Lawrence Guy wrote:
Sure, this is one of the most enjoyable critique threads I've seen in some time.

Yeah, we actually got implicitly promoted to the level of very very experienced photographers, based on portfolio comparison. ;-)


He's a funny guy, true

Lawrence Guy wrote:
Sure, this is one of the most enjoyable critique threads I've seen in some time.

OP does it every few months.

If you are a fan of the Don Rickles 'Celebrity Roast' style of humor then this thread is for you....OP is a master of the style.

Check this out!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH23UjMG5wQ

You'll notice that most of what Rickles says has a ring of truth to it...

The fun part is waiting for somebody to make a butt-hurt reply

photo_guru2 wrote:
a little of both i guess..

an honest man, not a"photo guru" but not bad, not a gwc but not a professional

keep shooting

David Pollack wrote:

wow, interesting "work flow." 
as a rule, for me:
Commercial shoot -my clients tell me when we shoot; ad or client rep is at shoot reviewing images as we shoot, talent shows up, does what is needed and leaves;  client gets final edited shots next day (if not sooner.)
Stock shoot - I set schedule and location, talent shows up, does what is needed and leaves;  agency editor gets quick selects for review within a few days, I get reply with selects within about a week and return final editied files asap for final digital approval
Personal shoot - Talent shows up, does what is needed and leaves;  talent gets final edited files within a week.

jpb

lol i have a job besides shooting that only allows for editing in my off time. which is prob one day out of my off days. just shooting for fun and personal projects now.

David Pollack wrote:

THANK YOU

a decent amount of care went into these photos in lighting, design, post production.

keep on shooting

semi-pro

lol I'll take that, Thanks! I've been shooting less than a year. Any suggestion on what to fix?

PIEntertainment wrote:
Hit me!

You will be running a series of workshop????????????? Ay yi yi. Well there you have it. Do the participants get to see your photos first??

You do have average quality for MM, no that is not a thing to be proud of.

JPB (notice the caps)

Nick Wade Photography wrote:
go for it

well you have done it, I never thought that looking at photos of nude women could make me sick to my stomach but I was wrong.

JPB

David Pollack wrote:

HARSH? Have you ever shown a portfolio to an art director or art buyer?  Have you gone back and looked at any of the photos i have been "harsh" about? Would you please feel free to point out one example where I have been unfair or unreasonable in my comments?????

JPB

yes, ^ this one.

Five Moons wrote:
I carefully put my toe in the water....

Please, I beg you. Go to Abercrombie and Fitch, look at the posters, buy something just so you cna get a free shopping bag. That is well shot fabulous male erotica, go buy a Bruce Weber book.

You have  some nice images, but you don't need all the bad full frontal shots, they are just GWC images.

Go edit out 90% of what you have and come back. By the way, there are some better shots in your list " a few more of mine" again, seeing it all does NOT make it a good photo it does not make it a bad photo, either)

Lawrence Guy wrote:
Sure, this is one of the most enjoyable critique threads I've seen in some time.

Finally, someone who gets it. No one, not even I, give a shit what I say. I stand behind everything I have said and am confident that I have been factually accurate in 99% of what I have said, I am sure I have made a mistake here and there but it is meant to be amusing and honest.

Sorry, GWC

Martin K Photo wrote:

Yeah, we actually got implicitly promoted to the level of very very experienced photographers, based on portfolio comparison. ;-)


He's a funny guy, true

are you back again, since the last time, have you bothered to look at any professionaly shot magazines, books, web sites and then looked at your, well, I hate to call  them photos,

JPDA (just plain dreadfully awful)

Kien Hoang Photography wrote:
The truth has thorns. Sting me!

keep shooting, there seems to be something starting to happen, I'd like to see more

leave it at that

David Pollack wrote:
are you back again, since the last time, have you bothered to look at any professionaly shot magazines, books, web sites and then looked at your, well, I hate to call  them photos,

JPDA (just plain dreadfully awful)

JPDA,

Have not heard this one yet. I'll keep working on it :-))

David Pollack wrote:
....Please, I beg you. Go to Abercrombie and Fitch, look at the posters, buy something just so you can get a free shopping bag....

Hah I knew I was missing something! An A&F shopping bag! I think I just found a prop for my next shoot

Beautiful Sundays wrote:

OP does it every few months.

If you are a fan of the Don Rickles 'Celebrity Roast' style of humor then this thread is for you....OP is a master of the style.

Check this out!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH23UjMG5wQ

You'll notice that most of what Rickles says has a ring of truth to it...

The fun part is waiting for somebody to make a butt-hurt reply

Yes I do, every few months I try to throw some light on the BS that is MM. Again, no one should care what I say, either you believe it and agree with what I say or you don't.

I wish you could point out a single case where I am wrong in my reply. I will gradly admit it if I am wrong.

Swank Photography wrote:
Sure go for it

Thanks

we have done this before, you don't get any better with age or "experience" please take a look at the head sh*t (you can put any vowel in that is applicable) and tell me what you think of the lighting and the hightlight burning through the face.

I am not in any way offended by the concept your kill series, I am offened at how poorly it is done.

JPA

Scottsdale Images wrote:
ok, let me have it.....

Tuscon is a fabulous city. There I said something nice.

Oh wait, you were asking about photos.

JPB

David Pollack wrote:
HARSH? Have you ever shown a portfolio to an art director or art buyer?  Have you gone back and looked at any of the photos i have been "harsh" about? Would you please feel free to point out one example where I have been unfair or unreasonable in my comments?????

DanK Photography wrote:
JPB

yes, ^ this one.

Have you ever seen a decent photo let alone a great photo? now compare an even tolerable one to yours. I rest my case, of every page I have looked at, I am more certain of my assessment of yours than possibly any other.

David Pollack wrote:
Yes I do, every few months I try to throw some light on the BS that is MM. Again, no one should care what I say, either you believe it and agree with what I say or you don't.

I wish you could point out a single case where I am wrong in my reply. I will gradly admit it if I am wrong.

There is never a 'wrong' when people get roasted...that's the beauty of it! It's a big reason these threads are so popular.

Don Rickles was never 'wrong' when he tore strips off of Sinatra, Hope, Reagan, et al....they all had a laugh at their own expense/weaknesses

However, I doubt any of Rickles' 'victims' would have wanted to trade places with him...afterall, roasting was Rickles' only real claim to fame (and he was EXCELLENT at it)

BenJamesPhotography wrote:
I'd like to give this another shot....  Any improvement?

Isn't that what you ask your doctor? "My child has been in a coma for 13 months, any improvement?" Doctor replies "Well........... honestly, no"

JQuest wrote:
Please take a look

Seriously, I am intrigued. Why did you take the photos you have? Were you paid by the subjects? did you do it to learn something Do you just like looking at naked and semi-naked women, all are fine reasons, but I can't see a thing in any of the photos that is interesting.

GWPW

LDMDPhoto wrote:
Is this still going? Id like to know!

Now I wish it were not still going.

JPB

David Pollack wrote:

Isn't that what you ask your doctor? "My child has been in a coma for 13 months, any improvement?" Doctor replies "Well........... honestly, no"

Oh the pain....  Just when I thought I was going to pull through.  LOL

RPB Photography wrote:
too late for me to get a judgement? 

why do you have so many photos from each shoot, if you can't pick the best than none are good enough.

GWC

Dan Dozer wrote:
I used to think I was getting better.  Then a few weeks ago, I had a chance to hold some Brett and Edward Weston images in my hands.  What an exhilerating experience and then a total let down because now I think most of my stuff looks like amaturish crap.

Is there any hope for me?

Thank you, someone understands. In my beadroom is Sumo (Helmut Newton,) on my walls are original František Drtikol photo post cards (printed ca 1925, I wish I could afford larger sized vintage pieces of his) one original Avedon photo and more. These make me think that my work is total crap (as you say.) I do however know that I can go out on any assignment under any conditions, and come back with a professionaly shot, properly managed photo. I hold NO false beliefs about my skills, I wish I could shoot 1% as well as Bruce Weber, Joel-Peter Witkin, Bernd and Hilla Becher and dozens of others. That does not mean that I (nor anyone else who has asked for comments here) should stop shooting. My only wish is that many more on MM would be honest and realistic about their talents. There is no sin in having a crappy day (unless you are being paid for the shoot and then nothing less than professional work is acceptable) but it is scary how many comments there are on mm with words of profundity such as "a masterpiece" "this belongs in a museum" "absolutely PERFECT"....

As to you, if you would thin the number of photos to your best 10 you would look a million times better.

Not bad for what you shoot, keep on shooting, keep on looking at Weston or whoever else YOU respect and you can only improve. Others here can bury their heads in the sand and you can be sure of where they will end up.

David Pollack wrote:

we have done this before, you don't get any better with age or "experience" please take a look at the head sh*t (you can put any vowel in that is applicable) and tell me what you think of the lighting and the hightlight burning through the face.

I am not in any way offended by the concept your kill series, I am offened at how poorly it is done.

JPA

Ok

David Pollack wrote:
Thank you, someone understands. In my beadroom is Sumo (Helmut Newton,) on my walls are original František Drtikol photo post cards (printed ca 1925, I wish I could afford larger sized vintage pieces of his) one original Avedon photo and more. These make me think that my work is total crap (as you say.) I do however know that I can go out on any assignment under any conditions, and come back with a professionaly shot, properly managed photo. I hold NO false beliefs about my skills, I wish I could shoot 1% as well as Bruce Weber, Joel-Peter Witkin, Bernd and Hilla Becher and dozens of others. That does not mean that I (nor anyone else who has asked for comments here) should stop shooting. My only wish is that many more on MM would be honest and realistic about their talents. There is no sin in having a crappy day (unless you are being paid for the shoot and then nothing less than professional work is acceptable) but it is scary how many comments there are on mm with words of profundity such as "a masterpiece" "this belongs in a museum" "absolutely PERFECT"....

Whoa whoa whoa whoa....

I'm following this thread with delight because of what I saw as comic genius on your part, and it turns out you do this because 'fluffy' comments irritate you????

Egad...feels like finding out Hans Gruber was doing it just for the money.. 

Anyway, I'm disappointed by your confessed reasons for creating these threads, but I still think you are funny....

PS I will include your "1% wish" in my prayers for you tonight...keep the faith!! 

Anthopal Photography wrote:
Okay I am game.

some of your headshots are quite nice, the 2nd shot on your page is by far the best thing you have. Keep shooting these and you could get a bunch of work from nY actors.

semi pro