Strobist - Baby shoot #2 - minus towel

[Ginger Pixie]

As the general consensus was that the towel was interfering with the lighting in this shot I thought I would post one taken with the same lighting set up, but minus the towel.

This is following a tone curve adjustment to increase the contrast a little.

Strobist info:
1 flash shot through an umbrella at 1/2 power front right
1 bounced off the ceiling at 1/2 power diagonal left
Reflector on floor level front right.

Exif data
Camera Canon EOS 450D
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Fired

Better? Worse? Any comments greatly appreciated!

[Ginger Pixie]

Or with towel again? (without towel was obviously not good...)

[sk66]

Originally Posted by Ginger Pixie

Or with towel again? (without towel was obviously not good...)

LOL!
This isn't the critique section, but I think the "w/out towel" picture didn't get any comments for reasons other than the lighting.

From a lighting perspective these both work better than the image in the other post....Such a small change can make such a notable difference.

[Ginger Pixie]

Originally Posted by sk66

LOL!
This isn't the critique section, but I think the "w/out towel" picture didn't get any comments for reasons other than the lighting.

From a lighting perspective these both work better than the image in the other post....Such a small change can make such a notable difference.

It's always good to hear a comment or something though, otherwise you think hundreds of people think it's rubbish and you are not sure why! Maybe I should post em in critique too...

Thanks for your comment, it stopped the tumbleweed!

[ccting]

nice shot!
But.. ...I am still prefer the traditional shot by Susan, frankly. I believe Susan is using wider aperture that focuses on the front part rather than the whole part. And, her but looks a bit distraction for me.. (i mean for me..). I will zoom in further to fill the frame so that yellow toy duck will be placed further left bottom corner a bit, and her eyes will be further away to right top corner a bit. The inclusion of other parts make her looks fat so I may move my camera to left a bit... ..;D

And I prefer the horizontal shot ..

Well, I have learned your lighting technique for baby .. thanks ;D


Note: please refer to pic 1.

Well, I am just a noob.. so this is a noob opinion..

[Ginger Pixie]

Originally Posted by ccting

nice shot!
But.. ...I am still prefer the traditional shot by Susan, frankly. I believe Susan is using wider aperture that focuses on the front part rather than the whole part. And, her but looks a bit distraction for me.. (i mean for me..). I will zoom in further to fill the frame so that yellow toy duck will be placed further left bottom corner a bit, and her eyes will be further away to right top corner a bit. The inclusion of other parts make her looks fat so I may move my camera to left a bit... ..;D

And I prefer the horizontal shot ..

Well, I have learned your lighting technique for baby .. thanks ;D


Note: please refer to pic 1.

Well, I am just a noob.. so this is a noob opinion..

Thanks for your response, although I am not sure I agree that she looks fat!

Who is Susan?!

[MindyRaeL]

[QUOTE=ccting;1397001The inclusion of other parts make her looks fat [/QUOTE]

I'm assuming that English is not your first language, but for future reference, it is really impolite to call someone's child fat.

Ginger, I think she looks adorable! A very cute little girl! I think the lighting here is much better. It's a nice, even lighting that really lights up her eyes. What bothers me about the picture is the angle it's taken at. I think keeping the camera straight and being down a little more to her eye level, versus above her, would have really helped make the composition much stronger.
And I absolutely love the second picture of her with the towel. It's aodrable!

[Ginger Pixie]

Originally Posted by MindyRaeL

I'm assuming that English is not your first language, but for future reference, it is really impolite to call someone's child fat.

+1!

Originally Posted by MindyRaeL

Ginger, I think she looks adorable! A very cute little girl! I think the lighting here is much better. It's a nice, even lighting that really lights up her eyes. What bothers me about the picture is the angle it's taken at. I think keeping the camera straight and being down a little more to her eye level, versus above her, would have really helped make the composition much stronger.
And I absolutely love the second picture of her with the towel. It's aodrable!

Thank you very much. I have been playing around with angles when I have my light set up. New 50mm lens makes me work a bit, so I thought I would try new things... but yes, the composition seems to be causing the problems.

I have loads of her at eye level, but I have a habit of getting in too close apparently, so I need to remember to hang back a bit.

That towel's a hit!