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Pierre Pageau 1 year ago

félicitations .

Balazs Pataki 2 years ago

OMG is she gorgeous.

Ralf Stelander 2 years ago

Good one Kevin, their expressions really gets the message through!

Kevin Ng Thanks Ralf - appreciate you taking the time to look through my portfolio.

Regards,
Kevin

Judy W 3 years ago

Fabulous lighting and mood.

Kevin Ng Thank you very much Judy - I hope this means you're back with some of those fab pics of yours!!!

Al Seyedain 3 years ago

Kevin,

I love all your work (every single one) except this one (I'm sorry). It's flat. It doesn't have the "impact" like your other work has. But my opinion is subjective of course. Seems like most would disagree with me. She is beautiful so I would like to see more images of her. You are a brilliant artist!

Kevin Ng Al - no need to be sorry, I'm always interested to hear people's opinions. You are right, this is not one of those "in your face, wow" pictures. It's the slow story that I had intended. Thank you for your thoughts, I do appreciate it.

Lars Grepstad 3 years ago

Disturbing angle, worries.. Normally I wouldn't like this angle together with the direction of light, but it feels right here. Nice B&W work too. Excellent picture with a good story!

Kevin Ng Hey Lars,

Thanks for those nice comments - I appreciate it!! Hope things are well with you!

Mirela Momanu 3 years ago

Very sensitive and beautiful light.Congratulations!

Kevin Ng Thank you so much Mirela - I'm really happy it touches you!

Tim Corbeel 3 years ago

Congrats with screeners choice Kevin!
:)

Kevin Ng Thanks Tim!

barbara 3 years ago

congratulations on screener's choice, Kevin!

Kevin Ng Merci beaucoup madam!!

Monique 3 years ago

lovely capture....
this is your daughter?....Cute!
My girls are doing exactly the same when their father come back from work :)
:))
regards Kevin and congratulations!

Kevin Ng Thank you very much Monique - yes, this is my eldest. I struggled and stuggled to get her published and when she finally was, I had to be in the picture to ruin it :(((

Monique oww..what are you talking Kevin!?
You didn't ruin it at all!
you made fantastic portrait of father and child.
without you on this image it wouldn't be the same.
great work--you should be proud of this one.
regards!
M.

Kevin Ng That's really nice of you to say Monique - thank you

Patricia Sweeney 3 years ago

HI Kevin! Congrats... seems to be definite trend here :-))) this is a wonderful picture, absolutely beautiful.

Kevin Ng thanks Pat!

enzo penna 3 years ago

important cutting and excellent light ... I like it

Kevin Ng thank you enzo - glad you like it!

Helmut Schadt 3 years ago

Glad to see this heartwarming picture.
It describes in a touching manner love and care between father and daughter.
By the way, your daughter is very beautiful.
What else when the father is handsome?:-)

Please have a wonderful weekend all together,
Helmut

Kevin Ng Helmut- thank you very much - I hope you have a great weekend as well - and I look forward to seeing more of those street photos from you!!

Javier Sanchis 3 years ago

Nice double portrait, with a nice job with B&W, lights and contrast as with the composition. What I would prefer is to choice a vertical position. I explain my point of view:
The man and the woman seems to be with a high tension, the hands of the woman taking the man, and her eyes express a tension, as if she don't wants that he leave her. The look of the man, lost faraway, seems to show that he has leave her sometime before. I would prefer a vertical frame because it will be stronger to see the woman to look us straight(taking all our focus on the picture, as she were telling us "help me"), and the man looking up and outside the frame as he is far away in his thoughts, not with the woman, neither with us...The man looking under it doesn't gives the same intensity, and at the same time I find a little disturbing this position not vertical, when they are in vertical position, I think that is more difficult to see the picture.

It's my point of view, and my way to understand this nice picture. Just another point of view...

best regards,

Javier

Kevin Ng Hey Javier,

Thanks for your comments - I think perhaps you have overestimated how old the "woman" is. She is actually my nine year old daughter. The tilted composition is actually intended to show the strain, stress and worry that a father feels for his children, or daughter in this case. That is also the reason for my title, although I would agree with anyone who says that a title should simple reinforce rather than explain the image. Anyways, thanks again for your comments - I do appreciate it - best regards....

Javier Sanchis :-) ... Thanks for your explanation about the picture,...and about your daughter. Always interesting what a picture can make us to feel when we watch it. Reality and imaginary are not always together.

Best regards,

Javier

Deborah Fort 3 years ago

I love what this symbolizes - you captured the emotions well.

Kevin Ng Thanks for those nice comments Deborah - I'm happy you see what I was trying to convey - best regards....

A. Zahron 3 years ago

excelent this potrait!

Kevin Ng Thank you very much and for taking the time to comment - I appreciate it!!

Cupcake 3 years ago

Glad to see you Kevin.
Good capture.

Kevin Ng Thank you very much Mary - I'm very happy you like this!! best regards...

Inés Montenegro 3 years ago

Excellent idea and realization, Kevin! And nice to meet you!! :)

Kevin Ng I'm glad you like it Ines - I'm also starting to think that there should be a mandatory requirement for all members to submit self-portraits - it's so nice to put a face to the name!! best regards....

Inés Montenegro And have it rejected because of motif? Nooo way! ;-D
Meanwhile:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inesmontenegro/3239200711/
;)

Kevin Ng Thanks for the link Ines - it's nice to meet you as well! PS - my first self portrait was rejected and I'll have to admit it hurt http://my.onexposure.net/media/9053-T.jpg

CathS 3 years ago

Pleased to meet you! Beautiful BW and composition. Bravo!

Kevin Ng Thank you very much for your kind comments Catherine - best regards....

doro rapp 3 years ago

what I like most here is how her face comes out of darkness on your back...her eyes are just so intense...

Kevin Ng thank you very much doro - I'm really happy you like it! - best regards....

barbara 3 years ago

nice to meet you and your lovely daughter, Kevin !
well thought and done.
:this was set up,wasn't it? :)

Kevin Ng Thank you very much Barbara - I admire your work and so I very much appreciate your comments - set up?! Nah, I just have cameras set up throughout the house that get triggered when we walk by - he he :)))) best regards.....

Marvin Trachtenberg 3 years ago

terrific Kevin! light, composition, expression and the faces...
just to ask, do you shoot in color and then convert, or directly in b/w?

Kevin Ng Hey Marvin - thanks for the nice comments, glad you liked it - I took this in colour and then converted to bw in PS

Angela Bacon-Kidwell 3 years ago

So beautiful and such an interesting compostion. love it

Kevin Ng Thank you Angela - it means a lot to me that you like this and I really appreciate you putting this in your favorites :)))) - best regards.....

Jerry Berry 3 years ago

Liked everything about this except camera angle. But I guess I can be too picky at times.
Nice one.

JB

Kevin Ng Hey Jerry - thanks for your comment and no, being picky is not a bad thing. Just so you know though, I set up the camera for a straight on shot, I just tilted my body forward to emphasize the strain of worry! Best regards....

Jerry Berry Ahhh. I see. Now I understand. I couldn't figure it out. A simple mind block because I have secret issues with that new photography "style" of turning the camera sideways where one has difficulty figuring out how to view it.

Kevin Ng I think it might have something to do with all those MAVDU shots of yours - everything's at an angle until you pull out the vaseline to straighten it out :)))

Jerry Berry Careful Buddy. You are negotiating a slippery slope! :-0

Codrin Lupei 3 years ago

Excellent one, Kevin, a fav in screening, happy to see it here! Like it a lot!
all the best
Codrin

Kevin Ng this is high praise indeed coming from you Codrin - makes me proud that you like it! best regards....

Tim Corbeel 3 years ago

Wonderful!
Very beautiful light and great B/W conversion.

Congrats to the great models as well. :)

Kevin Ng thank you very much Tim! I'm still expecting to see a picture of Ella sooner rather than later -ok? best regards....

wyb 3 years ago

Nice one Kevin, like it, especially the beautiful B&W.

Kevin Ng thx wyb - didn't think this would get through but very happy it did! best regards,...

Anders Å 3 years ago

Hi Kevin, congrats to your new picture on 1x. To me it's a striking and eye catching pose and unusual composition that works out great. I also really like B&W conversion and the dark black "base tone".
All the best, Anders

Kevin Ng Thanks Anders - glad you like it - I appreciate the comments! best regards,...

ESPhotography 3 years ago

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Finally got her published, grats!

Kevin Ng Thanks ES - actually this is a two birds with one stone story. I previously had a self-portrait rejected .... so I guess we can only make it as a team - which isn't a bad thing at all!!! Can't wait to show her - she's gonna be ecstatic!

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