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Your photograph of a couple of good time spirits! I can see you have got to know them during this day! Thanks for your tips - photography can be dangerous too - I got thrown out by some members of a club who objected to my taking pictures - after several years of doing so and having asked permission to use the camera! It was a nasty group of people in the club who used their influence to get me out! I am recovering from this but am sensitive.
great portrait and focus. I still find photographing humans quite difficult. Since I'm not partial to my picture being taken I seldom take of others and thus I guess skill shall be rather slow to improve. Maybe one day I'll be brave and bite the bullet and try the 100 stranger project!
It's a really sweet portrait of the two of them, such lovely smiles and I like the party 'tells' and the title. He looks as if he's having a pleasantly merry time! And isn't he doing the hand directing the viewer to the face thing that you wrote about a while back?
@dulciknit - yes, the hand thing really works doesn't it? The dynamic angle of the arm makes the whole thing animated too.
Interesting use of the glass as a visual counter-weight to the two faces. It creates a third mass (rule of odds) in the face-space without being heavy enough to distract. I confess that was an accident, but it is one of the reasons why the image works I think.
I often ask couples and groups to put their heads closer together too. That always makes the shot more intimate.
@maggiemae - That sounds awful. I am sorry you went through that. Of course any social situation can be explosive. Thankfully it does not happen often. I think you got a bit of a raw deal. I am glad you are recovering your confidence again.
An accident as in not pre-planned or you didn't notice the role of the glass until after you'd taken the shot? Yes, it certainly adds balance.
Their heads/his shoulder make lines that sort of interlock too.
@dulciknit - I noticed the arm, which is why I pressed the button at that point. I noticed after that the glass added a visual mass that balanced the faces and created a rule of odds that was an adjunct to the outcome - not planned but added a little something.
I also planned to get the faces on a third of the shot. After the final crop the mans dominent eye is on the upper third power point and the womans mouth on the lower third power point the other side. So my viewfinder guestimates were spot on there and there is a nice dynamic there.
Interesting use of the glass as a visual counter-weight to the two faces. It creates a third mass (rule of odds) in the face-space without being heavy enough to distract. I confess that was an accident, but it is one of the reasons why the image works I think.
I often ask couples and groups to put their heads closer together too. That always makes the shot more intimate.
Their heads/his shoulder make lines that sort of interlock too.
I also planned to get the faces on a third of the shot. After the final crop the mans dominent eye is on the upper third power point and the womans mouth on the lower third power point the other side. So my viewfinder guestimates were spot on there and there is a nice dynamic there.