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 04/03/2005 09:40:25 PM · #1


Taken over the weekend for a friend, he needed a picture for flyers and business cards. Anything wrong aside from poor background choice, being too close to the background, and the bad hair?
 04/03/2005 09:42:13 PM · #2
I like the hair!
 04/03/2005 09:43:20 PM · #3
You could lighten up the background by desaturating the green channel a bit.
 04/03/2005 09:45:01 PM · #4
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I like the hair!


Hehe, he's about a week overdue on his haircut plus we didn't have anything to do his hair with (only water).
 04/03/2005 09:49:30 PM · #5
Apart from background or hair-do, there is also the issue of body language.
In this photo, he is looking down a bit. The posture is one of strength and authority.
It very very much depends on what sort of message he is trying to convey. The power thing could be perfect for his needs, but could also be to his disadvantage because someone feels threatened.

Or perhaps I am way more sensitive to such clues than I need to be. In that case, just ignore my ramblings.
 04/03/2005 09:57:29 PM · #6
Originally posted by Beetle:
Apart from background or hair-do, there is also the issue of body language.
In this photo, he is looking down a bit. The posture is one of strength and authority.
It very very much depends on what sort of message he is trying to convey. The power thing could be perfect for his needs, but could also be to his disadvantage because someone feels threatened.

Or perhaps I am way more sensitive to such clues than I need to be. In that case, just ignore my ramblings.


Glad you picked up on that. He works in real estate so we tried to get strong poses. We tried some where he wasn't looking down or into the camera but those didn't feel as direct.
 04/03/2005 09:59:16 PM · #7
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
You could lighten up the background by desaturating the green channel a bit.


I could try that.

** edit **

OK, how's that?



Message edited by author 2005-04-04 01:56:45.
 04/03/2005 10:07:01 PM · #8
To me he seems he's about to pull a joke on some1!
 04/03/2005 10:12:17 PM · #9
I think the crop is too tight at the top and not enough on the bottom
 04/03/2005 10:53:40 PM · #10
Originally posted by fotoshootme:
I think the crop is too tight at the top and not enough on the bottom


Is it off by a little or a lot?
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