aaron emanuel litvinoff

dear all, I wonder if anyone could critique this photograph for me. I think the main

problem with it is perhaps a bit of lens distortion. any comment welcome

 

thanks!

great tones, composition, and timing! well done!

thanks for your advice.Yes, I probably could crop the left of the image more but I wanted to try and keep the face in the middle of the shot.

 

How do you find it strange? Is it just unnerving? Would love to know. best

Hey, is this too low key? Any further advice on anything, tones, composition, whatever

appreciated. Thanks!

I know the right of his chest is washed out. Apart from that, any tips?

Any advice on this welcome. How could I have improved this shot, especially in terms

of composition? Thanks!

How do you find this? I desaturated the background; should I have kept it all as b/w?

any other comments or suggestions appreciated. this is part of a set, please check the

others (tom, will roof)

how much did they pay you?! and how did that gig come about?

fine, but whose work is this? yours or the gardener?

great stuff, how much of this is edited? did you find the car like that or stick it in? the shadow would suggest the latter.

he looks like a bald don lafontaine! I'm interested to know how you persuaded him to have his photo taken? tip: next time use a faster shutter speed. he's blurry and this really detracts from the photograph. great choice of subject, though

fantastic! i feel dizzy looking at it! great sense of movement, good colour, very amusing content and pose. lighthearted. this makes me happy! i want to dance too!

 

did you get the movement at the time or add it afterwards?

quirky, sexy, interesting crop and composition. I really think she's hot - and this is a refreshing change to all the gratuitious nudes on this site.

I can't quite figure out what the theme is, who the people are, and why there is sky in the middle of the shot. This is quite a disconcerting image, but perhaps that was your intention.

thanks for the critique, although I think that someone's bedroom is not a place where one would expect to find a disco ball! I quite like the grain created by this film too.

This is a great shot and would justify, in my opinion, deletion of your other shots from the same angle. Here you have not only the architectural subject, but its environmental context. The trees add compositional value. Excellent.

I would lose this - there is unsightly flare on one half of the image, creating unacceptable distortion.

you need to be more selective in your choice of images. you have uploaded about 8 images of the eiffel tower. you should choose no more than one, if they are broadly from the same perspective. diversity of shots and composition is the key to a great portfolio, in my opinion.

This shot would function well as an informative photo for a directory of cafes in a local area. In this particular shot it does not look like you have made any creative effort in terms of composition or subject matter. It's a bit point and shoot. Next time, why not experiment with some new angles - get down low - and also, ZOOM into your subjects! The building isn't interesting, the people are. What do they look like? What do their faces suggest? How do they interact with their surroundings? What is in the window? Does this affect the subjects? In this shot, we'll never know any of this.

Thanks very much for your critique! Some valued points there. In terms of the skin in this particular shot - I burned it in as much as I could, and think that (on my monitor at least) there are enough greys, evidence being the hand details. That's just me though.

 

As for the crop (or lack of) - good point. There is a lot of sky in this photo, and I could have cropped some out. I think though, that when the image is seen in full (for some reason I have to scroll with this one) then it looks okay because it gives perspective as to his height (I didn't want him to look like a giant, and more sky makes him look less tall).

 

Very interesting point about how his walking out of the photograph could be distracting. I think this is subjective, and I don't have a problem with it, although now I can see how some might. I like to think that he looks as if he is looking forward, leaving something behind - ie the shadow - rather than reflecting on his shadow as he would be if he was staring into the photograph. I don't think I could have composed this another way with that objective. I will think hard about this, however.

 

I consider photographs where people are the main subjects to be in the genre of portraiture - I guess there are different types. Although I agree - we don't really find out any more about him. This is part of a series of shots, depicting two men on a roof, but I haven't come up with any real concept behind it. My aim was just to take pretty shots. I guess that bearing in mind the lack of biographical detail this probably would do better in the street photography category. Do you know how I can change the category?

 

My web address is functioning as a modest (I hope) watermark - what's the etiquette here?

 

Thanks again for your and others responses, much appreciated

her eyes are like golfballs. did you edit this?

why is this black and white? His shirt and feather boa look like they have some great colour in them. You could tint it or something. Agreed about the composition. I'm personally repulsed by the man's face, but that has nothing to do with you, I guess.

What do you think of this? Comments appreciated. Advice and suggestions for

improvement desired. Thanks

great colour, great composition. what lens and camera did you use?

The subject matter is funny, although I would experiment with different backgrounds. The background here adds to the shot because it is domestic and mundane. However, I think that other domestic objects would do this better justice. How about an assortment of regular still lifes on a table? Fruit has historically gone very well with other objects that can fit on a table. A bike ain't that. Great object though.