This photo stood out to me from the outset of my project. I enjoyed the fast moving colors and moving streaks that truly show that this is a photo of movement. However much I liked the original photo, however, there were a few important ways it could be better. The subjects are centered in the middle of the photograph, with no use of the rule of thirds. I was going to just attempt to crop the mother and daughter so that it looked like they were moving towards something, but then I thought about making the child the focal point of the picture. By applying the rule of thirds and cropping most of the mom out of the photo, I was able to completely change the feeling of the image. We now wonder where the child is going to go, anticipating the space on the left to be filled, and making the already dynamic photo truly kinetic. This also simplifies the background, allowing the viewer to focus in on our single subject. Given a child’s eyes, the viewer now follows the girl’s gaze to look with wonder and fear into the distance, experiencing for the first time a “new life in the busy city.”
Hi Elizabeth,
Great choice for your photo; it is truly eye catching and the photographer did amazing work capturing the people clearly in difficult lighting while showing the movement of the traffic in the background. Your crop does a wonderful job of drawing the eye to the face of the child and providing space for movement in front of the subject, adding to the meaning and depth of the image.
Hey Elizabeth,
The photo you choose is very interesting. The uncropped version definitely makes me wonder what is going on in the city and where are these two people headed. Especially because there is so much movement in the back which makes it look like they are moving fast. You choose a good portion of the picture to crop and focus on the child. I agree that the photo makes you focus on the child’s eyes and wonder what they are looking at. It also adds emotion to the photo as well because you do not know if the child is scared or if the child is curious about what is happening around them. Good job!