Hi Larry, It's a nice collection of photos, but I was surprised why you decided to make a book: was there a request from the organizers and/or participants? I wouldn't expect most people from the blues-dance community to buy $35+ book of photos (e.g., it is different from typical tango community). But I might be wrong, - if there is a demand for it, - do it, for all means.
I do not know if I agree or disagree with others' comments on the order of the photos. Here is what caught my eye: 1. It's somewhat monotonous, and there are almost no captions. I don't know what to write as captions in this case, but if there were some, especially if you can come up with some humorous ones, - that definitely would make it more energetic. 2. Cropping of some photos. I typically would go for some tighter crop for some of them. Let me give just one example: 50-51. Both photos have some partial bodies and backs that do not add much to the photo, especially #51. For #51, I would probably even make it into a vertical format around that couple in the middle. On the right, I'd crop between the heads of the lead in the yellow t-shirt and the guys in a cross-striped shirt, and on the left, I would crop between the two ladies facing us. Yet another example is #29: I would cut off a large chunk on the left with a (possibly even somewhat overblown) shoulder and a partial couple behind it. A similar thing can be done for some "one couple" photos: #26, left photo: the right side edge can be cropped tighter to remove the person in a blue t-shirt. If the intent was to have the central guy's face centered left-right, then the corresponding crop can be done on the left, and possibly from the bottom - if the aspect ratio would benefit from that. There are a few more photos that I would subject to the same type of the therapy, - both "group" and "one couple" photos. I hope my examples illustrated the idea of my approach, but if you have more questions or want me to point out the same in other photos, let me know. 3. A few photos don't quite work for me compositionally, - and the cropping wouldn't help. E.g. #24 has a partial couple in fron on the left, not quite in front couple on the right, and a bunch of less distinctive couple in the background. I would try to focus either on the woman from the couple on the left, or on the couple on the right, but separately. (You can try to crop that drastically and see if it works.) 4. There are a bit too many grainy photos - that was bothering me somewhat, - but I recognize thhat it is a personal preference. Igor On Jun 9, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I'm putting together a blurb book of a dance weekend that I took > photos at last April. > Feedback solicited. > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3308627?alt=I%27ve+got+the+blues...+and+then+some > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
