Flying Baby

[max3k]

This is from a recent shoot. What do you I could have done differently?

 

[lildlege1]

I love this!!!! I bet this was hard to do with the baby.

 

[Robin Usagani]

A little too over exposed. I would put the baby on the right of the frame personally. Too centered. Easy fix though.

 

[mrpink]

Did you catch him?










p!nK

 

[NikonNewbie]

In the book the fundamentals of photography (the essential handbook for both digital and film cameras) author Tom Ang states this about proportions:

The composition of an image divided into two equal halves suggests stability, solidity;
Subject placed one third of the way into the image:image space divided into unequal one third and two thirds portions may suggest dynamic equilibrium;
Subject placed at Golden Ratio may suggest balanced, elegant proportion;
Subject placed very close to the edge or cut into by the frame may suggest instability, vitality or an imminent sudden change.

I dont understand why when taking a picture of person as in a portrait everyone keeps saying to put it in the golden ration...not one singel picture...from any company that ever took any of my families pics ever ever ever were in the golden ratio...
they were all centered!
it says here in this book "the compostion of an image can convey braod notions according to the placement of the main subject and the resulting proportions of the space around it...

so I dont believe that all pics need to be taken or cropped according to the rules of 3rds.
Not one single pic in my house taken by paid "professionals" is off centered.

I love this pic of the baby...he's a bit too white...but I still love it.

 

[LuckySe7en]

haha love the pic!

 

[reznap]

This is what the thread title made me think of:

Your photo is nice OP. It looks like the image quality took a hit maybe when resizing or uploading to web. Well done though.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Centered (l/r) and portrait crop, with more space under, than over, would be excellent.

 

[reznap]

Centered (l/r) and portrait crop, with more space under, than over, would be excellent.

Ah, good call.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Thank you.

 

[kundalini]

The dynamics of the photo changed completely with the crop Bitter suggested.

My only nit is to have added a light on the background for separation.

 

[Robin Usagani]

this is what i had in mind

 

[point-&-shoot]

great capture. i think either of the suggested crops would work well for this photo.

 

[max3k]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I too was debating the crop. I've tried it lots of ways and havent really found one that I have settled on yet.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

What about a bit of sepia treatment and a 1X1 crop?