Outdoor portrait (child)

angeleyes

I put this in a photo book recently and have received a lot of positive comments (and I hasten to add not from family) The subject is my little girl and the family pet but it made me look at the image with "fresh" eyes as it were. I know it is cropped a bit too tight but in the printed version it isn't. I know I could have used off camera flash or a ring flash to perhaps bring a bit more sparkle to the eyes but this is a technique I am only learning about now.

However, comments although well intentioned are coming from people who could be potential clients and using the best pr of all word of mouth.

Could I perhaps ask for a C&C on this image warts and all.

luisspellcast

It is a great picture--

you're righ about the crop: feels like her feet belong in the picture

I try to use as little as post-processing as possible but 2 things I would have tried are a) a bit of punch to the picture to get a bit more colour from her skin and b) shadow tweaks to try to get some detail from the dogs' ears

kudos for lightning and her hair

BengaLover

I love the pose but feel the green background is a little garish and takes over. This would look really good in sepia or black and white as its such a timeless image.

magicbastarder

tweaking the colour balance in general might help - it's a bit on the yellow/greenish side.

Borderfox

Lovely pose but I prefer to be on eye level with kids, wide aperture prime background disappears. I would probably go for a square crop on this. Cute picture

Kenny Logins

I find my eyes drawn to the brightest point, her arm and shoulder, and as mentioned above, there is a slight yellow tint to the skin tone.

Nice shot though. I'd be happy with it.

angeleyes

Thank you all for the comments everyone, it is greatly appreciated. The quality of the image here is way different to the printed version. Borderfox I have to remember to come more to the eye level - I better train the dog better in posing

Thanks again everyone !

lisatiffany

i really like the image, the only thing i think is missing is her feet for perfect framing and her face needs a tiny bit of lighting up to match the light on her right arm - other than that its a very beautiful and eye catching image. well done.

ThOnda

As said above, it would be nice if you were lower when taking the picture. And if you wore something white (shirt), you would reflect fair bit of light into the kid's face and add a bit of catchilght into her eyes - the eyes look a bit dull and dark.

angeleyes

Thanks Thonda - I know the eyes do lack that bit of sparkle ok. Never thought of a white shirt and I do have plenty of them. Thank you for the suggestion.

run_Forrest_run

I love it, it's a beautiful picture. They say don't work with animals or children but you master both in this picture. I love her holding the freshly picked daisies.

I may be biased here as I have a little girl too and I'd be well chuffed with this picture.

JenMulkerrin

I don't mind the crop, think its perfect with a beautiful subject and sweet dog, my only critique would be to lighten it a tiny bit so to show off her pretty face more!