Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i think if you ask for a response with a particular aspect of an image, ie: tilted horizon or straight or is the composition off balance, you will get a specific response which may lead to more discussion. It helps if you provide, maybe, a comment like, i was trying to show the cats in the harbor you give the potential commenter some direction. Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > Thinking about the recent thread(s) on photo comments and critiques: > > For me, > While comments such as: "?great, ?like it, ?number 4 is the best one, > ?doesn't do anything for me, ?WOW! ?looks like you missed the focus ?etc." > do provide a certain amount of motivation and encouragement (or sometimes > discouragement), > they don't really qualify as "very useful critiques." > > They simply express rather quick first impressions; > which I do value; > because that may be all the time and consideration our photographs receive > from most viewers. > > A detailed analysis (critique) of any given photograph (or body of > photographs) would need to consider and discuss: > > 1) The genre > ? ? ? ?a) commercial > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?1 - portrait > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2 - event > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?3 - advertising > ? ? ? ?b) news > ? ? ? ?c) editorial / documentary > ? ? ? ?d) fine art > ? ? ? ?e) casual / family > ? ? ? ?f) others > > 2) The conceptual context > ? ? ? ?a) what's the point? > ? ? ? ?b) what do you wish to communicate? > > 3) The aesthetics > ? ? ? ?a) composition > ? ? ? ?b) design elements > ? ? ? ?c) the moment > ? ? ? ?d) the light > ? ? ? ?e) feelings > > 4) The technicalities > ? ? ? ?a) exposure > ? ? ? ?b) focus > ? ? ? ?c) depth of field (or lack there-of) > ? ? ? ?d) color and/or tonality > ? ? ? ?e) noise / grain > ? ? ? ?f) etc. > > 5) How do the above three work (or not) together? > > 6) The historical context > ? ? ? ?a) place in history > ? ? ? ?b) place in art (or media) > ? ? ? ?c) from the traditional > ? ? ? ?d) to the cutting edge > > It may be helpful, if we want more than a cursory first impression comment, > to include information as to the intention and purpose for photographing > and > posting the photograph, > along with a clear request for advice regarding one or more of the above. > Some already do this - as in Lawrence's "IMG: Maggie at the helm - opinions > wanted." > > That of course is much different than what most of us tend to do here; > which amounts to simply sharing photographs (and sometimes stories) of > where we've been, what we've done, who we've seen, what we tend to look at, > gear demonstrations, etc.; > along with the occasional sharing of "actual client and/or published work." > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >