Cheesy or not?

[ajax_andy]

I took this photo at a wedding and my fellow photographer friend thinks it's cheesy.

I can see what he is saying due to the use of selective colour and also the fact she's pointing at the balloon, but the pic wasn't staged, I turned round, she looked at me and then pointed at the balloon.

But maybe I'm looking at it through different eyes due to me feeling like I captured a "moment", where as to others it might seem overly cheesy?

Thoughts would be appreciated




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[windrider86]

Just my opinion but it feels kinda creepy to me. Like it needs a ghost or something.

[SumPics]

I don't feel that the shot is cheesy, or if it is cheesy it's the acceptable kind since I'm assuming this little girl was part of the wedding party, maybe the flower girl. The family (of the girl) would surely enjoy this shot.

The thing that is bothering me about this shot is the room seems to be sliding. The lines of the wood floor, railing on back wall, and ceiling are angled in a way that gives me the feeling of a carnival house with shifting floors. I'm not sure if a different crop would fix it for me or not.

[Life in Motion]

Originally Posted by windrider86

Just my onion but it feels kinda creepy to me. Like it needs a ghost or something.

i agree with you! don't know if its the editing treatment paired with the age/style of the house.....but def kinda gives a creepy/haunted house feel lol....oh just had a thought! also like the selective redish colors are a big symbol in ghost movies remember that from 6th sense i think....

[ajax_andy]

Originally Posted by SumPics

I don't feel that the shot is cheesy, or if it is cheesy it's the acceptable kind since I'm assuming this little girl was part of the wedding party, maybe the flower girl. The family (of the girl) would surely enjoy this shot.

The thing that is bothering me about this shot is the room seems to be sliding. The lines of the wood floor, railing on back wall, and ceiling are angled in a way that gives me the feeling of a carnival house with shifting floors. I'm not sure if a different crop would fix it for me or not.

Thnaks for the feedback and yes the little girl was part of the wedding party (she's the brides daughter).

You are completely right about the sloping effect... I didn't really have time to compose the image as she just briefly pointed at the balloon and I took the shot quickly as was worried about missing it if I took more than a second. I considered correcting it PP but didn't feel I could rotate it enough without chopping off some of the balloon.

I too think the couple will like the pic, but I'll admit it is far from perfect, but at least someone else feels it's not overly cheesy

[ajax_andy]

Originally Posted by Life in Motion

i agree with you! don't know if its the editing treatment paired with the age/style of the house.....but def kinda gives a creepy/haunted house feel lol....oh just had a thought! also like the selective redish colors are a big symbol in ghost movies remember that from 6th sense i think....

Haha I might just repost this as "horror pic inspired" or something instead and pretend it was the theme I was going for all along

[dannyrich]

Petsonally i hate it when people cringe at selective colour, i think its fine when done well.

I think if you desaturate by 50 percent you have a bit of a banksy style thing.

[ChrisAdval]

if it was done in film and dark room processing then it would be interesting, but digital selective coloring, not so much... It takes away from the photo and shows the rest of the photo couldn't handle holding itself without the special effects. It depends on the application of the photo if it was a movie poster then it could work with special effects as many, many modern movie posters uses the selective coloring effect.

[NoSoup]

Brutal honesty....yes.