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Sandy
Dec-25-2004, 09:46 PM
Lot's of portrait opportunities this weekend. Comments please.

http://sandra.smugmug.com/photos/13199069-L.jpg


http://sandra.smugmug.com/photos/13199070-L.jpg
muddyknees
Dec-25-2004, 10:44 PM
:clap Wow! Incredibly cute, and excellently lit, that first one.

The second one, amazing "spiderwoman" pose, even the fingers caught lingering near the handprint! Wow!:clap


How to decide between the two? Well the first seems to me more portrait-like while the second more a glamor pose?

Gary



Lot's of portrait opportunities this weekend. Comments please.

http://sandra.smugmug.com/photos/13199069-L.jpg


http://sandra.smugmug.com/photos/13199070-L.jpg
Sandy
Dec-26-2004, 02:48 PM
Thank you Muddyknees. I was happy with these shots also:

http://sandra.smugmug.com/photos/13233982-L.jpg



http://sandra.smugmug.com/photos/13233983-L.jpg
John Mueller
Dec-26-2004, 02:53 PM
#2 all the way.Wonderful:thumb
judyfuess
Dec-26-2004, 03:10 PM
My favorite is the first one. Really well lit. But I would try cropping it to remove the window from the picture.

Maybe something like...

http://judyfuess.smugmug.com/photos/13235491-L.jpg
Sandy
Dec-26-2004, 04:44 PM
Thanks Judy, I think removing the window was a good idea. I tend to think the legs add to the photo.
fish
Dec-26-2004, 07:47 PM
Thanks Judy, I think removing the window was a good idea. I tend to think the legs add to the photo.
Sandy, I have to admit, I like the legs cropped out of the image. Call me a prude or just a father of a little girl...whatever, but I think the clothing and positioning of the lower body isn't appropriate for a girl that age. I'd go with the crop. The full image makes me somewhat uncomfortable.

No offense intended...just an opinion.
muddyknees
Dec-27-2004, 06:20 PM
I know this is rather moot now (especially with the original photo in the 1st msg on this thread gone now), but, what I thought I liked about the lighting was exactly that "bleached-white" window, that kept the photo from looking like it was just taken in a studio with a seamless white backdrop or just a photoshop selection. Ok then, maybe that made it an "environmental portrait".

Similarly (seems to me), the legs give spacial context needed to tell the story of the girl playing with the puppy on the floor.

FWIW,

Gary

Thanks Judy, I think removing the window was a good idea. I tend to think the legs add to the photo.
Sandy
Dec-27-2004, 06:41 PM
Once again, thank you Muddyknees. I am glad you aggee that the legs were necessary for a complete picture. She is a beautiful little girl and I did not find the position inappropriate. Just a girl playing on the floor with her dog, she wasn't posed. I tried to rain in the legs with the perspective tool, but didn't like the results.