re: Official Photography Thread. ♥

are any of you ladies willing to go in to my thread and provide constructive criticism for my portraits?

http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about2462579.html

Quoting Larry!:" I think you did a good job. I love the B&W edit the best."

Thank you. I know there is still some yellow lingering below her nose in the colored ones but for the life of me I can't figure out how to fix it

Quoting Smokey_Taboo:" ahh nooo now I have one person saying to get a full frame! "

 

Which one do you like the best? if any at all.

Quoting Larry!:" Which one do you like the best? if any at all. "

I like the first and the last. if you're going to do b&w, I always prefer it with higher contrast.

Quoting ~*Icat*~:" I like the first and the last. if you're going to do b&w, I always prefer it with higher contrast."

Me too. I wasn't sure if it was to much or not. The 1st b&w looks really dull compared to the 2nd one.

Quoting Larry!:" Me too. I wasn't sure if it was to much or not. The 1st b&w looks really dull compared to the 2nd one."

I like the 1st black and white one or the color. Its a really sweet father daughter? photo  

Quoting ★Mommarazzi★:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Smokey_Taboo:</b>" ahh nooo now I have one person saying to ... [snip!] ... 1.8, speedlite, 2 umbrella lights, extra light stand for my flash, and a tripod for under $1300 so for me that was worth it lol"

Oh wow I've looked into all those things and my total didnt come close to that cheap  
Where did you buy your stuff?

We ended up shooting today anyways. I feel like it didn't come out as good. I have never shot more than one person. (family shots)

I have a question about copyrights.

I have been embedding a copyright to my images via File/File Info in PS before saving my images and upload to PB but when I share my photos on here and then save them again to my computer the copyright info I had applied previously as well as my camera settings and any other exif data are not in the photo's properties anymore. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose? Or am I doing something wrong?

I had helped a member on here edit the background of one of her photos so I had saved two of her photos to my computer to do the edit. I went to view her photo's properties and noticed her copyright as well as her camera settings and exif data where there. Why when I save one of my photos from the internet to my computer does the exif data strip?

I'm frustrated.  

Quoting Larry!:" Which one do you like the best? if any at all. "

I like the color and the first B&W. The second one has too much contrast.

Quoting Smokey_Taboo:" Oh wow I've looked into all those things and my total didnt come close to that cheap   Where did you buy your stuff?"

I bought my body refurbished from B&H for 749. My lens from them too for about 150. The 2 umbrella lights I got off ebay new for about 50. My speedlite is a Yongnuo and it was about 150. My Tripod is from ebay as well for 20. The reason I have an extra stand for my flash is b/c when I got my umbrella lights one of the stands had a clamp that was broken so they sent me a whole new stand but then my dad fixed the clamp so I have an extra and my flash will fit on.

A lot of companies will sell things a little cheaper than on their websites or stores and/or have free shipping (which can add up) on ebay. The speedlite is from China lol and I usually don't buy stuff from China especially camera equipment and expensive stuff but I've used them before and they work great. It actually works better than the Nikon SB-600 I have at work IMO.

What kind of zoom lenses do you ladies have? (like mm and fstop)

I'm pretty sure I've picked out what I want (for what I can afford to pay) but I'm just curious what others use.

I might post some pics in a little to show off what I got today.  

Quoting Mrs.Dani:" I might post some pics in a little to show off what I got today.  "

I can't wait to see them!