Response to Critique: Mother & Son w/blankie

1) the first thing I noticed was the boys eyes and where they were looking. 2)I like the blue tone, in spite of hating it when my T400 CN comes back from the 1hr lab looking that way :) I think your right about it being better than a sepia tone. 3) I would have maybe tried to have the child holding the blanket up _just a touch_ higher, and be looking down at an angle twards it and the camera with a slightly bigger, barely open mouthed smile (as if in wonder/awe/excitement with it). I know.... easy for me to say. The framing cropped just below the elbow (almost a square format) would work great too IMO. Note that I'm on webtv, so I'm looking at this on a 32" sony television. In General..... and I'm no expert at advertising shots.... You NAILED the exposure. I think its perfect. (on my TV anyways) the mother is perfectly in focus and the childs eyesand nose are ever so slightly off. If anything I would do it the other way around, to draw attention to the childs expression and have the mother slightly soft, or a smaller aperture to balance them.

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