Back Breaking Enterprises

[jiaqi]

Comments?

[SniperD]

Originally Posted by jiaqi Comments?

very high key type of lighting.. nice touch on the vanishing trade. would prefer it to be in landscape format... but good moment. the tilt in the composition makes the uphill task more tedious aesthetic wise..

[sequitur]

my personal thoughts :

overexposed background on the right.. maybe try burning in to
1. compensate the overexposure
2. to add more "darkness" to the picture.. i.e. to make the person look really really old and tired.. also helps to bring out the subject.

and..

i would really prefer it if he were framed fully.. instead of simply the stuff he's pushing.. i mean.. it's called "back breaking" and it shows a trade but.. you only show the materials of the trade and not the person carrying it out.. then the title might then seem a little.. off ?

i tend not to prefer landscape for this.. the emptiness in the background seems to show his loneliness...

just my 2 cents.

otherwise, i like the overall feel and the quietness of the pic.

nice job.

[Siddhi]

yeah I think the person should have been included completely in the frame, otherwise its very nice

[shocky]

should shift abit left..

[hwchoy]

Originally Posted by sequitur my personal thoughts : overexposed background on the right.. maybe try burning in to 1. compensate the overexposure 2. to add more "darkness" to the picture.. i.e. to make the person look really really old and tired.. also helps to bring out the subject. and.. i would really prefer it if he were framed fully.. instead of simply the stuff he's pushing.. i mean.. it's called "back breaking" and it shows a trade but.. you only show the materials of the trade and not the person carrying it out.. then the title might then seem a little.. off ? i tend not to prefer landscape for this.. the emptiness in the background seems to show his loneliness... just my 2 cents. otherwise, i like the overall feel and the quietness of the pic. nice job.

mmm I think that's a she, very old one.

I find the over exposure very "pleasing" as it imparts a harshness that rings true with the subjects life.

I don't find the crop off body a problem, the photographic subject is the trolley, which represents the livelihood of the person (the true subject). It would have been nice if the car weren't there though.