Circus Family

[Kodiak]

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Quite some time ago, I was asked to shoot the last presentation of the
season. I took some 487 photographs.

They bought everything but 14 that were not sharp enough and these 4
portraits because:
• my missing tooth is visible! (how can one see a missing tooth?)
• I don't like my hair…
• I don't like the smile… I forgot the last one.

C&C Welcome! All SOOC.

Ze jongleur and clown:




MC, clown, and jack-of-all-trade, and father:




Tickets, popcorn, novelties and poney rides:




Ze trapésiste and mama:

[Shadowman]

Nice series of portraits.

[KimC]

Love the sharpness of the images..something I wish for mine. I must share thou, I am not fond of the circus...not sure about those clowns ;-)

[dem]

I would not change anything in the first two images. The third one has a greenish light by her right shoulder and a red one above her head both of which are a bit distracting but easy to get rid of. The fourth portrait might benefit from a 3x4 crop with a bit more room added at the top and possibly on the left. Say crop it so the eyes are a 1/3 from the top, the shoulder is a 1/3 from the bottom. Otherwise the lady looks too tall.

If I was #2 or #3, I'd be very pleased with the photo. But 469/487 is just an unbelievable success rate.

[Tom Barry]

Nice work on all, but for me the snaggle-toothed kid and No. 2 of the MC/dad are gob-smackingly good!

[IzzieK]

All nice and sharp, Kodiak...I love them all. #1 particularly is very good even including the missing tooth...I think it is cute really...the rest are equally very good...

[Kodiak]

Nice series of portraits.

Thx John.

[Kodiak]

Love the sharpness of the images..something I wish for mine.

Hi Kim, that will come… don't you ever worry!

I must share thou, I am not fond of the circus...not sure about those clowns ;-)

Last week, I was shooting at a Chevrolet dealer. As a pro, I had to produce a
good session of car photos. I would have rather shoot at Audi or else because
I don't dig at all american cars… but a shoot is a shoot. The only reasons I still
like circus photography:
• It is a gathering of people wanting to have a good time and still believe in magic,
• Flash being forbidden, it is a great technical challenge.

[Kodiak]

…gob-smackingly good!

Fist time I hear that one! Thx Tom.

[Kodiak]

I would not change anything in the first two images. The third one has a greenish light by her right shoulder and a red one above her head both of which are a bit distracting but easy to get rid of. The fourth portrait might benefit from a 3x4 crop with a bit more room added at the top and possibly on the left. Say crop it so the eyes are a 1/3 from the top, the shoulder is a 1/3 from the bottom. Otherwise the lady looks too tall.

Hi dem, as mentioned, these are SOOC, this implies that after preview,
since they were not selected, I was not going to spend time on them. I
agree though with the comment on the little girl picture.

But 469/487 is just an unbelievable success rate.

If your making a living, the end product will have a chance to sell only if
its good, excuses don't sell! I am happy when I have no more than 5%
rejected takes (from MY filtering) under most conditions,

However, a good friend of mine had a private concert at his place last
Monday: Chris Jagger (Mick's brother) and 2 musicians. I was there with
the chosen tools when I saw the lighting condition were so bad that I did
not shoot a single frame. The stage was 18 feet by 12 with three spots:
• one on the main artist, a 100w spot in purple and
• two 100w white spots on the back wall, The violin and bass players were
left in the dark!!! …and Chris says that there should be no flash!

[Kodiak]

very good even including the missing tooth...I think it is cute really...

I see it so as well! …it is part of being a kid… go figure!

[KimC]

Last week, I was shooting at a Chevrolet dealer. As a pro, I had to produce a
good session of car photos. I would have rather shoot at Audi or else because
I don't dig at all american cars… but a shoot is a shoot.

Good morning. Excellent point Daniel - thanks for sharing the perspective.

[FootLoose]

These are you rejects, Kodiak? I'd be pretty happy with any one of them.

[pixel pete]

A shame they didn't allow flash. I invested in a small battery powered light (daylight balanced) just for instances like that. You did a wonderful job under these circumstances Kodiak

[Kodiak]

A shame they didn't allow flash. I invested in a small battery powered light (daylight balanced) just for instances like that. You did a wonderful job under these circumstances Kodiak

These portrait were shot close to a daylight source so no flash needed.

[Caddy]

These are you rejects, Kodiak? I'd be pretty happy with any one of them.

in post 1,the circus people rejected the photos not kodiak.

[Kodiak]

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You would be a good agent Caddy! … looking for a job?