Family Dynamic

I am calling this photograph "Barn Board" because of the boards my brother Eero is painting. The subject is a portrait based off of my family. I chose to create this specific work because I wanted to show something that one of my family members does, I wanted to show his hands on skills. I used a variety of techniques including selective focus. While creating this work, I paid close attention to framing the shot, I wanted to have his whole torso as well as also including the board and shop in the background. I wanted my work to have a hands on "working man" vibe to it and I did that by having the table saw and shop in the background. To add interest to my composition I used leading lines to bring your eye back to the portrait using the board. I like the way that he is candid and doing work, It definitely shows who he is and what he does. However I struggled with getting more contrast in the background to help balance it out a bit. If I created another work like this I may have it be slightly less cluttered in the background. My work shows that I learned to create a print involving my family.