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Hi All
Shot for a musicians web-site. Critique as always welcome.
Ben 8)
I like these photos, very good in b&w.
Only one thing what I would re-shot is the first photo. I like the composition and angle of it, only I miss his right hand.Last one is nice, the others I wouldn’t be too sure of.
Second one is in need of a nice tight crop, the first is kinda dull. Maybe if the head of the guitar was in focus, and himself not in focus. Or prehaps layer the one of the head in focus and him in focus together to get an unusual effect?
Post processing wise, they’re VERY grey, maybe some more playing about with the levels would bring them out!
Thanks for feedback have adjusted as per Fajtas comments.
First image is ok i think,musician doesnt want to advertise the guitar so hence DOF from head of guitar up,good point about the right arm :wink:
Second image is all about space so dont think the tighter crop will emphaise this,any suggestions for a set up to show this?
Third image is full of dark tones on colour image so feel free to edit if you can seperate the grey tones from it. Using a lab conversion method at the mo..
Thanks again!
I have to agree with some of the comments already made. Second image definitely needs a tighter crop and overall greyness of the images needs to be lifted. As Roberto said, you really should retake the first image. The angle is good, but you do need to bring the right hand into the frame and increase your dof to bring the headstock into focus. Another small point; if you do retake this image, it would be a good idea to pose it slightly differently. Important question. How often do you see photographs of musicians looking at their fingers? I’ll bet (excepting family snapshots) almost never. In your first image, your subject looks as if he’s a beginner who’s only learning how to play and that’s the killer problem for me. Just my tuppence worth.
Rob.
Well, by tighter crop, I meant something along the lines of a panoramic crop incorporating the space to the left (And the left only) to use the rule of thirds. The wall at the top is quite distracting.
He dosn’t have to be advertising the guitar. You might not like the idea of toying with the photos too much, but if it were managable, I’d layer those 2 photos on top of each other. Get some bizarre (and interesting) focusing on it…
Nah thats cool Fajitas,i’m open to any suggestions! Thanks for commenting. Oh Rob,think this guy has being at it years,interesting that you think he’s a begginer maybe it the way i shot it like he’e tuning it or something,have a few more with more movement so might post them and ask youre opinion if thats cool? :wink:
Ben 8)ben wrote:
Oh Rob,think this guy has being at it years,interesting that you think he’s a begginer maybe it the way i shot it like he’e tuning it or something,have a few more with more movement so might post them and ask youre opinion if thats cool? :wink:
Ben 8)That’s fine Ben. I don’t actually think he’s a beginner to be honest (I can’t imagine a beginner wanting to have his own website), just that you as the photographer have allowed him to have the appearance of one. In a live performance situation where you’d only managed to get one shot off this might be forgiveable, but in the sort of situation where you have the time to choose your shots more wisely… well, you see what I’m getting at. In this sort of situation, you need to be more than a photographer; you have to be a director as well. Remember, when you drive a car you don’t spend your time looking at the gearshift and pedals – you watch the road. 8)
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