bad, small kids are a nightmare,

lastly, the colours are a bit to the blue, was your camera set to the right white balance? also was you lens clean? i can see some glow? have you done any processing to them?

Just remember that i'm fussy and I do not want to kill your passion for photography, i'm just pointing out some of the obvious mistakes. i hope you take my points in a constructive way.

[Schellamo]

No, I totally agree with your criticisms Byrt! I knew I totally flunked this one, luckily it was family, but I'm still not happy with a lot of the shots I did.

i think my lens must have had a smudge on it, because after the first 4 or so shots, they all seem to have that glow on the right hand side and I don't know what I was thinking, I seem to have backtracked somewhat, because alot of shots have motion blur as well. I usually shoot shutter priority, but because of the group shots, i think I switched to apeture priority. I dunno, I wasn't thinking I guess. I shot raw and set the white balance myself afterwards, they seemed okay to me, so it might be my monitor again...

Thanks for the feedback Christian!

[Russt]

Congrats on getting your first shoot Schell. Better you than me.........all those kids and parents, would not have been easy.

I agree with much of Byrts comments. I really like the very first shot and the use of the cubby house in the last is great!

Keep going I think that your first shoot would be the hardest.........it should get easier.

[lucy]

Congratulations, Schellamo!
Great photos. I think I like no 2. the best.

lucy

[Schellamo]

Russ- Thanks, I'm hoping so, but I'm also hoping that I don't have to shoot 8 kids again for a loooong time!

Thanks Lucy

[Wedding Shooter]

Number 2 is really beautiful.

The problem with number 4 (apart from the slope of the ground) is the dappled light. Some cropping would help perhaps.

Christian's points were good.

Great to see you getting some paid work - I am sure they will be happy.

[noonespillow]

When I first saw #1 I thought the people looked very pasted in.. I'm guessing that's because there seems to be a large lack of focusing.

#3 - The three photos look pretty good together, and there seems to be more focusing. Nice.

#4 - This seems off-balance, and there's a bit of glare on the people to the right.. And I noticed you used selective focusing afterwards, a nice touch, but a bit odd for portraits..

#5 - The background seems a bit cluttered..and brightness to the left.

Other then these things they look pretty nice. Just a few of the little technical details that could be a bit nicer.. But still, props on getting your first paid shoot! Keep working and you can really improve your work!