This little lady got hold of some tap shoes and wanted pictures of her dancing with them. It was about at golden hour, so I turned her away from the sun. Having her face, the sun would make for brighter pictures but also lots of squinting because the sun would be in her eyes. Besides, I love when light comes through hair so her back to the sun was the best option for this situation. Also, since movement is fast for tap, I set my shutter sped up high to about 1/400th.
Now for more general advice. When you are processing photos there are lots of things you can do with the software you have access to. The thing is you need to be clear with your clients how far is far enough. The picture of her with the dog makes for several examples. You will notice she has a tiny scare on her nose, kids get scratches all the time, but do the parents want it edited out or left in? And are you going to charge for that (I generally don’t but it depends on how the requests add up). Or the dog, do I spruce up the dog or leave it be.
Another question you need to ask yourself when considering this stuff is this: is this edit issue something that could have been avoided had you wiped your subjects down with a wet paper towel? Alternatively, was the situation where that was even an option? For example, photographing a wedding you can’t exactly run around wiping down all the party guests all the time. Another question worth asking is: how much time will take to do all these edits? Processing is already a time-consuming step but throw in a ton of edits and your processing time could take a lot longer. These are things you need to consider if you are going to charge for photography and things you need to be straight forward with your clients before you take the pictures.
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