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1st time using flash, need a bit of advice

AntonlmAntonlm Registered Users Posts: 38 Big grins
edited February 8, 2015 in People
For starters I have some equipment now its time to learn how to use it. Here is a pic of my daughter using off camera flash in a softbox just sitting on the sofa. how does this look? What should I had done to make it look better?

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    TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2015
    I have nothing but compliments for the left side of this
    image. However, the right side of the image detracts.
    Too much going on over there with different colors,
    and background material. You say it's a couch, but
    the viewer doesn't know that so it's just a red thing.

    You could crop this more square, but you'd still have
    molding and wall material. You might burn that a bit
    in PS.

    As the photographer, you see what you want to see
    in the image. The viewer sees it all. Watch your
    backgrounds.

    This isn't about flash; you seem to have done that
    well. It's about the entire image.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
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    AntonlmAntonlm Registered Users Posts: 38 Big grins
    edited February 8, 2015
    Thanks for the reply! Yea the couch is a distraction. After taking the shot I Cldnt find a crop that I liked. I'll be trying a lot more with my flash. Still trying to figure out shadows and where they should/should not be.
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    HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2015
    Ditto on the right side of the photo, too distracting hence competiting. If you could extract her and drop in a dark bkg you would have a lovey photo with impact.
    Charles
    www.cameraone.biz
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