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09/22/2005 08:23:47 AM |
Hi, this is Bruno aka member beegee, writing to you on behalf of the critique club.
I'll be encouraging and full of suggestions, but VERY blunt about what works and what doesn't work FOR ME on your submission:
The background is TOO blown out - or, as it seems from the too sharp edged foreground, CUT out and left or made bright white - try a softer white or a light gray or even a dark gray or black instead, see how that looks.
Exposure on his face is nice, but could be better if you'd used a little bit of flash (even built in) to, beside helping colors and contrast, make his eyes shine, literally, by adding a highlight (reflected, indirect or tuned down direct, i.e. on camera flash) where his pupils are.
Pose, subject, "styling", i.e. the red sweater, perspective and even the crop are good, but the cut out background, the left in part of the tree and the fact that there's a white background, don't help the picture.
Check out Richard Avedon's work for the best portraiture on white backgrounds that I've EVER seen - just "google image" him.
Please let me know if this kind of critique helps you, personally. It's my style, I like it but I know that that doesn't mean a thing if people can't appreciate what I'm trying to put across.
I was a student once, too and teacher don't always get you now, do they? ;-)
All the best for current and future challenges.
Bruno |
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09/19/2005 10:21:16 PM |
| I'm surprised this didn't finish higher - I though the composition and angle was different and effective. |
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09/15/2005 02:05:33 PM |
| Good portrait - I think that the foreground thing doesn't really work. I think it works if you crop it out, but I like the composition as it is (minus the thing). |
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09/13/2005 12:08:52 PM |
| I like the angle of this, and the candid quality about it. Nice. |
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09/13/2005 11:54:49 AM |
| I don't like his skin tone and it needs better focus, especially the eyes. Maybe the school could have been part of the background to go with the title. |
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09/13/2005 11:27:47 AM |
| cute, would have been nicer without the green in the corner. |
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09/13/2005 09:45:15 AM |
| a change of crop would have given this more impact |
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09/13/2005 07:38:46 AM |
| Seeing the eyes better would have made so much difference here.. |
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09/12/2005 08:27:56 PM |
| Good, fun shot of a nice looking guy. |
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09/12/2005 02:50:18 PM |
| Hey Handsome! Nice candid appeal. |
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09/12/2005 01:03:13 PM |
Nice portrait. The bottom left is a bit distracting. Like the model's pose.
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09/12/2005 11:43:44 AM |
| Nice shot. Can see the outline of where you have changed your background but I dont think it detracts from the photograph. Nice expression. 7 |
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09/12/2005 12:57:45 AM |
| No shadows or no great light, no incredible colors. The picture just seems very average to me, but ive been wrong before. GL. |
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