In their (muddy) enviornment
by arondee

Comment:
This just doesn't speak to me. No reason, I just find it blah! Such is art.

Carpenter Chris
by naomik

Comment:
So is he a carpenter or a model? I just ask because part of this challenge was to capture the person in their environment. Imo, he is not "in his environment." He is inside a construction zone, but he is not immersed in it. No hard hat, short pants are questionable attire for construction zones, he is way to clean...just little details, but they add up.

The Tree Doctor
by dainmcgowan

Comment:
This is just a question...does this person always wear that much eye make-up when they are tree doctoring? I come from a family of orchard owners and I've never seen a tree doctor wear any make-up or even have their clothes that clean. I think your downfall with me, is that I have experience and first-hand knowledge and memories to pull from so this shot does not communicate to me what my memories flash before my eyes. That being said, the profile is nice. The focus is inspired. I have a little problem with all of the pink, but that is where art comes in.

The Principal
by scarbrd

Comment:
I like this. Especially since the kids are blurred out from motion.

The Instructor's Next Business Card
by yakatme

Comment:
This is an intersting shot. The facial expression does not communicate enjoyment or concentration. Nice action shot.

Fisherman
by russi

Comment:
Unfortuantely, your subject is fighting the sun. His eyes are squinted and he is looking slightly down in an attempt to keep them open. You can also see the brow-line is squinshed and not in a thoughtful way.

Chimpanzee
by alackofcolor

Comment:
I'd prefer more profile or at least 3/4 of the face. It also seems oof.

Sleeping Beauty
by pearlseyes

Comment:
I think the coloring hurt you a bit. This looks "dirty" to me. How was b&w? Did you try color? I'd be interested is seeing the shots you didn't use.

Studing Discipline
by fededecba

Comment:
Slight nit-picky thing here...the reason I can tell this posed. She is holding a pencil and her paper is buried under books. I would like to see her really studing, not showing us how she studys. Also, along the posed line...I have never seen anyone smile while they are studying late at night. Just an observation.

Broken
by DogAngel

Comment:
This doesn't pop for me. Colors are blown and I had to rely on the title to figure out your intent. Environmental Portraits shouldn't be so abstract in presentation (not abstract in the art sense...I guess a better word would be obtuse) that you need a title to tell everyone what is going on, imo. My biggest problem is why would a relatively well-dressed young women be in scrap lumber yard? She doesn't work there, she isn't a run-a-way. If you're trying to juxtapose teen angst against an editorial comment on the "scrap" there are much better ways of doing that.