Asked homeless person on street if he wouldn't mind posing. He didn't mind at all. I gave him a hand wipe afterwards. That is the best smile he could give me.
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Hi- Your photograph technically is good in many ways. Good focus and composition along with the lighting. With the lighting almost directly above it created some shadows that are distracting but not much.
You have done a good job of processing. This photograph works well with your black and white conversion while keeping great detail in the subjects face.
Here is where I think things went wrong with your photograph. I have to agree with the other commenter's that the photograph looks staged and the man does not look homeless. But thats does not mean he is not. He also looks as if he is posing for your picture and your title is made to be on the funny sided. When you take all those variables and combine them they take away from the emotion of the shot.
If the man would of been looking anywhere other then directly into the lens and propping up fries as to show a pose. Also the man looking a little more rugged would of helped and a deeper title. I think your score would of been higher.
Overall a good photograph with good technical aspects. That lost a lot of its emotion with the pose, subject, and title. BTW I know you could not do anything about how he looked. I think he is a very interesting subject to photograph. I hope you are able to meet up with him again and get a good portrait shot. Looks like a lot of stories could be told with that face.
Keep up the good work and I hope you find this critique helpful.
regards,
SDW
I like the shot, but might have found it a little more believable if he was a little grittier, and if he didn't have that watch on. That is assuming you were trying show him as a homeless man.
The man is actually a homeless man. I met him as he left a local soupkitchen. My area has a lot of homeless people. Many are part of a program called VISIONS. This gives them a place to sleep and shower. That is his watch.
This looks a little too set up. It may not have been, but it really looks that way. With the guy looking right into the camera, the emotive end of the pic is lost.
I like the shot, but might have found it a little more believable if he was a little grittier, and if he didn't have that watch on. That is assuming you were trying show him as a homeless man.
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