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with comments from Philip Grosset "I have four photo’s for reviewing, to help me to take better pictures. Picture of my son on the car. I cropped the picture already, a shame of the wall on the upper left side. Also with 1.8/50 mm, 800 ASA and flash. Potraiture of my son Nathan, cropped it already. He is not looking happy at all. I like the lighting of the picture. I wanted to take more pictures that day, but my batteries died, so I could not take more pictures. Taken with my tamron 28-200, zoomed in to blur the background. I made a closeup from my son’s (18 months old) artwork and just put the crayons he used on the drawing and made a closeup with a 1.8/50mm, 800 ASA and flash. Closeup of my son, he just woke up. I like this picture very much, shame of the shallow depth, it rendered the face out of focus. Taken with 1.8/50 mm. Thanks. Regards." ( Wai Keung Man, Netherlands) |
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| This is a pleasing picture of your son (on the left), but, as you say, it could be improved if the wall wasn't there, as in my version on the right. I've also cropped away the empty space on the right of him, so that he is positioned more off-centre. Using 800 ASA film has produced rather a grainy picture - not really an advantage for this sort of portrait, especially when you are using flash anyway. |
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The blurred background effectively concentrates attention on your son - but, once again, it's a bit grainy. |
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| Your photo on the left is fine if you want to include all of the artwork - but you might produce a bolder picture by coming in closer, as on the right. This avoids having the main poin of interest right in the middle of the picture. |
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| I can see why you like this photo. It's a very attractive shot, but it's a great pity that only his hand at the extreme bottom of the picture is in focus. With a subject like this, try to focus on the eyes - easier said than done, I know. Overall, an effective set of pictures. |
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Reply from Wai Keung Man: "Thanks philip for your quick response!! I can certainly agree with all your comments made on my pictures. It was the first time I shot with 800 ASA, the grainyness is a thing to remember. The rules of thirds is a difficult rule to to get used to, so having a hard time to adjust to that. It requires a different mindset when composing the picture. Looking back one year ago when I started to seriously taking up photography, I am satisfied with the progress I made. Regards." "I just wanted to get your thoughts on this photo. My wife and I were really surprised to see just how well this one turned out! This was taken mid-afternoon (3pm) and this is inside a colorful slide at a local park! We wanted to get the colors in the background as well as the highlights from the blonde hair. Thanks." (Jake Jaggears) |
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| Your photo on the left is very successful. Here's an example of when it really worked to keep your subject's eyes central, so that the symettry of the slide was preserved behind him. However, I think that the result is even more pleasing if you concentrate just a bit more on the boy by slightly reducing the width of the picture, as in my version on the right. But your original version would be better if you prefer the emphasis to be on the background. | |||||||||||||||||
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