[Maryah13]

Well here’s a screencap of the album thumbnails to give you an idea

http://i44.tinypic.com/rm049f.jpg

[Maryah13]

eek! the one with the GIGANTIC shoes is scary!

[Maryah13]

and.. i didn’t copy anyones ideas, no my ideas aren’t original nothing really is anymore, but my version of the idea is true to me. and the links i posted earlier i never saw before tonight, i google searched them for proof that the ideas have been done and published before.

[Maryah13]

well Ebi, you’re a dick and quite rude and it seems as if most of the other people in these forums share that opinion of you, some even thinking you’re just a troll since you talk a big game, and cut people down for fun but have yet to post a single thing you have ever done. I’m done defending myself to you… I’ve just about run out of troll food anyway.

[Maryah13]

“at the very least make your own judgements about what you think is good or bad in the pages of magazines. You can learn a lot that way. Right now, you show a complete lack of a sense of taste. Pocahontas? Día de los Muertos makeup? A graveyard? Seriously, a fucking graveyard? See, its the thought process that needs to change.”

 

” light and everything else mean shit if the idea is not good.”

 

Well, slap my ass and call me Sally! YES a fucking graveyard! I actually find cemeteries to be quite calming and beautiful

FYI:

Charlotte Bibby for XO Magazine

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Then again for her own Life of the Loveless Collection

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looks like a professional fashion photographer even likes shooting in “a fucking graveyard!”

 

And shit what do you know?! I found some Caterinas as well

Lucyna DanUta Bakowska

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and wouldn’t you know it; I found Pocahontas as well, crouching no less (or “taking a shit” as you so eloquently put it)

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in fact Jason Ell did an entire Disney Princess series for Harrods Magazine

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so are you saying all these people lack a complete sense of taste as well? Because I’m pretty sure i just found (through a simple google search) 3 separate examples of industry professionals shooting Pocahontas, “Dia de Los Muertos” Makeup (its called a sugar skull or a Caterina for future reference), and seriously a fucking graveyard!

 

now in no way am I comparing my work to these works, i know i am nowhere near that good. but i’m using them as proof that the ideas aren’t shit.

[Maryah13]

and Nesgran I do have other Pocahontas shots, however, the original one posted was the one my teacher liked so when it comes down to grades, what he says goes!

here are 2 others that were shot

http://i42.tinypic.com/20gxx5k.jpg

another “crouching” pic, different location, different leg position. her costume inhibited movement a bit so kneeling wasn’t exactly possible without flashing her crotch (which is why she has the loin cloth thing)

http://i42.tinypic.com/29wpz7t.jpg

[Maryah13]

Nesgran: at least you could actually pinpoint the flaws you were speaking of, and thank you for the critique, ill work on it.

 

and my speed light set up is very minimal, i only have a hot-shoe mount flash that can travel with me, and 2 small 800 watt strobes for home. also I do have a few 5-in-1 reflectors just not the extra people required to hold them for me when I am not at school.

[Maryah13]

ok, well if you cant pinpoint what is wrong with the photos besides all of it, then i cant be bothered to take you seriously (and by no means am i saying i’m the best photog out there, I’m still a student for Christ’s sake). If you had actual critique you could tell me what about my photos could be improved upon or isn’t quite up to par technically, but since all you can say is that I’m delusional to think my work is decent with no valid argument that it isn’t in fact decent all i can do is chalk your opinion up to just that, an opinion; and we all know what they say about opinions.

Again, offer up a real critique and I might take it seriously; “go look at some magazines and start over.” Is criticism NOT critique

FYI, since it seems you can’t tell the difference

cri·tique
 [kri-teek] noun, verb, cri·tiqued, cri·ti·quing.

noun
1. an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.

crit·i·cism
 [krit-uh-siz-uhm] noun

1. the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.

[Maryah13]

oh lord have I found a gem (although you can find the rare semi-decent photo, they’re mostly awful and over edited)

https://www.facebook.com/BoudoirBabyPhotography

and if you don’t have time to look through all her photos just check out these

this is one of her “ads”

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/10239_275918059191367_1074471335_n.jpg

another ad

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/11292_338331942949978_454302227_n.jpg

and on the the sampler of poorly edited photos

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/s720x720/6067_267752283341278_846271912_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/s720x720/376597_262697570513416_131047108_n.jpg

and the best (of the worst) for last

https://sphotos-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/544279_361478737301965_1086953789_n.jpg

[Maryah13]

Well… That was pointless. Honestly if you can’t offer any advice for me to get better, then don’t offer it at all. Just saying “it’s bad” doesn’t help anyone but yourself.

[Maryah13]

Well ebi you obviously didn’t read all the posts because I in fact DID welcome critique as long as its constructive… Your comment however, was rude as fuck

[Maryah13]

Clicker: you basically took my feelings on his work and typed them out for me. Like I said above, his graphic art (that I’ve seen) is technically sound. Before he graduated he had to do a senior art installation of 20+ pieces and his work was very good, although not my taste at all. I just can’t see how his photos are so bad, it’s like his technical eye regressed after graduation

[Maryah13]

Emf: no, he doesn’t even take the crit and use it. He completely ignores it Altogether; the idea of a group crit is great if we lived in the same area (we live over 2 hours away so that won’t work) and I know he has had to do critiques in school although, his style of graphic art is not my style (in fact I hate it) it technically is sound. But his photos are a mess.

Nesgran: as I said I AM STILL a student so I am still learning; and I am not offering unsolicited critique, he is asking for it. And I don’t see how being a student has anything to do with my ability to offer critique, we do student critiques all the time in school. Even though I have a lot to learn would you mind explaining EXACTLY why you feel I shouldn’t offer critique?

actually I gladly accept any critique anyone has to give, as long as it is constructive so that I can adjust the way I shoot in the future.

[Maryah13]

and heres some proof he sells his work, this is actually listed on his personal profile which is why i didn’t want to link the actual profile; is it just me or are the edits to those prints very obvious with unblended edges?!

 

http://i41.tinypic.com/2z7jx1w.jpg

[Maryah13]

Those are the Evil Queen shots (completely unedited as of yet), they are  my least favorite images so far. security, at the location I was in, told me (after I had already called and confirmed my setup was ok) that I couldn’t use any special lighting setups so all I had to work with was my speedlight and a small reflector. Hopefully ill be able to adjust the dimensions in post.

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