Photographer's Request for Critique
--Scott Cromwell
barbie
After shooting this, my heart goes out to the ladies that have
endured neck flip after neck flip until satisfying the
photographer. I think only Barbie could exceed 100 takes and still
have a smile on her face.
Critiques
Jody Holman Webster 
, July 12, 2006; 10:44 P.M.
ha!
I am usually not a fan of set up shots, but this cracks me up. and nicely shot, too. love the circle... can't believe you got that- or was that post pro help? in any case, very funny.
Aygyun Lezgiyeva , July 12, 2006; 10:56 P.M.
Jeff Ferland , July 12, 2006; 11:10 P.M.
That absolutely caught me off-guard. What an excellent staged shot!
Scott Cromwell 
, July 12, 2006; 11:11 P.M.
Thanks. Jody, the bottom of the stream where her head came out of the water was a little sloppy looking, so I cleaned it up a bit. All of the rest of the water is untouched. This is also basically full frame...8.15 Mp.
Keith T. , July 12, 2006; 11:22 P.M.
The water splash was well captured. I have debated doing some joke shots but I don't want to been seen in Walmart buying the dumb things :-)
Scott Cromwell , July 12, 2006; 11:58 P.M.
That's really funny you said that, Keith. I stood in the doll aisle for 15 minutes at Wal-Mart yesterday, contemplating which Barbie had the best hair for the job. Everytime some people walked by, I told myself, "those losers don't know whether or not I have a daughter with a birthday". Of course, I did my grocery shopping while I was there, so I wouldn't be going to the register with just a Barbie....o.k. two Barbies.
Isaac Madera , July 13, 2006; 12:03 A.M.
Very nice! makes me laugh.. bring that backdrop down a little and your ready for maximum mag haha
My models always complain after doing this.
Stephen H , July 13, 2006; 12:18 A.M.
Very nice- good twist on a classic shot.
V Hadady , July 13, 2006; 01:17 A.M.
Rakesh Syal 
, July 13, 2006; 01:20 A.M.
BRAVO!!
Great Job!! Well done, Scott! 7/7
Anthony J Deffina , July 13, 2006; 03:12 P.M.
Great twist in this Scott!
Wade Rose , July 13, 2006; 03:38 P.M.
Scott
So how many barbies Do you really have? Just kidding good capture..:D
Marc Aubry 
, July 13, 2006; 08:23 P.M.
Thanks for making me laugh!
John Henneberger 
, July 13, 2006; 08:52 P.M.
Very creative for copying a technique. Maybe you can do it with a water scene as background.
Scott Cromwell , July 14, 2006; 07:13 P.M.
Thank you all for the comments. I'm glad you see the humor in it. I laughed out loud when the idea came to me while driving to work the other day. I must thank Lars Raun for his great water fling shots and Roberto Roseano for his barbie shots. Without the photos of these two I wouldn't have ever came up with the idea.
Neil Peters 
, July 15, 2006; 07:43 A.M.
this is just perfect :) you just made 10,000 photographers and models laugh, an equally impressive feat.
J Perez , July 15, 2006; 09:11 A.M.
Edwin Mendoza , July 15, 2006; 10:58 A.M.
Bryan Nalley , November 27, 2006; 10:19 P.M.
I was about to comment on the chess match when this caught my eye. BRAVO!
Donn Dobkin , January 07, 2007; 05:57 P.M.
Just Hilarious!!!
I found this after seeing your nearly-scrubbed hummingbird. Great idea!!! You have a ton of great work here :)
Trisha Jean-Angela 
, September 11, 2009; 10:21 P.M.
Oh this is just TOO FUNNY! Thank you...you have inspired me to start shooting my barbies (ok, my daughter's) again. Thanks for the laugh...it has been a sad day today. Great photo. :)
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