Bob, I love your definitions, and ask permission to use it when I have the task of judging pictures. This should be next week when I select the annual winners from a monthly competition on the internet. I am glad you did not submit a few days earlier, as I have been away the past week with a total hip replacemnt, and so dumped most of the mail. Jim Thyer. Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Talbot" <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: Are your photos CRAP? > To clarify matters, in any future reviews I will be assessing images > in the PF gallery by four criteria, C, R, A and P. > > C - Content: what is the photo of? what is it's purpose > R - Reaction: what does the image say? what impact does it have? > A - Aesthetics: the artistic / compositional elements. What of the > photographer is in the image > P - Practice: the more technical aspects of photographic technique. > Is it sharp? Is it well lit/exposed > > > Basically, if the weighted CRAP score is high, then, IMO, the photo is > anything but crap and vice versa. Sadly, there is no room ion my book > for the "Artist's statement" - sorry Mr unRosen ;o( > > Bob >
