Wow Greg, That was an excellent attempt at acerbic wit!! First, Sir, If you quote someone, kindly do not edit the quote. It is very bad manners. Second I liked the image and said so. Having photographed thousands of portraits both on location and in studio, I was trained to set it up, then clean it up and then shoot it. Having to repair something in post production to me is a failure to be professional. That is one of the skills that separates us from rookies and wannebees. Sometimes you don't care if there are elements that distract. I discussed that with Guy and he understood where I was coming from and I understood that he was very limited on time. My review of his image (the reason it was posted) was never mean spirited nor was it intended to insult. Our goal as professional, and/or educators is to help others create better images. Did your post meet that goal? Cheers, Les Baldwin -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Fraser <Gregory.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Apr 4, 2005 11:49 AM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: PF Exhibits on 02 APR 05 Les Baldwin wrote: > Two issues from photographic > standpoint, Her hospital bracelet needs to be PS'd out. And Dads nose > looks too big for his face because of the way it breaks the plane of the > right side of his face. Also the parents' clothing should be changed to something pastel. That neutral grey just doesn't work. And you should PS in some open eyes for the child. Not those cloudy newborn eyes but 2 or 3 week old baby eyes and make them bright blue. Oh, and while you're at it, choppers are really popular these days so you should add either a Harley logo on baby's cap or have the tail end of a bike in the corner. Of course its your photo so if you want to leave the bracelet in so that when you're 90 and looking through the snaps you notice the bracelet and realize the shot must have been taken before leaving the hospital then by all means leave it in but make sure you get the bike in there. Greg
