Christmas photos 09

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Comment by nathan mccreery on December 21, 2009 at 11:21am

The very deep black back ground bothers me a great deal. Sometimes black is a great background but in my judgment it is way too strong in this instance. One problem is that the little girls hair merges with the background.

When you use a black background and the subject has fairly dark hair, it is usually a good idea to use a hair light so that the hair separates from the background. The expressions are priceless. One other thing, color balance isn't consistent from frame to frame. I know it's a matter of preference but I have never been able to get a black background to work well in portraits of young children. In my experience it is too heavy for their delicate skin tones and light personalities. I have used black often in character studies of older people and in very serious portraits of very powerful people. The problem here is that little children are hardly ever serious.

Comment by Jagdish Singh on December 20, 2009 at 9:45am

Mind blowing expression & the use of black back ground is rocking.

Comment by Eric Scott Bloom aka MODARTIST on December 17, 2009 at 2:49pm

AHA!!!! Someone finally used the deep black backdrop!!!! PERFECT/AWESOME/GORGEOUS!!!!! Don't you love how the darkness leaves zero room for distractions. The only thing I can see are amazingly adorbale babes and the work of an up-and-coming photo-journalist!!! WONDERFULLLLL!!!!! CONGRATS!!!~E

Comment by Christopher Boger on December 13, 2009 at 5:04pm

Beautiful girls make great photo's...Good stuff ..like your play with light.

Comment by Matthew David Kinslow on December 13, 2009 at 8:08am

Not too bad!!