Comments on: Being Intentional about Portraiture

By: Terry Elisabeth

Terry Elisabeth — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:43:23 +0000

Wow, your pictures are beautiful ! Great portraits. I was saving this post for when I had more time to read it, I’m glad I didn’t skip it.

By: Teresa Dawn

Teresa Dawn — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:24:41 +0000

These are great

I can’t wait until I have kids so that I CAN photograph them!

By: kristenkj

kristenkj — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:16:48 +0000

I try to photograph my kids constantly. They are not fans of that. I am NEVER in front of the camera, because I am always behind it. I am a little afraid, a little sad, that there are no pictures of me and that the kids (when they are grown) will not really remember me as their mom. But then, when there ARE pictures of me, I hate the way I look! I would really like some nice pics of me, though, someday.

By: Nancy Cook

Nancy Cook — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:12:23 +0000

I love photographing Schuyler, my son. My latest (3 years) now is ski racing photography and i finally bought an 11×14 of him and love it! I love the photo challenges to feature photos of him, but now he is pretty sick of being photographed. I love to be in photos too — I guess I am special. I have a great husband that loves to take my photo too.

Thanks for Sweet Shot Tuesday — I will be doing something tomorrow!

http://nanskimtn.blogspot.com/2010/07/me.html

By: Hannah Braboy

Hannah Braboy — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:31:49 +0000

I have a lot of portraits of the boys because they are such good models! My sisters? Me? My parents? Zip. Zero. Nada. Nope. I need to work on being more intentional about getting good portraits of them and getting in the pictures, for crying out loud! lol

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:37:33 +0000

I love photog talk!

By: Darcy

Darcy — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:54:10 +0000

These were shot with a prime 85mm f/1.8 with an ISO of 160 (low .7 on a Nikon) and aperture of f/2.2. Custom white balance using the Expo Disk. Speeds at the brick wall were between 1/160 and 1/200. I never go below 1/125 shooting kids. The lower ones with the wood wall are soft at 100% and they were shot at 1/125th. I needed to go faster – those wouldn’t print well above 8×10.

It had been raining all day and the rain stopped just long enough to shoot some pics. It was a perfectly grayish, overcast setting. (My fav for portraits!) The bricks and ground were wet which made a pretty purple in the brick instead of red – which is easy to blow out on the red channel. If you can ever hose down brick before a shoot, the images look better, I think.

I had the exposure set at +.33 because I was going for a high-key, bright, slightly over-exposed look. For the most part, I’m pleased with the results, but the white channel is blown out on a few of them. But with my own kids, I tend to be too lazy to pull them all into Photoshop and work on them, so I take more risks in-camera.

In retrospect, I probably should have shot for the meter and brightened in post, but since they’re my own kids, I can afford to play and not upset any clients.

By: Cate

Cate — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:38:08 +0000

Try photographing a camera shy 19 year…..doesn’t make for pics suitable for Grandma to see sometimes!

As for me……there is a reason that I am behind the camera….

By: Kent Weakley

Kent Weakley — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:03:01 +0000

Great shots, love the diffused quality of light. What lens, and what aperture? Would love to see your ISO / SS / Aperture info from these shots. Come on you don’t have anything else going on, do ya?

By: Anna K.

Anna K. — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:09:58 +0000

Hmmmm. I haven’t taken actual portraits of the boys in a while and the fam is starting to mob me for some. I’ll have to get on the stick!

As for my picture being taken…umm, I tried to take some headshots of myself the other day and it was so awkward (post on Monday about it)! I’m not happy when I’m having my picture taken, but the Hubs and my Dad keep encouraging me to do it for the boys.

Oh, your boybarians are growing up so fast! Their little faces have changed…they are all so handsome, Darcy! Great idea with the fire hydrant, by the way….

By: Julia in WDM

Julia in WDM — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:18:39 +0000

I keep looking at engagement photos and wedding photos and baby photos and wishing I could turn back the clock! (We’d look a little silly in the same poses at the ages we are now.) I would love to do anniversary photos with my husband this year. And for kids photos — we have only two years before my oldest is out of the house! I’d better get snapping. Wait, the Iowa weather. It sucks. OK, may be in Oct. I’ll schedule some time with each kid.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:45:09 +0000

What a great spot! I love the urban backdrop.

My son has just started to walk, so I finally feel like I can get a little more variety in his pictures. Looking at your beautiful images is inspiring me to head to the beach tomorrow morning.

Cheers,
ANne

By: Sarah@BlueCastle

Sarah@BlueCastle — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:09:35 +0000

I realized the other day that it’s been a while since I did this with my kids. Thanks for the reminder. And myself in pictures? Um. Well, I’ll just wait and read your post on that subject. I know it’ll be a good one.

I really like how in the pictures you have with all your boys you can really see each of their individual personalities coming out. Great job on that.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:30:10 +0000

Megan – mine was October. You’ve got me beat.

I feel a challenge coming on.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:15:55 +0000

Ohhhh Kacey – you know what I’m going to say about that, doncha?!

By: Darcy

Darcy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:14:35 +0000

I did see those when she posted them! I just never put 2 and 2 together to realize YOU were the local friend.

I feel like I just forged a new neuron – I saw those such a long time ago and loved them. You are a gorgeous girl! No wonder why you have such beautiful children.

What a fun connection. I feel totally dense. Thanks for the link!

By: Kacey

Kacey — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:50:10 +0000

I very rarely attempt portraits of my boys – at 2.5 and 4.5, it doesn’t go well when they know I’m taking their picture! As for me in a shot – pretty much never, of course!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:45:34 +0000

Darcy, here is the photo shoot she did.
http://mthopeacademy.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-friend.html

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:58:07 +0000

She lives about 45 minutes from me. I drove up to her place and she took pictures and we talked for 3 hours. It was the best time ever. She is the real deal in person too, a lovely woman. Her kids are as adorable in person too. Have you seen the wedding pics she has posted recently? That is where my photos were taken too. It is such a beautiful place.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:38:44 +0000

” I havenâ€™t been in pics on purpose since last summerâ€¦and itâ€™s best that way!”

I have a blog post about this coming.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:37:50 +0000

You got to meet Heidi? She was one of the first blogs I saw and fell in love with – years ago. She is tried and true, the real deal in the blogosphere.

That’s so cool that she’s semi-local!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:23:46 +0000

I have more pics of my kids now that I have picked up the camera and learned to use it. I am having so much fun with it. I think my husband took a picture of me with the kids on Easter. That would be the last time. But I had Heidi at Mt Hope Chronicles take portraits of myself for my birthday last year. It was not only a blast to meet a semi local blog friend but a wonderful experience to have someone portray me as pretty. It made me feel good. I highly recommend it for moms who most of the time don’t have time to wash their face. Great boy shots! They are so cute.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:16:48 +0000

We had family portraits done in december. that was probably the last picture I was in. I do have TONS of my kids- like you do- playing outside, etc.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:05:09 +0000

I’m obnoxious about photographing my kids….but I’m terrible about PRINTING them for framing or scrapping. I haven’t been in pics on purpose since last summer…and it’s best that way!