Family Self Portrait

[Goldcoastgolfer]

Doing a family self portrait was a lot harder than I thought it would be. You can't really see what everyone is doing which makes it difficult to capture that moment.

[Dave Humphries]

Nice group; no blinks, 5 smiles, good shot

Nice to see you all together for once

[rpcrowe]

Very nice shot of a handsome family. Congratulations!

[gaelicsea]

Very sweet photo!!

[murfdogg645]

It's a very nice photo. The only thing I noticed was how the oldest boy's t-shirt makes it look like your daughter's hair is going all crazy. Other the. That it looks fine.

[jeeperman]

I like this as well. Aside from the T-shirt mentioned above, your hand above said T looks a bit stiff. I realise you likely had a remote in that hand but the down turned fist does not look at ease or natural. Other than that, congrats on a well done difficult image.

[wilgk]

well done Malcolm & co!
as mentioned the wee girls and older brother's T-shirt sort of merge & a shadow on your face a bit, but as Dave has said (& everything I read) tells me with groups it's 'light the area' & get everyone looking at the camera ... at the same time.... & get them all in focus
So you've done that & more - they look very happy....which is at the top of what we hope for, for our family when all's said & done.

[Goldcoastgolfer]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. The shirt's definitely gotta go but trying to tell a 16 year old how to dress - well, actually trying to tell a 16 year old anything at the moment is a bit of a struggle. I might post one of the other shots a bit later and I'll let you guys see if you can guess what happened

Kerry and I picked up on my hands as well. The remote was actually in my other hand which was cloned out but the position of my hands in these shots is something I need to work on.

It was a first attempt and neither Kerry nor I are 100% happy with them so we'll try again at a future date.

[jeechu1970]

Very Good shot indeed

[Goldcoastgolfer]

And now for the challenge.... who can guess what happened about a second before the shutter fired? And for everyone's information, this wasn't supposed to be a posed "funny" photo.



PS - Yes, the DoF is to shallow

[Donald]

And now for the challenge.... who can guess what happened about a second before the shutter fired?

Somebody must have said or done something.

[Rob Douglas]

Uh, whoever smelt it, delt it lol

[FrankMi]

A great set of family pictures to cherish for years to come! Both shots convey happy times and that not only says a lot about the warmth within the family but also makes the viewer smile along with you.

Aside from the look of the ‘hairy’ tee-shirt, one thing that grabs and holds the eye is text. Viewing time is spent reading the tee-shirts that might be more enjoyably used exploring the facial expressions.

[epmi314]

That's one good looking crew Malcolm!

[Dave Humphries]

who can guess what happened about a second before the shutter fired?

I think "Billabong" did something, he's almost proud, little sis' is appalled and everyone else thinks it's a hoot

[Goldcoastgolfer]

I think "Billabong" did something, he's almost proud, little sis' is appalled and everyone else thinks it's a hoot

Without further ado, Jack made some comment that resulted me giving him a light tap of the head. Hence why his hair is a bit of a mess in the second shot and he has his hand raised. I don't think Alex saw what happened which is why he's probably still grinning at the camera as if it were a normal pose

[speedneeder]

Hi Malcolm,
They are both fine photos for sure, and I'm sure most of us can appreciate the difficulties of self portraits, much less taking one of the whole family!
Technically speaking, I prefer the second one because your face is as well lit as everyone else's. Also the expressions are great, which to me is the most important part of a photo like this.
I'm curious why you think the DOF is too shallow? I think it's fine.