Chapter 3 assignment (and then there was light)

[NewMemories]

I chose to take a reflection picture.  I've always been impressed with these (but not mine) and have been trying for a while to get a decent one.  The horizontal pic cuts off the reflection and the vertical one is blown out (what IS it with blond hair that I can't shoot in the sun?!) That being said, these are among my favorite pictures!

[elaine]

can you try dialling your exposure down a little to prevent blown out highlights? If it had a little more detail in the child that second shot would be fantastic!!!!

[ejb]

Love the composition of the second one, the reflection says it all! Too bad the child is somewhat overexposed.

[NewMemories]

These were the best of what I had.  I adjusted and adjusted the aperture and the speed and didn't get a better one before he moved to another place to play.  The first ones I took were completely blown and the next ones I had adjusted too much and it was all too dark.  I was getting it right, then the sun came out and blew him all out of sight! 

[ejb]

Haha, I have similar trouble all the time  .

[agnieszka]

I also like the vertical one more, the reflection really stands out (whereas I could miss it in the horizontal one) and the top part of the pic matches the bottom one so well. 

It's interesting about the blond hair - my daughter's hair is much darker so I never have this problem with her pictures (or actually I like it a lot how sometimes her hair comes out with highlights), but when I took some pictures of my niece whose hair is very light, I immediately noticed how hard it was not to get it overexposed! I did some portraits of both of them on that day, and my niece's ones didn't come out too well just because of this issue.

[Evie]

I would chose the second one, I like the idea.
NewMemories, do you remember what time of the day were you taking the picture? I'm sure if you take this picture before sunset it would be gorgeous!