Basement blues
by lyta

Comment:
nice lighting...i get a strange feeling from this rather odd picture. i'm liking this for circle more than family, but who cares.

(ELF) Electric Light F...
by graphicfunk

Comment:
i like that you've gone to the trouble to have the bulbs lit. i think an external light source other than the "Family" would have helped. your backgound line is a bit distracting. perhaps you could have better exposed the shot so your background was closer to black. there are some splotches around the right bulb wich are very apparent, be they dust or miss editing. the composition overall seems very flat to me...perhaps you could have taken the pic from a different angle.

In our shoes
by mlhop05

Comment:
good idea. your lighting is very harsh though. i believe the shadows could have worked if only if they were alot stronger, so your best bet was probably to get rid of them with another angle of light(s) or reflector(s). the wrinkles in your sheet distract a bunch., and looks like they just could have been pulled out. the positioning of the shoes seems a bit safe, but definitely works. perhaps rearranging the postion of the pairings might have provided a more dynamic shot. upon further reflection just switching the brother and older daughter's might help break things up.

The Ray Bahn´s
by toti

Comment:
i like your composition. i have trouble with the difference in focus between the 2nd and 3rd pair. maybe it also has something to do with the lighting shift on the 3rd pair on the logo. not sure about the title not being ray ban's? is bahn some sort of james bond sounding reference...i'm lost, but that isn't so surprising.

river crossing
by holdingtime

Comment:
this is very odd...though i'm thinking extremely unintended. you have positioned yourself to be at a view of a wilderness stalker be it man or animal. i just finished a jeffrey deaver book...maybe that's my problem. i think you could have done a lot more with this family as you "stalked" them down the river...i think you just needed to wait for a better composition.

Mother and Son
by twm122

Comment:
nice focus. nice lighting. looks like you used a flash that was very mellow and definitely enhanced the pic for me, though the reflection on her lips is slightly distracting, and draws me away from their eyes, which i feel is the best part. i hate the background you've chosen.

Sunset: Family heading to the pond
by mpemberton

Comment:
i think this could of worked without the mother's head...but you really needed to show a lower angle and definitely gotten her feet involved. the way you've done it she just looks decapitated. i really like the 1 bird closest to the mom. but i don't like that bird compositional centered. the blur on the 1 next to it is a bit distracting so i think a quicker shutter might have improved the overall picture, eventhough the focus on the mother bird's feathers is very good. i hope this is helpful

Trusting Big Sister
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
nice emotion from their expressions. like the backlighting. the grain and odd contrast just don't feel right.

Now The Kids Have Gone
by kiwinick

Comment:
i find the placement of their eyes making for a very good composition of the dogs. but i find the arm of the bench cutting through the center of the pic very distracting. when i photograph my dog, i like to take the tags off. I feel it lessens the "snapshot" type of feel to the pic.

Generations
by CEJ

Comment:
i like the sepia. maybe not so many pictures would work better for me, it has become quite cluttered and lost a lot of it's emotiveness. perhaps a more dramatic angle would work better for me as well.