Re: PF gallery on July 10, 2022

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Thanks, Emily. You've pretty much listed the strengths I find in that shot. It'll be framed for exhibition later this week.

On Sun, Jul 10, 2022, 10:23 PM Emily L. Ferguson <elferg308@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some comments:

Lew Schwartz - Hydrangea Fourth

More swag, a lot less big white blob up at the top - like eliminate it entirely since it has nothing to do with the Fourth.  The Red, White and Blue swag at the bottom is half the point.  The photo should be a horizontal with lots of swag on the bottom.


Christopher Strevens - Outside the café.

Very sweet, but the colors are very iPhone-y, lack depth and texture, like nearly all iPhone photography.


Roy Miller - How A Fish See Self in a Mirror

This is fun, although I’m not quite certain that the fish eye looking at the viewer is seeing itself in a mirror.  Are we fish!?


John Retallack - Andy

Our boss - and so good to see him looking so hale and handsome.


Guy Glorieux - at the museum

I liked this last week, the mimicry of the painting and statuary are a common tool to make an image congeal.  I probably would have taken advantage of a wide aperture and thrown either the statue or the painting soft, although that, too, is such a common tool in the trade.  I am always sooooo sure that the curators set these situations up and stand around listening to the visitors to see if anyone noticed!


Dan Mitchell - Horizont Alley Party

This is great.  I liked it the last couple of weeks, most especially the way the people at the “party” seem to be completely disinterested in the hard-working DJ, and so much enjoying their kaffee klatsch-ing.


Even the grabby-est shots deserve basic compositional thought.

Beware throw-it-at-the-wall-and-see-if-it-sticks captioning.  Photography is communication.


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