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Welcoming 2022 • New Year Family Photoshoot

As 2021 came to an end people had different ways of celebrating the New Year from playing parlor games, singing karaoke or making some noise. We decided to do a family photoshoot to make things different. I am no professional photographer but I have been shooting for 4 years now and still have so much to learn. Last year I completely stopped shooting due to depression and anxiety but friends here encouraged me to pick up and shoot again. Now I am back on track and doing what I love once again.

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The location was at my brother-in-laws house but there is not much space inside to do the shoot. So I decided to do the shoot outside on their front lawn.

My camera is a Lumix GX85 which I had since 2017. The lens is an Olympus 45mm 1.8 which in 2020. I also used an ND filter for this shoot.

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As a remote, I used the Lumix Image App which I find very useful. The downside tends to have a delay in response when the mobile phone is blocked. You could see me holding a phone to trigger the shutter. Doesn't look good in the family photo 😆. You can hide it but sometimes the delayed response can be annoying.

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I usually depend on natural lighting and I am still trying to learn about studio lighting. I am hoping to get some tips from professionals as I know there are a lot of people here who do this for a living.

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The light I used is two cheap softboxes pointed at the back and a ring light set up in front on the right side.

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Here is my brother-in-law and I did my first ever prenup wedding shoot back in December 2019 for them.

You can check the post below posted with my old watersnake101 account when I still had access to it.
Wedding Prenup Photoshoot with Philippine Culture Theme

Some of you might ask what happened to watersnake101. It's a long story but you could read about it here.
The Unfortunate Event of WATERSNAKE101 • A New Journey

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The photo below is one of my favorite photos and I like the soft warm subtle lighting. I would like to hear from you if I could have done something else different to make it better.

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When I was checking the photos I feel there is something wrong with the positioning of the softboxes. If I put it in front the light is too intense that is why I pointed them at the back instead.

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I also have never used flash in my photography but something I also need to learn sometime if I want to get better.

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Here are my in-laws and I love how my mother-in-law enjoys the shoot. I may ask her to do a photoshoot in the future.

Another issue I am getting is the flare, you would notice the two green dots on the right side of my daughter. I am trying to figure out how to get rid of them for years now. I could get rid of it thru photoshop but I am hoping there are other ways.

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