I made this exact same post last year (we do it every year).
Here is the link to the thread and images I took last year http://www.photography.ca/Forums/peo...-critique.html
Images from today
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8...4767dc23_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8330/8...79680047_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8...096e64a8_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8326/8...4904f081_c.jpg
Really nice AT. Big change from last year. You have nailed the lighting and those eyes are great.
These are far better on many levels AT - sharpness, comp, lighting.
The only area that is the same is the cuteness of your kids!
Wow, quite a difference. Love the new shots. Now, is this the same gear? Are you processing differently? What, to you, made the biggest improvement?
Only difference in gear is the lens, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 (last year I used a basic lens or maybe a 50mm), plus I now use Lightroom instead of GIMP for processing. I also used my basic flip flash on these because it was getting late in the afternoon and the lighting on their faces was getting dark (I need to get a speedlite).
While we were there, there was a young couple doing the same with their baby, but they only had a camera phone, so I took some and emailed them to them.
I know I cut off her feet, but she wasn't to cooperative and these two were the best I could get
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8190/8...8f722e22_c.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8...9f16b9b9_c.jpg