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Aspect By Allanah
Posts: 2110
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Which-ever way I will be fair and try to give you my best advice on improving your skill. So choose the severity of your critique; Blow smoke up your ass and tell you what you want to hear? or Take the time to assess your body of work and give you the best advice on improvement (if you need it). Or anyhting inbetween  [edit] Back now, for a bit[/edit]
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Deletethisaccount
Posts: 79
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
I'm in! I just added a bunch of pictures and sure need to narrow it down but don't know what to keep in my port (ditch the old? keep 1-2 of each shoots?).
Thanks!
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Jeffrey M Fletcher
Posts: 4861
Asheville, North Carolina, US
Sure, take your time, thanks.
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D A N I
Posts: 4627
Little Rock, Arkansas, US
Let me know what you think. I keep asking for critiques but get ignored haha
Added some new photos, tear me apart if needed!
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I Ference Photography
Posts: 1202
Brooklyn, New York, US
Please take the time to assess my port and give me as many pointers as you can for improvement!
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Paul Tirado Photography
Posts: 4363
New York, New York, US
Take a look and let me know. As severe as you wish.
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L Raye
Posts: 5045
Petaluma, California, US
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Jordan LW
Posts: 11
Woodland, California, US
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Maria Panina
Posts: 142
New York, New York, US
I'm all for improvement. Please, have a look
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Ray Urner Photo
Posts: 91
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Would definitely love the latter, please!
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Harold Rose
Posts: 2925
Calhoun, Georgia, US
S K E L E T O N K E Y wrote:
Which-ever way I will be fair and try to give you my best advice on improving your skill.
So choose the severity of your critique;
Blow smoke up your ass and tell you what you want to hear?
or Take the time to assess your body of work and give you the best advice on improvement (if you need it).
Or anyhting inbetween You need a couple more years of experience before giving others crit.
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Jeffrey M Fletcher
Posts: 4861
Asheville, North Carolina, US
S K E L E T O N K E Y wrote:
I think you've cut your port back quite a bit since the last time I saw it, and I really like it.
There are definetely some wall hangers in there that I love, but there are a few that don't really speak to me that much.
Such as: (18+)
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/27403454
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/25582904
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/28623297
They don't seem as well excecuted or interested to me, i'm not too sure how to explain it. I think it's a mix of the concept, framing and tones that throw me off a bit.
Alltogether your work is really quite beautiful and inspires me, as I love that sort of vivid dream style.  My thanks, and it's quite a perceptive take on my work. That last image of the three you linked is an earlier version, and when I prepared it for a show last year I did some fairly significant work on the tones - and I was glad I did. I probably should take those out in an update.
Thanks again, and best of luck.
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T A Y L O R
Posts: 2990
Seattle, Washington, US
Harold Rose wrote:
You need a couple more years of experience before giving others crit. Does that mean he can just go into his profile and change his "experience years" to 55 years? 
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Thomas Prusso
Posts: 19
San Diego, California, US
i'm in! please let me know what i can do better.
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Jen B
Posts: 4474
Phoenix, Arizona, US
S K E L E T O N K E Y wrote:
Take the time to assess your body of work and give you the best advice on improvement (if you need it).
Thank you for it.
Jen
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Lela Jesse
Posts: 1148
Shasta Lake, California, US
Please send out your most helpful, constructive serious critique! I'd love some help! Throw in some negatives too, anything I can improve on!
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Rachael Bueckert
Posts: 1122
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
I'd like you to blow a lot of smoke up my ass.
Like, if no one knew what was happening they would think my bowels spontaneously combusted.
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_BlossomFairy_
Posts: 155
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
I'll go for whatever critique as long as it can helps me improve since I am new.
Thanks,
-Amy
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Celine Sophia
Posts: 503
Santa Barbara, California, US
Serious critique please, where do I go from here?
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Fergy
Posts: 22436
Fenton, Michigan, US
 Moderator Warning! Harold Rose wrote:
You need a couple more years of experience before giving others crit. If you don't like the critique thread, don't post in it.
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Garry k
Posts: 30129
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I will take a 3 Jalapeno Pepper Critique Senor
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Images by MR
Posts: 8908
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
S K E L E T O N K E Y wrote:
Take the time to assess your body of work and give you the best advice on improvement (if you need it).
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Odin Photo
Posts: 1462
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Harold Rose wrote:
You need a couple more years of experience before giving others crit. No, they really don't. In fact someone with no technical experience at all can give a critique. In art, everyone but the creator, is a viewer. It doesn't matter if they are experienced or not. They'll have an opinion and for them, they will be correct.
Fictitious conversation I made up at a world class restaurant;
"How do you like your food?"
"It's terrible."
"Have you even taken a remedial cooking course in high school you cretin? Our head chef is world renowned. Your inexperienced palate probably doesn't even "get it".
"Oh I get it alright. I got it right in my mouth and now I'm sad about it. I've been eating all my life, so I do have some experience, and this is pretty much garbage in my opinion. You asked me how >I< like my food. Not how it compares to the standards of the IHTCC aka, International Hoity Toity Chef's Conglomerate."
They are offering a critique, based on >their< experience, natural propensities and views towards art. That is obvious. Anyone who doesn't get that has a bit of something wrong upstairs and I'm not talking about an air conditioning problem. And I'm pretty sure they've been looking at art their entire life, whether casually or critically and have used that vast experience to form their opinions. They are already capable of giving a critique, regardless of their years as a photographer.
I am certain that there are extremely experienced and renowned artists in their field that would have polar opposite critiques on any given art work, and because of that, the level of experience really becomes meaningless in a critique and it all gets boiled down to subjective opinion. If two world renowned artists can disagree on the intrinsic artistic value of a piece, then there is no consistency brought about by experience and it loses some of it's meaning being critiqued by someone experienced.
Skeletonkey. Go ahead and take your time. Whether you are kind or harsh, I will just realize that you are one of a multitude of possible opinions out there and will be interested either way.
Good luck to you. Much success in work and life.
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Eros Fine Art Photo
Posts: 3097
Torrance, California, US
Give it to me hard and straight. I'd like to know.
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Aspect By Allanah
Posts: 2110
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Danielle Reid wrote:
Let me know what you think. I keep asking for critiques but get ignored haha
Added some new photos, tear me apart if needed! I think it's good that you are wanting to expand into lots of different genres, which will hopefully stop you getting typecasted into amateur glam/t&a work.
Which unfortunetely is what most of your portfolio consists of.
Personally I don't like most glamour/soft porn images so take my thoughts as you will.
You need to be very carefull of your body and face, some of your posing makes your body look even shorter and stalker:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/32439797
Also with your body shape, shooting face-on whilst nude isn't doing you any favours what so ever. Learn how to light yourself, being more aware of how your body looks whilst shooting which will save time in directions.
Some of your nude images would make me think you have saggy breasts, but learning your shape and light control could change that.
Alltogether your current portfolio doesn't appeal to me too much.
I think you can do better, but not exceedingly. If it's something you enjoy doing and want to expand your genres, that's fine and have fun but in all fairness I wouldn't think of it as a full time career.
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Seismic Images
Posts: 525
Morisset, New South Wales, Australia
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Jorge Kreimer
Posts: 3716
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Sure, go ahead and assess.
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D A N I
Posts: 4627
Little Rock, Arkansas, US
S K E L E T O N K E Y wrote:
I think it's good that you are wanting to expand into lots of different genres, which will hopefully stop you getting typecasted into amateur glam/t&a work.
Which unfortunetely is what most of your portfolio consists of.
Personally I don't like most glamour/soft porn images so take my thoughts as you will.
You need to be very carefull of your body and face, some of your posing makes your body look even shorter and stalker:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/32439797
Also with your body shape, shooting face-on whilst nude isn't doing you any favours what so ever. Learn how to light yourself, being more aware of how your body looks whilst shooting which will save time in directions.
Some of your nude images would make me think you have saggy breasts, but learning your shape and light control could change that.
Alltogether your current portfolio doesn't appeal to me too much.
I think you can do better, but not exceedingly. If it's something you enjoy doing and want to expand your genres, that's fine and have fun but in all fairness I wouldn't think of it as a full time career. Maybe I should have asked for you to blow smoke up my ass  . Now I feel like deleting everything in my port. And my boobs ARE saggy I'm saving up for a breast augmentation. Thanks anyway. I guess I could always just stick with being behind the camera.
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Jahanara
Posts: 124
Washington, District of Columbia, US
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Ceci L
Posts: 235
Villena, Valencia, Spain
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Moderator Warning!
. Now I feel like deleting everything in my port. And my boobs ARE saggy I'm saving up for a breast augmentation. Thanks anyway. I guess I could always just stick with being behind the camera.
