To me it looks as if she's totally swallowed up by him, and the angle of his head makes it look as if it's floating in air. I might consider switching places/poses, he just seems too large and engulfing for this to work, at least in that particular pose. Might want to change his shirt so it doen't just disappear. I also think the pattern coming out of his head is a little distracting.
Regarding exposure, I would just darken his arms a little so they don't steal the spotlight quite so much from their faces.
Beyond that, you might want to re-shoot to catch a better expression from your wife. Here, her expression could be interpreted as "Just take the &%*#! photo".
Re-shoot it. The blown highlights here overwhelm both faces. You can use this pose, but you need to shoot more centered and slightly lower, and include more of your wife's body, if you don't want your son to be so dominant.
Regarding the vignette, the vignette should look very subtle and natural -- not like this where one looks at this picture and thinks: "Oh yes, he definitely decided to use a vignette here." It's just so obvious. Just my opinion/style.
friscoron wrote:
Re-shoot it. The blown highlights here overwhelm both faces. You can use this pose, but you need to shoot more centered and slightly lower, and include more of your wife's body, if you don't want your son to be so dominant.
Regarding the vignette, the vignette should look very subtle and natural -- not like this where one looks at this picture and thinks: "Oh yes, he definitely decided to use a vignette here." It's just so obvious. Just my opinion/style.
- the look on your wife´s face may be because she is uncomfortable as she has to yield room to your son head (that little tilt of her head makes me see that)
- your son is not hugging his mother but himself as his hands doesnt touch her.
- your son´s head leaning toward the wrong shoulder (the femenine one)
- blur the background, those things coming off the heads are still quite noticeable
- for the light I dont know what mood you want,
