Christmas Cutie
Uploaded: December 07, 2007
Look at those super long eyelashes! She has amazing eyes with lashes to die for.
ISO 200 - 1/125 @ f/9.5.
Three light high key set up, with 2 on background and third for main light, with large white foam core reflecting for fill.
Minor touch ups in PS CS2 to get rid of the crusties from her nose.
cheryl m. phillips December 07, 2007
Beautiful!Cynthia L. Deters December 07, 2007
This is a great holiday photo! She is very sweet! #5179379Anna Lomas December 07, 2007
Simply adorable! #5179395Raquel J. Ruiz December 07, 2007
HI Michelle I love your photos so much!!!!Awesome job! Is there anyway you can share with me how your lights are positioned I would love to be able to take shots like this! #5179726Jodi M. Walsh December 07, 2007
this is beautiful! I love the eyes! #5179994Tami Carson December 07, 2007
This is wonderful! I love the colors in this, against the white! #5180659Michelle Mondeau December 07, 2007
Thank you all. This was from a session I did yesterday, and this was my absolute favorite.Raquel, I will send you a a message on my setup. #5180709
Jayme S. Hall December 10, 2007
Michelle- Really cute & sweet. Love the hat & that smile & killer eyes. I do have one question. Why do you set your ISO at 200? Why not 100? Just curious. Because I do an awful lot of hi-key white background images, I am looking at this a little more critically. It seems a tad under-exposed, it should pop off the screen. If it were mine, I would adjust the curves in PS using the white dropper on her shirt. It will make the image pop off the page & give a brighter look to her face. Otherwise, I like it very much. #5193548Michelle Mondeau December 11, 2007
Why I set it at 200, well I guess it is because I do a lot of locations shooting in the evenings were the lighting is much less and my ISO is usually set at 200 for them and I just tend to keep it there. Maybe next time I will try it at 100, that is if I can remember! As far as looking underexposed, that is not the case on my monitor (which we all know that all monitors look different). On my monitor, I was actually afraid it might be the opposite and be almost overexposed because I just about lost the detail of the fold in her sleeve. Any more exposed and there would have only been a white glare where her sleeve is, not to mention that the highlights on her face would have been too hot. Thanks though for taking the time to look and leave comments:-). #5195251Jayme S. Hall December 11, 2007
Hum- Maybe it's time to recalibrate the old monitor :) I agree web images just can't compare with the real thing. It's so hard to tell much of anything other than major bloopers such as composition problems & major lighting problems. At any rate it's a really cute capture! #5195455Amanda O. Cannon December 12, 2007
Absolutely Adorable.......... #5200666Michelle Mondeau December 12, 2007
Thank you Amanda. :-) #5200902Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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