Photoshoot First Attempt

[Mark Lawrence]

I tried my first photo shoot today of my son - I've edited in Photoshop CS5 to crop, sharpen, etc - I'd appreciate any comments...

Edit: all were ISO 200 F/5.6 Aperture priority on my Nikon D200 Tamron 28-300 VR lens - no flash

[ksneazco]

looks like there were some other interesting structutres to use for background besides the same background each time. I love the first picture. Also consider a portrait where he's not looking directly into the camera. Otherwise not bad

[windrider86]

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[Doug Sundseth]

I like the open shade lighting you've used here. It works well with the subject.

I like the background, which I think provides some nice textural interest without drawing too much attention from the subject.

I generally like the composition, but I'd really like to see the right hand. To keep the same crop, you might try it with his lower arm across his midsection, possibly holding a baseball to go with the glove. Alternatively, I think you should probably either pull back a bit to get the hand or crop in a bit from the bottom so the arm isn't cut so close to the hand.

Nice photo.

[autofocus]

Originally Posted by Doug Sundseth

I like the open shade lighting you've used here. It works well with the subject.

I like the background, which I think provides some nice textural interest without drawing too much attention from the subject.

I generally like the composition, but I'd really like to see the right hand. To keep the same crop, you might try it with his lower arm across his midsection, possibly holding a baseball to go with the glove. Alternatively, I think you should probably either pull back a bit to get the hand or crop in a bit from the bottom so the arm isn't cut so close to the hand.

Nice photo.

+1 on all that Doug said. But I'd like to add one more comment about the composition. The rather large glove on your son's left hand is compositionally in the right place. However, that said, I find my eyes going to it and continues to draw away my eyes from your son's face. A possible re-positioning of that hand would have worked better for me IMO.