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Posted by Melissa W. (Warsaw, Indiana, United States) on 8 July 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

The light was a little harsher than I would have preferred, but I still like how this turned out. This is the big sister of the twin little girls.

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Comments (6)

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Obviously bright light but your subject did well with it ... no squinting or frowning ... and it really lights up the bright colors! Beautiful DOF and great framing ... another winner, Melissa!

8 Jul 2008 8:32pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

A beautiful portrait Melissa.

9 Jul 2008 12:40am

Rags from Plano, United States

I love the way it turned out.

9 Jul 2008 2:36pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

yes, she does have sort of a mature, older sister aura about her. something about her expression makes me imagine she was having a lot of fun posing and being photographed by you. excellent processing, though interestingly the light is a bit brighter than normal Melissa-style light :)

10 Jul 2008 2:06am

@danthro: I LOVED photographing her. She's such a beauty. This girl had 15 inches of her hair cut off earlier that day to give to Locks of Love! I could not imagine her with long hair.

Well, what can I say, we did this photoshoot earlier in the evening than normal. Wasn't sure how the 2 1/2 yr olds would do if it were later. I had a lot of problems with the sun being too bright. I had Shelby alternate holding a diffuser, which was too small, and a reflector on some of the photos. There wasn't a cloud in the sky that evening to help diffuse the light even; so needless to say, even if it wasn't my normal "Melissa-style light", I'm happy with how they turned out. ;)