C&C: seven month pregnant wife

Hi people, I'm learning to take portraits and took some photos of my pregnant wife using borrowed out of the camera flash with my NX300M and it's kit lens. Took them in a small room in my apartment. All of them where post processed in lightroom 5 to heal some holes in the wall and loose strings in her shirt, correct exposure (where needed), smooth skin (a little, doesn't like plastic effect), whitening the teeth and then cleaned the background (a dirt wall) in Photoshop.

Softbox and shot through umbrella. Light bounced everywhere

softbox only

softbox only

softbox only

First off congrats on the pregnancy! Little ones are a ton of fun (and great photo subjects).

I'm not sure I like the green tinted ones. The skin tones are a bit off putting.

Also the lighting is a bit bland on the first one, it seems even all the way across her face and kind of generic.

I like the lighting much better on the last one, but I like the pose on the first one best.

Thanks for your comments. It helps me improve my photography skills.

parakalien wrote:

First off congrats on the pregnancy! Little ones are a ton of fun (and great photo subjects).

Thanks!

I'm not sure I like the green tinted ones. The skin tones are a bit off putting.

She liked that tint, if you had to use a color what would you use?

Also the lighting is a bit bland on the first one, it seems even all the way across her face and kind of generic.

Yes, that room is very small, the shot through umbrella became a light bomb, scattering light everywhere. We liked that pose, so we kept that picture, even with that unflattering light.

I like the lighting much better on the last one, but I like the pose on the first one best.

Thanks again!

AxelHawk wrote:

Thanks for your comments. It helps me improve my photography skills.

parakalien wrote:

First off congrats on the pregnancy! Little ones are a ton of fun (and great photo subjects).

Thanks!

Congrats from here as well!

I'm not sure I like the green tinted ones. The skin tones are a bit off putting.

She liked that tint, if you had to use a color what would you use?

Personally, I wouldn't use any color. Go monochrome.

Also the lighting is a bit bland on the first one, it seems even all the way across her face and kind of generic.

Yes, that room is very small, the shot through umbrella became a light bomb, scattering light everywhere. We liked that pose, so we kept that picture, even with that unflattering light.

I like the lighting much better on the last one, but I like the pose on the first one best.

Thanks again!

They call me Hans wrote:

AxelHawk wrote:

Thanks for your comments. It helps me improve my photography skills.

parakalien wrote:

First off congrats on the pregnancy! Little ones are a ton of fun (and great photo subjects).

Thanks!

Congrats from here as well!

Thanks!

I'm not sure I like the green tinted ones. The skin tones are a bit off putting.

She liked that tint, if you had to use a color what would you use?

Personally, I wouldn't use any color. Go monochrome.

Like this?

That's easy. Beautiful wife. Beautiful pictures.

Sid

AxelHawk wrote:

They call me Hans wrote:

AxelHawk wrote:

Thanks for your comments. It helps me improve my photography skills.

parakalien wrote:

First off congrats on the pregnancy! Little ones are a ton of fun (and great photo subjects).

Thanks!

Congrats from here as well!

Thanks!

I'm not sure I like the green tinted ones. The skin tones are a bit off putting.

She liked that tint, if you had to use a color what would you use?

Personally, I wouldn't use any color. Go monochrome.

Like this?

Yeah! Personally I'd turn up the contrast a bit, but it looks much better than the green tone.