Same baby, 15 months later. A Little Old Man already. I guess this is "posed" somewhat. The question is: who's in charge?

Herman, - Do you have any perfect pics, as according to your fabulous book of yours, to share with us other idiots ?

(Tony : What´s the matter with this guy?!)

 

My 18 months old daughter often sit like this boy does, it´s nothing special with that !

You don´t always want to lie on the ground in order to get the pictures that Herman wants,(according to the book).

I like different pics and I don´t follow the rules in the way that Herman does. A great picture is a great picture as Tony says.

 

You can really analyse a picture into trash if you wish !

I would never ask Herman to criticize my pictures since he´s snob who tries to put people into place!

(Sorry Herman)

 

 

Keep up the good work (again), Tony !

Regards , Patrik

Since when does art have to follow rules? Were you toilet trained at gunpoint? I happen to love this shot, Tony.

Amazing... I love the sharp focus on the eyes that just pull you into the picture... just wonderful hurah!!!

As im just starting out in photography I'd like to say that this is one of those photos I wish I'd taken. Great shot :)

 

Oh and, Herman, relax with the rules man..

TONY, this picture of yours has a potential to advertise a product! And to the people who are interested in learning:'A Model is never responsible for the outcome of a photo been taken.' Being a learning page: I've learned about intolerance on this planet. There are people who don't believe in,- others to have the right to cast their diverse opinion. As far as perfection is concerned: I have never adapted to the local saying "NEAR ENOUGH IS GOOD ENOUGH!" It would be interesting to find out how many of the panelists, on this page, have ever participated and listened to an accredited Competition-Judge, pointing out flaws in photos, at a club or inter-club contest? THE TALL POPPY SYNDROME IS WELL ALIVE or should I say:'Alive and Well!' Adelaide SA

good shot.

as a photographer who loves to photograph children, i would love to talk more about this "golden rule" of never shooting down on children. i can recall a dozen places i have read that shots of children are most effective on their level. there are times i love to be level when shooting children as it gives me, the viewer, a sense of their world; a world that i have to "look up" to see. this idea is not rocket science or biblical, it simply makes me see in a very different way to connect with children (how they would see).

as a photographer who is also a teacher, however, there are plenty of moments that i want to grab that have nothing to do with how the child sees the world. there are images i want to get that are all about how i am seeing the child. thus, the idea of me shooting down is entirely appropriate (in my view...literally) i think it is entirely possible (and usually probable) to connect with an image because the image is seeing an event, or a BABY in the same way that we would.

i personally love this image. if anything, it is the perspective that makes me curious. the look on his face makes me think of hundreds of children i have seen who are damn cute and sure as hell know it. this would have been a very different image at low level. better or worse? who is to say? in any case, this "rule" is a loose one at best, and definitly not golden in my book. and yes, working with children, i see them "squat" all the time. when i asked one child why he was sitting like that, his response was: "to be like the dogs."

 

great shot.

 

andre

Herman,

 

You've created a monster mate. Your posts are being addressed now by independent Photonetters. I'M keeping out of it!

 

Cheers,

 

TONY DUMMETT.

This is a very nice shot that captures the playfulness of the little boy very well. The look in his eyes captures the devilish spirit all little boys have, or should have. My wife and I think the child is very cute and like this picture very much. Ignore the outright rude criticism and pay attention to the constructive criticism. :~)

All these comments about the child looking as though he is relieving himself are beside the point. Even if he were, it would be a great picture of a kid taking a dump. Either way, I would still love it.

For another aspect of this baby, see http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=200282.

 

Thanks,

THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

I love this picture.

In regard to Robert Goldstein's comment, HERE HERE!

Good pics. Just loved those adoring eyes. I think he is "dumping" and you caught him in the middle of it :)

I love this picture. There are no rules when it comes to art.

Namaste Tony,

 

Just plugged in a 19" flat screen monitor and this pic is WOW A the 19th. Love your work.

 

Dan

I have to agree with all of the feedback on how fantastic this image is. But I have to disagree with two themes: That it appears like the subject is engaged in a bowel movement and that the photographer is shooting down on the subject. It looks more to me like the photographer is almost at eye level, when you look at the angle to the face and the lines on the sidewalk. What makes it look like shooting down is the subject's pose, which looks less like taking a dump and more like the subject crouched down to check out the camera. This photo is so successful and so appealing that it helps you to appreciate photography for what it is, not whether or not it conforms to any rules.

I really like all of your pics...but this one has something more:what is this Little Old Man asking for with that look?!?...:)

Congratulations,Tony!

...in that childish, devious sort of way. The shallow depth of field makes her head pop out of the picture, right in your face. "What you lookin' at?" Technique into attitude. That's what I call "transcendence".

RULES: If you know the rules you can break them! Picasso, Dali etc could draw realistic pictures but they had more in their brain! and were braking all rules to show "more". When they started there where some very inteligent people knowing the rules. And it seams it will never stop... I like peolpe breaking this rules, they show me a lot more than the rules-readers. (Thge rule makes sens to the starters, which want to overcome the Point & Shoot... BTW I'm one of them!)

Amazing, you'd have to be awfully softheaded to think this photo could benefit from a rules type composition ( i'd love to use a 3d rendering app. to show you how boring it could be made by going eye level and losing the best effect the shallow DOF creates, it may have been a forced DOF and angle, but it worked out incredibly well) - it might now be obvious that im a huge fan of shallow DOF, but also find ideas about whats always best for each situation, rules as they are called, to be insipid and talentless. Do you have a brain in your skull or not? Is that precious photography text book with you always? I hope not, maybe an original photo will occur as a result. The expression is absolutely the best aspect, it can't be beat - for god's sake look at those eyes! But a good opener can always use back up, hence the background - almost better, not in the end but you could put almost any face in this equation and make it a winner (tho im glad its this one) - here comes the hack-speak, whats out of focus gets the attention after the focus, and it draws MY eyes outward, like a beautiful cone of interest, the angle sweeps my eye and doesn't need f22 to accomplish interest -

Outstanding portrait in it's own right. Displays character, personality, emotion -- you feel like you know the kid. Isn't that a successful protrait? An artistic creation of any medium must stand on it's merits as it sits for display. If a mistake or an error results in a success -- then it is a success. A boring or unremarkable photo is boring or unremarkable, no matter how technically perfect it is. Once it is displayed, technical data doesn't count anymore (except to students that want to better understand the process or anal retentive poseurs who think there doing us a service (sorry, couldn't hold it back)). If it works - IT WORKS!

 

I love your B&W work in your "Cartier-Bresson" folder. Keep up the good work.

 

 

I put it on mydesktop as wallpaper once.

cute girl with nice eyes.

that picture is absolutely amazing.

Amazing. Great tonal structure. Impeccable use of shallow field depth. I have some opinions regarding the composition, but I will keep them to myself until I am capable of comparable results. Great Photo!