Birthday Photo Shoot

[AlphaBjerke]

My daughter asked me if I could take the attendees from her birthday party to the park for a photo shoot and, of course, I obliged. Other than the girl on the the viewer's right looking down and away, I wanted to get your opinions on:

Skin tones and overall white balance. Did I get it right?

Composition. I cropped it so the heads were more at the bottom third of the photo. Originally, they were in the middle.

Post processing. I did a dodge and burn to brighten eyes and some teeth, increased contrast, and sharpened.






EXIF
200 ISO
F5.6
80 sec
50 mm
Off-camera flash with shoot through umbrella, but I had the setting wrong on the flash; instead of being on auto power, it was on 1/8 power.

[kgb224]

Skin tones look fine to me.Outstanding effort.

[tokyotom]

What do you think of this crop?

[AlphaBjerke]

Originally Posted by tokyotom

What do you think of this crop?

I don't know. What do you think of it? I see the point and if I were going to go with that, I only think I would not cut off the feet, but now that you have brought it up, I am not sure.

[zoom and crop]

I agree..outstanding effort! If I had to choose between the crops..I think I may have to go with the first, with them at the bottom third. However, I do like the second as well. I think what I like about the first, is just that it shows everything and you get the beautiful fall background.