[Brownie]

Or you could say, “Selective color in commercial photography is a fad that will soon pass leaving you with a tacky photograph of your beautiful daughter”

 

That’s an interesting concept with just muting the color and not completely removing it.

[Brownie]

“This is almost a good picture, but has exposure and color issues, hacked off limbs, and a wonky crop.http://www.flickr.com/photos/brokenfocus/7772962710/in/photostream/ But not making it over the hill to good, it rolled back down to bad.”

 

I actually find the crop interesting but the exposure is horrific

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Stef made some great points and in portraiture, at least commercial portraiture, you need headroom on the frame. This one here lacks headroom: http://s1166.photobucket.com/albums/q613/AGloverPhotos/Hedeen%20Family%20Aug%2012th/?action=view&current=4736acbe.jpg

 

But everything else has pretty much been said.

[Brownie]

Jet,

I mean as a way to stand out in wedding photography.  Sure. you can do every standard wedding photograph but nothing that’s going to be powerful and standing, his wedding pictures don’t hold my interest from an artistic and in some, technical standpoint. Is the family pleased? Probably. And that’s all that matters in commercial photography. I just don’t think anyone would go, “Oh, wow, WHO took THIS?”

 

 

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I’m glad you understand that you have a lot more to learn and a long way to go.

 

What do you think about the content of the work that you have linked us to? Do you find it really engaging and interesting or bland?

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Really? Oh wow, she’s stunning then. Hahaha, I thought you did some editing, nevermind then!

[Brownie]

David hit is exactly right,

” I think you do best when you have more control over the photo, and are not good at capturing the unexpected, candid moments.”

 

[Brownie]

Looks pretty good, just don’t overwhitened the eyes and the teeth.

[Brownie]

Cool, I understand. The first step into understanding what you do is to question why you do certain things, why do you crop things, compose things a certain way, etc. etc. I was curious if you had really thought about it like that, and it’s definitely okay if you hadn’t.

 

First thing I notice is that you’re work seems to be very contrasty. Another thing is one some of your recent portraits seem to be  “hot”, or blown out, in the highlights. I think this photograph (http://www.flickr.com/photos/passiveflight-photography/7168068903/in/photostream/) is the strongest portrait you have for me. It’s the most interesting for me.

 

Maybe I’m just a cynical twenty year old, but the wedding photos don’t really do anything for me. They don’t seem to put a unique vision of the day, if that makes sense. I found that you have a lot of really nice monochrome landscapes buried in your collection. I like those a lot, technically they are really solid, for the most part. In fact this one here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/passiveflight-photography/6873161043/in/photostream/) reminds me of a BRILLIANT photographer by the name of Josef Koudelka who photographed with a panorama negative size. I think you’d enjoy his work

 

If there’s anything else or anything you want me to address specifically, I’m glad to elaborate! 😀

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I looked at your work and was curious as to what you enjoyed photographing the most.

 

Tell me a little about your work and what you feel is strong with it and what you feel can be improved upon.

 

[Brownie]

And criticism doesn’t have to be all negative, there might be one or two things in the photograph that work, like the lighting or the composition of a certain part or whatever. You have to keep yourself upon to criticism as an artist.

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I agree, if I hadn’t had my work critiqued, I would be ridiculously bad YET I would think I was amazing. I think being open to criticism by people in the photography community is a very humbling experience and it can take people off of the “Cloud Nine” where they are the best ever. Good Addition, I Hate Fauxtography!

[Brownie]

Someone that excelled at still life photography (And made a ton of money with still-life) was Jan Groover. I’d suggest looking into her if you want to learn how to make captivating still-lifes. She had a mastery of formal elements of composition because she was a painter and she essentially painted with her camera.

[Brownie]

The photograph of your cat on your tumblr page is actually really nicely composed.  It has a natural warmth to it, that doesn’t seem cliche or over done, it seems comfortable. Honestly, my favorite part of the photograph is the sunset outside, it adds to this warmth. Also the blue in that blanket compliments the oranges from outside as well as the orange in the cat.

 

I like it!

[Brownie]

You have reason to be scared, unfortunately.

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