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My First Portrait Attempt! (My Son Karson)
My First Portrait Attempt! (My Son Karson)
ConcreteDonkey


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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: my basement
Date: Jun 23, 2004
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2004

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Statistics
Place: 46 out of 92
Avg (all users): 5.6198
Avg (commenters): 6.5833
Avg (participants): 5.3636
Avg (non-participants): 5.7159
Views since voting: 961
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 242
Comments: 38
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2004 06:27:39 PM
Lighting: The lighting is good, but I would prefer a catchlight to accent his eyes.
Pose: works well, but the expression could change. (where are his shoes?)
Background: works well.
 07/04/2004 11:02:00 AM
Nearly flawlessly executed if not so inspiring portrait. Somehow it looks a little TOO contrived or posed. A more natural pose would help bring life to the shot and bring out a beautiful boys personality!
TC
 07/03/2004 05:08:44 PM
I'm sure you've probably heard this quite a few times by now, but I would have liked to have seen this image straightened. Other than that, an outstansding entry. Also... don't apologize for your entry in your title... the voters tend not to like it.
 07/03/2004 08:38:27 AM
Pretty good first try ... I like the colors and the lighting is pretty good in the important parts. I think I'd try a small counter-clockwise rotation to level the drumhead (the point of maximum contrast; it attracts the eye), but not so much as to get his eyes too out of level --the drumt is a good prop for this shot.
 07/02/2004 02:27:36 PM
OoooH! He looks like a troublemaker! Nicely done!
 07/02/2004 08:15:41 AM
Not bad for a first attempt! :o) Lighting is effective and focus/detail are good. Would like a bit more sharpness in the eyes. Floor is a tad distracting due to the bunching up around his feet and the base of the drum. Good effort. :o)
 07/01/2004 01:05:23 PM
beautiful color studio portrait, light, composition and colors are pretty good here... good luck
 07/01/2004 10:40:31 AM
Great job and cute subject too. :) I love your props, and background is great.
 07/01/2004 09:43:49 AM
Nice colors. Cooperative model and good playful pose. 9
 06/30/2004 07:18:09 PM
That's good that you're trying something for the first time. I don't know if you need to tell voters that or not, it seems like you're trying to get better votes from sympathy that it is you first attempt. But it is well done nevertheles. Would like to see more of the bottom cropped off, wrinkles in the sheet are a bit annoying.
 06/30/2004 06:07:57 PM
Hey, cute kid! Blue shirt on blue background doesn't really help bring out the main subject (the boy). Perhaps a darker background might help. The wrinkled floor is distracting. Also, the boy and the drum are tilting to the right... needs to be straightened. The drum is an unique and excellent prop! All in all, a very good portrait.
 06/30/2004 04:47:00 PM
Very nice shot.
 06/30/2004 06:42:59 AM
Great first attempt...
A couple of thoughts for possible improvements:
o The background is very light right behind the subject. This highlight area is a little distracting because it draws attention away from the subject.
o It appears that there is light from both sides and a slight shadow down the middle of his face. I'm not sure why, but this seems to keep the facing from drawing the attention it needs. Maybe play with the fill light.
06/29/2004 11:59:33 PM
The tilt is a bit disconcerting as is the negative space at the left, but certainly not a bad portrait for your first attempt. Nicely done.
 06/29/2004 09:22:13 PM
Wonderful shot, you did an outstanding job to be your first attempt 9
 06/29/2004 06:55:29 PM
Hi Karson - you have a very talented mom or pop! Nice exposure, composition and prop. Frame it and give it to him when he graduates from (fill in the blank.)
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 06/29/2004 06:30:16 PM
L'il Duuude!
 06/29/2004 03:43:18 PM
Compositionally unbalanced - I don't see the benefit of all that negative space image left ... just looks like a mistake; especially whne it places your main subject on the terribly weak central plane of the image. The weight of this composition is more about the djembe than about the child. That said, the light is pretty good (though his head seems under-lit compared with his body, slightly), and there's texture to the clothes; the pose is awkward, and the expression a touch bizarre for a really happy formal portrait. 5
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 06/29/2004 03:28:05 PM
Too much emty space on the left, it couyld have been cropped out.
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 06/29/2004 02:06:57 PM
I like the prop, but would have like to see all his foot, and the expression is a bit odd - 8
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 06/29/2004 09:57:59 AM
Great lighting coverage. The horizon line is off and distracts the eye because it appears he is leaning (and the drum, too).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/29/2004 09:53:07 AM
06/29/2004 02:06:26 AM
Very good indeed for a first attempt - maybe straightening the tilt would improve, as would a smoother back drop at his feet but that would have been difficult to achiveve.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 08:48:57 PM
A little hot on the right side of his face and too dark in some spots, but generally good contrast. Good pose and good job eliminating background shadows. Very good first portrait
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 06/28/2004 06:42:33 PM
the whole shot looks crooked, he doesn't have a very natural pose, and your cloth on the bottom is all wrinkled. Please don't take this too negatively- this challenge is my first portrait too, and it isn't very good either.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 06:07:13 PM
Very good job for a first!
 06/28/2004 04:56:22 PM
Cropped to the upper two-thirds would have been better.
Your son is cute.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 04:26:12 PM
CUTE!
 06/28/2004 02:43:03 PM
It;s a good portrait, nothing fancy, nothing special, just nice for friends and family, just as you would expect to turn out if you would go to a studio photographer.
So good Challenge entry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 01:13:03 PM
Nice shot for a first attempt
it's better than that sounds
good luck
 06/28/2004 12:22:50 PM
Nice job. It looks like an actual portrait and not just a kid shot. I like the backdrop and the drum too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 10:52:16 AM
awesome ... although if you shot from just slightly above hid eye level, it would have forced him to open his eyes a bit more in order to look into the lens ... it's great as is though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 10:13:56 AM
very good, esp. for a first attempt. Brilliant move to emphasis his small size by putting him next to the jembe. As I noticed in other child pictures, a light blue/lilac background often makes little children look a bit pale. I think either white or some stronger color would be better. Apart from that it is beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 09:55:28 AM
Congratulatiosn on your first attempt. :) DId great in my mind. Thelight is even, natryal and soft. Contrast is really good and you have a good view point for a childs potriat. Nice compo too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 06:02:29 AM
Very nice. I like the lighting, color, and focus. The drum was an excellent idea for this little guy. The only thing I don't like is the tilted perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/28/2004 03:15:04 AM
Nice, but it may need some better lighting between his pants and the drum. Also maybe if there was a little more saturation to the photo would help a bit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2004 08:33:40 PM
Not too bad ..I'm thinking the bottom could of been better. The wrinkle in front is a bit of a distraction. Cute.7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2004 08:25:16 PM
Very cute. Good first attempt...watchout for the wrinkles.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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