looking for honest feedback,

Permalink Reply by jim on July 11, 2008 at 11:35am: well all of your photos have a great composition except the third one with the girls face!!!!
what i love with your first and last photo is the intensity of colour and the joy there is in them....
in your 2nd photo you have a nice set but i would like more vivid light asd colors on the flag it would be a perfect background something like this

your third photo in my opinion has a totally wrong composition you see that you have lost her neck from this angle which would give an elegant look.... plus the light comes from the wrong angle and doesnt flatter her at all
i think it is a little bit flat i tried a little photoshop with that it isnt that good

it is all a matter of taste keep up the good work!!!!
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Permalink Reply by laura on July 11, 2008 at 1:54pm: you did not hurt my feelings, I appreciate the opinions!
Of course these kids are family so I believe the pictures are amazing!
But I didn't know if it was my biased opinion, or if they were actually good photos.
So, that is why I put them up here.
Your opinions will be taken to heart and will help me improve, again I appreciate it; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by laura on July 11, 2008 at 2:04pm: level the exposure?
i'm not sure what that means; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by laura on July 12, 2008 at 7:54am: wow, that does make a difference, the flag is actually very old (only 48 stars) so the color in the picture is accurate, but I like it brightened up too.
Did you go on photoshop and click on "hue/saturation" to get that color change in the girl?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by laura on July 26, 2008 at 8:13am: ok, i've been playing with photoshops levels and curves, and you are so right, it has such a profound influence on the pictures, i love it!
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Permalink Reply by Rob on August 3, 2008 at 11:36pm: one thought I had around you saying its an old flag. You might try to antique the flag or even the entire picture. I threw a quick photoshop sepia batch at it then removed some of it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alex Palma on August 5, 2008 at 11:00pm: Doesn't it make the flag look a little 'dirty' but then again if you are trying to go for the vintage antique look then it sort of makes sense.; ▶ Reply to This