Christmas photo shoot

[cdavis]

Babysitting for a friend and decided to use little Joey as my model. Please critique the hell out of this!

I shot manual 1/200 and f2.8. Flash fired manual at 1/16 power. Shot was taken on a 50mm 1.4 (love that lens!)

[marline]

This is a very beautiful photo.I think You've done a good job.nice pose too lol

[royey123]

Originally Posted by cdavis

Please critique the hell out of this!

What exactly are you wondering about?

Her face seems a bit too bright to me, otherwise a nice shot.

[SusanH1970]

What a little cutie. She's definitely overexposed though, and the red channel is totally blown. It looks like the focus may have fallen on her shirt - her face, particularly the eyes, seem soft.

[cdavis]

Originally Posted by SusanH1970

What a little cutie. She's definitely overexposed though, and the red channel is totally blown. It looks like the focus may have fallen on her shirt - her face, particularly the eyes, seem soft.

I agree that the reds were a tad high and her face was blown out. I normally underexpose faces so I forced myself to "over do it". Does this look better? I am trying to figure out whats the best exposure for a person. The focus on her face is actually tack sharp, I think the fact that it was overexposed made it look soft.

[SusanH1970]

The exposure is better on the second one. The reds are still clipped, though...but I've found that red is the hardest color to photograph - it's always the first channel to blow/clip. The eyes still look soft to me, but it's hard to tell on a small image.

You might be able to pull some red out in post processing - there's a bit of magenta in her skin as well.

[mcklynna]

I agree, the eyes do look a little soft. Not much, but a little.