owahc Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Hey guys and girls. You may remember I posted a link AGES ago regarding a gallery I was to have of my work. The link below will take you to 12 that I have selected. I am thinking I would like around 15 pictures in total. Please have a look at the selection and let me know if there are any you think I shouild leave out. Thanks K http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation?presentation_id=365662 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aginbyte Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Link doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelging Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=4007003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owahc Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=776950 Sorry guys, this link should work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stsva Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 You have some interesting images; it's hard to say what you might want to leave out without knowing what you plan to replace it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stsva Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 If I had to choose without being able to compare to potential replacements - everything is relative :-) - I'd drop these (starting with the first and working down, depending on how many you needed to drop): 1) Squirrel 2) Tower Bridge 3) Waves I picked these because, although they're all nice images, they aren't (for me at least) as interesting as the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_leonin Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Kimberley - the photos do not seem to have any unifying theme or do not convey your skills or preferences. Examples: 1) the flower is out of focus; 2) the squirrel seems like a chance snap that you happened by while talking a walk; 3) the sea crashing against the rocks and the sun coming out from behind the clouds, while somehwat nice, don't really say anything; and, 4) what's the story with the duck? The rest of them do have the unifying theme of: "Structures from unique perspectives," so all of those do seem to belong with each other. I'm not saying a "theme" is necessary, but the presentation somehow seems disjointed. It just seems like you're still unsure of your vision, and still searching. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that, and there's nothing wrong with having many different interests, but again, it just doesn't seem to "flow." Rather than go on further, since we are photographers, let me just show you what I mean... go to my site at: http://klix.smugmug.com I'm not asking for critique, nor do I claim that the images are any good, but if you look at the galleries, you will see some unifying theme. You may or may not like that theme, but you cannot deny that it is there. Just my own humble opinion... Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdae Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I agree- take out the ones mentioned above and you have a great unified body of work. The images that need to go weaken the whole presentation. Without them the presentation is much stronger, and as a result, each image comes across as stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_leonin Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 BTW, I have to say -- Michael Ging (who responded above) has probably forgotten more in the past couple of minutes than you and I can ever hope to learn about photography in our combined lifetimes, so make sure you take his comments to heart. The link he posted above illustrates in one line what I tried to convey in long-winded fashion. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I don't understand the Michael Ging thing -- his posted link points to "Thornton" nothing? Is that supposed to be subtle or even helpful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_hardy1 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I don't get the empty portfolio either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_leonin Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Interesting... when I clicked on the link right before I posted, there were some images there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifti Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I have looked at your portfolio. There are three picture that IMHO rate lowest on your portfolio and they are: 1: Angel's decent not a complete picture, i.e foreground-mid ground-and BG. Although there can be exceptions . 2: Remember the dead.. tilted camera and poor exposure.. 3: Goosey Gander bad exposure on head and bill. Regards ifti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lptem Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Kimberly: Your work is interesting, but I would probably ditch the squirrel, the waves crashing on the rocks, and the eiffel tower image. They just are too common, and bring the level of everything else down. nice job, lauren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owahc Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Thanks for all your responses...Still trying to decide on a theme... May go with architecture. If tehre are any others in my other folders you think are gallery worthy... please let me know! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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