Jack! (help and comments welcome)

this is a photo I did for a friend of mine. It's of her son Jack she hasn't got one picture of him with a "normal" smile! what doyou think! any pointers welcome


and this is what happend when I asked him to smile for me!!! lol

can you see her problem! lol

BIG PROBELM HA HA

is the first one out of focus or is it my moniter


personally i love that seccond one

lol I think I went a bit mad with the blur tool around the face! lol

Nice work on the selective colour mate, think you called it there is a little too much blur on the first for my liking, is this a crop or the full pic? If its a crop might look nice to not have it so tight on his head and to add a vignette to draw the eye into his face.

Nice shots FB.

I would ease up on the blur too, and maybe even drop the selective colouring.

And what's wrong with the second shot? It's great

lol i love the second one ! like the others said a little less blur around his face

lol thanks everybody! I love the second one to but they are the only type of pictures his poor mum has of him! lol so I tryed to get a natural shot! I'll have another crack at it and post the results!once again thanks for all your help folks!

A really good trick is to try using the burst mode, in the hope that at least _one_ pic comes out good

I don't think the blurring is all that bad. It draws the eye to the face which is what you want, although I would loose the selective colour. It doesn't work in this particular shot. You could maybe add another filter over the eyes just to tone them down a bit further, but I think they're just too strong.

I like the second one. I get a sense of his character from this shot.

heres another is this any better!