The end of year exhibition by the final year HND students from Harrogate college will be held at the Victoria Shopping Center Next week (for 2 weeks). The Official opening is at 4pm on the 4th June, although work will be on display from the 30th May. So if you fancy a look, please go down there - and please forward your comments to me (cos some of my work will be there). cheers. Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Dall" <tdall@eso.org> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: gallery comments 27/5/03 > My thoughts on the current exhibition at > http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html > > ------------------ > Robin G. Ramos - Precious Pearl > A very sweet picture; Man (well, boy) and Nature united. The colors are > wonderful and the composition is good. It might have been improved if > the boys head was fully in the frame. I wonder what kind of image you > could get if the hands were just covering the sun and not using flash... > equally dramatic perhaps, and quite different? > > Marilyn Dalrymple - Waiting for a Home > The story (your text) does not come out of the picture. I see a cat > looking out the window (looking for freedom, open spaces...?) in some > non appealing surroundings ("I want to get out of here"). I would have > cropped a bit on the right, removing the cupboard (?) and making the > curtain extend out the image in both sides making it better balanced. > Your on-camera flash made a bright spot on the frame. > > Janine C. Hanson - St. Jerome with Fresco > That is well perceived! The statue seems to be acting in the fresco, and > yet he clearly does not belong there (he is blue). Very good placement > of the hands "touching". There is something with the balance - the left > part is troublesome... but of course the fresco painter never intended > this view! > > Judy Curiel - Barn with two holes > Nice colors, but you would have got more saturation and better sharpness > by shooting from right in front of it (but maybe your own shadow would > be falling on it then?) Now it seems a bit cluttered: the opening on > lower right, the oblique lines, the highlight reflections... > > Linda Wilson - > Nice movement, the fence and wall leading to the castle and - presumably > - on to the church. Anyway, there is some postcard-in-black-and-white > about it... like I cannot get the mood - it leaves me quite indifferent. > And it seems to be leaning a bit to the right, out of balance. > > Lea Murphy - Triangles > Triangles... but for geometrical abstraction I prefer a pose less > careless (the knee). The best triagle nude was made by Edward Weston, > and I can't help but compare... not fair, I know. > > Bob Talbot - Peacock > If you cut away the lower part (the ground) you have a very good image. > The movement blur is nice! You would have had the perfect shot if the > background behind him had been all green grass... > > Gregory david Stempel - Pillows in the Sun > Cut the lower left speck of light and the upper black rectangle and you > have a far better shot, with some very interesting light/dark patterns > and interactions. > > King/Arthur - Eddy in His New Apartment > Well, nice backlighted plant, a window frame, wall opposite...oh, > there's a bird as well ;-) It has a nice soft feeling to it, but the > right half of the image is essentially clutter. > > Dan Mitchell - Waiting > Streetshots... well, not my type of photo. Sorry. No clear idea (that I > can grasp), no connection between the two men. I keep asking why? > > Rand Flory - Dinner > Looks nice, I get hungry... But nothing else to sustain my interest in > the image. You could have tried to arrange patterns of food and shot > more from above. Or even much closer, focusing on a tomato leaving > everything else blurred. For example... > > Jim Davis - Coot Chicks > More birds Jim... ;-) The highlights in the background annoys me. I > would have liked to see more of the flower too. Have you considered a > polarizer to take out reflections from vegetation and water? > ------------------- > > That's it for this week. As always, it was a pleasure! > > Cheers, > Thomas >
