A Portraity Series - Feedback appreciated

[ggraff]

Hi Y'all,

Thanks to your the fabulous help of the PP community, my blog is up and rolling. What think you of the following couple images? All are of a simliar night party scene. And the layout of the blog in general?

http://www.gabrielgraff.com/clubwagon/index.php?showimage=103

http://www.gabrielgraff.com/clubwagon/index.php?showimage=101

http://www.gabrielgraff.com/clubwagon/index.php?showimage=73

http://www.gabrielgraff.com/clubwagon/index.php?showimage=24

Cheers,
Gabe

[darkphoenix]

I like the 4th one with the beer. Nice logo and clean blog.

[oklein]

I personally like the first one.
It shows that you are rockin out and it gives a good vibe to the picture.
I also agree that your layout and logo are great and I would like to give you two thumbs up on the pictures I have seen so far.

[Hippo]

I really like the energy in the first shot, the exposure was perfect, and I always find these shots too be a little difficult because of the limited lighting. The 2nd and 3rd are nice portraits but nothing to special about them, the 4th is great the way you framed it, and the 1 sec, exposure adds some energy to it.

[Iron Flatline]

Any party with limbo dancing is a success. Period.

[ggraff]

Thanks for the feedback folks. It's hard to figure out if these pictures I'm taking ever transcend being snapshots or not. Especially those taken at parties. With limbo. Any thoughts on making a picture of a friend be more than just that?

You're picture of the kid with balloons is awesome, by the way (http://www.westernflatline.com/index.php?showimage=108)

Club Wagon (http://www.gabrielgraff.com/clubwagon/) - Updated too often

[Hippo]

My only suggestion is decide what you want to show about the person, work on lighting and expecially composition so you dont blow out parts of the face or underexpose it. Find interesting angles too, I think that sets apart a lot of "snapshots" and portraits.

Like the shot you mentioned above, its taken at the kids level and I think that really sets the image nicely rahter than shooting down on the kid.