Full size files of my daughter

[LarryRz]

OK, let's try this:

http://www.fototime.com/{377DC33D-DADB-4054-96A6-7F66363AACA4}/picture.JPG

Link to Original http://www.pbase.com/image/826542

http://www.fototime.com/{4F35C026-0961-4339-A85B-05B6410AC068}/picture.JPG

link to original http://www.pbase.com/image/835345/original

[gerry]

i like the first one best, with the subject as much off center as possible, considering the extreme close up.

[sasa]

I vote for the first one, too. Much more interesting with the stripes. Turns a good snapshot into something more artistic, without sacrificing the facial expression.

s.

[LarryRz]

Thanks for the comments.

I liked the first one best as well. What I liked was the look of introspection (if a 6-1/2 year old can have such!), and that there was some slight mis-focus of motion blur causing the picture to be not as sharp as the second. I also liked the lighting and shadowing, but, as a non-artistic user of the G1, did not know how that sort of thing translates to people who know what they're doing at the back end of a camera!

It's so hard to get my kids to sit still for any length of time and then there's the obligatory "mugging" that gets distracting. No way could I take kids' pictures for a living. I have a new appreciation for those who do.

One other question...from a photography/technical point of view, when the subject is off-center (as in rule-of-thirds) is it preferable for the subject to be facing towards the center of the photo or towards the edge (as in my #1). Or does it really ot matter.


Again, thanks.

Larry

[sasa]

Generally, I think it works better to have the subject facing into the picture... but I think why yours works is that a) the 2/3 part is pretty dark and there's nothing complex or distracting there, and b) the lines on the face 'face' or point into the centre, balancing out your daughter's gaze.

Good work.

s.