Father and Son

[Tittan]

I've been shooting for little under 4 years now, and this January me and two friends ganged up and invested in a little studio. This photo is from my very first series in our new studio, and now I'd love some C&C from you guys.

It's has one AlienBee strobe with a 30x30 cm softbox, set to 1/8 power, to the right of them, and one AlienBee with a small honeycomb, set to 1/32 power, to the left. I see now that I should've removed some hair from the father.

I do have the parents permission to post this image on the Internet.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

Nice.. Personally I think slightly more light on the left would help. And as you mentioned... a lint roller on dads back.

 

[Karri]

My thoughts - I like the composition although he looks like he is straining a bit turning his neck but not his body at that angle. I say the picture is a little too dark for my taste and could benefit from a little more lighting from the left camera side or a little lightening in PP. Also, when you do any pp - try and clone out the hair and fuzzies on the dad's shirt. Black shirts can be a pain in the a$$ in photos...

Congrats on the studio! I am envious!! :greenpbl:

 

[Buckster]

There's something... I'm just not really feeling the tonal palette here... Something about it is throwing me off.

Why is there a slight halo around the subjects?

Do some healing on the lint / hairs.

Compositionally, it's got more room over their heads than I think is optimal. I'd make it about the same amount as that to the back of the dad's head. I'd likely take some off the left and bottom as well, and get more intimate with the two of them.

 

[Photogger]

The toy under Dad's elbow is distracting, congrats on studio!

 

[jsachs99]

The lighting is quite lovely, but also so strong that it puts an emotionally charged quality into the image, which is OK if you wanted drama, but it lacks warmth. Softer light would help that.

 

[manaheim]

I'd crop a bit of the dead space up top unless you're particularly attached to it.

I'm surprised you even posted the image without correcting the mess on his back. If you consider it wrong, you should correct it before presentation. Always show your completed work.

 

[Alistair]

I'd crop a bit of the dead space up top unless you're particularly attached to it.

I'm surprised you even posted the image without correcting the mess on his back. If you consider it wrong, you should correct it before presentation. Always show your completed work.

Yes, yes, I would agree with this as well. It's to distracting, and even my eyeballs went straight to it.

 

[Tittan]

Thank you guys for the feedback.
I think the only reason why I posted the photo before I had cleaned away the hairs and lent is due to the fact that I'm not a professional. It's been a great lession though, and I'm sure I'll do it with all the images I share in the future