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Any thoughts or feelings?

 

Thank you,

not enough interest and the pattern is too distracting.(IMHO)

 

Kevin

The setup had potential, but most of the detail of a bride is in the face and chest. It's very difficult to look at this unrecognizable white shape and figure out what it is from behind. It could be much more dramatic/powerful if shown with a side profile or from the front; just somehow with a face showing a bit.

I like it, although would be interested to see a version with her turning back looking over her shoulder so you can see her face.

This strikes me as very odd. Overall, the dark somber mood/feel is effective -grabs my attention- and the brickwork is beautifully captured in this picture -so the architectural feel and moodiness I think is strong and effective... which is totally at odds with the anonymous bride figure.

 

It is enough to be confusing; the bride figure -normally a happy image of a person seen from the front; but seen here from the rear, with the cold somber image of the brickwork. Is this happy, or is it melancholy?

 

What strikes me as an interesting possiblity might be if there were more movement here -if her dress or veil were trailing behind her as if she were walking quickly; or if there were discarded bits of her bouquet on the ground behind her. That would then evoke a homogenous message.

 

The print as it is, strikes me as a strong clash of themes -which is not necessarily bad... this IS the first image on this site which has compelled me to comment; it gives me the sense of a strong message that I can't understand -which makes it interesting.

Michael -- I totally disagree with posters saying the bride's face should be showing. What people don't understand is that this is one of many images of the bride more than likely. When shooting a wedding - part of you is thinking "album" or some other presentation .. At least I am. I look for what I call "art shots" or mood shots to compliment the straight portrait, the group shots, couple shots and candids. A shot like this is what I call "artistic photojournalism". Anotherwords not overly contrived and cheesy - but artsy/moody.

Having said that... I have only one nit and that is the circle joining with her head. Probably not possible... but changing camera position or her direction would have worked better to eliminate the upper smaller circle from the shot.