We were on a workshop in Santorini and while walking around the village saw this elderly gentleman sitting in the doorway. Immediately we asked if the model could pose with him, thinking that he would feel quite flattered. In fact, his whole demeanour seemed to reflect the opposite. It was only later that night that we found out that every one of the 4 groups had pestered the old man into posing!
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Good day! You're the recipient of a "critique club" critique! So feel free to take this with a grain of salt :D
First Impression: I'm glad that I received this one to critique -- It's a very well done shot that I enjoyed when voting, but something just wasn't right. What a great opportunity to explore this one further.
Composition: The biggest problem with this image is the disconnect between to the two people. With your title of "not interested", it's fine and perfectly acceptable that he's disconnected/uninterested. But for the picture to be really intriguing, there should be some interaction. If she was only looking at him, putting a hand out to him, somehow trying to catch his eye, then there would be so much more of a story. Right now it is two separate pictures. I do agree with an earlier commenter, he'd be much more interesting by himself. At this moment, she's just a distraction. If she was working into the story, that would be a different matter.
Subject: As above: the man is very interesting, the woman doesn't add much. Wonderful spot, though!
Technical: You did the technicals exceedingly well. I like the chosen angle, the lighting and processing are very nice.
Final thoughts: I gave this a 7 in the voting, I did find it intriguing, however the man by himself would have scored an 8 or 9 from me.
OMG I love this! Excellent study on contrast: old vs. young, male vs. female, posed vs. authentic, dominant vs. restrained, overconfident vs. modest and so on...
It's such a strange situation it's got to go into my favs!
Lovely model and he seems to not even realize what's going on!! Maybe it's the angle of the shot but she appears to be a tall model. I'm curious of her height? Nevertheless still a great photo. BB
Okay. It seems you're trying to appeal to two different demographics with this shot, and the title works in this regard. I personally would have voted you higher if you had only one of them in the shot. My preference would be to eliminate the girl because I think the old man against the old door makes more of a statement. Of course the men out there would much rather see the eye candy.
Humorous, the old gentleman must have the stick because he is blind. Technicality the image is great, but I feel there are too many elements in it. The beautiful model with the rusty doorway would have been enough.
This looks like a Viagra ad - "don't you wish you had some?" or the one where you can take it and be ready "when you want to" LOL The only thing I would have done different is t burn the right side - it is a bit bright but still a great shot and your model "brought it"!
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