Family Shoot

[ang1995]

I did this family shoot with some friends of mine from church last night. It was a little hard to get a good picture since the kids were grumpy and they aren't the happiest kids ever. I was wondering what you'll think of this pic and what changes need to be made in your opinion.
The quality looks kinda bad here
Any advise is welcome!!





Thanks in advance!!

[MrJones]

first of all - lose the vignetting, for me this is just ruining your picture.
secondly, it's a lovely picture, just wish you kept the composition rule of thirds and put them more to the left.
other than that, you're shooting with a closed aperture (high f value) which causes the background to be quite sharp and distracting. a wider aperture would have given you a nice blurry background and kept the focus on the family.

please provide your EXIF data so our help will be more accurate.

[ang1995]

Sorry I forgot to post the EXIF Data.
Here it is

Camera: Cannon EOS Rebel XTI
Lense: Cannon EF 28-138mm
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: F5.6
Focal Length: 35.0 mm
ISO Speed: 16.00
Flash: Off, Did not fire


Thanks for the comment!!

[fais54]

I think if you post it to Flickr, you may get a better quality. I usually hate vignetting, but in the case that the subject is in the center of the image and there are a lot of negative space, then a very light vignette could look nice. Otherwise, I wouldn't use it at all. I think you could do some tweaks to make the colors pop more.

But, yes, it's a very nice photo, but I would just lighten up or lose the vignette.

[ang1995]

I think if you post it to Flickr, you may get a better quality. I usually hate vignetting, but in the case that the subject is in the center of the image and there are a lot of negative space, then a very light vignette could look nice. Otherwise, I wouldn't use it at all. I think you could do some tweaks to make the colors pop more.

But, yes, it's a very nice photo, but I would just lighten up or lose the vignette.

Thanks for the advise! I don't think that the vignette showed up as much when it was on my computer program. I will definitely lighten it up or take it out completely. I will see what I can come up with on it and I will post it.