Two Monkeys!

I had a photo shoot for one of my wife's friends today and my daughter was getting jealous because she wasn't in front of the camera. This is just a quick shot of my little monkey with her big monkey...LOL

The monkey on the left is over powering the shot. I think my eye should be drawn to the child. I find myself staring at the blank spot in the center. I Like the idea of the shot. You should recompose it.

OMG those eyes... I didn't even see the plush toy... WOW

I think you should move the monkey to the right since we usually read from left to right the baby I would assume would be our first sight?

LOL too funny she wanted to be photographed too, got her trained early don't you?
She seems a bit "washed out" for a lack of better word, I think with the monkey having such strong colors and she being a bit washed out she seems to get a bit lost.

beautiful little model!

wow - nice. Expression is priceless.

Falkon wrote in post #4329476
The monkey on the left is over powering the shot. I think my eye should be drawn to the child. I find myself staring at the blank spot in the center. I Like the idea of the shot. You should recompose it.

Yeah, I agree...I'm going to revisit this comp down the road. She was just getting a little fussy so I sat her down on the bench and snapped off a couple frames. She was happy as a clam after that... LOL

/molloy wrote in post #4335742
=///molloy;4335742]OMG those eyes... I didn't even see the plush toy... WOW

Thanks!

AthleticsPhotog wrote in post #4335753
I think you should move the monkey to the right since we usually read from left to right the baby I would assume would be our first sight?

Good point...I'll make sure to do that when I try this again.

TSEE wrote in post #4335760
LOL too funny she wanted to be photographed too, got her trained early don't you?
She seems a bit "washed out" for a lack of better word, I think with the monkey having such strong colors and she being a bit washed out she seems to get a bit lost.

Yeah, you are right. I didn't reset any of the lighting from the shoot I was doing (was only on a diaper change break) so the lighting isn't perfect. Maybe I'll work with it a little in PS to even out the colors. Thanks for the feedback!

jolyn928 wrote in post #4335773
beautiful little model!

I hope you mean my daughter? LOL Thanks!

TexKen wrote in post #4335796
wow - nice. Expression is priceless.

Thank you...I agree, I am very blessed to have such an expressive little girl. The more newborn/infant/toddler shoots I do the more I realize how rare that is.

PS: She wouldn't stop pulling the monkey over onto her lap...here is one more for your viewing pleasure:

What a cutie, I would also suggest moving the two closer together to eliminate the negative space. Try as you may but I doubt you will get that same expressive look that she has in the first.

Welllll....the monkey IS cute, but your daughter is way cuter!

Mypix wrote in post #4338613
What a cutie, I would also suggest moving the two closer together to eliminate the negative space. Try as you may but I doubt you will get that same expressive look that she has in the first.

Thanks for the feedback...I agree. I'm just going to call these "snapshots", they are keepers for me because of her personality but not because of the composition.

jolyn928 wrote in post #4338635
Welllll....the monkey IS cute, but your daughter is way cuter!

LOL Thanks for the kind words!!

i wish my 'snapshots' were this great The composition doesn't really bother me.

jolyn928 wrote in post #4338819
i wish my 'snapshots' were this great The composition doesn't really bother me.

Cool deal...thanks!

Its just a very sweet photo! She is a sweetiepie