Tea Party

Wow, what a great idea for a series. I like the little play on words too. The flesh tones of the human subject are spot on but her little friend is a bit blown out. The shadows cast from the single (?) light are at once dramatic and harsh - perhaps that is your intention. The whole effect of the lighting is...mmmm, somehow incongruous with the scene. Makes me feel like the image is part of a nightmare or something....

I concur with Brad! All I'll add is that this could turn into a great series of imagaes and one you must carry forward!

thank you both for the critique. I purposefully overlit the doll to add what you call a nightmarish feel(the doll is kind of creepy, isn't it?). Let's face it, the whole idea is rather absurd anyway ;-)

I like the lighting on both the model and the doll. It is really a great photo.

I think its rather strange, and I mean that in a very good way. I like strange and I like the image. I think its perfectly executed. Show us more.

Really interesting image,great lighting as others have said. Personally i would crop slightly the black area at the right of the image, but thats just me.

Intriguing idea... looking forward to seeing more from the series. Yeah... that doll is kinda creepy, and kinda humorous, too. And the figure, is just classic. Well done.

Nothing wrong with exploring and experimenting - not an absurd theme at all - I like the picture and I'd like to see more.

Gee, this is a great site. Thank you for the comments. In the original picture, the details of the table and the doll's chair are more evident but my scanner sucks. Well, there is only so much money to go around and I'd rather spend it on darkroom supplies. Many thanks all and I will try to peruse others' photos soon. Patsy