It's my daughters Prom tomorrow please help

[Bellivia]

It's my daughters High School Prom tomorrow & tonight we had a trial run with the camera. Please could you give me some pointers to improve the photo ... thank you.

I have copied the EXIF from Flickr, hope I've done it right as this is my first try.

Camera Panasonic DMC-FZ28
Exposure 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture f/3.4
Focal Length 11.5 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias +0.66 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 1
Y-Resolution 1
Software Ver.1.0
Date and Time (Modified) 2011:06:16 18:37:30
YCbCr Positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Portrait
Date and Time (Original) 2011:06:16 18:37:30
Date and Time (Digitized) 2011:06:16 18:37:30
Compressed Bits Per Pixel 4
Max Aperture Value 2.8
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Light Source Unknown
Color Space sRGB
Sensing Method One-chip color area
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio 0
Focal Length In35mm Format 67 mm
Scene Capture Type Standard
Gain Control High gain up
Contrast Normal
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
Image Unique ID 99139a4cecfcb995303d3d2d793260a4
Image Quality High
Firmware Version 0.1.0.0
White Balance Auto
Focus Mode Auto
AFMode Face Detect
Image Stabilization On, Mode 1
Macro Mode Off
Shooting Mode Portrait
Audio No
Data Dump (Binary data 8200 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Flash Bias 0
Internal Serial Number (S01) 2009:08:21 no. 0571
Panasonic Exif Version 0270
Color Effect Off
Time Since Power On 00:01:22.98
Burst Mode Off
Sequence Number 0
Contrast Unknown (0x5)
Noise Reduction Standard
Self Timer Off
Rotation Rotate 270 CW
AFAssist Lamp Enabled but Not Used
Color Mode Normal
Baby Age (not set)
Optical Zoom Mode Standard
Conversion Lens Off
Travel Day n/a
World Time Location Home
Text Stamp Off
Program ISO n/a
Advanced Scene Mode Auto
Faces Detected 1
Saturation Normal
Sharpness Normal
WBAdjust AB 0
WBAdjust GM 0
AFPoint Position 0.77 0.6
Num Face Positions 1
Face1 Position 247 128 68 68
Maker Note Version 0130
Scene Mode Portrait
WBRed Level 1777
WBGreen Level 1054
WBBlue Level 1879
Flash Fired No
Related Image Width 3648
Related Image Height 2432
Compression JPEG (old-style)
XMPToolkit XMP Core 5.1.2

[SandeeWig]

Hi Bellivia,

My suggestions would be to:

1. Move her away from the wall a bit or shoot outside
2. Stand further away to allow more space on either side of her
3. Shoot from a bit higher up...in this shot you're looking up at her
4. Focus on her face. Focus fell on the dress/flower, so her beautiful face is soft/out of focus
5. Watch for distracting elements, like her bangs over her eyes (nitpicky)

Hope this helps and she has a great time!

[Bellivia]

Originally Posted by SandeeWig

Hi Bellivia,

My suggestions would be to:

1. Move her away from the wall a bit or shoot outside
2. Stand further away to allow more space on either side of her
3. Shoot from a bit higher up...in this shot you're looking up at her
4. Focus on her face. Focus fell on the dress/flower, so her beautiful face is soft/out of focus
5. Watch for distracting elements, like her bangs over her eyes (nitpicky)

Hope this helps and she has a great time!

Aimee that's fantastic thank you That's just the sort of information I was looking for. I really appreciate you taking the time to help, thanks xxx

[SandeeWig]

Originally Posted by Bellivia

Aimee that's fantastic thank you That's just the sort of information I was looking for. I really appreciate you taking the time to help, thanks xxx

You're very welcome! Hope to see the images you take of her on prom night!