Sijun Forums :: View topic - which photo reference should I use? A or B?

Walkaer · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:53 am

So I'm working from one of these two references for a painting:
which would you say is stronger, compositionally? why (optional)?

A

B

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Capt. Fred · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:46 pm

'A' has an uncomfortable amount of head visible, which is distracting. B gets bland and dead at the top.

In my opinion, crop a sliver off the top of B, so that the forehead is visible but the hair falls outside the image.

I like it like this.

Walkaer · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:23 pm

C

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stacy · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:28 am

A. Is a very nice composition.

B. and C. look like fashion shots for a pair of jeans.

Use A. for sure.

�yvind · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:54 am

I agree, use A.
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Bishop_Six · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:10 am

I definitely like A more than B. With B, the focus seems to be more on the guy himself(like a portrait) and less on the lines and composition that his body creates. To address Capt. Fred's comment, you could maybe take even a little more off the top of A, so it doesn't cut off so close to his eye line(which was kinda distracting for me).