Made to advertise a Christmas peace rally on Dec. 1. (sorry to start talking about Christmas already - just wait till I start posting Santa shots...) The background was white originally. Does it have impact? Would it work better with an adult? Is the editing lousy? Etc. Etc...

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), November 24, 2000

Answers

no it's fine as is, just waiting for text placement. Get this to a stock agency and make some real bucks, next year, or on a different continent... t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), November 24, 2000.

It's beautiful, but now I want to buy the world a coke...

Andy

-- Andy McLeod (andrewmcleod@usa.net), November 24, 2000.

Just about perfect. Well done! Do post the final result (with text etc) when done.

-- Allan Engelhardt (allane@cybaea.com), November 24, 2000.

Christel it's outstanding. Good editing job making the background dark, which left that faint halo of light around her. I would clone out that light "v" shape near her right underarm tho. Did you use the wide angle on this? Her hand seems large as if you did... which makes it seems she's reaching right out to me! cool. Peace.

-- Susan Daly (Slascaux@aol.com), November 24, 2000.

Sorry to be the black sheep here but the white light around the hair near the neck and the almost cutout appearance of the child in the black background does not really work for me. The concept is nice and the child is adorable, but it has a distinctive artificial quality to it that does not invite me into the image. The color temp for that candle is no where near where it should be and the shadows are not falling where they naturally would. Maybe I'm wrong...

-- Altaf Shaikh (bshaikh@nyc.rr.com), November 25, 2000.

Nobody´s wrong, because everyone is entitled to an opinion :) No editing except for background colour though. Here´s the original:

The "studio" was a living room with the curtains drawn, so there was a little diffuse backlighting. The only light on her face is from the candle. I metered for the face knowing that I would get a "hot" flame, but personally I don´t mind - taste differs... It was made for newspaper print and will probably end up looking terrible, but I´ll scan the result if I can.

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), November 25, 2000.

Makes much more technical sense now :) Thanks for sharing the original

-- Altaf Shaikh (bshaikh@nyc.rr.com), November 25, 2000.

christel, i think the concept is just right for public consumption, and i think the model and composition are excellent. i would only suggest a slight crop from the top to just into her hair. also (this may be a function of the lack of brightness in my monitor), just the tiniest bit more exposure for her face would make for a stunning result.

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), November 25, 2000.

Very nice work! I love those tiny little catch-lights in her eyes, too. It IS the Christmas season, isn't it?? :-) To answer your questions, it has plenty of impact and would not have worked better with any other person, let alone an adult.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), November 26, 2000.

I see I forgot to answer a couple of questions here - Susan, it was approx. 35mm. I wanted to give the viewer the impression of looking down on the child and being offered the candle.

Wayne - I did consider that crop and still like the idea.

Tom - you´re pulling my leg, right!?

:)

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), November 27, 2000.