Ken
Thank you for the crop and the encouragement

I like the crop it improves the shot a lot. That's the great think about this forum full off good advice and fresh eye's and people not afraid of asking questions and being honest.

once again thank you all for the honesty and keeping me on my toes


James

PS
the size of the print Tim is going to be A3+ I think but I will have to look at the paper work

just trying a bit of creativity the focus is meant to be on the front girl I also have a Image the other way round and one with a bigger DOF this shot was never meant to be seen my the customer let alone be printed.

but it's the expression on the front girls face the client (mother love's)

James

I'm going with number one the first image and yes Tim the girl is out of focus but this is deliberate.

James

well I have looked at the file and the top of the head is as the shoot was taken now I've done some more conversions in Photoshop and come up with this one

Am I getting closer or just losing the plot




here is the original image




I could and a little more catch light

I know the lighting could be better but this was just a quick grab as they where so so so excited and where getting worse by the minuet
James

This image has been chosen by the client and to be produced in black and white.

Dancing queens





Now I've done many black and white conversions of this image but I just can't seem to to make it work or more to the fact I'm unhappy with the conversion

I've been trying to convince myself it's just not working or I'm tired but no matter how long I look at it or how many time i come back to this image it always seems to be uninspiring.

Do you feel the same way.

how can I improve the image as I'm at a loss

the two girls are doing the splits and are very excited.

Hope their is a kind soul out there, and can point me in the right direction.

James

I use my 28-70 tamron 2.8 for portrait witch is around 100mm 35mm format

but their is a reason they made a 77mm limited lens and on a 35mm format it to is around the 115mm mark.

I was always told portrait lens is 100mm to 135mm

Stefan you do have a style and it is apparent in your images I think you just have to believe in your self a bit more and stop trying to justify and examine your shots. Your portraits show a freshness and a good report/connection with the client.

I would say post more images in the gallery

James

I wonder where the sd card is going

I saw your reply and couldn't stop smiling even at 5.30am

James

artic butterfly gets my vote every time.

But please be aware that when cleaning that when you do the dust alert don't point camera at a bright window as the image will appear in black on the white LCD screen (showing as a D Negative).

I did this and for about six clean's I realised it was the roof tops and not dirt/dust on my camera.

James

Wow I when to the link

And then after 3 min of waiting for the image to up load I was blown away like most have said "when I get one will need to improve the computer's speed"

Just wondered what spec on the computer would you need

James

No, Alan you are right I have changed to exposure on the main image my screen is calibrated for a 60 watt day light bulb so fine tuning the exposure will be done under those conditions.

I was only after advice for the position but glade you all give and not afraid to give honest and fair advice.

thank you

James