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I took this in San Francisco. A cathedral of modern design, everywhere

you looked there were wonderful images to be made.

This is the second version of this landscape, Taken in a beautiful

twilight in death valley.

I found this view by scouting about on some rocky outcrops near

Badwater. Twilight was beautiful this evening, the whole scene was

bathed in subtle pjnk light.

Hi Thanks for your input, critique is always welcome

The portrait posted was from a family photo shoot, during a 2 hour period walking in the woods, all the lighting is natural, I try and find places where the ilght is working for me as I know this location well. I appreciate there is a distracting light element in the left corner and have actually toned this down already, but still working on it for the print

I appreciate the full on body pose is not good and try to avoid it ... I asked Alice to turn towards me, she was turning around and this was the best expression of the series so I went for this one. I should have moved myself a bit quicker... Its definately a sharp learning curve on location, its about moving fast and thinking quickly, I wonder if I should soften the right shoulder to balance the left?

You points are well taken I do have a different opinion on the point below

The family wanted to dress casually and like many young middle class british girls doesn't wear a lot of make-up, she is only 16.

I advised co-ordinating colours between the family members and they achieved this very well but wouldn't go so far as to recommend make-up. So for me and the family I think the 'before' look is what we were going for.

British people for you!

Thanks Jane

Taken during a family photo shoot, this is a portrait of the oldest

daughter, she has a real pre-Raphaelite look about her.

A bog in the scottish island of Harris. I loved the muted tones and

the bog plants .

Taken on a family shoot, the overcast lighting and my 85L at f1.2 both

made good contributions to this image. Thanks to mum for colour

coordinating Ellis even down to her little bunnie.

Hi,

Taken after a sleep-over at my friend's house, the kids went along to

the park before going home, I got the boys to do a 'survivors' photo

in a location I love for its soft light and interesting backdrop. I

wish you could see it at higher resolution as there is some lovely

detail in here.

Taken in the Berlin Holocaust Memorial.. these 'fire exits' of

descending stairs are a very imposing feature that adds a further

disturbing edge to being within the monument..

When I took this image, I knew it was destined for black and white, I

hope you agree

The Holocaust Memorial is a place for reflection. I tried to impart

some sense of what I experienced in camera.

Taken in Berlin, such wonderful architecture that is great source of

abstract shapes. I enjoyed the juxtaposition of the tree, the long

focal length gave me the flat planes that I think enhance the surreal

feel to this composition.

Taken in run down street in Berlin, I spent some time capturing

reflections in the grubby window. Most people thought I was slightly

unhinged others just tried to ignore my antics.. I came up with this...

I was visiting Berlin on business and spent some time in the holocaust

memorial. In fact I visited it three times over my 5 day stay. A

wonderful work, it evokes many different responses. Although not

directly connected by blood or country to the victims, I feel

connected to the incident by being a member of mankind, lessons never

seem to be learnt though (race hatred and race slaughter still

continues in our world).

I was very taken with the children in the monument as they explored

the environment...... it is a captivating place.. the

children/teenagers just enjoyed the experience of being within it,

which was not unexpected...but thought provoking

I noticed cracks in some of the monoliths and wondered if these might

also be useful in the image to use as a metaphor for questioning

whether there is a loss of relevance of the holocaust to people of

this new age. . so I added a second crack to the monolith on the right

to strengthen the idea.. the cracks don;t jump out at once but I

prefer the subtlety.. but interested in your thoughts

I have blown the highlights in the sky on purpose.. to add a feel of

'a higher place' to the image, capturing the detail in the background

just didn't have the same strength..I found this little girl the

strongest subject due to her 'Arian' features.

I really like this,

Great colour and shapes and interesting interactions.

I think a lot of the photo.net crowd don't appreciate a good image unless it is manipulated to an inch of its life...so ignore the mark you achieved..

Jane

Hi I visited this location of Landguard Fort in Suffolk a month or so

back and was really keen to return with my son to try out some images.

This is what we came up with.

HI

You put together an interesting composition with a powereful narrative and the lighting is great, ( it appear slightly cramped on the left , just slightly though).

I do however feel that you have gone overboard with your message here, less is more as the saying goes. Obviously to get the attention of the photo.net crowd something like this has immediate impact and is very effective ( well it got my attention didn't it). I was thinking whether you might also like to think about how you might go about making an image with more subtlety, it would be interesting to see, maybe leaning towards to the ideas of the dutch masters of still life who conveyed meanings of life and death, mortaility, though various visual meataphors.

Anyway I really enjoyed seeing this

Jane

I am really like this portrait, the lady has a certain dignity and is not afraid of your camera which also lends it a very natural feel. The only thing that hurts the image is the bright white of the towel, could you bring the highlights back a bit on the towel, so it doesn't dominate the scene.

Thanks

Jane