The Traditional Family Portrait

Did you give grandpa a booster to stand on?

Nicely posed and lighted. How distressing it must be to have such a nice, clean group of people and then that knee! Why do people do that?

Are those prop stumps? If so, they really look real!

Great job! My only nitpick is the shine from grandpa's watch.

While I thought the same thing Ed did about choosing a different person to sit in the middle look at their clothing...  The one with the most neutral shirt is posed in the center, which means he doesn't clash with grandma and grandpa.  The kid in the checkered shirt would have looked worse I think. 

I think Grandma and Grandpa standing is appropriate, the stumps are great, the overall pose is clean, well done and not too formal or too casual.

I didn't notice the watch until it was pointed out, but I see that it is a small issue now. 

My nitpicks - I would have asked the young man in the middle to relax a little and move his hand on the leg a few inches further toward his knee which may have lowered the front shoulder and caused a more relaxed lean, but then again, some people are stiff and you may have tried to fix it, I don't know, I wasn't there.
I would have also had the two girls standing put the thumbs of the front hands into their pockets to give a natural bend to the arms and added to the casual look - but that's personal preference, I am a pocket person.

Edited to add:  on my screen there is a blue-ish cast, but monitors and printers differ, so as long as it doesn't come back from your lab blue it won't be a problem.

Now . . . there you go . . . I love the spread to the pose.  In an open setting like this, there is no reason to push everyone together the way you might in a studio setting.

But, again, as always . . . that's just my view . . .

Ed

I would agree normally. But this time it would have caused their shirts to wrinkle and lay oddly. And at least one of them cant afford the bulk of that look.
I think the posing was right on! The color balance amoung the clothing is perfect, and I think middle seated guy is just that sort of stiff guy everywhere he goes. I think he was captured here. Just guessing.

my 2 cents.

Nice photo btw.

Corey

Benji, you are so resourceful, cool logs.