Dimension of In&out

Ah, a familiar face. I like the dance studio set up, PT, the way it lets both light and the outside world in - but might have done things a little differently. As things stand, the brightness from the right is extremely strong, and seems to draw the attention out into the street and onto the white car in the bg. By shifting the dancer out of the centre of the frame - and towards the right hand side, you would have diminished this distraction to some extent. But you would have a reason for centering your subject, I'm sure. I would also have considered burning down all the bright areas in this comp, the sun is very fierce in this.

An alternative composition might have been to go for the traditional backlighting approach - have the light illuminating your subject who (through your exposure) would have been rendered as a silhouette, the light as a type of "halo". For this to work, you would have needed to place the subject between the sun and yourself, i.e. you would have moved right, and she left. However, that is a totally different scenario and might not have suited your vision...which seems to be to include the scene from the street (is that right, PT?)

Outside of the theme and technicalities, I enjoy this inside view of the dance world - I appreciate the metaphor of the inner/ and outer aspects of existence. Thanks for adding it to our folder, PT.

Waht Seven said about the backlight distracting the eye and off-centering the subject. I would add as a suggestion that moving the chair to the right, and cropping the left might help balance things. Just cropping right as is now takes the nicest part of the incoming light away (pity). Cropping left as is leaves the face looking to the edge of the shot without breathing space.

 

Like Seven I do like the picture - I also like the outlines of the window in bright sun on the floor.

 

Nice to see a backlight shot without leaves or other natural outdoorsy things :)

 

Tom

Seven and Tom, thanks for your detailed comments, The problem is the studio dimentions, I knew she will be centered and I coulds not move to the right, too many distracting ellements there.In order to diminish the distractions I had to sacrifice some of the1/3 position. Yes, I wanted also to include ! the outside, as the two worlds are very appart from each other, but very present in that studio. I agree the right light is strong I diminished its intensity. I'm still working there, and will concider your suggestions..( cotied and edited...)

 

PT, I have one thought on the shot. If she is a dancer and you are trying to catch the dance studio theme, why not try for a dance pose. Maybe stretching or jumping framed by the backlight doors/windows. The model appears to be quite lovely. I would try for something that highlights her beauty.

Michael thanks, but it IS a dance movement. The difference is that it is more a theatre/dance and does not have the swing of a dance movement. The armchair is part of the "dance".Thank you.

I like the photo but I do find the centered composition and the car in the background a touch distracting. If the studio itself caused the problem as you mentioned, then perhaps simply cropping this image to remove the car as well as a bit of foreground floor would help it along a bit. I like the feel of this photo, it's light and fun.