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(0 votes) 8:27 pm
January 9, 2013
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HI all, i love this picture i took of my daughter, except i don’t like the too white background, i know it’s snow but what could I have done better
12:25 am
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September 15, 2012
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Snow is white, Eric. It’s fine.
For fun, If you frame and hang it, you might want to
hang it crooked so your daughter will be straight.
It would be a great conversation piece.
Mandrake
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12:42 am
January 9, 2013
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so white is white 
thanks.. just thought i could have played with some setting to see more detail…
11:30 am
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September 15, 2012
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I’m sorry, Eric. I didn’t quite understand what you needed.
This is what I was able to do with Lightroom and Photo Shop Elements.
Most cameras also have a “snow” setting that will adjust the white balance and lower the exposure.
You might want to try that and see if it is effective.
Mandrake
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12:16 pm
January 9, 2013
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Cool thanks, the snow looks a lot nicer , not sure of the result on her face though..
I need lightroom!!
6:55 am
August 5, 2012
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Shooting snow is like shooting on white backdrop, since it doesn’t have any details in it, there is now reason to bring attention to it the main subject is the person unless ofcoarse its a landscape shot. To make the background more interesting try changing the angle to include some other things surrounding you, like building or some trees (evergreen trees usually give nice green colors that look great with snow), adding blue sky with clouds also might work. Shooting at golden hour might be a thing to consider.
Good luck!
Mandrake I am sorry but I think it is unethical to edit someones picture, when they ask for advice on how to take better photos in snow. I think if you want to show an example, show one of your images. Unless you show exactly how you did it there is now way to learn how to do it. Its better to try to explain how to do it and have a person figure it out on their own.
Again I am sorry I didn’t mean to offend you. I am a no body here. I just felt like speaking my mind.
10:58 am
January 9, 2013
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Thanks Vifoto, i’ll keep your tips in mind, it’s just the situation that made it difficult to add other objects, i was in my backyard, we had just received about 2 feets of snow.
11:06 am
January 9, 2013
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@vitfoto About the golden hour.. I actually did some shot during the sunset on that same day.. but i think they are overexposed. It’s always harder during that time but sometimes it makes really nice ones.
3:09 pm
August 5, 2012
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I think the first photo is a lot better, the building is actually takes the attention from your daughter maybe if it was out of focus a bit more it would work better.
3:44 pm
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December 2, 2012
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Something I was told, and use when taking pics with a high degree of contrast is to
set exposure etc. for the brightest part of the scene and do adjustments in post processing.
If you follow this, the highlights (eg snow) won’t be blown out and you can bring back the shadow
areas in Lightroom or Photoshop.
Just a suggestion that works for me. It’s all practice and the reward of a good shot is worth it.
Dale
The first photo is much better, but I think you should have played with angles and composition a bit more in the first photo. There is nothing wrong with a plain background, often it is even better, if you feel it with the subject right. The empty space on the right doesn’t feels right to me and her pose kind of takes you out of the photo instead of in. Maybe try playing with a crop tool. On the second photo background is way to busy. Also pay attention that you don’t include other people’s body parts in your portraits. They usually distracting too.
10:17 am
January 9, 2013
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Quote from nikonguy on January 11, 2013, 15:44
Something I was told, and use when taking pics with a high degree of contrast is to
set exposure etc. for the brightest part of the scene and do adjustments in post processing.
Thanks, i’ll definitely give this a try today when the sun’s out or during sunset.
10:17 am
January 9, 2013
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Quote from easyexposure on January 12, 2013, 01:20
The first photo is much better, but I think you should have played with angles and composition a bit more in the first photo. There is nothing wrong with a plain background, often it is even better, if you feel it with the subject right. The empty space on the right doesn’t feels right to me and her pose kind of takes you out of the photo instead of in. Maybe try playing with a crop tool. On the second photo background is way to busy. Also pay attention that you don’t include other people’s body parts in your portraits. They usually distracting too.
Thanks for the good tips Oksana, i’ll try cropping it even more. there was actually the same amount of empty space the other side.. felt cropping even more i’d see only her face..
What does busy background mean? Too many different objects visible in the background or should have blurred it using a bigger aperture?
I’ll play around more and resend them.
Thanks again.
4:35 pm
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December 2, 2012
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You are right when you interpret Oksana’s statement that picture #2 is too busy.
If you could imagine your daughter on the left third of the photo and the snow to
the right with no distractions from unnecessary background “clutter” you would have
a lovely picture that has your daughter as the main theme which is what you were
attempting to accomplish. Great pics of your little girl and a lot more enjoyable with her
and no distractions.
I’m sure you can see that the last cropped image is so much better than the image with
her on the left side and way too much space on the right.
Hope that long explanation helps you. The actual images of your daughter only are very nice.
Dale
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