A few recent shots

[anwmn1]

Seth-

1.
http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/342307051_Co9ed-XL.jpg
2.
http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/342309257_ssU9Z-XL.jpg
3.
http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/342310382_xk6NU-XL.jpg

4. mommas boy
http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/342255338_3TyNu-XL.jpg

5. my good looking friend
http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/342259146_jjKsA-XL.jpg

[AaronNelson]

hey Aaron, !! no c&c from me just a friendly note,
great captures here....:thumb :thumb

[anwmn1]

hey Aaron, !! no c&c from me just a friendly note,
great captures here....:thumb :thumb

:rofl

Thanks man. Still trying to figure out these lights.

[nicoleshilliday]

very cute! I would just work on your black and white conversion a little. They seem a little blahh :scratch

[anwmn1]

very cute! I would just work on your black and white conversion a little. They seem a little blahh :scratch

Thanks- I will recheck when I get home. My work monitor sucks so they all look bad on here. :deal

[nicoleshilliday]

Thanks- I will recheck when I get home. My work monitor sucks so they all look bad on here. :deal

Could be my problem too...my work monitor is not the best!

[Nikolai]

Hey Aaron,
good job on those highkeys!
Love the reflecting floor:-) :thumb

[ShepsMom]

#4 is just too darn cute!! The baby's expression is just priceless. Excellent set! :clap

[anwmn1]

Hey Aaron,
good job on those highkeys!
Love the reflecting floor:-) :thumb

Thanks Nik- I need to get a much larger sheet of plexiglass as I have to eliminate the edge in PP.

I seem to do okay with the high key it is the other studio stuff I am not so sure of. :dunno

[anwmn1]

#4 is just too darn cute!! The baby's expression is just priceless. Excellent set! :clap

Thank you Marina :bow

[NeilL]

Hi anwmn1

#1 is very appealing! Just about perfect. Great composition, color and skin tones. For me, the top of the frame is a little too close to the little bloke's head.

#4 is one of the best captures of mother-child feelings that I have seen! I'm not sure about the apparent slope of the floor and I wonder if a tighter crop would mitigate the slight vertigo effect it has?

#5 is a great candid portrait. I would like to see a bit of selective sharpening for the eyes. cmorgan has sensitised me to armpits, so some might not enjoy the clear view of the one here. I can imagine another pose in the same crop which brings her hands together and so turns that arm down.

Nice clear, relaxed, happy-feeling shots! :clap

Neil

[anwmn1]

Neil-

thank you for your comments-

I'll look to crop the mom and son shot -

The eyes- yeah I am slightly behind in the aquisition and learning of PS- okay way behind!! :D

Thanks again :thumb

[kdog]

Really great shots, Aaron. :thumb

Looks like your studio is working very well for you. I'll have to stop by and get a lesson some time.

-joel

[NeilL]

I am slightly behind in the aquisition and learning of PS- okay way behind!! :D



Man, I still have only one foot aboard PS. Correction, half a toe!! :D

You know, gotta love-hate Adobe. Some of its products became laughing stocks for their bloatedness and awkwardness. I know you can push PS into places no other SW can go, and get incomparably stunning results, but g*d, you can climb Mt Everest too for just about the same amount of effort! :ivar

Another thing about them - I DL'd LR trial and now because of where I currently reside (in a photographer's worst nightmare), I find there is no way I can PURCHASE it! I contacted them a week ago. Got a reply that they would answer in a day... Nothing. :dunno Enough to turn you pirate! :wink

They are also paranoid, you can just about hear all the locks and bolts and chains protecting their stuff when you go to their site!

But I can recommend LightZone for selective effects. Dead easy, very obliging to your ideas, and very nice results! :thumb

Neil

[anwmn1]

Really great shots, Aaron. :thumb

Looks like your studio is working very well for you. I'll have to stop by and get a lesson some time.

-joel

You are welcome to come down at any time my friend. Just bring the Jeep so I can show you some of the backcountry and we can add some Arizona pin striping to it. :wink