Here are my bitter, ignored again on fathers day impressions of the images as seen at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html jIMMY Harris (Western CANADA with a Flare) - Well jIMMY I admire the respect you have given THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD so its hard for me to find fault with your image except to say that she looks a tad blue and I suspect that lovely flare may have something to do with it. I've never been out west so as far as I know that's the way things look out there. This looks like a very difficult shot what with the sun in the lens and the high contrast subject. Sometimes you just have to get up earlier when the sun is kinder. Mark Harris (NYPD Cop and Skater) - Now to prove you're over your fear take your 8x10 view camera and set that up on the street. No avoiding confrontation there. Besides, having that dark cloth over your head really helps out the muggers. I like the amount of DOF. It separates the cop and blader a bit but not so much that they are out of context. The crooked horizon is bothering me. BTW I cannot shoot strangers myself but then they rarely form my kind of images anyway so it works out well. Richard Cooper (US Coast Guard Port of Rochester, NY 6-02) - This image has me pondering. Don't they have paint money in their budget or are they just coming back from a drug boat sinking exercises? Are these guys stuck on a sand bar? Most of all I want to know why you chose to chop off the bow of the boat and the antennae? I'm not sure I understand this image. Christopher Strevens, LRPS (Cafe on Road) - Never heard Micky D's referred to as a cafe. Perhaps this is tongue in cheek. For some reason this reminds me of the Burger King shots that appeared a while back yet this shot is more than that. The light post represents the lance of Don Quixote struggling in vain to topple the untopplable, relentless windmill called McDonalds. Roderick Chen - Awesome subject and what really impresses me is the way you took that basically blue and white scene and ran the yellow safety line perfectly straight down the frame. A line of man-made order in a chaotic and dynamic environment. Very nice touch and I would imagine it takes quite a bit of concentration to climb up there and then set up a shot. I would just be waving the camera around firing the trigger and panting 'work it' before passing out. So where was this taken? Is this the majesty of CANADA or Tibet? King/Arthur (Nightpatrol (South End, Boston)) - This is funky. The image is bringing back vague memories of playing with plastic army men although they are a different shade of green. This does look like the night scope I wasn't supposed to use on the ship when I was on lookout in the navy. I suppose its the bright yet monochromatic effect that I like. That's not really a night scope shot though is it? Guy Glorieux (Mannequin) - The shadow area at the bottom makes me want to see this as a positive but the rest of it I like just as it is. I like the way the image is balanced and the geometric progression from the round mirror on the left, the half dome of the mannequin's head and her squarely posed arm and the square windows. It looks more exotic in this print than it does in my positive version in my imagination. Very neat. Jose Luis Vasconcellos (Self portrait without a tip) - Beautiful, dramatic lighting and a really, really interesting pose. The pain on your face seems far greater than what I would expect from losing a tip. I'm definitely not a portrait photographer and quite often I don't get much from portraits but this one I really like. The emotion seems very genuine to me. Very nice work.
