Mia 6 mos

[palmtree429]

I'm certainly no professional photographer. I just like to take nice pics of my family etc. This is a pic of my daughter Mia - she is 6 months. I liked the photo better when I changed it to black and white, but it's still not true B&W. Here is what I would like help with:

1) How do you get the whites to be white and backs black? This is more gray than black and white.

2) The focus part was on her eyes - or at least I thought it was, but it looks like the bottom right hand corner is where it's most in focus.

3) It still seems to be flat. How do you fix that?

I also do not have a raw file converter, so all of my pics are in jpeg and am at the mercy of jpeg PP.

Thanks for your help!




Camera Nikon D5000
Exposure 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture f/2.2
Focal Length 35 mm
Focal Length 35.6 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash

[cherrygirl]

The focus problem could be the very slow shutter speed...it is way hard to handhold 1/20, especially when shooting children. Also the photo is very underexposed which is likely causing the muddy look.

[palmtree429]

Thank you for your reply. I'll adjust the exposure. I always end up with underexposed pics.....something I definitely need to work on!
Thanks again.