Addie's 7 month photos

I'm about ready to throw my lens out the widow!!  I took Addie Grace's 7 month pics this morning.

Perfect light, perfect outfit, perfect disposition.

I ended up with not-so-perfect pics.

Same issues as before.

So I'm headed up to the camera shop tomorrow to find out what's going on.

Anyways,

I edited these 2 and couldn't decide.

Which do you like better?

You know B&W are not my forte.  Do the whites look TOO white?

And does the color pic look oversharpened?  The sun made a haze over her but instead of it looking cool,

it just looked like

haze.

So I tried to defog it a bit.  Not sure if I helped or made it worse.

I'm totally in a photography slump right now.

I'm blaming it on the kids  :-)

Someone has to take the blame, right?!

Anyways, I'd love your opinion!!

Indy Photowalk-Melinda

Ok, so here they are.  Other than the obvious issues of clarity and focus, what do you see?  I felt like my composition was pretty good in most photos...a few I would've done differently.  I really felt like I was struggling with my pp with this session.  Kyla's face came out red in so many photos and I had to desaturate on most of her photos.  Are there any pics I over sharpened?  I tried not to over compensate for the lack of clarity.  Feel free to rip these apart.  I'm already disappointed in them.  I'm doing a shoot tomorrow morning for Addie's 7 month update and Crista's 4 year old portraits.  I'm hoping to have better luck with those.  Andi (from the photowalk) is going to help me  :-)

Indy Photowalk....Hannah

I usually make my black and whites too bright but I just love her eyes here.

I know you are not much of a fan of this style {it's not really me either} but I kind of like it every now and then. I like it on this one.

If you see anything please tell me. You know how I struggle with PP.

Can't wait to see yours!
I have more but just ran out of time!

PS...I had to back date this to get it to post...how weird is that?

Savannah Photoshoot

While at home in Savannah, I twisted my brother and his girlfriend's arms into letting me do a photo shoot with them in downtown.  It was so beautiful and all I could think about is how much fun the two of us would have down there with our photography!  Even though it was HOT...like 98 degrees, actual temp, not including the heat index that felt like 107{I sweat through 2 tank tops.  Gross, huh?!}, I think I got a few good shots.  Thankfully they were used to the hot temps while I, on the other hand, looked like a hot, sweaty, melted mess!
I'd love your opinion on the pics!  I uploaded quite a few, so bear with me  :-)  I just want to make sure they're the best they can be before sending them down to Marcus & Ashlie.  Any you don't think makes the grade?!?!  Thanks for your input!!!  I trust your judgement!

PS-I LOVE that we have this blog together!!  Makes cc so easy!