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Celebrating Life's Simple Pleasures
Celebrating Life's Simple Pleasures
jasonlprice


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Challenge: Life II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Living room
Date: Dec 3, 2006
Aperture: F11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 4s
Galleries: Interior, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Dec 4, 2006

 I setup a black backdrop (using some old tapestry material) dimmed the lamp light with aluminum foil so it wouldn't light up the backdrop and stoked the fireplace. My daughter is reading all the time anyway, so it wasn't hard for her to pose for this! I used a flashlight covered with thin white muslin-like material to "paint" some light on her face and the bricks.

I shot with F11 because my 18-55 "kit" lense is pretty good there and I wanted everything to be mostly sharp, of course I had it on a good solid tripod and asked my daughter to be very very very still....I tried some high ISO (1600) black and white grainy shots too, but I liked the soft warmth of iso 200 with color better.

Statistics
Place: 88 out of 163
Avg (all users): 5.4267
Avg (commenters): 6.8182
Avg (participants): 5.3016
Avg (non-participants): 5.4753
Views since voting: 845
Views during voting: 316
Votes: 225
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/13/2006 12:18:16 PM
Reminds me of my daughter who simply loves reading, firesides, cats and comfort. Your photo is personal but with wide appeal, I believe. Glad you entered it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/13/2006 11:44:33 AM
Thank you to all who took the time to comment. For those who thought the picture was snapshotish and boring, I would also like to say thanks. Don't ever be afraid to be critical because that helps someone trying to learn very much.

Funny about the grandma comment kawana, I didn't even think about it until you said that. The sweater that my daughter has on does look "old fashion" huh?

Gordon your comment was especially helpful and probably the reason for the lack of WOW. I think you are right on about the background.

Nudibranch, thank you also for the specific recommendation.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/12/2006 09:19:09 PM
ok ya.. she looks like a grandma lol could have been done better
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/12/2006 08:08:46 PM
Although this has a snapshot type feel, it works overall as a simple and lovely photo. 5.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2006 07:11:08 AM
nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/10/2006 12:53:39 AM
Well composed. I can feel the warmth.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/08/2006 03:06:36 PM
I'm gonna vote this photo up because I like the simplicity and I think other people will probably pound on it for lacking wow, or something equally lame. So yeah, nice job. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/08/2006 02:35:58 AM
Lovely warm tones.7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 11:45:05 PM
Nice homey feel. I would like to see what this looked like in sepia or black/white.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 10:18:49 PM
I can feel the warmth of this photo. Well composed!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/07/2006 08:04:32 AM
Nice simple image but overall not an attention grabber.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2006 10:20:40 PM
A more colourful knee rug would have made this picture much more interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2006 01:49:29 PM
really good exposure
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/06/2006 12:36:42 PM
The really black background makes this feel like it is shot in a studio or somewhere else removed from a 'homely' location. Letting some more ambient light in the background might help to create more of a warm 'pool of light' feel.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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