Balancing Act
by ClubJuggle

Comment by ubique:
Clever and competent. To be able to capture the essence of your subject is a sign of a good photographer, but to be able to capture the essence of yourself is a sign of a good person. Class act, Terry, on both sides of the lens. 8.

Balancing Act
by ClubJuggle

Comment by kiwiness:
Hi Terry, you are your best model aren't you :) I like this one, good work!

Balancing Act
by ClubJuggle

Comment by TrollMan:
Crisp and clear. Great idea.

Balancing Act
by ClubJuggle

Comment by alien2thisworld:
I like the strong teal color of your shirt contrasting against a soft plain white background. Good composition and focus (except is the ball motion blurred a little?). Good catchlights in your eyes too.

Balancing Act
by ClubJuggle

Comment by Joey Lawrence:
You look like you work at Microsoft or something, Terry-sir. :-D

Very very very well lit. Nice, simple and clean.

May be impossible and take 1,000 more tries but your hand seems a little bit motion-blurred and also blown out from the light.

9, good luck. :-)

Dead Photographers Cult
by ClubJuggle

Comment by amber:
Hi from the Critique Club!

This is indeed a low-key image in every sense; its colour,lighting and mood.

The facial expression intrigues me; I don't know if it is challenging or menancing or simply irritated.

As a viewer I feel like he is watching me rather than the other way round, especially with that camera, I feel like I am the subject. But the camera is dead, isn't it? A relic? Dead and buried like those men and women that once created their view of their world through it? A view and past that now only lives on through the images they left behind. They have become immortal through their photography.

Those eyes hold all the clues,and I love the white highlight in the right eye. But I wish the hood would have covered the hair and forehead, to create even more emphasis and drama around the eye area.

I love the creased detail in the cloth, it adds a contrasting texture to the smooth black background. As does the beard.

The use of lighting had made it appear that the man is coming out of the darkness or shadows towards the viewer, creating tension and movement.

A very moody, intriguing, low-key image.

Introducing Sami
by ClubJuggle

Comment by pikaboo:
Wow! Looking at her big glassy eyes, I bet she'll be a handfull in about 10 years!

If I voted, I would've given this a 10 - It's very very very hard to get little ones still - not only that, but excellent comp. and focus choice too!

Kudos x 2!

~nogster~

Pitcher and Mug
by ClubJuggle

Comment by Plachoochi:
Crystal clear reflection - so good I can see the camera and umbrella! Well done photo - great color.

Pitcher and Mug
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Comment by cogerox:
Very simple. Nicely done.

Pitcher and Mug
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Comment by raish:
This meets the challenge - inanimate and arranged.