Which of these two images would you print and frame as a gift for the subjects?

Which of these two images would you print and frame as a gift for the subjects?

  • photo 1

    Votes: 55 41.0%

  • photo 2

    Votes: 79 59.0%
  • Total voters
    134
  • Poll closed .
As a gift number one would be my choice. Number two doesn't reflect the festive day as well as the other. I'm not sure I would give all three- that just gives them the burden of choosing! Of course, you know your friends better than we do! They do, however, come across as a lovely couple.
 
Jack917 said:
Wow, great images. And everyone has good points, I can't decide between the two.

Another option - what about the crotch shot, but cropped to omit the grab? Might just look like she's reaching to hold his hand. It's a happy shot in which both are engaged with the camera. It'll be appropriate for conservative friends, but with a hidden story behind the picture.
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Hmmm .... tried your suggestion and no matter what I do crop wise it still looks like she's going for his 'goolies!' LOL

I'm actually thinking that I might print both images and let my other half Carol decide because she is the one framing it and giving it to them. She's known them for close to thirty years and she's also a talented artist with a fantastic eye ... I've only known them for three years and as for art ... my 'L plates' are showing here! :p
 
Juan Valdenebro said:
Sweet gift, Keith. They'll enjoy it a lot, and their family... Hope she feels better soon...



I'm amazed at the answers here...


There is no discussion, and I even showed it to other two friends who shoot portraits.


Number one. Not cropped.


The second shot is deeply sad: she looks tired, bored, and she's not happy being there.


Looking or not to camera has no importance at all in any photograph.


Even though he looks happier than her, in the first shot her face just says “old”, but the space (nature) and the happiness of the man with her, give the whole image a strong feeling of real trust and a well enjoyed life for both while being together.


The second one tells me he was feeling OK and she felt terrible.


Apart from all this, he looks a lot better in the first one, because if you are happy you don't look at what happens to who's at your side: you just smile careless like he does in the first shot.


Hope she enjoys the print, very kind from you.


Personally, I wouldn't frame two images, “unique” is stronger... Certainly I would do (family) more than one print of the same frame.


Cheers,


Juan

P.S.: I just checked them again, scrolling quickly up and down: both heads are strongly vertical like healthy branches on a tree on the first one, but on the second one their heads are "falling": the moment had just passed...
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You're damned observant my friend and have read the situation exactly as it was.

Doreen had received her last chemo only a couple of days previously ... I took six shots when I found some light I liked which was pretty well at the end of proceedings. By the last shot she was really over it and was exhausted from dealing with a day of nausea from the chemotherapy.

She was pretty brave and cheeky for the first couple of pics hence the 'grab' but after the last shot she let me know politely that she'd had enough and as you say it does show in that last image.
 
Why not both?

Why not both?

Each has strength, but look at it from the view of the people in the picture, they would like both of them!
 
I voted #2 as Jack is so in love with Doreen, you can see it. Doreen is going through some hard times and looks it but still the love of Jacks life. I would have preferred a bit of a happier expression on Doreen but she's not there today and this image rocks. To me it says a couple who are so together I think you are right about it being symbiotic. They will always be walking together.

Great stuff guy.

B2 (;->
 
The second one, cropped square. Cropping can be a virtue, especially for a portrait:

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I finished up printing both of the pics ... Carol is going to frame both of them and give them to Doreen and Jack in a day or so!

My personal feelings tend to lean towards the first shot as the gift and Carol agreed ... but we both thought that number two is the one we would like to have hanging on our own walls when these two people are no longer around.

Some very interesting responses with carefully considered reasons for preference were actually a huge help here! :)
 
semilog said:
The second one, cropped square. Cropping can be a virtue, especially for a portrait:
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After living in China for a while ... no feet! In China, that is a big big no-no. If you include a body portrait with no feet then the image will not be appreciated at all :)
 
#1. I just like smiles

For me, and this is entirely my personal view, #2 is too journalistic. It tells TOO much of the story. It speaks to us, as strangers, but it might not be what they would like to see. They know the story.
 
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