Full head or not

shutterbug

I was inspired by an awesome gallery...this guy does awesome portraits, jaw dropping photos!

Most of his shots chops off part of the head, even for half body waist and up shots.  I have no complain about his way of framing though.

So, the question is when do you think it's appropriate to do that and what do you usually do?  Leave a full head or chop parts of it off?

Ultraman

Any link?

shutterbug

here you go, browse his other works too...very good stuff

http://www.pbase.com/manny_librodo/2005

akshea

I think his focus is on the EYEs... As long as the eyes are in the right place... it's ok to chop off a bit of the head.
Especially for close up pictures.. just my 2 cents..

lerico

Yes, i think it's ok for this kind of shots. The focus is on the facial expression, not the head or body. On the other hand, if you are shooting a beautiful model that's nothing special but just smiling at you, you should capture the head, so the focus will be on the general appearance of the model

Ultraman

Photography is an art. Sometimes there is no absolute right or wrong, even an out of focus picture could be a very artistic and attractive one. But basically, all you need it's to make a picture 順眼.

Catpiano

Chop Chop Chop !

shutterbug

So I guess people's preferences are toward cropping out parts of the head?

Mind you...for facial expression, leaving in a full head is perfectly acceptable too, and it can be a stunning photo as well.

I was trying to get a feel of what people like in this post, not really what's right or what's wrong.

After looking at more galleries of his...I think it's a  little overkill that he crops so many heads, I actaully wanted to see more full heads...  Maybe I shouldn't browse them all at once...LOL

Anyway, this guy is an amazing photograher nevertheless, from composition, lighting, posing, connection with the model, post processing, etc...  He does workshops in Canada too, Quebec for the time being, but if he ever wants to do it in Vancouver, I think I'd like to go.

[ 本帖最後由 shutterbug 於 2008-5-9 15:03 編輯 ]

Ultraman

Hey, creativity has no boundaries!

阿邊個邊個

depends on the theme of your photos la... if it is about the person, i would defineitely focus on the eyes since they are the window to their personalities...if it is about their personal expereince, than i would focus on their body parts such as scars, veins, and tattoos