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A "Drives You Up The WALL!" Issue With Photos
Michael Pandolfo wrote:
Dec 02 12 01:38 pm Link rp_photo wrote: Hair bands on models wrist Dec 02 12 01:47 pm Link Alexandra - C wrote: I quite like this...... when done intentionally. Dec 02 12 01:55 pm Link intense puppy wrote: Can be done well Dec 02 12 01:57 pm Link Jonathan Souza wrote: Not that I can think of Dec 02 12 01:58 pm Link Also, over smoothed skin with no texture. 99% of the time it makes it look like the make-up was bad or the model had problem skin. Unless it's done with amazing style and skill, it comes across as tacky and/or amateur. Dec 02 12 02:01 pm Link Instagram Dec 02 12 03:16 pm Link DAN CRUIKSHANK wrote: Agreed, though I vastly prefer it to the real thing. Dec 02 12 03:23 pm Link Alexandra - C wrote: The only time I've ever been in a photo with a nude model, I was reflected in her eyes. Dec 02 12 04:56 pm Link Tilted horizons... Poor cropping... "It there are knees there must be feet..." Blood and Gore... Most HDR... Dec 03 12 12:07 am Link Cat photos, cross processing and HDR for the sake of HDR. Dec 03 12 02:11 am Link rfordphotos wrote: agreed and shots done in a cemetery , things sticking out of model's heads, improper cropping at a joint... just a few... Dec 03 12 03:36 am Link 1) I always find tattoos distracting. Maybe it's okay if the ink is the central part of the photo, but then the photo is just a copy of the tattoo artist's art. 2) Models staring wistfully out in space or out a window: what is she looking at? Why is she ignoring the photographer? 3) Blank or bored stares. 4) Threads like this, where uninvolved people say or imply what other people should or shouldn't do. Dec 03 12 09:23 am Link Unnecessary dutch angles bug. Shots where the model is clearly interacting with another photographer bug also. Dec 03 12 12:16 pm Link SPRINGHEEL wrote: +1 Dec 03 12 01:03 pm Link Snyder Studios wrote: +1 to all of this. Dec 03 12 01:09 pm Link Abuse of the hand bra. After a while its like, "for real? why not just keep your top on?" More than a couple of those in one port and it gets redundant. Dec 03 12 01:32 pm Link My thing would be showing the same image multiple times just different photoshop editing methods. I believe that we, as photographers, need to decide what look we want and go with it. If the end client wants it another way, do it. But for an online gallery, I just want to see the best photos and move on to the next. Dec 03 12 01:51 pm Link Pet dislikes are - Lingerie shots with the labels showing Otherwise good images of a model where the bra strap is showing Basic lack of attention to same detail I have done all these myself through lack of concentration. Dec 04 12 02:06 am Link Locked knees. I'm sure there are exceptions, but typically, I am NOT a fan. Dec 04 12 03:12 am Link Jonathan Souza wrote: Certainly: Dec 04 12 03:56 am Link any model or photographer that showcases an upside-down shot hasn't a clue about strong presentation. they are useless. they are fun, may appear cool but they are the worst and there isn't an agency in the world that will support them unless some client thinks they help sell a product or service. thankfully, clients know better...so should models and photographers. Dec 05 12 06:37 pm Link Are we talking cliches here OP, or technical errors with the photo itself? I don't like the head/face directly into armpit pose, I always think of deodorant checking when I see that Dec 05 12 06:43 pm Link Jonathan Souza wrote: There was an actor named John Erik Hexum. He was holding a prop .44 magnum loaded with blanks. After a flubbed line he put it to his head and it went off. The force of the blank charge blew a hole in his skull killing him. Dec 05 12 07:14 pm Link NYMPH wrote: UGH! I hear you! I'm very conscious about my feet. I unconsciously work them, but I make sure that they look good even if they aren't in the shot. My pet peeve, actually, is being cut off at the ankles. Dec 05 12 09:01 pm Link Jonathan Souza wrote: My husband was a marine and ALWAYS comments on improper gun handling in movies and photos too. I always see it too now. Dec 06 12 06:37 am Link For me, definitely hair elastics on wrists. Dec 06 12 06:38 am Link Plastic skin "beauty" shots!!:-(( Dec 06 12 06:50 am Link Stocking/Stayup tops so tight that they make bulges in thighs.  Dec 06 12 05:05 pm Link Selective coloring and pee yellow sky. Oh and heavy vignetting. Some of those "vintage" looks are awful. Dec 06 12 06:33 pm Link Marc Damon wrote: +++1 Dec 06 12 06:39 pm Link Models in "smelling their armpits" pose. . Dec 06 12 06:44 pm Link Red Sky Photography wrote: While we're on the subject of models "playing music," what really annoys me is pictures of people playing instruments with hand positions that make it clear that they know nothing about the instrument. Dec 06 12 06:52 pm Link The 'hair-band bracelet' Dec 06 12 06:54 pm Link When I see a photograph with a mistake in it that I've never made, I will ALWAYS be sure to point out that mistake. That hasn't happened yet. Dec 06 12 07:01 pm Link For me, anything that looks like it just came out of the camera. I can't stand it, even if the picture is "technically" well done. Take a few minutes and learn basic retouching techniques or find someone to do it for you. In today's modern world there is no excuse for not touching up for images. Dec 08 12 08:37 pm Link Jonathan Souza wrote: yes, guns being in an image at all.. Dec 08 12 08:48 pm Link S W I N S K E Y wrote:
Dec 08 12 08:54 pm Link Clothes! Honorable mentions go to Duck Face and HDR Dec 08 12 09:10 pm Link Horizon lines that aren't true horizontal... Lakes and bodies of water especially. You just know the photographer had the camera tilted and was too lazy or just not bright enough to know better to edit. The only exceptions are the extreme angles which are obviously done for effect. Dec 08 12 09:26 pm Link |
