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[Seadawg]

My Sister In Law asked me to take maternity photos of her (for some reason), so one of the places we went was a local state park. We went to the play area and I set my camera down on a picnic table to take my sunglasses off. Well the awesome little man immediately ran up and climbed up on the table. I wasn't to worried until he started reaching for my camera, I quickly picked it up and started talking to him. I asked his mom if I could take a photo and she obliged. Well we make it over to the swing set, I sit down in the wood chips and little dude just ran up to me. He couldn't talk much but I could tell by his actions all he wanted was to be a part of what I was doing. I didn't want to take away from what I was there for so I snapped another photo, this time actually trying to capture a decent shot.

He was a cool kid and very interested in what was going on. I wish I had more time to spend with him, but I didn't get any names or contacts to do it again.

This is the shot by the swing set, hope you enjoy. As always C&C are welcome.

Thanks,

CJ

IMG_6962 by choward_01, on Flickr

 

[The_Traveler]

IMO, this is just a close-up snap of a little boy.
Pin-point catch-lights, lack of skin texture and deep shadows under chin and above sweatshirt make me think this is too much straight on flash.
Sorry.

 

[Designer]

Maybe you'll see her again so you can give her a copy.

 

[Braineack]

agreed. you had to tell us that was a shot at the swing set...

 

[Gary A.]

I like the shot. The eyes are very expressive ... there is a look of curiosity ... as opposed to the disingenuous "smile for the camera" smile. The crop and the lack of shadows are a bit distracting, but not to the point of ruining the image. As you really enjoy this image ... I would go for a very tight crop on top and on the right, getting the eyes centered, burn in the cheeks and nose a bit to remove/lessen the flash effect and clone out catch lights in the eyes. While I like the red sweatshirt ... I'd give a shot at a B&W conversion. B&W would make the eyes more bit more prominent by lowering the impact of the red sweatshirt.

 

[Seadawg]

agreed. you had to tell us that was a shot at the swing set...

That was just part of the story, the fact that i was at the swing set had nothing to do with this shot.

 

[Seadawg]

IMO, this is just a close-up snap of a little boy.
Pin-point catch-lights, lack of skin texture and deep shadows under chin and above sweatshirt make me think this is too much straight on flash.
Sorry.

That is essentially what it was, i did say that i tried to capture a decent shot but he wasn't my main focus So i didn't spend anytime trying to compose an award winning shot. Thanks for your reply and feed back though. If i had more time with him i would like to think i could have done better with everything.

 

[Braineack]

agreed. you had to tell us that was a shot at the swing set...

That was just part of the story, the fact that i was at the swing set had nothing to do with this shot.

that's the problem, it's just a very up-close picture of some confused looking kid without any context.