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I like your processing on them, mostly 1 and 3, unfortunately babies don't do much for me, although its a nice shot, I'd have probably cleaned the snot from his nose first :p but the eyes are nice and sharp. I'm guessing you are using the 50mm f/1.8 for these ones.
Did you mean to have the focus on his hand in the first shot? Obviously with his face obscured it means you can't focus on that, although as the ball was the focal point in the shot I may have focused on that. Number 3 I like, you exposed well with the sun as a rear light on his hair and his face is in focus and nicely lit.

I don't do portraits/people much so some others may be able to give better c+c.
 
BruceLee said:
I like your processing on them, mostly 1 and 3, unfortunately babies don't do much for me, although its a nice shot, I'd have probably cleaned the snot from his nose first :p but the eyes are nice and sharp. I'm guessing you are using the 50mm f/1.8 for these ones.
Did you mean to have the focus on his hand in the first shot? Obviously with his face obscured it means you can't focus on that, although as the ball was the focal point in the shot I may have focused on that. Number 3 I like, you exposed well with the sun as a rear light on his hair and his face is in focus and nicely lit.

I don't do portraits/people much so some others may be able to give better c+c.
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Thanks for the comments, much appreciated! With regards to the baby shot, I kind of agree about clearing up the mess, but I like to take photos with real life aspects, he had just finished eating his first birthday cake so thought I would just leave as is.

All shots were taken with the 50mm as you stated, can achieve nice sharp photos with it, also it makes me work more for the photo allowing me to learn more about composure etc...

I agree the first shot would have been better with the ball in focus, however I just put it on AI Servo and fired away whilst he was messing around with the ball. Glad you like number 3 as I am pretty pleased with it!
 
I really like the processing on #1 but the ball covering their face spoils it. I imagine that shot would be great if more was in shot :)

#2 is well taken and I'd wager is more of an emotional attachment image for yourself, and if mine I'd be chuffed with it. I'm not a fan of kids either and struggled when ordered to take photos of both my cousins kids :D

I really like #3 with the exception of the borders. It looks like a video still. The image and processing reminds me of my happy childhood in the 70s :D

What camera did you use for these, and what processing? I'm intrigued as I plan on playing with processing styles in the next month or so with some of my photos to see if I can get anything more from them.

Oh and I was nosing on your flickr account, and I like the processing on this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwphotography/5047717466/ It's like a shot from the 1930s :)
 
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Absolutely, these photos (like the 2nd one) don't have much context for us but I'm sure for you they are special as you know the background to them :) I'd have maybe tried to get a shot with him eating the cake (you probably did) for context but that would have meant you wouldn't have got as close to him for this shot.
I usually just use single point focus personally and move my focus points around manually, although as I said I don't do people shots much, but I feel more comfortable knowing exactly where the focus will be on my shots when I use single point non-continuous. I can imagine kids playing sports probably needs AI servo etc in reality :)
Yes I think number 3 is the strongest image as the lighting is just right and the exposure appears to me dead on and I can't see any under/over exposure in the shot.

I agree on the prime lens thing, I like using my 35mm, it's definitely my "people & party" lens as it's fast sharp and just the right focal length indoors. I find it a bit restrictive outdoors but that's because I prefer a wider focal view but I do enjoy shooting with it nonetheless :)
 
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I really like the processing on #1 but the ball covering their face spoils it. I imagine that shot would be great if more was in shot :)

#2 is well taken and I'd wager is more of an emotional attachment image for yourself, and if mine I'd be chuffed with it. I'm not a fan of kids either and struggled when ordered to take photos of both my cousins kids :D

I really like #3 with the exception of the borders. It looks like a video still. The image and processing reminds me of my happy childhood in the 70s :D

What camera did you use for these, and what processing? I'm intrigued as I plan on playing with processing styles in the next month or so with some of my photos to see if I can get anything more from them.

Oh and I was nosing on your flickr account, and I like the processing on this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwphotography/5047717466/ It's like a shot from the 1930s :)
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Eldude, he's using a Canon 550D, he has the EXIF on the Flickr pages :)
 
It's OK, I have an un-natural thing for checking peoples EXIF these days, so it was the first thing I looked for :p

Sometimes when you post images from Flickr it doesn't show the EXIF, I think you have to post the 'original size' one for it to work, but I'm not sure.
 
Stupidly the only reason I looked on Flickr is because I know that most photo groups ask you to add tags to state what camera & setup you used :)
 
ElDude said:
I really like the processing on #1 but the ball covering their face spoils it. I imagine that shot would be great if more was in shot :)

#2 is well taken and I'd wager is more of an emotional attachment image for yourself, and if mine I'd be chuffed with it. I'm not a fan of kids either and struggled when ordered to take photos of both my cousins kids :D

I really like #3 with the exception of the borders. It looks like a video still. The image and processing reminds me of my happy childhood in the 70s :D

What camera did you use for these, and what processing? I'm intrigued as I plan on playing with processing styles in the next month or so with some of my photos to see if I can get anything more from them.

Oh and I was nosing on your flickr account, and I like the processing on this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwphotography/5047717466/ It's like a shot from the 1930s :)
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I have a similar shot with more of my nephew in view with the ball higher up, I applied a different processing technique to it, but judging from the comments it may be worth re-visiting that one and going over it with the processing from the one I actually posed up.

Yup the second image probably means more to me, but from the comments it appears its a good shot so will send it my sister (as the baby is my youngest nephew!). I actually really like taking photos of babies/kids as they make interesting photos from when they are playing or actually posing for you (and also they don't ask to check each photo as to whether its good or not like adults tend to do...

Point taken with number 3, I never really use borders so it was more of an experiment, have a copy of the image without them so will use that in future.

As stated the pics were taken on a 550D with 50mm 1.8 and all the processing was done within Lightroom (except the 3rd as that got a bit of treatment within photoshop as well).

As for that one of Petra, that was exactly the style I was aiming for so seems I done a decent job of the processing for that!

BruceLee said:
Absolutely, these photos (like the 2nd one) don't have much context for us but I'm sure for you they are special as you know the background to them :) I'd have maybe tried to get a shot with him eating the cake (you probably did) for context but that would have meant you wouldn't have got as close to him for this shot.
I usually just use single point focus personally and move my focus points around manually, although as I said I don't do people shots much, but I feel more comfortable knowing exactly where the focus will be on my shots when I use single point non-continuous. I can imagine kids playing sports probably needs AI servo etc in reality :)
Yes I think number 3 is the strongest image as the lighting is just right and the exposure appears to me dead on and I can't see any under/over exposure in the shot.

I agree on the prime lens thing, I like using my 35mm, it's definitely my "people & party" lens as it's fast sharp and just the right focal length indoors. I find it a bit restrictive outdoors but that's because I prefer a wider focal view but I do enjoy shooting with it nonetheless :)
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Do you use a crop sensor with your 35mm? I sometimes think the 50mm is a bit awkward indoors due to the actual focal length once the crop is factored in as its difficult to find the space to focus depending on the size of the room you are in.
 
Do you use a crop sensor with your 35mm? I sometimes think the 50mm is a bit awkward indoors due to the actual focal length once the crop is factored in as its difficult to find the space to focus depending on the size of the room you are in.
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Yes I do :) Although I have a Nikon D90 so I'm not sure what options you have for Canon, there is a Canon 35mm f2 for £200 but I don't know if it's a good lens or not. I chose the 35mm as I knew the 50mm would be too restrictive indoors and I think I was right, it suits me better than a longer lens, although I am weighing up the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 at the moment but more as a complement to the 35mm rather than a replacement.
 
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Yes I do :) Although I have a Nikon D90 so I'm not sure what options you have for Canon, there is a Canon 35mm f2 for £200 but I don't know if it's a good lens or not. I chose the 35mm as I knew the 50mm would be too restrictive indoors and I think I was right, it suits me better than a longer lens, although I am weighing up the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 at the moment but more as a complement to the 35mm rather than a replacement.
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I was eyeing up the Sigma 30mm f1.4 when I was still on a crop, looks like a nice bit of kit...
 
Some outstanding photo's here... mine are pretty rubbish but i only spent like £300 on a camera from comet lol:

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