Comments on: Friday Photo Critique #4

By: Stein H

Stein H — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:24:20 +0000

Nice photo, Jessica. You’ve captured the subject well and the light is good. I do however think that the image could do with some cropping. Here’s a quick example: http://photo.nowhere.no/_tmp/original_sh-edit.jpg

By: bArt

bArt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:30:45 +0000

I like the lightning of the subject in the photo, but in my humble opinion this is no composition… Everybody with a good camera and some camera knowledge can take this picture (with some luck maybe). Like said before cropping would do great and make the difference. I think there are a number of ways you can crop and make it look good. Now it’s just ‘a’ photo….
Alltough you speak of an action photo, there is not much action going on, its to static… cropping would also solve this.
Overall it’s a good picture camera technically speaking, composition wise it’s not.
It also seems that you are listening to the critiques given but always answer with ‘tried but didn’t liked it’. It seems you didn’t try enough

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:40:15 +0000

Good thought, I had the same! Tried it and didn’t like it the joy of subjectivity

By: MaximRivers

MaximRivers — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:54:39 +0000

Here’s something I haven’t seen mentioned and might help with everyone’s desire to un-center the subject.

Part of what is weird is how the subject’s feet are on a flat surface, but the whole photo is slightly tilted. By slightly rotating the image and just a little bit of cropping you can keep him in the middle and it doesn’t feel so awkward.

Suddenly he’s more commanding and the center placement feels grand rather than clumsy. .

Just a thought :-p

By: Lori Ann Cole

Lori Ann Cole — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:25:19 +0000

There is a lot of potential to this image to make it great. To strengthen this image, the first thing I would do is crop it close… really close. From the top of his head to to the tip of the guitar head down to the right hand on the guitar body and then along the right elbow. I believe that the neck of the guitar has enough length to push the picture dramatically into the “rule of thirds” and the expression and energy of the musician will really pop.

By: John Samuel

John Samuel — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:50:03 +0000

I like the cropped photo put in the beginning of the post. Since the neck of the guitar is long,the photo should not have been centered. In the cropped photo, the tip of the guitar is pointed towards the vertex. Such a cropping was necessary for the main photo.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:23:47 +0000

thanks!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:23:31 +0000

I thought the same but seeing as the lighting guys on the set had him spotlighted, I thought it looked odd vertical. With action shots you get what you can thanks!

By: Ochuko

Ochuko — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:42:26 +0000

I sincerely didn’t see anything wrong with this shot until I read your comments Tom. Nice analysis. I agree with the cropping part.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:16:01 +0000

I think there is too much black around it and I would like to have seen it closer. It’s just too distant for me. Otherwise looks good, the lighting that’s on him looks nice.