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janineh · Sep 17, 2012

Hi there,
I thought I share a few pics of Saturdays session with little Matthew. C & C welcome!

Derrel · Sep 17, 2012

#2 is VERY cute! I've seen it done that way like a ZILLION times--on BLACK. It looks sooooooo much better done against a light backdrop! Good job on that. It's pretty close to perfect, I think. #1 IS QUITE "okay", while #3, ehhh, seems like it's just too far-away...the baby is so smalllllllllll...and it looks like just placed on top of a fabric-covered shooting table in front of a white screen. It's just not framed as tightly as I'd like to see it. Again,shot #2 though, dad and mom holdin' the newbie--YES! Skillfully done!

janineh · Sep 17, 2012

Derrel said:
#2 is VERY cute! I've seen it done that way like a ZILLION times--on BLACK. It looks sooooooo much better done against a light backdrop! Good job on that. It's pretty close to perfect, I think. #1 IS QUITE "okay", while #3, ehhh, seems like it's just too far-away...the baby is so smalllllllllll...and it looks like just placed on top of a fabric-covered shooting table in front of a white screen. It's just not framed as tightly as I'd like to see it. Again,shot #2 though, dad and mom holdin' the newbie--YES! Skillfully done!

Got that one closer too...

janineh · Sep 17, 2012

Derrel said:
#2 is VERY cute! I've seen it done that way like a ZILLION times--on BLACK. It looks sooooooo much better done against a light backdrop! Good job on that. It's pretty close to perfect, I think. #1 IS QUITE "okay", while #3, ehhh, seems like it's just too far-away...the baby is so smalllllllllll...and it looks like just placed on top of a fabric-covered shooting table in front of a white screen. It's just not framed as tightly as I'd like to see it. Again,shot #2 though, dad and mom holdin' the newbie--YES! Skillfully done!

Thanks for the feedback. Is there anything you would critisis on the first one?

amolitor · Sep 17, 2012

I find the grey in #1 kind of gloomy. It makes the kid pop, and, good job getting the hat separated from the background, but it's an uncomfortable color. Like concrete, or a rain cloud. It feels cold and dead, which provides a great contrast, but not so good context. For me, anyways.

janineh · Sep 17, 2012

amolitor said:
I find the grey in #1 kind of gloomy. It makes the kid pop, and, good job getting the hat separated from the background, but it's an uncomfortable color. Like concrete, or a rain cloud. It feels cold and dead, which provides a great contrast, but not so good context. For me, anyways.

Get what you mean. Thought its nice for a boy.

janineh · Sep 17, 2012

janineh said:
Get what you mean. Thought its nice for a boy.

Does adding some colour help??

paigew · Sep 17, 2012

1 is my favorite but I would angle it a tiny bit so his head is higher than his body. I don't care for #2 (not my style) but it is done well!

janineh · Sep 17, 2012

paigew said:
1 is my favorite but I would angle it a tiny bit so his head is higher than his body. I don't care for #2 (not my style) but it is done well!

I have one like you said too...

Derrel · Sep 17, 2012

janineh said:
Derrel said:

#2 is VERY cute! I've seen it done that way like a ZILLION times--on BLACK. It looks sooooooo much better done against a light backdrop! Good job on that. It's pretty close to perfect, I think. #1 IS QUITE "okay", while #3, ehhh, seems like it's just too far-away...the baby is so smalllllllllll...and it looks like just placed on top of a fabric-covered shooting table in front of a white screen. It's just not framed as tightly as I'd like to see it. Again,shot #2 though, dad and mom holdin' the newbie--YES! Skillfully done!

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Thanks for the feedback. Is there anything you would critisis on the first one?

Well, on shot #1, the camera is above the baby,looking down at him, and there's a little bit more top-space above than is ideal, IMHO. I think it would look a bit better if it were cropped say, 20% closer, and less space were left above the baby. The camera is only a tiny bit above his back-line, so I think cropping off the extra space above him would really focus more attention onto his cute little face, sleeping expression, and chubby little baby arms. I would remove about half of the top space, and crop off MOSTLY on the left-hand side, and a crop off less on the right hand side, and it would entirely change the dynamic of the shot. As amolitor mentioned, the all-gray color scheme is, uh...a bit...let's call it "all-neutral" ! (lol)...so, I think cropping the frame the way I am talking about would give the shot more impact, more "immediacy"...all that expanse of gray,gray,gray is easily grasped just by color harmony, so I think eliminating the large,empty expanses of gray would really move the focus back onto the BABY, in a very good way.

here's a QUICKIE crop of it.

If I were gonna make this as a final print, I would rotate it clockwise about 3-5 degrees, to get the head a bit higher than the buttocks are, and then crop it sort of like this.

janineh · Sep 17, 2012

Derrel said:
Well, on shot #1, the camera is above the baby,looking down at him, and there's a little bit more top-space above than is ideal, IMHO. I think it would look a bit better if it were cropped say, 20% closer, and less space were left above the baby. The camera is only a tiny bit above his back-line, so I think cropping off the extra space above him would really focus more attention onto his cute little face, sleeping expression, and chubby little baby arms. I would remove about half of the top space, and crop off MOSTLY on the left-hand side, and a crop off less on the right hand side, and it would entirely change the dynamic of the shot. As amolitor mentioned, the all-gray color scheme is, uh...a bit...let's call it "all-neutral" ! (lol)...so, I think cropping the frame the way I am talking about would give the shot more impact, more "immediacy"...all that expanse of gray,gray,gray is easily grasped just by color harmony, so I think eliminating the large,empty expanses of gray would really move the focus back onto the BABY, in a very good way.

here's a QUICKIE crop of it.<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=20584"/> If I were gonna make this as a final print, I would rotate it clockwise about 3-5 degrees, to get the head a bit higher than the buttocks are, and then crop it sort of like this.

Thanks for that. It is better this way.