The Silent Majority.

CodyWeber

Haven't been around here much.
Found out a week or two ago that my girlfriend is pregnant.
Been pretty crazy.
Here is a set I did with a good friend.
Trying to find his grandfather's grave.







-Cody Weber Photography.

CodyWeber

*ahem?

Ted Szukalski

Cody, probably not what you want to hear but I like the 2nd photo in this series only. In fact I like it a lot. It's expressive, has dramatic pose and light to emphasise it, right view point and composition. It simply works.

System

I agree with Ted 100%. The 2nd image is fantastic. I'm continually amazed at your creative lighting. The others do absolutely nothing for me. In fact they actually feel as if you were being odd just to be odd.

CodyWeber

Haha, I wasn't even aware that the photos were even slightly odd. :S
*shrugs, different strokes for different folks, I guess.

dogwood

CodyWeber wrote:

Haha, I wasn't even aware that the photos were even slightly odd. :S
*shrugs, different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Your blend of ambient and flash works well here. Look at your composition though-- the first shot has a gravestone growing out of his head. What about getting your friend off-center and leaving just grass behind his head? Maybe even zoom in more to make this a 3/4 or tighter shot-- doesn't seem much point in showing his shoes other than to show you have a wide lens.

The second shot is well-done-- lots of energy and feels very spontaneous.

Watch the background again on the third shot-- lots of trees behind his head. I think it would look better if there was just sky behind him. His expression is good-- try raising your strobe just a bit though and get that nose shadow down on his face rather than next to the nose.

Just an idea-- but if you were lying down in the grass with that wide angle lens and showed your friend looking around at the gravestones-- that might be a cool way to illustrate your storyline here.

Mike02

I like the feeling in the first two, but the third one just looks awful. It reminds me of every snapshot taken with a cheap P&S camera in the past decade, but as a whole, the set isn't bad, just that 3rd picture.

DJ-S1

I'll b e the odd fish and say that I really like the first one. The lighting and the post work are very nice. You have style, and that's a wonderful thing.

GREAPER

I also like the first one. I think it tells more story than the others.

wxwax

I, too, like the first one. A lot. Tremendous atmosphere.

urbanaries

I personally think the alignment with his head and the gravestones works here, really connects him to the setting.

I too like the first and second one, the third is just a deer in headlights for me.

And, congratulations on your news, best of health to her and the little one

CodyWeber

Kinda weird. The third is actually probably my favorite shot.
I like the gritty, ugly feel to it.
*shrugs.

-Cody.

kmphua

No. 2 definitely is the one for me. Reminds me of a cover of Rolling Stone.