Laura & James

[Alan]

Hi Team

Back in November I asked you boys and girls for help on backdrops. I went to Dunelms and purchased 5 meters of brown sheeting material this material is 2.5m wide and is priced at £5.99 p/m, in the end I was given just under 6m due to being end of roll but got charge for 5. Popped in to my local seamstress she cut the fabric in half and hemmed them both top and bottom with a 3" hem, for which she charged me £20.00. This means I have 2 brown backdrops 2.5m wide x 2.8m long for £25.00 each.

Had a play and this is what I came up with. Hand held camera with single flash mounted on the camera, bouncing the flash light off the ceiling.

Your comments and criticism are most welcome and please don't be afraid of hurting my fillings with negative comments and criticism I have very thick skin.

And yes you can click on the image to enlarge.

[KateW]

I love the soft colouring in this one - it works well with the subject matter.

[geodar]

agree with the above. would have liked the baby to be looking at his mam or at the camera, but still nice portrait shot.

geoff

[FUJI]

Wonderful, it really works, it looks as if your settings and lighting were spot on.......I agree with geodar regarding where the baby is looking:

FUJI

[Heather]

nice soft natural looking image, the backdrop works really well in this one

[Alan]

Hi Team

Thank you for your comments.

Just thought you would like to see the before image.

[colinb]

looking good in the cropped / edited version (funny how wall lights seem to appear by magic )

[NannyFerret]

The editing is dead on. Nicely shot and done, but babies can be very unpredictable so I think you didwell even though he is looking away, but on the other hand, I like the look of innocence in his face.