A while back I had Grammy Award Winner, Sir Mix-A-lot on chasejarvisLIVE. The guy is smart – dropped some pretty serious knowledge on the show [here’s the re-watch if you missed it].
At the end of the show, I shot the cover for his upcoming album, live, online. Here are the results.
The lead one that shows his face is my fav, but there’s plenty of debate, because the other shot is tough and mysterious. I’ll resist the temptation to make any real case for one or the other, and I’ll let this is a straight up survey – which photo do you like better A (top) or B (bottom)? (please answer in the post, not via other social channels so we don’t have to chase your feedback – thx!)
Here is photo A:
Here is photo B:
Thanks for your input.
||And if you missed it: Here’s the chasejarvisLIVE episode with Mix||
B is my preference but it depends what you are trying to show. I like the mystery of B and I prefer seeing the girl’s face so she is a person not just a shapely rear. But if the intended audience doesn’t know what Sir Mix-A-Lot looks like then A works better.
B
A – though lit in an extremely interesting way – is yet another portrait with an eyecatcher in the background. Whereas B does away with portraiture rules, incorporates more action (both in the fore- and in the background) and is thus telling a more intriguing story
B
B – the eyes are THE shot. More mystique, more ‘God Father’ going on…
I like A better because I like the facial expression or the man more and I also have the feeling of knowing who that girl is because I am able to see her shape