Portrait of an Old Man at the Neighborhood Barber

gvf

"The Neighborhood Barbershop" (35mm film)

bdcolen

gvf wrote:

Portrait of an Old Man at the Neighborhood Barber (35mm film)

Great scene - great catch. But perhaps too much barber shot, too little man - another reason to forgo captions.

I'd think about these two crops as a way to turn it into something close to the caption...Obviously the goal would be to get them this way in the viewfinder.

gvf

I think that crop or a change of title would do it: "The Neighborhood Barber Shop".
Thanks

torags

I like BDs #2. Nice catch to work with...

bdcolen

gvf wrote:

I think that crop or a change of title would do it: "The Neighborhood Barber Shop".
Thanks

For whatever it's worth - There's something counter intuitive about the idea of changing a title to make a photo work. Either it works or doesn't without a title. ;-) I'd suggest that as shot this is just too damn busy and the guy is lost.

Richard

bdcolen wrote:

For whatever it's worth - There's something counter intuitive about the idea of changing a title to make a photo work. Either it works or doesn't without a title. ;-) I'd suggest that as shot this is just too damn busy and the guy is lost.

Too much of a good thing is counterproductive. I prefer BD's crop, but I like the original processing more. The toning seems a better choice for the old-timey subject than stark B&W.