My First Photoshoot....!

[rio008]

today after finishing my job i decided to take my nephew out to take come photos of him. And went to a park near to our building.
All photos are taken using my 70-200mm nikkor kit lens ( my first hands on to it )

1.

http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/500/medium/DSC_00011.jpg

2.

http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/500/medium/DSC_00031.jpg

3.

http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/500/medium/DSC_0002.jpg

4.

http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/500/medium/DSC_0004.jpg

5.

http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/500/medium/DSC_00061.jpg

6.

http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/500/medium/DSC_00051.jpg

The kid was feeling shy to pose. he was totaly confused and had no face expressions.:eek:
Do comment on my first attempt ans suggestions are always welcome :)

Edit: reduced color saturation from few photos :p

[KrishnenduKes]

Topic Approved

I find that some of them are not consistent as far as the colour saturation is concerned. I know that you are pretty good with PP. I am sure someone with your technical know how can easily take care of this.

[Aryan]

I would have loved some candid photographs, as well as a few pictures with him smiling/ laughing. Those serious expressions from a child of his age scares me, really. :D

Overall, liked the shots. :)

P.S: The 70-200mm Nikkor comes as a 'kit' lens with which Nikon D-SLR? :eek: Is it the 70-200mm f2.8 VR? :eek:

[rio008]

i find that some of them are not consistent as far as the colour saturation is concerned. I know that you are pretty good with PP. I am sure someone with your technical know how can easily take care of this.

thanks for the approval ken. ya regarding colour saturation actually i increased them high, but now after reading your comments i guess i must reduce them.
kids loves colours so increased them :D

I would have loved some candid photographs, as well as a few pictures with him smiling/ laughing. Those serious expressions from a child of his age scares me, really. :D

Overall, liked the shots. :)

P.S: The 70-200mm Nikkor comes as a 'kit' lens with which Nikon D-SLR? :eek: Is it the 70-200mm f2.8 VR? :eek:

thanks for your comments aryan. i tried my level best to make him comfortable but he was so shy and had nothing but this scary expressions till the end. :D
regarding the lens, ya its a kit lense. comes as a package with D60 18-55mm and 70-200mm non VR lenses.
its having only manual focusing the cheapest lens you can get from nikkon i guess:p

[Aryan]

@Rio: Okay! And I thought you were talking about the Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR! :D ;)

http://www.dcameramag.com/wp-content/uploads/image/Nikkor-AF-S-VR-Zoom-Nikkor-70-200mm.jpg

[rio008]

its ok aryan :) and ya why not may be in future :p
looks like i need urgent treatment with my laptop monitor. as ken said when i opened this thread in my office PC it does looks over saturated and bit of yellowish. :eek:
P.S :anyone having idea how to set the lappy's color ? i am having a sony vaio

[shutterbug]

Rio, IMHO you should have let kid do something which comes to him naturally and taken shots of him while at it. He looks too conscious of the camera.
I am not knowledged enough to comment on the technical aspects and that is best left to gurus like ken da, vicky etc.
Btw, which car is he posing by?

[rio008]

Rio, IMHO you should have let kid do something which comes to him naturally and taken shots of him while at it. He looks too conscious of the camera.
I am not knowledged enough to comment on the technical aspects and that is best left to gurus like ken da, vicky etc.
Btw, which car is he posing by?

he was a child model 2-3 years before and worked for some international kids clothing brands like adam's and all but dont know what happened to him as he growed (nazar lag gaya:(). the park was full with kids playing all over may be that made him uncomfortable.

The car is Toyota FJ cruiser

[shutterbug]

Bingo! Looked like an FJ from the shape of the door and the color.

Wow, he used to model? Koi baat nahin, I guess you can try again and next time he will be more comfortable with your camera. I guess when he was younger he was naturally less conscious in front of the camera.

[Vicky]

Great shots Rio!

However, I find the colors too saturated for my taste..

Secondly, when you're photographing shy kids who are too conscious to pose, the best alternative is to shoot candid!:)

#4 is my fav here:)

[rio008]

Great shots Rio!

However, I find the colors too saturated for my taste..

Secondly, when you're photographing shy kids who are too conscious to pose, the best alternative is to shoot candid!:)

#3 is my fav here:)

Thanks for your advice vicky :)

something wrong with my lappy's color setting. i increased the color saturation but did not wanted like this. will edit them today :p

# 2 & 3 are my fav. :D

[Xavier]

Some nice shots there Rio! :)
My fav would be #2.
#3 is too closely cropped for my taste. And agree with the others, some of the pics are a bit oversaturated. Anyway, considering the fact that you used a lens with which you couldn't autofocus, this is a good job! :)

[rio008]

Some nice shots there Rio! :)
My fav would be #2.
#3 is too closely cropped for my taste. And agree with the others, some of the pics are a bit oversaturated. Anyway, considering the fact that you used a lens with which you couldn't autofocus, this is a good job! :)

Thanks PG :)

non of them are cropped and i already reduced the saturation of few photos.:D

[Xavier]

Thanks PG :)

non of them are cropped and i already reduced the saturation of few photos.:D

Oh ok, in that case, I don't like the composition of the 3rd pic :p hehe.

[rio008]

Oh ok, in that case, I don't like the composition of the 3rd pic :p hehe.

i didnt edit the 3rd photo :p balance all edited :D

[Xavier]

i didnt edit the 3rd photo :p balance all edited :D

Composition Sir, composition. I like the exposure and treatment of that pic. Didn't like the framing/composition. :)

[rio008]

Composition Sir, composition. I like the exposure and treatment of that pic. Didn't like the framing/composition. :)

oh ya composition. :D:cool:
need to learn more from you all. :D

[Xavier]

oh ya composition. :D:cool:
need to learn more from you all. :D

:)
Here are a few good articles on composition.
Composition Tips (http://digital-photography-school.com/digital-photography-composition-tips)

[Xavier]

Err Rio, which Nikkor 70-200 are you talking about?
AFAIK, Nikon doesn't make any 70-200 lens slower than f/2.8?
Or are you talking about this, the Nikkor 70-210 f/4-5.6D ?

http://photocrati.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nikon-70-210-mm-f-4-56-d.jpg

[rio008]

did i say 70-200mm ? :D:p:D:(
a small change its "70-300mm" nikkor :D (sorry for the typing mistake guys) :o

i am talking about this :)

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/AFNikkor/AF70300mmf4556ED/NikkorAFzoom70300G.JPG