Favorite Photo Critique 10

Photo By: Danny Turcotte Jr

I like the framing in this picture. The couple is in the center of the ring and I like the lines coming from the circle. The lighting adds texture to the dress. I also like the warm tone from the sparklers. It adds a vintage feel to the image.

Favorite Photo Critique 9

Photo By: Jennifer Short

I liked the short depth of field in the image. The feet in the foreground are in focus, but the lines still lead to the feet in the background. I also like the color in the photo. Stage lights are some of my favorite because of the different shades they show. This shade of pink adds a vintage feel to this image.  

Favorite Photo Critique 8

Photo By: Kimberly Chorney

I love the lighting in the picture. The way it shines through her dress adds texture to it that you wouldn't normally see.  I like how you can see the slight motion in her skirt from where she turned. The lines from her shadow lead the eye to her and the pop of pink from her shoes also captures the viewers eye.

Film 8 Critique

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship	I used a short depth of field and rule of thirds. My kitten’s face is about a third of the way down and my hand takes up the bottom third.
Elements ·       Color ·       Line ·       Shape ·       Texture ·       Form ·       Value ·      Space	My fingers lead the eye in to the kitten’s face. The short depth of field adds form to my hand and the kitten’s body. I like the texture of his fur against the smoothness of my hand and the leaves under him. I wish I had left a little bit of space between my fingers and his mouth. This image is fairly well balanced with the kitten taking up the top half of the image and my hand in the bottom half. My hand gives a better sense of how small he is. The image has a lot of contrast between my hand and the darkness of his fur.
Principles ·       Proportion ·       Variety ·       Balance ·       Contrast ·       Pattern/Repetition ·       Rhythm/Movement ·       Unity/Harmony ·      Emphasis
Conceptual Skill	I wanted to show his innocence and how new everything is to him. Whenever I am around him and his siblings, he always comes over and smells everything I have whether it be my phone, my camera, or me.
Critique	I love how sharp this picture is and how much contrast it has.

Favorite Photo Critique 7

Photo By: Talee Laurén

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship	I like the silhouette of the girl. It’s a fairly long depth of field to get the horizon in focus, but keep the girl and birds in focus.
Elements ·       Color ·       Line ·       Shape ·       Texture ·       Form ·       Value ·      Space	I like the splash of redish orange in the skirt of her dress. The line in her legs is parallel to the horizon line. The folds in her dress add texture as well as the ground. The girls and the birds all have their own space and her legs don’t intersect with the horizon. The birds look even smaller in the air compared to the girl. Having the birds in the shot adds variety and harmony. Having that red in her skirt brings the focus to her instead of everything around her.
Principles ·       Proportion ·       Variety ·       Balance ·       Contrast ·       Pattern/Repetition ·       Rhythm/Movement ·       Unity/Harmony ·      Emphasis
Conceptual Skill	I think the photographer wanted to catch the technique in her leap and give the sense that she was flying with the birds.
Critique	I really like how everything has its own space. It would have been really easy to have her arm intersect with one of the birds, but she was able to get her in her own bubble.

Hockney Critique

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship	I used a fairly small aperture to be able to get the steps and the building in focus.
Elements ·       Color ·       Line ·       Shape ·       Texture ·       Form ·       Value ·      Space	The lines in the steps lead up to the Rotunda. The shadows on the statue give it a three dimensional shape. I like the different shades of grey on the steps. I wish the lines had been able to line up better when I aligned the individual pictures. The statue of Jefferson in front of the building gives a better sense of how big it is. I wish that I could have gotten the sky to be the same shade of blue throughout the image.
Principles ·       Proportion ·       Variety ·       Balance ·       Contrast ·       Pattern/Repetition ·       Rhythm/Movement ·       Unity/Harmony ·      Emphasis
Conceptual Skill	I wanted to get the historical aspect of the Rotunda with Jefferson standing in front of it. UVA is his school and he should be a bigger part of it.
Critique	I think the images could have lines up better, but overall it looks nice. I really wish the scaffolding hadn’t been there when I took the pictures, but that couldn’t have been helped.

Favorite Photo Critique 6

Photo By: Mandy Carroll

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship	I love the short depth of field and the fact that she is looking up.
Elements ·       Color ·       Line ·       Shape ·       Texture ·       Form ·       Value ·      Space	I like the texture between Emmie’s hair and the grass behind her. The chair gives a sense of how small she is. The bright colors of her outfit pop against the brown of the wheat. The texture of her dress and the grass add form to the picture. The red in Emmie’s leggings and bracelet emphasis the fact that she is the center of interest. The tops of the grass add harmony and repitition.
Principles ·       Proportion ·       Variety ·       Balance ·       Contrast ·       Pattern/Repetition ·       Rhythm/Movement ·       Unity/Harmony ·      Emphasis
Conceptual Skill	Emmie is such a sweet girl and I think Mandy wanted to capture how much she giggles and laughs. By catching her looking away from the camera and laughing at something, she was able to share her laughter with the viewer.
Critique	I think this picture captures the spirit of Emmie and makes her shine in her own uniwue way.

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship

I love the short depth of field and the fact that she is looking up.

Elements

·       Color

·       Line

·       Shape

·       Texture

·       Form

·       Value

·      Space

I like the texture between Emmie’s hair and the grass behind her. The chair gives a sense of how small she is. The bright colors of her outfit pop against the brown of the wheat. The texture of her dress and the grass add form to the picture.

The red in Emmie’s leggings and bracelet emphasis the fact that she is the center of interest. The tops of the grass add harmony and repitition. 

Principles

·       Proportion

·       Variety

·       Balance

·       Contrast

·       Pattern/Repetition

·       Rhythm/Movement

·       Unity/Harmony

·      Emphasis

Conceptual Skill

Emmie is such a sweet girl and I think Mandy wanted to capture how much she giggles and laughs. By catching her looking away from the camera and laughing at something, she was able to share her laughter with the viewer.

Critique

I think this picture captures the spirit of Emmie and makes her shine in her own uniwue way.

Favorite Photo Critique 5

Photo By: Phillip Colla

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship	The photographer would have used a fast shutter speed in order to get the wave just before it collided with the sand. It has a fairly long depth of field.
Elements ·       Color ·       Line ·       Shape ·       Texture ·       Form ·       Value ·      Space	I love the golden color from the sunset contrasted with the shadows cast from the sun. The line from the sun leads the eye to the crest of the wave. The gap between the wave and the sand leads the eye deeper into the image and adds space. The movement of the wave was frozen with a faster shutter speed, but you can still see the movement of the water with the ripples. The side lighting adds texture my highlighting the ripples and casting shadows.
Principles ·       Proportion ·       Variety ·       Balance ·       Contrast ·       Pattern/Repetition ·       Rhythm/Movement ·       Unity/Harmony ·      Emphasis
Conceptual Skill	I think the photographer wanted to show what it’s like to be in a wave as it’s crashing down.
Critique	I like this picture because of the space between the sand and the crest of the wave. It almost pauses time in between a hectic moment in the water.

Favorite Photo Critique 4

Photo By: Jack and Finn Harries

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship	I like the shallow depth of field and the framing of the child’s face with the bars.
Elements ·       Color ·       Line ·       Shape ·       Texture ·       Form ·       Value ·      Space	The brightness of the yellow catches the viewer’s eye and the little bit of red you can see from his shirt brings the eye to the boy’s face. I like the texture of the bars with the chipping paint. The space between his left ear and the bar adds space as does his hand in between the camera and the wall. This image has really nice balance with the framing of the boy’s face and the other boys next to him. The repeating shapes of the bars also add harmony. I wish that his hand wasn’t right in front of the bar.
Principles ·       Proportion ·       Variety ·       Balance ·       Contrast ·       Pattern/Repetition ·       Rhythm/Movement ·       Unity/Harmony ·      Emphasis
Conceptual Skill	I think they wanted to capture the joy this boy feels in school and the opportunity that he has to get an education. Jack and Finn were able to visit the Rainbow Centre in Sri Lanka, were this photo was taken. I think he wanted to show the contrast between these happy children and the sad children they had seen the day before who didn't have the opportunity to get and education.
Critique	I love this picture because of the emotions that are expressed on the boy’s face. I also love the short depth of field.

Favorite Photo Critique 3

                                                         Photo By: Tim Tadder

Art Vocabulary and Craftsmanship	The points of interest (the swimmers) are in the top half of the image. The lights are exposed so that they don’t take away from the swimmers.
Elements ·       Color ·       Line ·       Shape ·       Texture ·       Form ·       Value ·      Space	The red/orange color of the sunset draws the eye to the swimmers. I like how the water looks, clear in the front of the image, then progressively getting darker. The swimmers get smaller as they go back in line, creating a line to lead the eye through the image. I like how they all have their own space. I wish the last swimmer wasn’t intersecting with the fence behind him. The picture is nicely contrasted. The different swim suits add variety as well as having the setting of the pool. The repeating pattern of the plus sign on the side of the pool adds harmony.
Principles ·       Proportion ·       Variety ·       Balance ·       Contrast ·       Pattern/Repetition ·       Rhythm/Movement ·       Unity/Harmony ·      Emphasis
Conceptual Skill	I like how the photographer was able to capture the different techniques of the swimmers entering the water and how he was able to get the water droplets coming off their bodies.
Critique	I really like the contrast in this image  and the micro composition  between the swimmers.