single photos Making the cut...Caroline, NY

Comments and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks...Bill

Bill, You've held exposure and detail over a wide tonal range and DOF, something that all indoor photograpghers face but don't always succeed with. That said, something about the lighting, or perhaps the positioning of the brighter area within the shot, that immediately takes the viewers attention away from the main? subject, making the man the equivalent of negative space. Also, the the action of the shot leads off frame, which doesn't help matters much. 

Overall the purpose of the picture feels divided- between an indoor under construction OR a worker using saw image when it could have been both.

 I think how I would have handled this, (and  might not have succeeded) would have been to take position in front of and to the right (his, a slight adjustment from where you were) of the man with the saw, letting the sight line of the image lead the viewer from the tool to the man to the room behind him. It would seem there is at least a little space in front of the sawhorse and plank, perhaps that wasn't a possibility?

I hope that I've come across as helpful, not derogatory. This style of wide angle action shot has alot of dynamic  potential.

Regards, Randall

the whites are very attractive... i like that he continues his work seemingly uncaring of the photographer... the primary subject of this brilliantly lit composition seems to be the man and his work against the backdrop of the room... i'd go for a 5:4 crop as uploaded... and consider a low contrast grayscale image (which seemed quite attractive when i converted it in Adobe Lightroom)

One thing I notice about your pictures is a lack of irony or judgement of any kind. In a world where everything seems to be spun one way or another, your pictures simply are.