First timer, please be gentle

[rallard007]

Pic of my daughter, I'd like to know what some other people think.

[tech]

Originally Posted by rallard007

Pic of my daughter, I'd like to know what some other people think.

Nice attempt, a couple of pointers though:-

1) The background here is very heavy and overpowers the subject
2) Avoid cutting off for example this shot seems to have lost your daughters feet
3) You could try a portrait format here instead of a landscape one this will also enable you to take a full profile shot
4) Try using a wider aperture this will throw the background out of focus...

Cheers and hope this helps

[veritasimagery]

I agree that there is way too much background, and not enough daughter. For a portrait shot you want the person to be the dominant image. Right now it looks like a landscape shot with a person in it as opposed to a portrait shot.

Also agree that a wider aperture would have been nice to blur the background to reduce it as a distraction.


Kevin
Veritas Imagery NW

[Bruce A]

Yep, all of the above. Like they say: if you want a photo of a cat, take a photo of a cat.