B&W (kids)

[zeddy]

my wife wants a B&W photo of the kids to blow up and put on canvas to give her mother for her birthday,so today we went down by the river and went nuts taking photos.would like to know what you think of the following









some more here http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e281/zeddy57/aust%20day%20pics/?start=0[url]

thanks zsolt[/url]

[Marvin]

Hi Zsolt,
I would say number one or number 4. In the second shot your son looks a bit sad and the third is a bit hot on their faces and it looks like your daughter was having trouble with the sun. I actually quite like some of the full length shots from the river (the ones with your son running or the one of them holding hands although unfortunately the feet are a little bit cut off. These seem more natural to me. It's can be quite difficult to get both the kids looking natural and happy in posed pictures. Good luck!
Lee

[Geoff]

Hi Zsolt - some great shots here however I agree, that 1 and 4 are the pick to be printed. As already stated, no.2 your son looks sad and somewhat distracted, which in itself isn't a bad thing but for a canvas portraiture piece it doesn't engage the viewer as best it could. The 3rd image doesn't work for me at all - dis-jointed and again, distracting. It's a reasonable 'candid' but not one for the wall in my opinion. When I'm doing portraiture work of kids at this age I try to make it as much fun as possible, and you have achieved this well in the 4th image. It's engaging, fun and loving. The kids have their heads to gether, they're looking in your direction and they are smiling. Some small curves/level adjustment on #1 and 4 and you've got two absolute winners here for your MIL. Keep posting!

[Oscar]

Hi Zsolt, I think these are lovely shots of your kids for you to treasure.

Of these I think #1 would be the best option to print. I agree with the other comments for the other shots.

The last shot is lovely also but the blown background would spoil a print IMHO. And possibly in the first you would have had an even better result if your little boy had a darker shirt on.

If you are going to print to canvas maybe try to get some more shots before you decide on the winner. No 4 would have been a cracker shot if you had framed the shot with a better background - maybe have another go at that scenario again as well.

MHO would be that you should have another go at getting "the" shot you want to blow up on canvas. I'm sure you will get some more great shots and then the decision on which one to print will become even harder.

Hey this is just MHO - so if you are happy with one of these go for it.

Cheers, Mick