Please e-mail the postcode Chris http://www.chrisscrazyideas.co.uk http://www.chrissgallery.co.uk |> -----Original Message----- |> From: owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu |> [mailto:owner-photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu]On Behalf Of Michael |> Ibbetson |> Sent: 28 May 2003 01:05 |> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students |> Subject: photographic exhibition in Harrogate UK |> |> |> 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 |> > |> |> |>
