Photography Critique

ApparentlyNothing · 10-22-2007, 10:25 PM

Just took some promo pics for a friend of mine's remix job.

tht00 · 10-22-2007, 10:47 PM

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Oh, right. I didn't notice that. Don't get me wrong, that's cool that you were able to capture that, but still, compositionally, it isn't that interesting. All the photo says to me is that it's a clock. It's the same thing as Jump5Fan's watch photo. Although I will give you credit that the second hand motion blur is kinda interesting. If you framed it better or focused more on that, maybe as a macro up close shot, it would be much more engaging I think.

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I think this would be much more effective as a macro shot with a shutter speed at just the right time that could capture the motion between one second and another, showing motion blur, rather than a ghost hand. Just my thought.

Ok. Good ideas. I very much agree with the "it's a clock" statement.

I had some other shots showing the blur a little better, but most of them made the hand look jittery and I really didn't like that (all the same angle too).

Background on this one --
I was kinda bored on a Sunday afternoon at someone's house.. and was snapping pictures while laying on the couch. This was, by far, the most interesting thing I got from my cozy position.

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Originally Posted by Cadence

Looks like its on the wall to me

ApparentlyNothing · 10-22-2007, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tht00

Ok. Good ideas. I very much agree with the "it's a clock" statement.

I had some other shots showing the blur a little better, but most of them made the hand look jittery and I really didn't like that (all the same angle too).

Background on this one --
I was kinda bored on a Sunday afternoon at someone's house.. and was snapping pictures while laying on the couch. This was, by far, the most interesting thing I got from my cozy position.

Well there's your problem. I've found that some of my best photos require me to get in a very uncomfortable position

**Rainer.** · 10-22-2007, 11:03 PM

Oh the pains of being a photographer.

My photography teacher tells his students that whenever you can get a picture of something from a view that no one else usually sees, then do it, and if that means getting on your belly, or standing on a table, just do it.

Jon, about your pics, I really like the first two. I'm not a huge fan of the his position in the third. It's not a bad shot, it's just not as strong as the others, IMO. He and the keyboard split the photo in half a bit.

The fourth set look just a bit awkward to me, probably because I think his holding the keyboard looks a bit unnatural, like it's obviously posed. Perhaps just not my preference.

Ordinary Sarah · 10-22-2007, 11:04 PM

I love those promo shots. So awesome. I especially love the middle two, the first because it cuts off the head and brings attention to the out of the ordinary attire, and the second because the angle of the head is neat.

ApparentlyNothing · 10-22-2007, 11:05 PM

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I love those promo shots. So awesome. I especially love the middle two, the first because it cuts off the head and brings attention to the out of the ordinary attire, and the second because the angle of the head is neat.

Thanks

**Rainer.** · 10-22-2007, 11:10 PM

Looking at the Flickr, I really like this one...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claphammedia/1701133399/

leenieweenie · 10-23-2007, 06:27 AM

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I went out on a bike ride to a local rural park. I hadn't gotten any many good pictures at this point and I was getting impatient and frustrated. Took this one, really, without realizing it. Found it later when looking through the pictures. I like it.

I really like this one. The colors are neat, and I like the way the light turned out. I am havnig a hard time putting my thoughts to words right now, but I like it nonetheless.

ApparentlyNothing · 10-24-2007, 03:10 PM

I just thought I'd mention that a couple of the promo photos I took were featured on an indie music site with an interview of the artist. You can check it out at http://www.stereosubversion.com/inte...st-collective/ and you can also check out Andre, the guy I took photos of, at http://www.theremixcompany.co.uk/

ApparentlyNothing · 10-28-2007, 10:05 PM

Hardcore show this weekend at my house.

I have no idea how I got this. I think someone bumped into me while taking it.

I don't even like hardcore.

ApparentlyNothing · 11-01-2007, 11:50 AM

Umm.... thanks?

More.

I'm thinking about submitting this to the challenge, but I don't know if anyone would actually think it meets the requirements. I thought the way the leaves go diagonally across, essentially splitting the photo in half, making it symmetrical... sorta... might work? I dunno.

tht00 · 11-02-2007, 10:31 AM

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Hardcore show this weekend at my house.

I have no idea how I got this. I think someone bumped into me while taking it.

I like it. Not really sure what I'm looking at, but I like it.

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By far my favorite. Love the way that the polariod fits in as another leaf.

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I like this one too, but the effect isn't the same as the first one.

I'm curious. Are you getting your color from post-processing?

RipVanWinkle · 11-02-2007, 10:40 AM

That last series is really nice! I really like the self portrait!

Lehigh · 11-02-2007, 11:13 AM

Here's a couple of mine, just messing around one afternoon with my Nikon D50...

OK... it was more than just a couple...

ApparentlyNothing · 11-02-2007, 11:40 AM

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I like it. Not really sure what I'm looking at, but I like it.

Haha, neither am I. It's supposed to be abstract really. I've been experimenting with abstract photos here and there.

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By far my favorite. Love the way that the polariod fits in as another leaf.

Thanks. Yeah, at first I was taking them and I just laid the photo on top without much thought and took a few pics. Then I thought, "I should make this look more natural," and ended up moving some of the leaves so that they overlaid the photo slightly. It's a subtle difference, but I think it makes the photo for the reason you stated.

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I like this one too, but the effect isn't the same as the first one.

I agree. I like the DOP I got, but I think it doesn't feel the same, especially with the glare on the photo making it kinda hard to see what the photo is.

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I'm curious. Are you getting your color from post-processing?

Well, for reference, here's one of my photos untouched and one with post-processing.

The top is untouched and the bottom is after post-processing. It was a pretty dark, cloudy day. I used a couple techniques to get that specific look besides a general exposure and levels adjustment. The first was to duplicate the layer, then set the top layer to "Soft Light" blending mode, and mixed it in with the opacity. It gives the photo a little more "pop" overall and a bit more contrast. The color effect is all from Curves that I adjusted myself.

I'd really like to get to the point where I need to use as little post-processing as possible. But I'm not quite there yet, nor do I have the gear probably to help with that. I have a friend who's photos look really good, and I just assumed she did at least some post-processing to get the kinda colors and depth that she got in some of them, but I found out that she actually did little to no post-processing whatsoever. Knowing that, the photos impressed me even more.