Maternity Shot like no other

[HighMark Adventures]

Hope this is in right place.
Been wanting to try this for a while and the wife finally gave in. Got a few good ones(Ithink). Kinda my take the mom`s to be in the near future. This is one from a series. Just thought I would share see what you guys/girls think. What works, does not work. I know it might not be for everyone but hey I`m about trying something different.

Thanks for looking........
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Ok I added this photo to help bring people back from my depressing photo of the future and mom`s to be (pic has been desaturated and made soft in post for that warm and fuzzy feeling)

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[patterfr]

At first I thought. This dude's sick and then I kept looking at it. Trying to figure it all out. And then I realized man, I''ve been looking at it for a while. And then I started thinking, there's a lot of cool messages, and then I realized the lighting and processing is cool, and then I started thinking yeah but this guy is sick. But in a good way. But damn, that's a unique and cool picture. Love it. It's awesome when people put this amount of thought and work into a shot. I think you are to be commended. Great idea.

(Btw, your wife deserves a lot of credit. And you don't have to worry about whether she really loves you or not. This proves it.)

Edit:
Right arm supporting belly and left arm on bag are my suggestions and then magazine cover "Where are we headed?"

[Carol Chan]

Superb conceptually, museum worthy. The background is a bit too light, IMO, and makes it hard initially to focus on the subject.

[HighMark Adventures]

Originally Posted by patterfr

At first I thought. This dude's sick and then I kept looking at it. Trying to figure it all out. And then I realized man, I''ve been looking at it for a while. And then I started thinking, there's a lot of cool messages, and then I realized the lighting and processing is cool, and then I started thinking yeah but this guy is sick. But in a good way. But damn, that's a unique and cool picture. Love it. It's awesome when people put this amount of thought and work into a shot. I think you are to be commended. Great idea.

(Btw, your wife deserves a lot of credit. And you don't have to worry about whether she really loves you or not. This proves it.)

Edit:
Right arm supporting belly and left arm on bag are my suggestions and then magazine cover "Where are we headed?"

Wow thanks Fran, ya wife was a good sport. I have been at her for a while for this. She really did not want to do it. But her pissy I don`t want to be here look in the pics without the gasmask makes them work. Not meant to be a fetish/sexual thing because of the school girl outfit, just a vision/idea of what it might be like in the near future kinda thing.
Sick in a good way, I like that.

Your so right , her right hand cusping her belly would say so much more, dam. How did I not see that......

Originally Posted by Carol Chan

Superb conceptually, museum worthy. The background is a bit too light, IMO, and makes it hard initially to focus on the subject.

Thank you.
I agree on the bg. Was not my first choice. I will try darkening it. Originally I wanted a bombed out building/war torn bg. Had no luck first time around finding one.

[gsk]

Very different and unique. Agree that it is a superb concept. Congrats.

[k9ofkaos]

I feel a little unsettled looking at this. But I think that is a good thing as it challenges me to look deeper. Props to your wife and I love your post work.

[Rain Lily]

I think it's really cool!

But I think what would be better would be if you take a photo of her wearing that mask and changing a big ol' dirty diaper, ROFL!

[HighMark Adventures]

Originally Posted by gsk

Very different and unique. Agree that it is a superb concept. Congrats.

Thank you

Originally Posted by k9ofkaos

I feel a little unsettled looking at this. But I think that is a good thing as it challenges me to look deeper. Props to your wife and I love your post work.

Thank you Mojo

Originally Posted by Rain Lily

I think it's really cool!

But I think what would be better would be if you take a photo of her wearing that mask and changing a big ol' dirty diaper, ROFL!

Thanks,I might need to use it for that purpose. Have not had to change a diaper in a long time

[transcape5]

While this is no vision in my mind of the future for bringing up a child, I think you did a great job with the concept and processing. I agree with the suggestions on the hands and bg. I do have a vision of that mask becoming handy soon enough with the diaper changing sessions.

Congrats on the soon-to-be arrival!

[woojiebear]

wow this photo says a lot !
fabulous work, i love the message that's implied to me

[HighMark Adventures]

Originally Posted by transcape5

While this is no vision in my mind of the future for bringing up a child, I think you did a great job with the concept and processing. I agree with the suggestions on the hands and bg. I do have a vision of that mask becoming handy soon enough with the diaper changing sessions.

Congrats on the soon-to-be arrival!

Thanks, lets hope my "vision" stays a vision and not become a reality.

Originally Posted by woojiebear

wow this photo says a lot !
fabulous work, i love the message that's implied to me

Thanks Woojiebear

[cman78]

Conceptually Brilliant. It is so cool to see you take an image from your mind and put it into print. Job Well Done!!!!

You should really be proud of yourself and your wife for making your vision a reality (both picture and baby).

Congrats on the future little one.

Oh and btw nice soft shot too.

[Atom Kat]

[quote=patterfr;760105]
Right arm supporting belly and left arm on bag are my suggestions and then magazine cover "Where are we headed?[quote]

Nice idea. I was also going to say something along the lines of, keep the hands in and it's a winner.

Second one is very sweet.

[HighMark Adventures]

Originally Posted by cman78

Conceptually Brilliant. It is so cool to see you take an image from your mind and put it into print. Job Well Done!!!!

You should really be proud of yourself and your wife for making your vision a reality (both picture and baby).

Congrats on the future little one.

Oh and btw nice soft shot too.

Thank you very much

[quote=Atom Kat;760381][quote=patterfr;760105]
Right arm supporting belly and left arm on bag are my suggestions and then magazine cover "Where are we headed?

Nice idea. I was also going to say something along the lines of, keep the hands in and it's a winner.

Second one is very sweet.

Thanks for commenting. I`m choked I never paid attention to the dam hand placement...ARGHHHH

[mlphotography2269]

I vote PHOTO of the WEEK.

[roglo]

Any photo that makes you look longer, and keeps you looking, and then makes you think, is exceptional.

Could be art, could be photo, no difference to me. Great job.

[oldugly]

I didn't want to look--but I did, and did, and did. Yes, the hand supporting the belly might be a nice addition, but the "no supoort" gives it a more disparing feel.

What most impresses me is your taking an idea through to completion. I'm sure most of us have ideas floating around in our heads that will never be captured. Good work.

Please pass along special Kudos to your wife. It takes some courage to do something such as this.

And the last one, while more conventional, is nice work as well.

[Johnny Perkka]

Well, the idea is good...

As is the processing...

Like Carol suggested, the background is too light. For reasons mentioned, and it needs to be slightly darker to fit the mood better.

The expression behind the gas mask is a bit too "deer in the headlights" and the eyes are just too Bambi for the theme. The pose, with the face "head on" does not help the matter.

And my favorite nitpick... The outfit. If a person is in a situation where you need a gas mask you usually want to cover yourself better, unless you want to be scratching your skin off... Tear gas (the real deal used during war) for example, is a nasty substance and you want to use overalls or something to cover yourself. Well, anyway, that part is just nitpicking, you probably wanted to show of the belly and create some disturbing contrast with the whole deal.

And the hair is way too clean, in the context of the belly and the surroundings.

Too bad about the cropped hand...

So, I want to emphasize that I liked it, to the point it being so good that I really want it to go that extra mile to be perfect. More pain, grief and dirt... It's very close. Keep it up

[HighMark Adventures]

Originally Posted by mlphotography2269

I vote PHOTO of the WEEK.

Wow thanks

Originally Posted by roglo

Any photo that makes you look longer, and keeps you looking, and then makes you think, is exceptional.

Could be art, could be photo, no difference to me. Great job.

Thank you very much

Originally Posted by oldugly

I didn't want to look--but I did, and did, and did. Yes, the hand supporting the belly might be a nice addition, but the "no supoort" gives it a more disparing feel.

What most impresses me is your taking an idea through to completion. I'm sure most of us have ideas floating around in our heads that will never be captured. Good work.

Please pass along special Kudos to your wife. It takes some courage to do something such as this.

And the last one, while more conventional, is nice work as well.

Thank you very much and I will pass along the kudos.

Originally Posted by Johnny Heinonen

Well, the idea is good...

As is the processing...

Like Carol suggested, the background is too light. For reasons mentioned, and it needs to be slightly darker to fit the mood better.

The expression behind the gas mask is a bit too "deer in the headlights" and the eyes are just too Bambi for the theme. The pose, with the face "head on" does not help the matter.

And my favorite nitpick... The outfit. If a person is in a situation where you need a gas mask you usually want to cover yourself better, unless you want to be scratching your skin off... Tear gas (the real deal used during war) for example, is a nasty substance and you want to use overalls or something to cover yourself. Well, anyway, that part is just nitpicking, you probably wanted to show of the belly and create some disturbing contrast with the whole deal.

And the hair is way too clean, in the context of the belly and the surroundings.

Too bad about the cropped hand...

So, I want to emphasize that I liked it, to the point it being so good that I really want it to go that extra mile to be perfect. More pain, grief and dirt... It's very close. Keep it up

Thanks for the c&c. Great points.

I have learned a lot from all comments. One thing for sure is that I need to pay attention to detail more. The dam hands will haunt me now .
Thank you all

[HighMark Adventures]

Here is another one. I see now I need to fix a few things but thought I wold share it anyway. I know I amputated her feet(very bad) and I need to dirty up her legs. But I do Have a hand in there

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