Friday, October 8, 2010
I Heart Faces ~ Constructive Feedback Friday
O.K. So here is our most recent family photo, while I love that were all in the photo and everyone is behaving and not making some terrible face or throwing a fit because mom told them to sit still for 5 seconds, I think it's missing something. Maybe the colors are off? Or are we all just too forward? All I could do was set the timer and RUN to the rest of the family before the photo was snapped. We did this about 15 times before the kids were restless and had enough, this is the best out of all of them. Maybe it's the angle? I totally forgot my tripod at home and had to make on using my small suitcase and makeup carrier! Anyways this is the photo that I want to use for our Christmas cards and when I printed it it looked super dark. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated:)
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Oh man... I've YET to try the timer... It's a great shot! I think the angle is just fine. I can't wait to see your edits! You'll have a great Christmas card!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great shot, I'm so excited to see the edits on this one though!
ReplyDeleteLOVE it!!It's a beautiful photo...the only thing I would change would be the contrast between the white T's and the sky. We have yet to get a good family pic...and my kids are 14 and 10 :)
ReplyDeleteI love this as a christmas photo..I think there could of been more of a contrast and and your blacks to be more brighter.heres my edit hope you like it :)
ReplyDeletehttp://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae294/brittanyjunghansphotography/243.jpg
This is a GREAT shot! I even love how the dog is in there. I have no edits to share, but had to comment b/c we do a monthly family photo and I have to run in and try to get in the picture also. It's NOT easy so I know this is a great capture.
ReplyDeleteGreat Job on the fly. How nice that you can capture that shot, without the help of anyone. I'm sure you will treasure it forever. So, you're one of those people that sends the Beach Christmas Cards and maked everyone jealous, ha ha!
ReplyDeleteI have never used photoshop, (still hoping to sit down one day and learn). I think its great, the only thing I saw was that hubs face is a little dark (in a shadow, maybe), anyway to lighten. If not, I 'd say it looks good. Or maybe if the sky was lightened. But, upon first glance, it looked great to me. Will make a great Christmas Card.
i NEVER do anything like this . . . I always just go on iheartfaces and look at what other people are doing. But for the first time I decided to join in on the fun! Here's my edit: http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd51/bmchase/243_fix.jpg
ReplyDeleteAnd here's my blog if you want to check it out :) cartwheelsoup.blogspot.com
Let me start off by saying that you have a beautiful family. I started editing this picture and myself had an extremely hard time lightening it up enough to get your eyes to not be so dark (especially your husbands). So I turned it black and white for fun. I also did a couple of things like made all of you straighter since the image has you all leaning a little bit to the right. I put a blur around the beach to make ya'll the focus. Thanks for letting me have fun editing your picture!
ReplyDeleteHere's the image URL:
http://www.autumncutaia.com/images/family.jpg
Great shot! I took a chance on editing it. Can see it at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hlcombs314/5063172506/
ReplyDeletethe crop was a little difficult because of the heads being so close to the top of the frame.
Love this family shot and commend you for getting your kids to do 15 shots! :o)
ReplyDeleteYou can see my edit here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54673825@N03/?saved=1
The shot was a bit too centered for me (I've had Rule-of-Thirds pounded into my brain) so I cropped in a little, which also brings the family to the front a little more and puts the beach in the background where it belongs.
Daddy's face was too shadowed so I did a brightened his face up a couple times. In doing this (even though I erased the brightening from everything but his face) I lost some of the color in the sky so I added a blue texture and erased it from all but the sky.
Ran a define & sharpen at 35% then ran a Blueberry Glaze action at 40%.
I love it!! I would use photo shop to make the sky a little bluer. That would add contrast to the photo. I would also crop it much closer to your family so that they are a little larger. I think it is a great picture for you christmas cards!! You might also try brightening up the faces just a little, you would need to experiment though, because you don't want to do it too much.
ReplyDeleteLove the pic. Can't belive you were able to get it on a self-timer! Good job!
ReplyDeleteHere's me edit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36451011@N04/5063871852/
Unfortunately the pic was at a 72Pixels/inch, which really decreased the quality of the pic. I didn't run it through a noise program which I would recommend doing.
this is beautiful family shot! LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteYOU CAN SEE MY EDITS ON MY BLOG :)
Hi, Christina.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I straightened your image because it's one of the things you mentioned was bothering you about this. I adjusted shadows and highlights in levels adjustments to increase the contrast. I lightened your hubby's face, then adjusted the hue of his face to reduce the red tones. Finally, I removed the noise and sharpened. You can view the edit here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34278987@N08/5064050374/
what a gorgeous family : ) here is my fix...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/27598999@N05/5065221868/