Yes I do plan to get him started with actually lessons very soon. This is actually his Dad's guitar but he is going to learn to play this year and he also has to learn the difference between acoustic and electric. Here he looks like he is rockin with a broken string none the less.
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Initial thoughts/My opinion I like the play with size: what a huge guitar for the boy. Also like his expression, made me smile and think of our kids. It's way too dark for me and the title is less inspiring then the image itself.
Content/Composition For this challenge image and title have to go more hand in hand then for other challenges, because a resolution can be a whole story. While getting your son some guitar lessons, a title like "This year I will become a star" would probably worked better. Such a title would draw the viewer into the image and think about the dreams of the boy and maybe the own dreams as a youngster. Your title made me and probably others "step" outside the image and thing about a parent who has duties and work to do. Often not so pleasant.
The composition itself is well made: placing the guitar along the diagonal is a good choice and the boy's placement follows the rule of third. Also that he wears a black shirt is fine: makes the hand and face stand out more. Black trousers might have been great.
The way you set the light is my main problem I do have with the image: it looks like it is an image taken with flash, judged by the strong reflection at the lower portion of the guitar. Thus the strongly reflecting guitar body is overexposed were as the rest is way to dark, even the face. Some softer light, probably from the side would have been much better.
I like the black background though and B&W was probably a good choice (depends a little on the colour of the guitar).
Camera work -technically The focus seems to be a little soft, but not too much. Exposure: see above.
Digital Processing - Technical Could need some more sharpening. Regarding a better balancing between the dark and bright parts there is actually not too much that can be done digitally without breaking the rules.
A border might have been nice.
The lighting confuses me. It's really dark on the subject, but there is a bright reflection on the bottom area of the guitar. I wish the lighting were brighter on the boy and guitar, but not with bright areas. If that makes sense. The background is good. Nothing distracting there. Good idea for the challenge, just wish it weren't so dark. ~Heather~
Nice portrait but the guitar is big and too brightly lit and distracts my attention away from the main subject. I do, however, like the way the boys hair and shirt blend in with the dark background. I think you should have emphasized that more in this shot.
Seems slightly out of focus and the bright spot on the bottom of the guitar draws too much attention. Tell him I said good luck with the lessons and I hope he sticks to it (I gave up trying to learn...)
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