Hi Antonella, I do hope that you did not find my critique offensive, I just wanted to critisize a photo upon which I had noticed that your "true" photgraphic friends were all calling magificent. Sorry, but both you and I know it was not.
I too, like you, do not have a special studio, I use my home when necessary, I still have use the older camera's.
The amount of times that I have had to move the furniture from my living room just to make studio type facilities is un-countable.
But, there lies the truth in the art of photography. It is not how much money we have, just to produce the perfect photo, it is how much heart we have, to prouce the perfect image. That is the true art.
Being critisized is not a personal vendetta, it is only to bring out the best of the best, and I feel that you are one of the best but not being taken seriously enough.
I believe, that by being told that all of your photo's, by your "friends" (however satisfying), are brilliant it is not truly fulfilling your potential. You need to be told the harsher truths too.
This is not to say by any degree that any of your photo's are bad but how many of us really deserve the perfect 7's each tme? I really believe that you have the true potential to produce the perfect 7's and I would really love to see it happen, but until it does officially, please do not be offended by any of my critism, and I promise not to be offended by yours.
This would really have been great except for the extreme contrast and blown highlights. If you could do it over again, I suppose you'd expose for the subject only and let the background fall wherever it wanted to.
A very strong photo. Ironically, its first impression was frightening. The man's hooded head and body language suggests he is being held rather than relaxing. The title is critical and the tension between the truth of the scene and that fearful response invites some serious re-examination of both the photo itself and the viewer's perception. Thanks . . .
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