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15 Comments |
vuk88
 
vuk88 October 27, 2015
awesome photo
nickrcorbett PRO+
 
nickrcorbett October 28, 2015
Welcome to viewbug!
adamyoung
 
adamyoung October 31, 2015
welcome to viewbug great work
john_arsenault
 
john_arsenault November 06, 2015
the achieve a group portrait where every individual is well lit and has a good facial expression is a real skill!
Ioannis_Sidiropoulos
 
Ioannis_Sidiropoulos December 15, 2015
wonderful photo !!!
loravoras
 
loravoras January 08, 2016
Beautiful picture :)
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jazzrock January 21, 2016
Amazing view
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cathyburke February 20, 2016
this took skill. i love it.
laureenofscotts
 
laureenofscotts April 20, 2016
Is this portrait suitable for the World Expeditions contest?
BrunoHeeb PRO
 
BrunoHeeb August 21, 2016
amazing shot ,loooove your style
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marijkeagbariavdmolen October 20, 2016
Wonderful captured expression of each of them. Beautiful shot
jpele
 
jpele October 23, 2016
Wonderful capture!
JanStaes
 
JanStaes November 03, 2016
Awesome shot!
Tonyhicks16
 
Tonyhicks16 April 09, 2017
Great image. Haunting
garycoppin
 
garycoppin April 16, 2017
lovely shot
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Behind The Lens

Location

I wish I could say the photo was taken abroad but am proud to say it was taken in my living room!

Time

This was a cloudy day around 4pm. My nieces came to play with my two girls, (all pictured in the photo) They just wanted to go outside and do their own thing but I had just dyed some cheese cloth for a newborn shoot and wanted to take their picture together. I convinced them to give me 5 minutes, it was worth it!

Lighting

Natural light from a large window on an overcast day.

Equipment

Shot with a Canon 70D. Natural light from a window.

Inspiration

I originally wanted to just get the four of them together since they are cousins. I didn't have a plan or original idea I wanted to capture, it was spur of the moment.

Editing

Yes. This picture was originally a color photograph. I converted to grayscale and did some darkening, dodging and burning in photoshop. Took out some stray hairs and sharpened a bit.

In my camera bag

My canon 5D Mark ii with a 50mm and my 85 mm. I love both of these lenses, they have so much diversity. I have cleaning clothes, extra cards for my camera and candy! Candy for the children of course;okay who am I kidding? The candy's for me!

Feedback

The best advice I can give is to allow the models to express their true emotion, regardless what that may be. Emotion is expressed through the eyes as well as the rest of the face. Anything that isn't genuine seems to dominate the frame and a great shot is lost. My girls in this photograph were bored and not happy I asked them to sit for a picture. I feel that adds so much intensity to the photograph. It is apparent they were all feeling the same way, so it worked well.

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