Outdoor Boy
Feb, 2015Views
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Top Shot Award 22
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Superb Composition
Absolute Masterpiece
Exceptional Contrast
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Behind The Lens
Location
I captured this image of my son at home in our back garden... I saw him swinging and twisting on the swing and caught sight of his beautiful face safely entangled in the swing ropes and instantly grabbed my camera.Time
This photo was taken around mid-afternoon time. We had been out all day and he needed to burn of some extra energy so, back doors open and in to the garden we went...Lighting
This photo was taken in natural day light, I added some colour and contrasted to make the eyes of the boy more intense to draw people in when they look at the photo.Equipment
This was shot on a Canon EOS with a 22mm lense, no other equipment was involved.Inspiration
Sometimes you look at something which to most people is just an ordinary moment but to someone with a good creative eye is oh so much more... A little boy playing innocently on a swing becomes a beautiful green eyed intense portrait in which one look to each individual can create many different thoughts and questions about the boy... What is he thinking at that moment? What is he feeling in that moment?.... A thought provoking picture can be that of great strength.Editing
The photo was naturally beautiful but just to increase the intensity I did a tiny bit of tweaking with the brightness and contrasting to ensure the boys green eyes stood out and ensured that they would draw people in on first sight.In my camera bag
I am still very new to photography, I currently use a Canon EOS M , my partner bought it me as I was getting more and more interested in photography and he thought I should start learning on an actual camera as opposed to taking great shots on my iPhone ... I am still getting used to it, you never stop learning right?!Feedback
As soon as you see it reach for your camera. Images regarding children naturally cannot be second guessed or re-run. To attempt to get that expression, eye glare, position whatever it may be may never happen a second time so I guess my advice would be to seize the moment, make it enjoyable if you are working with children and make them comfortable to get the best shot.
