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[paisleycat]

Poll Meredith and her photography

Comments

[marchenland]

I think your best photos are architecture and elements (like the pianos) and natural things like leaves and flowers. Your photos of people mostly come off as snap-shots; they're fine, but they don't feel like an artistic effort. Pet photos don't do much for me, so don't take my opinion to account on that

[lostcrumpet]

I second this comment big time. When I used to work with a manual camera the quality of my photos was way better just because so much more thought and attention went into each shot (focus, light levels, etc). With digitals (non SLR) it's easier to take pictures, but you have to attend to less, and I think that makes "lazier shots" because you know that you can always delete them if they stink.

With that said, you have access to some very cute and alternative people--so why not take them on adventures and work on portraiture?

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[eldereft]

/volunteers to organize a photoshoot to the Devil's Millhopper. Food-drapery may follow.

[mangokat]

I think your photos of farm ruins really show your interest in the subject. I like to see all your photos because I miss you and like to see what you are doing, but I can see you take real interest in finding specific light and highlighting the struggle between nature and humanity's leftovers. You learn better when you have people to bounce ideas off, so I'd recommend a class or a photo club (do those still exist?) to hone your eye.

[bzarcher]

I really like your photos of the cats, the ruins, and the flowers. I think some of your best shots have been high-detail, close focus photography.

Classes, practice, and honest critique are all good things. I think Sarah's suggestion of a local club or some kind of an informal workshop you could go to as time permits is a great idea. That way you get the feedback without neccesarily having to feel pressure of a grade on the line.

Hopefully this helps!

[joriejc2]

I wanted to indicate pets as part of the nature and wildlife option because the reasons I like both categories are the same -- you have a gift for showing a creature's personality or "humanity" if you will.

Regarding the last question, I chose "other" because I think you are destined to do something really fantastically outrageous with your photography that would utilize other interests of yours. For example, I could see you imprinting your photographs into fabric and making customized pillows or other fabric things. I could see you taking one of your photographs and making up a story to go with it. I could see you selling postcards on Etsy that would raise money for the Sierra Club or the shelter you volunteer at. And in fact, I could see you volunteering to take photographs of shelter animals that would show their personality so that people would feel more attracted to and interested in them. I could see any of those things, and they would all be marvelous and uniquely by you.

[paisleycat]

Your comment that I should take pictures of what my heart desires would not lead to good art. It would lead to lots and lots of random photos of hot womens, good food and luxury items.

[joriejc2]

Oh, the "good art" is all how you would define your work in those scenarios. If you take a picture of ze hot wominz and call the portrait something like, "Armageddon in the brain of a rooster," you're golden :)

[titlecharacter]

I dunno, my photos lately have a huge bias toward hot womens with occasional forays into still lifes which are usually food, and I think I'm making solid artistic progress...