Family portrait

[phaither]

Is this overexposed? Any critique is welcomed. Thanks...

[Guitarplayr34]

Yeah from where I'm sitting, it looks pretty blown out. The background especially, and a little bit on the girl's face on the right. I would bump down the exposure, and maybe do some recovery. Good job though getting 2 dogs and 2 kids sitting down long enough for a picture! That is tough! I think it is a nice image, just a few tweaks and you are good to go!

[phaither]

Thanks for your input- it was not easy to get all 4 sets of eyes on the camera! I purposely blew out the background using the dodge tool in PP. I was more concerned about the subjects. I'll try to tone down the exposure on the face. I actually tried using the burn tool but didn't like the results. Thoughts?
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[windrider86]

Be sure to post your exif so we can tell WHY its overexposed

[Rentham]

Originally Posted by phaither

I purposely blew out the background using the dodge tool in PP. I was more concerned about the subjects. I'll try to tone down the exposure on the face. I actually tried using the burn tool but didn't like the results. Thoughts?

The little girl's face, on camera right, is definitely too hot. Probably too hot to recover with the burn tool because the skin tones will start getting funky. In this type of shot you'd usually light the background separately from the subjects.