Blue Eyed Friends
Oct, 2015Views
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Location
I took this photo at the home of the child in the picture. This is one of her pet cats that she adores.Time
We actually started out at the park around 10 or 11am. The girl and her twin brothers both ended up cranky and mom and dad became frustrated and cranky, so I helped them out at that house for lunch and took a break. We then took photos outside of their house around 2pm.Lighting
I wanted this photo to look bright and cheery, so I made sure there weren't too many trees in the background to darken up the photo.Equipment
I used my Nikon D3300 and 50mm 1.8g. No flash.Inspiration
I was just looking to get her in her natural environment so that she was comfortable with photos.I saw her playing with the kitten while I was snapping a few photos of her twin brothers and quickly went over to grab several shots of her with the kitten.Editing
Yes. All of my post-processing was done in lightroom. Something interesting about this photo is that I had the white balance completely wrong to begin with. I forgot to adjust my balance from taking photos inside the day before. Armature mistake, I know, but I had only been doing photography for about a month or two by that time. I did a little bit of white balance correction in Lightroom and ended up with a cooler but bright photo. I increased the contrast by adjusting the shadows, darks, highlights, and lights.In my camera bag
I normally have my kit lense, camera, 50mm, three extra batteries, two chargers, 1 extra memory card, and two cleaning kits. I plan on buying two new high end lenses beginning of next year.Feedback
Most of the time when working with children it is less about the posing and more about getting the children to interact with their environment. If you are wanting to capture their true emotions and personality, get down with them and interact with them. Show them you are interested in what they are doing. Understand their age and how they are developing. I have a Bachelor's degree in Child, Adult, and Family Services and have taken several classes on child psychology and development. I believe this has helped me to capture human emotion so well. When we take pictures, we must keep the humanity in the overall picture. Don't pose just to pose. If you see a natural expression of humanity, take the shot and see it come alive in post-processing!
