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Terry Lennox 		 

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  Baby show
Baby show
This is one of the photos from my first baby show - 60 babies in 2 hours- nerve racking but a lot of fun - It was lit with 2 studio lights at 45degree angles from behind me sorry i cant remember the camera settings from the day - i softened and blurred the background in photoshop afterwards

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  Belfast Waterfront
Belfast Waterfront
This is a photo of Belfast waterfront taken around 10pm in November- exposure approx 15secs aperture f16 using a tripod and remote release. this was my first try at shooting at night

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  Belfast waterfront bridge
Belfast waterfront bridge
This was shot at approx 10pm another from my first night time shoot.15secs at f8 100iso tripod and remote release

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  1st wedding
1st wedding
This was the bridesmaid from my first wedding - I couldnt get a smile no matter what i tried ,1/60thsec at f2.8 with an 80mm lens

Terry Lennox

  
 
Hi id love some constructive criticism of some of my photos as theres definately room for improvement. All comments are very welcome.

Thanks in advance
Terry


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January 19, 2005

 

Kerry L. Walker 		  First shot: In my opinion, you may have blurred a little too much, or you used too large an f-stop. Part of the baby is a little too blurry. Otherwise, I like it.

Last shot: Looks fine to me. Sometimes you can't get a smile. Sometimes, you don't want one. I like the feel of this one.

Night shots: You might want to try shooting the same shots a little earlier in the evening when you can get a little ambient light. The third shot seems a little too dark to me (may be my monitor as it is not properly calibrated) but there is something about it that really speaks to me. I really like this one - a lot. You have done good work.


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January 19, 2005

 

Shauna Linde 		  I agree with Kerry's response about the baby picture- it looks just a tad too blurry. I really like your night shots though- for a first time at attempting it I'd say they turned out great! I just can't get my night shots to turn out the way I want them to. I really like the 2nd night shot- it doesn't look too dark too me- very blue- I like it. It gives the photo a distinct mood. Very nice.


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January 19, 2005

 

Terry Lennox 		 
 
  Baby show 2
Baby show 2
two studio lights at 45degrees, sorry no camera settings recorded apart from film speed iso 100

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  color photo from baby show
color photo from baby show
2 studio lights iso 100 no settings recorded but shot on manual

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  Blue bridge in color
Blue bridge in color
15secs f8 or 16 iso 100 on a tripod with a remote release

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Thanks for the comments- I agree- the first baby shot is a bit blurry, id have liked a bit more time to compose the shots from the baby competition, I was a bit stuck for time though - I had 60 babies to photograph in 2 hours lol 2 minutes each- although maybe this is normal.
Kerry the blue bridge ive redone -i've recropped to a slightly different size, more panoramic and printed on archival matte paper - ill post it tomorrow - I think the resizing and cropping really lends itself to the picture and id love to hear your opinion on the differences between the two.
Hi Shauna, I have to say I loved my first night shoot and its gave me a load of ideas id like to try- the belfast waterfront photograph I didnt get as sharp as I would have liked (buildings and river) Have you any idea how to stop the lights flaring so much- I like a little flaring to add to the effect?

oh ive put another couple of photos on


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