frank theriault wrote:
On 11/23/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for the feedback, Rick and Keith. I played around with
cropping it a bit as Rick suggested, but I think I prefer it as is.
Cropping the left and top loses the asymmetry, which I like. Plus, I
kinda like the door. To me it adds a sense of location and space.
Regardless, thanks so much for the input. Much appreciated.
Don't crop it.
The door (as you say) is an important part of the composition, and of
the "story".
Yes, it is.
> The space above them is also important to me, as it
gives the door it's proper proportion with the rest of the frame, but
even more important, it puts the girls ~in~ a space, so the photo's
not just about them but ~where~ they are and their place in that
space.
Without that "upper space" the room might seem more intimate, but that
space tells the viewer just how big the room is and including the door
with a little of what's beyond it does the same thing.
That's precisely why they're necessary.
They're not a kitchen in someone's flat somewhere, they're in a largish
building.
Keep a copy of the original, and make a cropped copy, removing the door
and all it's distracting elements, and then "lower the ceiling" a little
so the girls and theiere table are the only center of attention.
Compare those two images to each other.
In the cropped version the whole mood of the shot changes...
I'm sure I'm not expressing myself well, but hopefully you know what I mean.
-frank
You did fine, Frank.
You said what I meant by my comments... and felt it necessary to
elaborate above...
keith
