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James McGinnis
{K:6045} 3/8/2006
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Nicely done! Always nice to see something unique from my wife's home town!
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Chris Hunter
{K:25631} 3/8/2006
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Thanks James, once you've been to Newport (much less born there) you'll never forget it!
Cheers,
Chris
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Leo Régnier Я£
{K:62884} 3/8/2006
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Great stil life, with great ligth!! Congratulations Chris!!
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martijn wams
{K:6156} 3/8/2006
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indeed the spot of light gives a great play of shadow over the subject. It's a great sharpness and composition. To go with the subject you could ad some grain and sepia color to the photo. Great work. congrats.
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Chris Hunter
{K:25631} 3/8/2006
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Thanks for any comments or suggestions.
The sepia suggestion is a good one. I think this is probably how it will be printed in the magazine.
Thanks again,
Chris
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Abid Muhammad
{K:2403} 3/8/2006
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VERY NICE MOMENTS AND EXCELLENT EFFORT,
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Dave Stacey
{K:115782} 3/9/2006
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Well done, Chris! Good lighting on the box and also the bit of hardwood floor you've picked up, so typical of these old buildings.
Dave.
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brit warren
{K:1516} 3/9/2006
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Great shot. Perfect in every aspect.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:184670} 3/9/2006
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Hi Chris,
Reading your about, I think you did really well. Good background, angle, camera control and a bit of luck with the light.
The difficulty with direct sunlight is that it creates rather hard contrasts and shadows. And even though you did very well in preserving the details in those dark parts, I think it would've done the photo justice if you had used a second light source or some kind of reflection screen to get a bit more light in those areas.
As to the composition, I believe you posted the full frame. For the magazine, the composition and impact of the image might be just a wee bit stronger if you'd crop off a bit of the right side of the image, as well as remove the circle in the wooden surface intersecting with the latch. A third thing, which is even more biassed on subjective grounds is that I think I would've closed the latch a bit more, creating a more pronounced angle with the leading diagonal lines in the wood. Also, you might've captured a glimpse of the state of the outside of the latch. I think that would include more information for the readers of the magazine.
Please don't interpret this as a negative comment, though, as I do like this photo, and it's evidently a very good photo, but as you've placed in the Critiquer's Corner, I'm being even more tedious than normal...:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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Chris Hunter
{K:25631} 3/9/2006
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Hi Hugo, this is exactly what I want... so no worries at all!
I appreciate the constructive critisism and gladly encourage active dialogue between photographers.
You are correct - this is the full frame image. In print, there will most likely by white type in the form of a photo caption on the empty black space to the top right.
I'm at the point where I really do need to invest in pro lighting equipment, as up to this point all of my work has been through available light or on-camera flash (which I rarely use). I need at least 1 strobe, a diffuser/better on-camera flash, and a bouce card.
I also see what you're saying about closing the latch/door abit more, as currently the angle of the door matches the right hand edge of the box.
Thanks for the informative and helpful critique Hugo.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:184670} 3/9/2006
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Hi Chris, thanks for the reply.
I figured as much, and I think it's the proper way to shoot such images too. If the editor wants to use a caption inside the image, the photographer needs to facilitate that. It's always easier to crop to an optimal composition later than to add the missing area.
I've just made the step of buying some strobes and screens. Although I've just started at studio photography, I'd be happy to share my experiences. My email is in my bio. From my research, I'd be careful spending money on systems that are difficult to expand, and usually, one strobe is not quite enough....
Cheers,
Hugo
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Chris Hunter
{K:25631} 3/9/2006
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Exactly Hugo. I have the added benefit as being one of the graphic desingers for this magazine, and am often enlisted to take editoral photos.
Having a good idea of how the layouts are done, it allows me to consider things like text placement, etc. when recording the image.
I was lucky enough to assist a full time pro w/ an on-location shoot at a bio-medical facility not too long ago. This was a two day shoot where we shot about 20 portraits and 30+ location shots in the various offices w/ different doctors and nurses.
It was very good in seeing how to set up strobes, softboxes, bounce cards, diffusers etc. - all the things that are difficult to get experience w/ without working w/ a pro.
Also, it was somewhat daunting, as he had over $20,000 of photographic equipment with him. Maybe someday I'll be there...
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zeyad almajed
{K:175} 3/11/2006
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The Graphic designer eye again... Awesome. My apologies for playing with it, but here is a suggestion (not a critique), slight decrease in contrast (blank curve in screen mode, 50% opacity with an inverse luminance mask) and a color punch (blank curve multiply mode with luminance mask).
Hope I didnt ruin the mood you were looking for. And sorry again for playing with it.. :)
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:177228} 3/16/2006
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well.. chris.. hello, a nice still life adorable light and compoosition!
well done
roby
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Kevin H
{K:22492} 3/25/2006
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Great use of lighting to bring out the natural looking color but also creating beautiful shadows. Keep up the good work.
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Martin .
{K:23900} 8/1/2006
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Chris,
Wonderful lighting my friend. What a great opportunity for such a capture...
Well seen my friend,
Martin
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