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Xiao Cai

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    Very interesting! Nice composition! The tones are not consistent of whole picture, especially the model’s skin tone - it is too white like a sculpture. I would prefer that it more emphasizes the toning (blank and white) and focus on the model’s body, not on the leaf.

    Education...

          76

    Probably that is the reason why this picture was failed! This picture didn’t have a clear concept or the photographer didn’t represent his idea clearly.

    I don’t know how the photographer got his idea, but apparently there are some mistakes in this picture.

    First the focus is not right. The focus should be on the child and the father, not on the puppet.

    Second the relationship among the characters is not so clear. Please note it is in a family, this family treats their child in their own way. The woman on the strings is the child’s mother. Only a mother loves her son so much so that she 100% satisfies her son requirement. Who is the woman on the floor? The child’s sister! Apparently the photographer made a mistake here; he should use a little girl, not a grown woman; please note the little doll on the floor – a boy don’t play with a doll, this doll is a little sister’s doll!

    So I said the concept of this picture is that a family spoiled their child in a funny way.

    Education...

          76

    Sorin Pascu, when you look at this picture, do you think the photographer knows the compostion?

    Not following rules doesn’t mean not knowing rules!

    "Everyone who picks up a camera can easily follow them, especially that nowadays many cameras have focusing screens that actually divide the image into thirds."
    Are you talking about the composition?

    Education...

          76

    If there is no title “education”, can you seen what this picture mean? For me this picture just descripts how a family spoiled a child. They all are in one family. There is no any “bad human manipulation” meaning in this picture. Please note the title is “education” so the main character would be the child, the next characters would be father, mother (the woman on the strings), and sister (the doll on the floor).

    Education...

          76

    That would be the worst! Apparently the photographer didn’t know what the composition is, what 1/3 rule, and so on…

    This pictures is consisted of multiple subjects, so it is very important to understand principles of a composition, which helps you compose a picture, otherwise a picture would be a big mess…

    Education...

          76

    Please don’t forget viewers. I don’t presume what the photographer was trying to do. I only consider what I am seeing and then what triggers me to think. Apparently in the first step I have difficulties to see what the photographer wanted me to see.


    Please note that what viewer seen causes what viewers to think, it is not that what viewer think helps what viewer to see. The main purpose of a composition is to help viewers to see.
    That is the reason why I said this picture is very unsuccessful, because it is simply interpreting the concept and don’t consider any photography techniques such as composition, lighting, focus, DOF and so on.

    Education...

          76

    Why is the central view point the radio, not main subject? What is main subject?
    The reason why I notice the radio first is because three wall lines point to the radio, then I notice the woman on the strings second (from her head to her legs) because it is the most contrast of black and white in the picture; then I go back to the radio again because the wall line drawing me to the radio. So my eyes switch back and forth between the radio and the woman…

    Education...

          76

    I am not talking about the concept, but about the way how to describe the concept. I am not talking about an “aesthetic statement”, but an “aesthetic “side in photography.
    Who is main subject? The woman on the strings? Apparently not if you consider the concept of this picture…

    Education...

          76

     

    Each photograph has a concept. A photograph with a creative concept doesn’t mean a good photograph. This picture reminds me the movie “Chicago” but in that movie, there are very clear relationships between subjects and a very good story line. This picture should be re-shot, probably should consider the composition, how to emphasize the main character and relationships among characters.

    Education...

          76

     

    Lighting is not good, very confused by which is the main subject and what relationships between subjects, and the composition is also not good. This picture didn’t have any photography’s techniques. In my opinion this picture is very unsuccessful.

    Water Dragon

          85

    Very well describe the important information by the relationship of “focus” and “blur”, and if this relationship were achieved by Photography technique such as DOF, this picture would be really into photography’s areas…

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