A Few Portraits of my Family

[tamccain]

Just wanted to share a few with you and get your thoughts

[Colin Southern]

Hi Tim,

Great looking family you've got there!

The images themselves all look VERY soft though - have you applied any sharpening in post-production?

Were they shot RAW?

[tamccain]

They were shot raw. I do have a little bit of a problem with getting some soft images. I think I needed to bump up the shutter speed. It was 1/125, and so I probably shouldn't have much camera shake in it, but I think that is the problem.

[Brownbear]

All lovely images even if a little soft. I adore image #3 and think it is extra special.

[Dusty]

Lovely family Tim.

There doesn't appear to be any shadows that I can see so where the images taken in a well lit shaded area and maybe 125 was a little bit to slow for the conditions and maybe a faster shutter speed was needed. Image 3 is a belter, and is she your daughter? She has a mood on her face that says will you hurry up dad and take the image.
Dave.

[Colin Southern]

They were shot raw. I do have a little bit of a problem with getting some soft images. I think I needed to bump up the shutter speed. It was 1/125, and so I probably shouldn't have much camera shake in it, but I think that is the problem.

What capture, content, and output sharpening have you applied?

[tamccain]

the only adjustments to the pictures were some contrast, some highlights, and some shadow adjustment. Right now I am using Canon's Digital Photo Professional Software to make the changes. I am hoping to get lightroom for xmas.

[Colin Southern]

the only adjustments to the pictures were some contrast, some highlights, and some shadow adjustment. Right now I am using Canon's Digital Photo Professional Software to make the changes. I am hoping to get lightroom for xmas.

Hi Tim,

If you'd like to send me the RAW original of the first image, I'll show you what a full retouch looks like.

[Colin Southern]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for sending the file.

It's not a particularly sharp shot for some reason, which means that I've had to be considerably more aggressive with sharpening - which in turn has other consequences that are difficult to mitigate entirely, but having said that' I think it turned out OK in the end -- if you look at it at 100% magnification.

[Colin Southern]

PS: I thought I'd quickly throw in one I took the other day (similar style) just to give you an idea of how it can look with good lighting and a sharp capture.

[tamccain]

Colin, thanks for your work, and thanks for the other example. What software did you use for the PP?

[Colin Southern]

Colin, thanks for your work, and thanks for the other example. What software did you use for the PP?

Hi Tim,

Photoshop CC all the way for me.