Newbie...C&C please?

[ErinTheAmateur]

Erin... you really should change the DO NOT EDIT in your profile... as often by editing a photo, we can show you a much better way to have shot it, or how to improve it with post processing.

Hi, thanks. I have changed this in my profile now.

Cool.. I was bored... and did this!


Edit to show boy with no distractions............................... Original


See the difference in how the adult in the Original really does distract from the boy?

Yes, I do see that now. Thanks!

The boy with the distressed look on his face with his hand on a door that is chained up and an adult holding the door...

That does NOT work. Not at ALL.

Well, unless you wanted a somewhat unpleasant perspective. Then it works great.

You need to think about what every element in the shot can and will say to the viewer.

Hi, thanks for commenting. Good advice about thinking about the shot and what it will say to the viewer. To me it was just a little boy standing beside a girl a couple of years older (while they were playing with a lock). But what you got out if it was nothing close to that. Definitely something for me to think about in the future.