Too busy?

[SabrinaO]

I was always taught in art school that cutting people in half or cutting people's heads off in a photo is just plain bad composition and design. If you were doing it on purpose say for an ad it might make sense but in this case it is horrible. The poor thing is cut in half. The colors in the green background are better but still do not compliment the subject.

Nothing I can do about it now. I will be more aware next time.

 

[SabrinaO]

If you are going to shop in a background why not something neutral without a pattern?

because patterns and designs are hot.

 

[SabrinaO]

I'm afraid it still does nothing for me. The fact that green is my least favourite colour doesn't help, but it just isn't an appealing colour in my view - you don't often see babies dressed in green clothes and I doubt this is coincidence! One of the things that bothers me most is that the background isn't the one that the image was shot with. Why put in a false one in the first place? Unsuitable venue? If so, why not just shoot somewhere else or use a backdrop so the lighting is uniform and the baby doesn't look like he has been photoshopped in.

I honestly think that if I didn't say it was shopped in none of you would have commented on the background.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I'm afraid it still does nothing for me. The fact that green is my least favourite colour doesn't help, but it just isn't an appealing colour in my view - you don't often see babies dressed in green clothes and I doubt this is coincidence! One of the things that bothers me most is that the background isn't the one that the image was shot with. Why put in a false one in the first place? Unsuitable venue? If so, why not just shoot somewhere else or use a backdrop so the lighting is uniform and the baby doesn't look like he has been photoshopped in.

I honestly think that if I didn't say it was shopped in none of you would have commented on the background.

I know you shop just about everything. That's your THING.

 

[LightSpeed]

lol

 

[Steve01]

The first thing I see is the white band on the basket lining up with the base molding.
That immediately drags my attention away from the baby and basket and to the wall.

The baby and basket are adorable but the lighting on the subject and background is to even, and to me, doesn't work.
Better to shoot it again with a darker "Christmas" or holiday background or you can easily Photoshop something like that too.

 

[SabrinaO]

I'm afraid it still does nothing for me. The fact that green is my least favourite colour doesn't help, but it just isn't an appealing colour in my view - you don't often see babies dressed in green clothes and I doubt this is coincidence! One of the things that bothers me most is that the background isn't the one that the image was shot with. Why put in a false one in the first place? Unsuitable venue? If so, why not just shoot somewhere else or use a backdrop so the lighting is uniform and the baby doesn't look like he has been photoshopped in.

I honestly think that if I didn't say it was shopped in none of you would have commented on the background.

I know you shop just about everything. That's your THING.

yes... mine and every other photographers "THING"...

 

[2WheelPhoto]

I honestly think that if I didn't say it was shopped in none of you would have commented on the background.

I know you shop just about everything. That's your THING.

yes... mine and every other photographers "THING"...

Do you believe that Sabrina, or just typed it for the sake of debate

 

[SabrinaO]

what? that photographers use photoshop??

 

[MTVision]

what? that photographers use photoshop??

Who cares if you photoshop anything in. As long as the paying client (and you) are happy then that's all that matters!

 

[2WheelPhoto]

what? that photographers use photoshop??

no, that EVERY photographer photochops their work? per

yes... mine and every other photographers "THING"...

 

[tevo]

what? that photographers use photoshop??

no, that EVERY photographer photochops their work? per

yes... mine and every other photographers "THING"...

Umm, I use GIMP...



jk, I'm a photographer.

 

[SabrinaO]

what? that photographers use photoshop??

no, that EVERY photographer photochops their work? per

yes... mine and every other photographers "THING"...

umm... yes I do... in one way or the other. unless they shoot with film.

 

[Ballistics]

I was always taught in art school that cutting people in half or cutting people's heads off in a photo is just plain bad composition and design. If you were doing it on purpose say for an ad it might make sense but in this case it is horrible. The poor thing is cut in half. The colors in the green background are better but still do not compliment the subject.

The baby isn't cut in half, it's in a basket. Why is this "horrible"?

 

[thereyougo!14 2]

I'm afraid it still does nothing for me. The fact that green is my least favourite colour doesn't help, but it just isn't an appealing colour in my view - you don't often see babies dressed in green clothes and I doubt this is coincidence! One of the things that bothers me most is that the background isn't the one that the image was shot with. Why put in a false one in the first place? Unsuitable venue? If so, why not just shoot somewhere else or use a backdrop so the lighting is uniform and the baby doesn't look like he has been photoshopped in.

I honestly think that if I didn't say it was shopped in none of you would have commented on the background.

I was about to comment as the page loaded, as my internet was a bit sluggish on loading. It stood out to me immediately. As the rest of the page loaded I saw the comment that you had put in the layer. There is a kind of seperation from the background that looks somehow unreal, and it's partly the lighting on the baby that reveals it.