Portraits from Company Picnic

[Shima]

The Best Buy store I work at just turned 2 years old yesterday, so we had a "family picnic" and I took lots of photos for everyone. Some posed, some not :) Mostly not posed...

My favorite photogenic family:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178642957-M-1.jpg

The youngest girl is just adorable and loves the camera:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178654664-M-1.jpg

Lighting wasn't the best here, probably should have used flash, but the boy was just adorable (and of course looked away as soon as I was shooting)
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178724505-M.jpg

This kid just had the best eyes:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178723299-M.jpg

http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178658096-M.jpg

I really enjoy this photo, I took it while everyone was playing volleyball, trying to capture them off guard (since not all of them like to pose for me) he had no idea I was taking this:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178658517-M.jpg

This is my direct supervisor (and personal friend since before we worked here) he is the person who always runs away from the camera, but I managed to get this:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178835149-M.jpg

They had a lot of fun playing:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178850707-M.jpg

My husband looking silly:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178838241-M.jpg

Waiting for the ball to go her way:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/178757229-M.jpg

Full gallery of all 122 shots:
http://shima.smugmug.com/gallery/3229410/

Please feel free to comment / critique.

[Shima]

*bump*

No thoughts?

[wesleyt]

Shima,

Nice shots! My favorites are 2, 4, and 5. Incredibly cute expressions in those.

1 is almost there, but the little girl's expression looks forced. You did capture the beauty of the family!

3 is good; it's as bummer the boy looked away.

I like how you tried to capture the volleyball pics with the subjects off-guard. It'd be interesting to see some action shots; I should go look at your complete set. I played a bit of volleyball when I was younger, and in better shape. I miss those days -- both playing volleyball and being in better shape.

Thanks for sharing!

Regards,
Wes

[ShepsMom]

Good shots, i like #6 the best. And #3 has a green cast to it, the little boy is a cutie for sure. All of the "singles" shots are pretty good. Keep shooting! :thumb

[Shima]

Good shots, i like #6 the best. And #3 has a green cast to it, the little boy is a cutie for sure. All of the "singles" shots are pretty good. Keep shooting! :thumb

I'm not seeing the green cast, considering what the original looked like ::confused::

This is what it used to look like before I uploaded it, ah how I love white balance fixes in Light Room:
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/179349354-L.jpg

The boy, Sam, was looking at the camera until the moment I hit the shutter! It was a pity, he's adorable :)

Due to the shade, the action pics aren't as good as some of the sunny volleyball pics I used to take a few summers back... but feel free to pop onto my site and check the rest out :)