This was taken in a working historic village called Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden.
These folks are reenacting what life was like during several different time periods, part of the village depicts the mid 18th century era while other parts of the village depict life in the early 20th century era.
This image shows the family living quarters above a bakery from the late 19th century era and is where the baker’s family lived.
The baker’s son shown here is practicing the art of shuffling playing cards as he isn’t interested in working in the bakery alongside his father.
I’m not sure, but I think his mother is working elsewhere in the village as a seamstress.
Type of Critique Requested
- Aesthetic: Feedback on the overall visual appeal of the image, including its color, lighting, cropping, and composition.
- Conceptual: Feedback on the message and story conveyed by the image.
- Emotional: Feedback on the emotional impact and artistic value of the image.
- Technical: Feedback on the technical aspects of the image, such as exposure, color, focus and reproduction of colors and details, post-processing, and print quality.
Specific Feedback and Self-Critique
This image was converted to B&W and was taken with a wide angle lens which means I wanted to make a few geometric adjustments to make the vertical lines vertical and horizontal lines horizontal.
I added a very slight amount of yellow and red with the color balance layer mask for a little warmer feel.
Does it look natural?
Does it look authentic (antique)?
I also added a bit of film grain and I hope I didn’t overdo it. How does it look to you in that regard?
Technical Details
Sony a6000, 16mm (24mm equivalent in 35mm), f4, 1/60s, ISO 400, PS and ACR for B&W conversion and adjustments.