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Our Future
Photo Information
Copyright: Kathleen Amiee (SandPiper) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1215 W: 6 N: 1945] (7392)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-05-30
Categories: Friends/Family, Portrait
Camera: Olympus E-10, Standard Oly E-10, Compact Flash Card, Tiffen UV
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-11-01 4:52
Viewed: 939
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It is my special pleasure to introduce this vivacious young lady to you. Meet eleven year old Claire. She totally captivated my heart with her winning smile and wrapped me tightly around her little finger with her honest charm. Her innocent sweetness and open honesty is what the hopes of this country is depending upon. She will not let us down.
Claire's beauty radiates from within and I had to photograph her. She is the typical "contradiction" of an eleven year old girl. One moment she is the delicate Princess of fragility and the next second she can take that rolled up left fist and give you a left jab that would make Mohammed Ali proud! One half Tomboy and one hundred percent Princess, she is the perfect young lady. From playing sweet music on her flute to her aggressive and avid participation in soccer, She is the example of the complexities of youth. She is an honor roll student, and avid swimmer and collects sea shells and American Girl Dolls. She is a gift to us all and I hope I captured this in her portrait. She is our future and it is in good hands.......
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Tech:
1. Used natural outdoor lighting with muted fill in flash for shadows.
2. Cropped original photo and adjusted contrast and saturation.
3. Used NI
4. Resized in 4 steps, sharpening a little at a time.
5. Added a bit more blur to background, added the soft focus filter around photo for sweetness, gave it a bold frame for her strength of character and added signature....

Please critique my effort today as your opinions and thoughts are critical in my progress. And Claire was excited to have her portrait on Treklens today and sends a big "hello"! Thanks, all.... :O)
jmdaoudal, Dingo, mumek, varepin, gazo, Eagle78, sbilgi has marked this note useful
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Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To davidbat: Thank you, David...SandPiper 1 11-07 00:03
To hojper: Thank you, Per...SandPiper 1 11-02 05:10
To padre: Thank you, BrentSandPiper 1 11-02 05:08
To gazo: Thank you, Daniel...SandPiper 1 11-02 03:09
To Tim: Thanks, TimSandPiper 2 11-01 23:55
To muffled: Thank you!SandPiper 1 11-01 23:36
To naturegirl: Thanks, LizSandPiper 1 11-01 23:27
To Quark: Couldn't believe it....SandPiper 1 11-01 23:20
To mumek: Thank you, ZiggySandPiper 1 11-01 23:03
To varepin: Thank you, Luis..SandPiper 1 11-01 22:58
To Dingo: Thanks, Frank!SandPiper 1 11-01 11:15
To Nessuno: Wow, Wout!SandPiper 1 11-01 11:07
To jmdaoudal: Thank you, Jean Michel...SandPiper 1 11-01 10:58
To TheZubial: Thank you, Bernard...SandPiper 1 11-01 10:54
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Critiques [Translate]

Very nice portrait Kathleen.
This young girl has a nice smile.
The lighting is perfet, and you got a great sharpness.
Personnaly, i would prefer without the clear blur border, but it's personnal point of view.

Beautiful portrait light and clear. Photo is reflecting the kindness of this personn
Compliments
Jean Michel

What a personality she has! How many a time do we see such sparkles being diminished during the oncoming years, when the selfish interrests of others damage such innocent beauty. When I see children like these, I always hope they might meet the right people in their lives, those who will be carefull not to destroy the delicacy of their innocence.
You have done a great job in capturing her radiance! Excellent DOF, very good compo with the tilted head and all. Your PP work is outstanding, imo.
Say hello to Claire too, and give her my compliments. I hope she will stay the way she appears here in your picture when she grows into an adult...
Well done Kathleen!

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  • Dingo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 370 N: 2625] (11952)
  • [2004-11-01 6:49]
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This is an excellent portrait of a beautiful young girl, Kathleen. Your model assumes a nice - but firm - pose, as you wrote : a princess, but her left fist is ready... TFS.
I like the heart on your signature, I noticed it on your previous post as well.

Lovely portrait. And what a smile, like a toothpaste commercial or someone real proud not to wear a brace. I am sure she will treasure this portrait as she grows older. TFS Kathleen.

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  • padre Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1419 W: 90 N: 263] (4035)
  • [2004-11-01 9:45]
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Nice portrait Kathleen. I like the composition, as it doesn't look forced. She has a winning smile.

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  • Tim Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 188 W: 18 N: 241] (1137)
  • [2004-11-01 9:53]
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What a living doll Kat! What a great pic and comments on Clair. God's best always,

Tim

What a little doll! A far cry from the "creatures of nature"! Does your photographic talent know any boundaries? You tend to cover them all, from angles to angels! What could be more beautiful than a sweet young girl? Perhaps she can learn from the master photographer! A great shot and fantastic capture of a smile!

A beautiful child well captured in this picture Kat. You have done Claire proud. I think that Nessuno (Wout) has said it all, and so eliquently.
Great picture Kat.
Liz

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  • Quark Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 1339 W: 10 N: 29] (66)
  • [2004-11-01 13:00]
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Slowly scrolling down with the scrollbar, I thought, here's the today's "Nessuno", but it's not. It's a "Sandpiper" !
What a beautiful and happy girl and what a beautiful and happy picture made, Kathleen !
Full of nice colours and a soft frame, it's great ! Nice shot of Claire.

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  • mumek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 220 W: 2 N: 107] (1833)
  • [2004-11-01 19:13]
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Beautiful portrait of charming young lady.
Excellent colors, super details and sharpness.
Let me add this picture to my favorites.
Super work.Thanks for sharing

Me encanta la expresion del rostro de esta joven seņorita. Ella y tu pueden sentirse muy orgullosos.Bien hecho

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  • gazo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 136 W: 0 N: 45] (504)
  • [2004-11-02 0:08]
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How can resist at this little face?
Simply great! Good good shot.

Beautiful portrait Kat, she looks like a very happy little girl. I like the missing tooth, it adds to the shot and the note, very well done.

I love her...this is a truly magic beautiful youg lady Kathleen! But i even love more the passionate way you talk on her...simply adorable :) And that just tell us how beautiful she really is :)

Oh! And Hello Claire!!!! :))))

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  • manny Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 525 W: 24 N: 1485] (11941)
  • [2004-11-04 8:58]

Good portrait Kathleen. She's pretty and you captured such a jolly spirit in warm colors and soft textures. Great work.

pts tmr

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  • sbilgi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 342 W: 51 N: 28] (5080)
  • [2004-11-04 16:00]

Very pretty young lady and very good colours.She is a butterfly and the butterflies are free.Regards from so land.

Beautiful picture. The colors, the clearness, the framing... The very photogenic model! Very good! I liked.

Hi Kathleen, your photo is splendid ... but, your text, for me, is perfect too, because i have a daughter of eleven years old and you described exactly her ... :-))
Best Regards
Eduardo

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