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Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:06 pm**

i wanted a crying photo...call me a sadist but i just love how this turned out. my best lighting and exposure to date. C&C welcome.

sb800 front left +0.7 shot into umbrella
sb600 front top right +0.3 shot thru umbrella
black backdrop

Posted: **Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:14 pm**

Nice light, has worked well. (Lighting drives me mad :-)

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:48 pm**

thanx mick. looks like you and me are the only ones that like it ! lol

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:57 pm**

I saw this before but was a little to busy to comment, I like it. Its well let and well life isn't all about smiles and kisses, so I appreciate you capturing a sad or unhappy moment, some may disagree but I think this moments are just as deserving to be captures as those with laughs and smiles. (Especially at that age).

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:16 pm**

Rooz wrote:thanx mick. looks like you and me are the only ones that like it ! lol

And I don't even like kids! :-)

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:25 pm**

lmao mickey. :lol:

here's another i liked from the same series. i think it's pretty funny that you can see the umbrellas in his eyes so i had to clone them out for the final version.

don;t get me wrong alpha. i'm not after accolades mate. just after someone who is better at this than me to say, "why don;t you try XXX" or "lighting could be imporved by XXX". its all part of the learning curve. thanks for looking though.

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Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:15 pm**

Love the last pic, well done Roo

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:57 pm**

I love the last pic cute as a button, and I don't mind the catch light either, but thats a personal thing.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:58 pm**

Cute pix, and you have done well with the B&W treatment.

Do you think there is too much space on the RHS of these images? I find #1, in particular, looks a little unbalanced. I think that it is emphasised because the subject's shoulders are closed to the viewer, and probably wouldn't be so obvious if the shoulders were angled the other way.

You have a perfect subject to keep practicing on.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:22 pm**

i cropped them both tighter and found that i preferred them offset. but i know alot of people prefer them more centered, especially the 1st one as you suggested. just a matter of personal taste i guess. i also prefer the B&W but my wife prefers the colour versions.

thanks for the feedback.

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