Over the last few days I've been busy writing my latest tutorial so have spent some time looking through my library for images to use as examples. Mostly, these are images that have already been posted on chromasia, but they are some that have been used for other projects, of which this was one. It's a shot of Finley, our son, enjoying the bubbles in his bath.
Update: it's Sunday evening, and I still haven't managed to post anything since Thursday, but I will definitely be out and about tomorrow. On the plus side, I have finished our latest tutorial – Portraits: part one. If you're interested there's some brief details about the tutorial on the main tutorials page and some further information here:
I think this is one of your best shots about the children. His face is magnetic. Congratulations.
comment byoli at 08:22 PM (GMT) on 15 November, 2007
great as always ! perfect eyes.............and @PictPicture.com: it´s a boy :-)
comment byF. SPANS at 09:42 PM (GMT) on 15 November, 2007
Very nice!
comment byNavin Harish at 04:06 AM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
Hmmm... this soap tastes really good
comment byTom K. at 06:34 AM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
Portrait perfection.
comment bymal at 08:11 AM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
Bubble muncher! gorgeous shot. mal
comment byJennifer at 10:44 AM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
Cute n cheeky! Great eyes.
comment by machi at 12:10 PM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
oooooooooooooooooh your son is a lot more than beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!i like that he has his tongue like that..:-P
comment by Si Goodchild at 12:20 PM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
Dave,
Trying to work out what you did with the flash: did you bounce or use a diffuser or a bit of both? (It certainly looks like the light is coming mainly from above, but I always have to pump in a bit more FEC to get a good exposure, whereas you've backed it off a little with -1/3 FEC)
Si
comment byninu at 02:33 PM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
Okay so Dave I have a question. I have these 3 lenses 17-40 f/4L, 24-105 f/4L IS, and 70-200mm f/4 L and I was wondering if I wanted to take a shot with this much detail in the eye (how incredibly sharp and perfect you make it), is that more of a 2.8 L lens factor with regard to the sweet spot in the lens?... or more your talent in photoshop that makes each photo simply sing? :) I love how you can bring out the details in people's eyes and faces. I love all your scenic shots of the beaches, etc. however I am partial to the human shots because they seem to flirt more with the audience in an open way and make you feel relaxed. "Let me show you some shots of my own kids. Sit down, have a beer, etc." So you do a great job in being able to communicate more with people with these kinds of shots. Great work again! Ciao buddy!
comment bydjn1 at 10:46 PM (GMT) on 16 November, 2007
Thanks everyone, and my apologies for not posting anything today (Friday). I'll get something up tomorrow.
comment by jkm at 05:30 AM (GMT) on 17 November, 2007
Perfect portrait. Was this handheld?
comment bydjn1 at 09:22 AM (GMT) on 17 November, 2007
Si: it was bounced off the ceiling, without a diffuser.
ninu: in this instance his eyes stand out because I used the Channel Mixer for the black and white conversion, heavily weighted towards the blue channel. What this means is that his eyes, which are blue, were lightened with respect to his face. As for the sharpness: any of your lenses should be fine and the reason they have so much detail in this shot is as much to do with the sharpening of this version as it is to do with the original shot.
comment byEl Jefe at 11:07 AM (GMT) on 17 November, 2007
wauu.
Very fresh. fantastic
comment byWolfgang Burzler at 07:41 PM (GMT) on 17 November, 2007
Great photo, I love her eyes ...
comment byCSJ @ id7.co.uk at 07:55 PM (GMT) on 17 November, 2007
Dave.
I have tried and tried to get the same feel to me portraits, but I just am never truely happy with the end result. I guess having the pop of flash on this cleaned it up, but even so, I really struggle to pull in the same tonality. Are your children inherently BLUE?, so that when you channel mix them they jump out of the page, coz, My Finlay looks muddy, and flat.... mental note 'must try bounce flash' - CJ
comment by m at 12:02 AM (GMT) on 18 November, 2007
Not had time to look in for a while (only 3 weeks left!)
Love this one :-)
comment byninu at 03:45 AM (GMT) on 18 November, 2007
dave thanks for the detailed explanation :) Have a wonderful day!
comment byRichard Trim at 09:09 AM (GMT) on 18 November, 2007
As a final observation....Finlay blowing bubbles ... Must mean he's a West Ham supporter! ;-) richard.
comment bydjn1 at 07:29 PM (GMT) on 19 November, 2007
Over the last few days I've been busy writing my latest tutorial so have spent some time looking through my library for images to use as examples. Mostly, these are images that have already been posted on chromasia, but they are some that have been used for other projects, of which this was one. It's a shot of Finley, our son, enjoying the bubbles in his bath.
Update: it's Sunday evening, and I still haven't managed to post anything since Thursday, but I will definitely be out and about tomorrow. On the plus side, I have finished our latest tutorial – Portraits: part one. If you're interested there's some brief details about the tutorial on the main tutorials page and some further information here:
.../tutorials/online/p1_info.php
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 5D
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
70mm
f/5.6
1/40
manual
n/a
evaluative
100
580 EX (-1/3 FEC)
RAW
C1 Pro
1x1
Wow gorgeous print as usual! She's adorable.
I think this is one of your best shots about the children. His face is magnetic. Congratulations.
great as always ! perfect eyes.............and @PictPicture.com: it´s a boy :-)
Very nice!
Hmmm... this soap tastes really good
Portrait perfection.
Bubble muncher! gorgeous shot. mal
Cute n cheeky! Great eyes.
oooooooooooooooooh your son is a lot more than beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!i like that he has his tongue like that..:-P
Dave,
Trying to work out what you did with the flash: did you bounce or use a diffuser or a bit of both? (It certainly looks like the light is coming mainly from above, but I always have to pump in a bit more FEC to get a good exposure, whereas you've backed it off a little with -1/3 FEC)
Si
Okay so Dave I have a question. I have these 3 lenses 17-40 f/4L, 24-105 f/4L IS, and 70-200mm f/4 L and I was wondering if I wanted to take a shot with this much detail in the eye (how incredibly sharp and perfect you make it), is that more of a 2.8 L lens factor with regard to the sweet spot in the lens?... or more your talent in photoshop that makes each photo simply sing? :) I love how you can bring out the details in people's eyes and faces. I love all your scenic shots of the beaches, etc. however I am partial to the human shots because they seem to flirt more with the audience in an open way and make you feel relaxed. "Let me show you some shots of my own kids. Sit down, have a beer, etc." So you do a great job in being able to communicate more with people with these kinds of shots. Great work again! Ciao buddy!
Thanks everyone, and my apologies for not posting anything today (Friday). I'll get something up tomorrow.
Perfect portrait. Was this handheld?
Si: it was bounced off the ceiling, without a diffuser.
ninu: in this instance his eyes stand out because I used the Channel Mixer for the black and white conversion, heavily weighted towards the blue channel. What this means is that his eyes, which are blue, were lightened with respect to his face. As for the sharpness: any of your lenses should be fine and the reason they have so much detail in this shot is as much to do with the sharpening of this version as it is to do with the original shot.
wauu.
Very fresh. fantastic
Great photo, I love her eyes ...
Dave.
I have tried and tried to get the same feel to me portraits, but I just am never truely happy with the end result. I guess having the pop of flash on this cleaned it up, but even so, I really struggle to pull in the same tonality. Are your children inherently BLUE?, so that when you channel mix them they jump out of the page, coz, My Finlay looks muddy, and flat.... mental note 'must try bounce flash' - CJ
Not had time to look in for a while (only 3 weeks left!)
Love this one :-)
dave thanks for the detailed explanation :) Have a wonderful day!
As a final observation....Finlay blowing bubbles ... Must mean he's a West Ham supporter! ;-) richard.
Thanks all :-)