I love the treatment in the first one. It captures Nates (?) look but has the feel of a colored chaulk drawing. Personally, I think it is fun to try out different treatments on photographs of children. I wouldn't necessarily offer this kind of thing as a commerical children's photographer (but then I'm not one) and I understand that it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but you have inspired me to play with photos of my granddaughter from time to time and both I and my family members are enjoying the results. Thank you for the inspiration!
The second is lovely. A bit soft and dreamy it speaks of the simple ageold innocence of the young child.
Finally, the one of Connor is great. A little attitude showing there. It makes the shot.
Virginia
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#3 looks fake and over processed - just not real. Looks like you blurred out everything except the face - no natural gradients. If his face is in focus and the back of his head so should be parts of his arms in the same DOF.
The patch of oof hair on his forehead looks out of place - especially since the back portion of the head in sharp. Not sure what f-stop you shot at and if the oof hair/forhead is processed or not.
Almost has that head cut-out feeling pasted onto another body.
Personally I think your PP needs to be a bit more gradual and natural.
Take these comments with a grain of salt though as I am not much of a people photographer - still learning that.
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I love the treatment in the first one. It captures Nates (?) look but has the feel of a colored chaulk drawing. Personally, I think it is fun to try out different treatments on photographs of children. I wouldn't necessarily offer this kind of thing as a commerical children's photographer (but then I'm not one) and I understand that it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but you have inspired me to play with photos of my granddaughter from time to time and both I and my family members are enjoying the results. Thank you for the inspiration!
The second is lovely. A bit soft and dreamy it speaks of the simple ageold innocence of the young child.
Finally, the one of Connor is great. A little attitude showing there. It makes the shot.
Virginia
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#3 rocks buddy. The first one is a bit out there for me (just my taste..
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#3 looks fake and over processed - just not real. Looks like you blurred out everything except the face - no natural gradients. If his face is in focus and the back of his head so should be parts of his arms in the same DOF.
The patch of oof hair on his forehead looks out of place - especially since the back portion of the head in sharp. Not sure what f-stop you shot at and if the oof hair/forhead is processed or not.
Almost has that head cut-out feeling pasted onto another body.
Personally I think your PP needs to be a bit more gradual and natural.
Take these comments with a grain of salt though as I am not much of a people photographer - still learning that.
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the head pasted on thing was mentioned elsewhere-
re pp: did you miss the first photo on this thread?-
many do not like my pp; well, I like my pp; I'm very happy with it, but I understand when others don't--
here's a 'normal' photo:
here's the 'out there' photo:
the first one on this thread was a blend of these two-
I do appreciate you taking the time to do a critique and offering the suggestions-