Ballet Practice

Oh, I really love the athmosphere in this picture. The serious way she is getting dressed and the way she sits, it's as if she's getting ready to do a great, but difficult performance. Lovely but... it's such a shame that her shoe is not completely in the picture! The fact that her back is not, doesn't bother me, but I really miss the tip of her shoe, since it's her point of focus and therefore it's also a very important point for the viewer.

I agree with all Arthur's comments ... the main one being that this is a lovely image.

I'm going to grab my camera and capture my kid in the same way you did. Please tell me you framed this. Don't care about the shoe...

I updated this photo based on Arthur's comment to include the toe of her slipper. The original picture I posted did not contain the toe of her slipper but the negative did. So I had the lab reprint the picture to include the toe.

Dan, this is SO much better! I changed my rating to 9/8. I didn't really realise how important the shoe was, but it makes so much difference! I hope she will become a great dancer! Good luck!

Very successful potrait of a lovely young lady. If I may, the only thing else that would have marginally enhanced this shot is just a small card reflector to highlight the top of the hair and separate it from the background. A thought for future for what its worth. It has the window light quality yet with a small strobe, very well done. Thanks for opportunity to comment.

Thanks Gerry for the comment. I dodged the background a little bit to seperate her from the background. Thanks again!