Is the skin tone off?

[cyber3d]

ccting,

If you are asking me ....
Q1: Do you think he should wear white shirt instead? No. Black or white are difficult. Neutral is better or color is better. Texture is best.

Q2: Do you think the shadow under the nose distractive? Reflector needed? No. This is a child photo not a glamour photo. Personally, I like to leave as much natural as possible when it comes to children.

Q3: Do you think the left eye not clear is of no problem? No. But, in my edit, I did punch up both eyes a little. If you brighten up the shadow side eye it won't look natural -- because, after all, it is in the shadow side.

Q4: Falloff @ background particular @ head region? I would have gone for a shallow DOF to blur the background and the foreground rug.

Q5: Strong highlight @ clothes & hair, will that distract viewer from face? It can if it is too strong. The JPG was of low quality so I did not take the necessary time to make it perfect. But, in this picture you need some separation between the dark sweater/hair and the background. That is why I suggest rim lighting.

Q6: That is the objective of this pic? Face or clothes? It is a photo of the child - not the clothes. So, the face is the most important.



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[ccting]

[QUOTE=cyber3d;1402403]

@cyber3d, thanks for the advice


Q1: Do you think he should wear white shirt instead? No. Black or white are difficult. Neutral is better or color is better. Texture is best.

Texture???????????????? ????

Q(A1): But the background is white. Neutral means gray??
Why am i asking this question?
Principle: Itten's contrast either tone / color / background attracts attention. The higher contrast, the higher attention it grabs from viewer.

In this context, I find the background is white in color. I wish to have greater contrast on face rather than its clothes. The black-white definitely give strongest contrast which distract the attention of viewers from face to clothes. So, What I think the best color for clothes is either white grey white which reduces the color contrast .. and background is absolutely will brighter than face if too near the subject..

I don't know how valid the claims of this article..

[ccting]

Originally Posted by cyber3d

Q4: Falloff @ background particular @ head region? I would have gone for a shallow DOF to blur the background and the foreground rug.
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Blurring the background??

Do you think there is no connection between background and the subject? Why?
Do you think the background is a kind of distractive? Why?
What do you think the final output of photo after changing to shallow DOF? Why?

[ccting]

Originally Posted by Weird Girl

ok thanks! No, it's my stupid lights HAHA I am frustrated if you can't tell... I didn't burn or add vignetting, i just couldn't get rid of the ridiculous shadow (at least not on purpose). Other shots don't have that so I guess he was centered just right... I didn't think him moving one step would make such a huge difference in the lighting but I am also having issues figuring out my camera as it is... I am just all around frustrated but I'm not giving up... sigh...

Dear Weired Girl,

May be it is not because of your lighting problem. I am facing the same problem when I am using D5100 + kit lens... everything looks seriously lack of contrast, & blur... until i use my brother's D3000 + 50 f/1.8 lens..

I don't know.. hahaha.. perhaps get other's comment again.. hehe

[Weird Girl]

Well I know I am definitely not getting the lighting right but I do agree that a prime Nikon lens will give me a much better outcome... I am just trying to get the basics down before I go crazy spending money hahaha