Gorgeous Family

[SusanH1970]

Finally, here are a few of my favorites from the shoot I had on Saturday with the family that found me on Google (first clients to find me that way!). They are from my hometown, but currently living in Tokyo. They were home for a few days to attend a wedding and wanted some portraits done.

It was very tricky getting most of these - thank goodness for RAW! - because the shoot was at high noon on a bright and sunny day. I was able to find some shaded areas of the park we shot at, but most of the photos needed tweaking. A lot were either overexposed or underexposed, but out of the 140 or so I took, about 132 were keepers at first, and after reviewing them, I ended up with about 75 proofs (closed eyes on a couple, goofy expressions on a couple, some I just plain didn't like).

Anyway, I'm really happy with how they came out, and I truly hope they like them as much as I do! They were SO nice, and so much fun. Doesn't hurt when every member of the family is a looker, too!

More can be seen on my Flickr HERE

As always, thanks for looking!

[leonaashlee]

These are lovely Susan. I'm sure they are happy with them...and you're right, they are all lookers.

[StuffNThings]

These are awesome portraits! I really, really like them. I checked out your Flickr, too - great job! I love your children's portraits. Thank you for sharing!

[Chewys Dad]

Well Done Susan, Your clients got what they paid for, Lovely family portraits.
They do look like a fun group and I'm sure they are very pleased with the results
Thanks for Sharing these
Michael

[candleman]

those are very good!
love the skin, it looks dead right in terms of the highlight/shadows, and the skin looks really good..


you really did a good job.
reflector only again?

[fstopMike]

Very well done Susan. They should be happy with these.

[SusanH1970]

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

These are lovely Susan. I'm sure they are happy with them...and you're right, they are all lookers.

Thanks so much, Leona! They haven't even seen them yet - I just finished editing them for proofing today, LOL! Aren't they all so good looking?

Originally Posted by StuffNThings

These are awesome portraits! I really, really like them. I checked out your Flickr, too - great job! I love your children's portraits. Thank you for sharing!

Oh, thank you, for everything you said! My true love is childrens' portraits, but I love shooting families as well. Glad you checked out my Flickr, thanks! :-)

Originally Posted by Chewys Dad

Well Done Susan, Your clients got what they paid for, Lovely family portraits.
They do look like a fun group and I'm sure they are very pleased with the results
Thanks for Sharing these
Michael

Thanks so much, Michael! I sure hope they do like them!

(And I hope they buy a LOT of prints, LOL!)

Originally Posted by candleman

those are very good!
love the skin, it looks dead right in terms of the highlight/shadows, and the skin looks really good..


you really did a good job.
reflector only again?

Wow, thanks, Jared!!! I really struggled with the skin tones - thank God I shot in RAW. I used DPP for fixing the ouches and Elements 7 for the final touches.

Yep, reflector only! Sometimes used to reflect light, sometimes used to diffuse the harsh sun, sometimes a little of both. Joey was my ever-able assistant, as usual. For an eleven year old, that kid knows his stuff, and I barely needed to give him any instruction as to where I needed light or diffusion. He amazes me and is going to kick my arse one day in photography!

[kabur]

These are great Susan. Great color balance and clarity

[SusanH1970]

Originally Posted by fstopMike

Very well done Susan. They should be happy with these.

Thank you so much, Mike...I hope so!

Originally Posted by kabur

These are great Susan. Great color balance and clarity

Thank you, kabur!

[Vinam]

You decided to hang your shingle, I hope you didn't think it would be just " prom " pictures ! There's a responsibity to do the very best you can when your doing it for someone else, whether it's photography or fixing thier car lol .. when there's a fee involved you have to produce...

You were prepared and adapted to conditions and you did your job. Many people claim they know what they are doing fixing a car and make it worse and changing the Oil in the engine doesn't fix a steering problem, it might be fun for them working on cars.. but when your being paid it's probably not going to be all fun, like someone carrying around a camera and a big ass lense shooting birds in the woods for fun.( the Birds ain't payin )

I never doubted you'd get what you needed, I know you had concerns about the time of day and it's good to be nervous and a little worried, over confident photographers aren't pushing it and get average results, and your not average.

First big one is over.. won't be a time crunch next time and you'll have more control and it won't be your first family with no option for re-shooting if you really had to .. really alot of pressure is off now .

I'm not commenting on the actually photos, because they are all good and I have no need to tell one of my best buddies she did good, she already knows she did

/hug
Vin