Best Man and Flower Girl (Father and Daughter)

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Edward, this has a REALLY 70's feel to it for some reason. Was that intentional?

 

I think it's the lighting and coloring of the skin, maybe it's too red?

 

The cropping seems awkward to me, the hands especially. I also don't care for ther making eye contact with someone out of frame. It takes me out of the photo too.

 

I suppose it's fine as a documentary type shot of who was there.

 

My two pennies anyway. :)

 

Todd

70's look for the 70's haircut!

I saw a weird feel to this too-

(other than the clothing and hair and drapes...lol)

I know its hard to pose a little girl, and have the parent/adult to look the nicest while trying to get the kids looking the same - a hard task when they are young and not wanting photos---

 

BUT - I agree - this color is off. The skin tone is to flat, no definition -

maybe it because of the posting - i don't know -

 

I assume you have Adobe, right?

 

What flash do you use?

 

I have a Fuji s9100 - I wanted the s5, but couldn't afford it-

 

I love my camera - and the ease to use is wonderful! I am sure you agree!

OK, since people are asking about this, here's what I was trying to do. I was going for a reverse Maddona and child: long-haired father as the virgin Mary, flower girl in royal colors as the christ child looking heavenwards. Pose pretty much straight out of Giotto. Then for irony a 70s studio look (goes with the hair) but also trying to get the colors as close as I could to 13th century fresco colors. An idea that I just didn't quite convey well enough, and maybe was not worth conveying.

 

And yes this was all going through my head when I posed them. I'm always thinking screwy ideas like that during formals.

 

Oh well. I like it...

This picture involuntarily makes me chuckle. I like it. Please edit out the glass lamp shade behind the subjects. It's annoying me! :)