Remember when I did the original chasejarvisLIVE photo shoot way back in winter? If you recall, I was shooting the album cover image for alt/punk country band Brent Amaker and the Rodeo. We also did post production and editing on the images LIVE as well a few weeks after the shoot. Well now it’s time to print these suckers on a limited edition run of vinyl and there is somewhat of a debate on which image is better.
Simply put, and with no further explanation, I thought I’d ask for your thoughts. So which is better, A or B?
Vote in the comments. Also love to know ‘why’ if you care to explain. 500 px wide images after the jump…
[ also, reminder that if you like music and you like chasejarvisLIVE, I’m hosting rising hip hip star RA Scion (of Common Market and Victor Shade) TODAY in 90 minutes at 10:30 pacific/1:30 eastern (GMT – 8). Interview with RA and Village Voice/Time Out/Stranger cultural critic Charles Mudede, plus RA performs LIVE at the end of the show. Hope to see you http://www.chasejarvis.com/live today….]A. With the foreground lady laying down…
OR.
B. With the foreground lady standing up…
Love to hear your thoughts.
BBBBBBBBBBBBB – definitelyyyyyyy……..
Why? Because B has more contrast. There is the open space vs. the groups of people. There is the distinct vertical/horizontal. There is the space between foreground/background. There is more rhythm and pattern (three sets of women’s legs). There is the repetition of the square photo with the two squares on the background wall. There is the curves of the woman’s body just touching the squares of the background photos. There is…..there is….chose B, please…..
A has much better composition, lives more space for eyes. it’s just simply better. Don’t like cropping in B, in square framing it’s very tricky in not always work well, for sure don’t work in this case.
A for sure! Way more interesting to look at. The lighting draws your eye back to the band.
B does not look quite so staged as A
Lighting on the faces is more interesting in B also.
A because the photo is about the band, not the model in photo B.