Girl Feet

[groovyone]

This was a real quick grab while taking some family photos. I don't have the floorspace to keep the backdrop up, so it got dang wrinkled and I did not have time to steam it, but in this case it doesn't seem too bad.

B&W:


Color:

[Redmouse]

Some thoughts looking at this.

1. What am I looking at?
2. What's the point of the image?
3. Why is the floor so wrinkly?
4. Why is it presented in b&w and in color?

These are the first questions that popped into my head without even reading your descriptions. I'm hoping in your mind, that's the thought process that went through yours as well.

1. What am I looking at?
Is this a misfire? I know I'm staring at feet. But at the same time, I'm staring at the background. There is so much of it, even more so than the feet. You lose your subject. You don't want your audience to guess what the subject is. Right?

2. What's the point of the image?
So, why am I looking at this. Is it a fine art piece or a portrait piece. It's usually subjective to the viewer, but at the same time, the artist/photographer needs to get that across without words. What is it that you could have done? Maybe go for another angle? If we all look down at our feet, we all see the same thing and same view. But maybe in a different angle, you show off something we don't see everyday. Or, what if you brought the feet in closer together? Does that make sense?

3. Why is the floor so wrinkly?
This is mainly from a post production stand point. My post production artist gives me hell every time I don't straighten the background. Because that creates more work for her in the back end of things. That's time away from working on the next client. You don't have to steam it, but try to stretch it out. Or, filling the subject in the frame so the wrinkles are secondary to the viewer.

4. Why is it presented in b&w and in color?
I've seen a lot of photographers present their work in B&W as a way to cover up their flaws. This may not be the case for you, but posting the same image in two different tones usually means you're second guessing yourself. Trust yourself, pick one and go with it.

[groovyone]

1, mom and two kids feet. It was not a planned shot but not a misfire. I know the blues blend, but like I said, not a planned shot. I could think of some better floors to have gotten it, but it was just a moment. I looked at cropping closer but did not like the result as much.

2, Capture showing the comparison of relative newborn feet to her bigger sister, to mom. Again, not planned, it caught my attention for both the comparison and the shape. I liked that the two had their feet apart and baby had hers together. It formed a V pattern that caught my eye.

3, The backdrop had been stored poorly and is prone to wrinkles. Since my wife was the client and wanted shots asap, she knew the risk. I don't mind the big waves in the backdrop, but I wish I had the time to steam out the smaller wrinkles.

4, varienty, and the main point of my CC. I like the blues but found they may be too overwhelming, and also the B&W does give the photo more consistency to me. It has the added bonus of removing the different color toe nail polish from the equation.

[smalltrees]

B/W... is just a little too dark, skintones look a flat, common with conversions... lighten overall, or just lighten the skintones...

[groovyone]

I think that was a case of laptop editing in a dark room. I'll have to tweak it some more and try that.

[smalltrees]

laptop editing... will do it every time... one way to avoid, is to measure your densities with the eye-dropper... remember to adjust the file, not what you are seeing, or think you are seeing... this will over-ride laptops, room-lighting, and more importantly tired eyes...

[texxter]

There is a good idea hiding in this candid capture! Given that you have these feet available to you with little effort, it would be good to search for the idea that made you take the picture in the first place, pull it out from the image and then think of ways to "make" the image again with the execution focused on achieving the feeling or concept that you want to convey. For example, if the idea here is "growing up" then how could you use feet to convey this visually?

Sometimes a candid is a source of a good, creative image when the idea is extracted and recycled with more intentionality.