Help with Portrait Composition

[Mandy Valin]

Hi all
This man is paying me to do a portrait of his two kids together
He gave me two seperate photos of them, and Im having trouble figuring out how to get them both in there so it looks okay

here's the pics :
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/08-May-2003/10914-girl1.jpg

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/08-May-2003/10914-boy1.jpg

Any tips on how to handle the composition would be awesome :D

[james.bishop]

What about something like this?

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/08-May-2003/766-boy_n_girl.jpg

You might want to work on trying to make it look like the boy is looking forwards rather than off to one side...

[yoyita_yoyita]

Here is another idea, hope it helps you.

[yoyita_yoyita]

You have this one too.

[henrik]

Here is my suggestion. You do need to unify the skin tones, and also makes sure the boy looks "into the camera".

[henrik]

Or, have them even closer togheter and move her left arm around the back of the boy.

[Mandy Valin]

Thanks for all the great ideas :D I think I have a better idea of how Im gonna do this now, thanks a ton :D I'll post the portrait when I finish it :D

[arlene]

I like henriks second suggestion, but I'd move her arm straight down and out of the picture...