Reply To: Nightlife/Event Critique :) | You Are Not a Photographer

April 5, 2013 at 4:05 pm #8633

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Once you are winning contests/awards, you have reached a point of positive feedback. Someone likes your photography!

The top one is good in terms of skin tone and exposure, the hair is in pretty good focus as are the earphones, but it would be a much stronger photo if his eyes were showing.

When the second one is opened, the red blob at the top becomes someone’s hand and his face seems to get a little wider which helps his appearance. Quite the expression! If it were zoomed out just a little, we would be able to see what he was doing.

The third is a party shot. Good for the people in the photo, not that interesting to me because I don’t know them, it’s just a bunch of faces. But, exposure is good thanks to the flash. I don’t know if dragging the shutter helped, there are some funky lights at the top third. A straight flash photo lit to the back might have been better, it would have eliminated the blue dagger in that guy’s head.

I really like the one in the white glasses pointing at you! She must be waitress or bar tender, and you are caught! Exposure is good and she is cute. What more can you ask for?

The snow scene is curious. Is that from a sparkle ball? All the little white dots are a bit distracting but exposure is pretty good and it has ambiance so, good work.

Three guys and a girl seems to have the girl not totally sharp. A problem with dragging the shutter, but overall an interesting shot with good colour.

The final one looks like a product shot, more staged than the others. You can read the label, the lighting is good but it looks high ISO, lots of grain. Looks like mostly if not completely ambient lighting. It could easily work as an ad for that drink, although a little more light on the label might be needed for that.

Good photos, good editing. Keep going. Look at your shots critically and you will continue to improve, but you are further up the curve and the farther you are along it, the slower is the progress because there is less to improve.