At 8:26 AM -0400 7/28/12, Andrew Davidhazy wrote:
The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated July 28,
2012. Authors with work now on display at:
http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include:
Emily Ferguson - The Elizabeth Islands on a still day
Thanks for the positive comments.
D.L. Shipman - D.
Reminiscent of Karsh's Hemingway. I do think I would open it up a
bit - there is something discomfitting about the model's left eye.
John Palcewski - Piccola Roso
A very wide range of brightnesses makes this situation very difficult
and the lack of a sense of direction makes the image not work for me.
I would add more headspace and a little more on the R side and get
rid of some on the bottom and open up the shadow on the petal on the
bottom of the flower a bit.
Lea Murphy - Edyn
I'm having a lot of trouble with the internal logic of this set-up.
Why is the little girl sitting on the sidewalk in a best dress with
her hair all done up? She would, logically to me, be wearing rompers
and have a smudge or even scrape on her face from playing in a place
like that. And what is the function of the Tonka Toy in front of her
when she's all dressed up for a photo shoot and not for play? And if
she's playing, why is she not smiling or looking like she's having
fun? Her eyes look either very posed or a little unwilling to
cooperate. And where are her legs?
Rene M Hales - Looking Out/Looking In
I agree with some of the other comments that there's some amount of
brightness imbalance between the model and the reflection. The
reflection does seem too hot. In addition there seems to be a bit
too much on top of the reflection's head. I think I would crop some
more off of the top. Finally, there's no metaphorical expression of
the "looking in" part. The model is simply staring without putting
out any feeling one way or the other.
Yoram Gelman - Street Seller
The other day I met a vet who had lost many of his teeth - an
American vet from the Iraq or Kuwait era. He did, however, have a
very modern prosthetic lower leg. This image brings to my mind the
same dismay I felt when I met him - that the common necessities of
decent health care have failed both these folks. As for the internal
logic of the image, the title seems to imply that the woman is
selling something. It would be more successful, in my opinion, if
there were evidence of that.
Christopher Strevens - she sleeps
Every once in a while Chris stumbles upon an image so true that we
forget that he's not doing it on purpose.
Rand Flory - Classic Machu Picchu
Presumably Rand doesn't want us to address the technical weaknesses
of his submission! But I will say if he really wants it to be
"classic" there ought to be a middle aged, slightly overweight,
joyously smiling, middle class couple clutching their politically
correct water bottles in the foreground!
Bob McCulloch - Rehoboth Beach Scene
The heavy cyan tonalities in the sky, along with the mustardy yellow
sand, cause me to wonder whether some further adjustment of the color
isn't needed here. I do like the balance between the beach grass
area and the overcast sky, and the crop seems just fine to me.
Trevor Cunningham - dick dale
That big steel plate is a bear, and his bald pate adds to the
problem. I guess I'd really tone them down. The guitar pegs are
completely blown out and blooming as well - a good indicator that
work really needs to be done here. I wish he looked like he was
having fun but I know from years of watching this sort of gig that
even when they're having fun their concentration outshines their joy
most of the time. The image brings to my mind Kostas' myriad efforts
to shoot great images in this environment. He doesn't put in many
appearances here any more, sadly, but he might have something to add
to my thoughts.
Thanks to all. Remember, Andy's in Buda-Pest and probably speaking
one of the most unusual languages humans have ever created right this
very moment, so we have a couple weeks to weight in on our thoughts
about the gallery!
So weigh in.
And send him something in a couple weeks when he's on his way back to
the US of A.
--
Emily L. Ferguson
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