THE LEATHERSMITHS WORKSHOP

very espressive excellent image regards gerolamo

I don't mean to "damn it with faint praise," but it resembles a Norman Rockwell painting--only better.

--Lannie

Excellent work! (6)

This is both a reality and a fairy tale!

Your use of light is excellent. I don't see any others doing this. The result is stunning to me. I can not imagine how to get this lighting in a photograph without very talented post-processing.

Beautiful, I love your work, you can make a good composition and transform it in art. Congratulations.

Regards.

Thank you all for your very kind words.

Jacqueline, This is indeed a wonderful image of an old fashioned workshop: it includes so much to see that one spends a long time examining it.  It is a very rich environment full of interesting details.  Yet, I notice that your title is not "Workshop" but "Leathersmith" suggesting we concentrate more on the man than his environment.

Thinking about that I asked myself, were I the photographer and used that title what would I do differently?  The first thing I noticed is that his head is central to the composition.  An old principle of composition is that of all the parts of an image, dead center is mostly interest "dead."  That suggests that placing his head dead center is not the place to put him, if the title says he is the subject.

Here is another crop and I expect voices will be raised from those who studied your image that vital things are being left out.  To them I would suggest that the position and strength of the human, named as subject is stronger.  In any event I suspect my making this suggestion will raise voices in protest, but is not this what the comments are supposed to do - bring out opinion.

Most sincerely,

Jerry Matchett

Great detail and light. I like the framing with all the details to explore in the image. It does sort of remind me of a Rockwell painting too.

A decent man with a honest job. A loving, silent  father and husband taking care of his family working for their wellbeing and tranqulity. A man who loves to use his hands to make his artwork, humble, rich, and meticulous, the details stand out as gems. Daily and simple, his aspirations are outlined to continue doing what he knows and loves.

What I mean? Well, those are the emotions that this image is transmitting to me, this is the story I can reconstruct through the warm atmosphere depicted in your work. This IS photography, the real sense. Chapeau madame.