My 4 yr old daughter

[Jemma87]

i took a few shots of my daughter a few days ago... there is a few that i like but im not overly happy with them... when i look at shots on here that other ppl have taken they really jump out at me and are so sharp and the colours look great in saying that unsure if they have been edited etc. anyway what i was wondering is if anyone could give me advice on what i could do to improve my shots...


this one is actually my fav out of the whole lot but still think it could be improved.
flash - auto (fired)
focal length - 73.00mm
shutter - 1/160
aperture- 4.6
iso- 100
exsposure - 0.00ev

Is it something to do with my exsposure ??
im new to this, also incase u need to know im using a olympus e 520. these were taken with the kit lense 42-150mm..

[pahowes]

A few thoughts:

1/160 is a really fast shutter speed for portraits. I generally use 1/60. That also allows for a smaller aperture than the f/4.5 that you used, which would provided better depth of field (DOF) in your picture. Something in the f/5.6-f/8 range would be better.

I can't tell from your picture, but try shooting in RAW instead of JPEG. Then you have more information with which to push the vividness or saturation of the image. That makes the colors pop.

If you want to separate your subject from the background, you need studio strobes -- one or two on the face of your subject and a hair light above and slightly behind your subject, giving that sun-lit glow.

[Jemma87]

thankyou for your reply....i will try ur suggestions...