Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread David J Brooks
We normally went to my friends camp in Madawaska for our thanksgiving weekend, but now they have a cottage, south of Bancroft, and we are doing the weekend there. One his daughter and son in law have a 1 year old named Brooks. Good kid, and i thought i should start practicing baby portrait for

Re: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/10/14, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: We normally went to my friends camp in Madawaska for our thanksgiving weekend, but now they have a cottage, south of Bancroft, and we are doing the weekend there. One his daughter and son in law have a 1 year old named Brooks. Good kid, and

Re: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Excellent and not even your offspring! Taken at eye level with the kid filling the frame. Good work Dave! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:11 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: We normally went to my friends camp in Madawaska for our thanksgiving weekend, but now they have

Re: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yep, excellent job of getting down to capture a wonderful moment. I’m sometimes too lazy to go to the ground, but it’s key with kid photography. Paul On Oct 14, 2014, at 2:47 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent and not even your offspring! Taken at eye level with the kid

Re: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Dave, As several people said, the strength of this shot (as is of most portraits) is to shoot from (or below) the eye level. I noticed one thing: It might be an artifact of the downsizing/JPEG, but it looks like the focus is just a bit in front of the face (see the front of the jacket).

Re: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread Mark C
Excellent portrait, David. The square format is perfect and as others noted, getting to eye level really makes the shot. Mark On 10/14/2014 2:11 PM, David J Brooks wrote: We normally went to my friends camp in Madawaska for our thanksgiving weekend, but now they have a cottage, south of

Re: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread Ken Waller
Subject: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour We normally went to my friends camp in Madawaska for our thanksgiving weekend, but now they have a cottage, south of Bancroft, and we are doing the weekend there. One his daughter and son in law have a 1 year old named Brooks. Good kid, and i thought i should start

Re: Peso, Brooke in Gilmour

2014-10-14 Thread Christine Aguila
Wonderful! Really cute expression and great angle. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Oct 14, 2014, at 1:11 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: We normally went to my friends camp in Madawaska for our thanksgiving weekend, but now they have a cottage, south of Bancroft,