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UER Forum > Archived UE Photo Critiques > Give it to me folks ... (NSFW) (Viewed 1252 times)
Rashomon 


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Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
< on 7/17/2013 5:41 AM >
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I am ready and have thick skin. I realize only through constructive criticisms will I grow, learn and improve. Please leave your comments, as harsh as they are I will be able to handle them.

Thank you in advance.

Like the mob says "nothing personal ... just business" ... LOL ...










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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 1 on 7/17/2013 4:52 PM >
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1st one is excellent, but lose the socks, they are too distracting and don't match the mood/colors of the image. Same for the 2nd one.

Also, hit the standing subjects stomach up with some air brushing or cover it up. Unless it has some significance to the overall meaning of the photo, it's not very flattering to the standing subject. (I'm learning more about photographing people vs objects/buildings/scenes...just some stuff I've picked up from people-only photographers)

Also, again not sure what your primary focus is on, but on the 2nd one, while the lighting hits the subject in the chair nicely, the one standing is too dark in the upper chest and head areas. The hair in the way just creates further shadows.

Perhaps moving the chair over a few inches or a foot into the light, or just having the subject stand a little differently might have brightened them up some.

Both images appears like they are are ever so slightly tilted counter clockwise? (floor board behind chair and the right hand corner of room)

Otherwise, I dig the 1st one except for the blindingly white socks.

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 2 on 7/17/2013 4:56 PM >
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I am made uncomfortable.

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 3 on 7/17/2013 5:01 PM >
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Posted by MutantMandias
I am made uncomfortable.


I wasn't going to say it LOL.

What is the naughty nurse about to do with the mind-of-a-child crazy person cowering in the chair?

Pic 1 : It's a crazy person. Cool/Sad/etc.
Pic 2 : Now who's the crazy person?

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 4 on 7/19/2013 12:08 AM >
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yeah that belly makes mandias hurt inside his...omppphhh....

mmmm. mandias.......
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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 5 on 7/19/2013 1:17 AM >
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The pair of shoes carelessly left in the frame lend an air of quaint amateurishness to the shot that helps forgive some of its more atrocious shortcomings.

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 6 on 7/19/2013 1:44 AM >
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LOL arntz lol

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 7 on 7/19/2013 2:00 AM >
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Posted by arntzville
The pair of shoes carelessly left in the frame lend an air of quaint amateurishness to the shot that helps forgive some of its more atrocious shortcomings.


Didn't really pay attention to that at first...but now that you mention it... I'd have to agree. Oops.

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 8 on 7/19/2013 2:45 AM >
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you need to learn how to resize your pictures with resampling enabled.
look at the wheelchair and other lines, they're all jagged. no good.



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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 9 on 7/19/2013 2:52 AM >
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Posted by arntzville
The pair of shoes carelessly left in the frame lend an air of quaint amateurishness to the shot that helps forgive some of its more atrocious shortcomings.


Honestly, it was those shoes that really took me down the rabbit hole of extreme discomfort. It made me think that, "Wow, this is not just an amateur shot without a true guiding vision. This is actual evidence of some truly fucked up people - people who think of themselves as models and a photographer."
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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 10 on 7/19/2013 5:18 AM >
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Posted by corvettejoe
1st one is excellent, but lose the socks, they are too distracting and don't match the mood/colors of the image. Same for the 2nd one.

Also, hit the standing subjects stomach up with some air brushing or cover it up. Unless it has some significance to the overall meaning of the photo, it's not very flattering to the standing subject. (I'm learning more about photographing people vs objects/buildings/scenes...just some stuff I've picked up from people-only photographers)

Also, again not sure what your primary focus is on, but on the 2nd one, while the lighting hits the subject in the chair nicely, the one standing is too dark in the upper chest and head areas. The hair in the way just creates further shadows.

Perhaps moving the chair over a few inches or a foot into the light, or just having the subject stand a little differently might have brightened them up some.

Both images appears like they are are ever so slightly tilted counter clockwise? (floor board behind chair and the right hand corner of room)

Otherwise, I dig the 1st one except for the blindingly white socks.


Thanks man! I enjoyed your critique! Indeed, I debated if she should have left the sox on or the sox off. In the end, as you can see, I decided to keep them on. Unfortunately, it did nothing for the photo. And you are right, I did not touch up any of these photos at all. In fact, I do not enjoy touching up photos. I do however use software to adjust colours, B&W conversion and cropping. Yes, her tummy is not flattering but, that's just who she is ... she is not perfect, none of us are ...

All in all, a great critique!

Thank you! Your time, observation and input is valued



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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 11 on 7/19/2013 5:20 AM >
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Posted by arntzville
The pair of shoes carelessly left in the frame lend an air of quaint amateurishness to the shot that helps forgive some of its more atrocious shortcomings.


You are right! I totally missed the shoes!!!!

I will be more careful next time!

Thanks!



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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 12 on 7/19/2013 5:21 AM >
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Posted by yaggy
you need to learn how to resize your pictures with resampling enabled.
look at the wheelchair and other lines, they're all jagged. no good.




Yes! Thanks!



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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 13 on 7/19/2013 1:21 PM >
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is that fred armisen with that gross belly?

mmmm. mandias.......
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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 14 on 7/19/2013 1:51 PM >
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Posted by Maglyte
is that fred armisen with that gross belly?


No! It's a "normal" person, a person you'd see off the street. It could be your mother, your sister or your friend. It is who she is.

No wondering there is a ban in published media to ban excessive photoshopping. It really does twist people's image of beauty and inability to separate fantasy from reality.

With a comment like that, I bet you are way better looking than Justin Timberlake.

Remember this is a photo critique, not a personal attack on how people look and highlight their shortcomings. Because I bet, you are absolutely perfect in every possible way.

Stay classy!

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 15 on 7/19/2013 2:34 PM >
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Posted by Rashomon


No! It's a "normal" person, a person you'd see off the street. It could be your mother, your sister or your friend. It is who she is.

No wondering there is a ban in published media to ban excessive photoshopping. It really does twist people's image of beauty and inability to separate fantasy from reality.

With a comment like that, I bet you are way better looking than Justin Timberlake.

Remember this is a photo critique, not a personal attack on how people look and highlight their shortcomings. Because I bet, you are absolutely perfect in every possible way.

Stay classy!



I don't think anyone is attacking the person in the photo...but if you took the time to compose the shot, do the shot, clean up the shot... blemishes of this type are just part of that.

You aren't doing a portrait here, you're creating a piece of art.

That said, who the people are is meaningless...they could be anyone. And since you said just that yourself, then the stomach on the standing subject has no meaning either and is just something that needs to be cleaned up, as with the shoes, in this artful photo.

Now if the standing subject WAS the point of focus, and the stomach scars had meaning to the picture as a whole... then by all means leave it in. But that doesn't seem to be the case from what you've said.

Again: it's art, not personal portraits.

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 16 on 7/19/2013 3:15 PM >
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With a shot like this, the viewer is going to want to try to understand what is going on, or what the image is trying to say. I suspect that it is not really saying anything - there was just a wall, a wheelchair, and two willing women.

Because the audience will be looking for purpose or meaning, details are important. Her stomach seems to be lit for a reason, and since you can't get any emotion out of the hidden faces, it becomes one of the most important aspects of picture, and therefore the message of the photo as it reaches the viewer is:
1. TITS
2. Wheelchair?
3. Teddy Bear??
4. Stomach (Cesarean scar? Older woman? Older woman who is not trying to be sexy? Older woman who is not trying to be sexy but is wearing a garter belt and seems to be seducing a naked, disabled, retarded chick in an abandoned hospital? What?)

5. Oh. Shoes. That makes sense.
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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 17 on 7/19/2013 3:24 PM >
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Posted by MutantMandias
With a shot like this, the viewer is going to want to try to understand what is going on, or what the image is trying to say.


Because the audience will be looking for purpose or meaning, details are important.


Good advice.

This comment really made me think about my scenes I will do in the future, especially paying attention to what is being lit up and random objects being left in the scene to distract the viewer. It may have just been "how it was at the time" but I guess it's all about composing it to what you want it to say vs "let me just get this cool shot"... if doing for artsy reasons that is.

I know I'm always learning how to compose scenes and shots better, and reading everyone's critiques for everyone's photos is really helping me think differently on what I do next myself.

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 18 on 7/19/2013 3:34 PM >
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If you'd like to do some deep meditation on intention and detail in photography, check out Gregory Crewdson

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Re: Give it to me folks ... (NSFW)
<Reply # 19 on 7/19/2013 3:56 PM >
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Posted by MutantMandias
If you'd like to do some deep meditation on intention and detail in photography, check out Gregory Crewdson


Interesting work...

and Wow...that's setting up a shot!!

http://fadedandblu...ry-crewdson-15.jpg

I'm also going to start making my own urbex locations in my garage

http://www.happy-p...ry-crewdson-08.jpg

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