Crits /p/. I need them.Are these two acceptable to put into a portfolio?EXIF data available. Clickhereto show/hide.Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeCanonCamera ModelCanon EOS 40DCamera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop CS3 WindowsMaximum Lens Aperturef/4.2Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution240 dpiVertical Resolution240 dpiImage Created2008:05:16 22:26:20Exposure Time1/100 secF-Numberf/4.0Exposure ProgramShutter PriorityISO Speed Rating100Lens Aperturef/4.0Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length108.00 mmColor Space InformationUncalibratedImage Width1200Image Height800RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandard
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Also, is there any validity to what gets popular on flickr? Should I use it as a basis for what to put into my portfolio?
nope
what would you put them into a portfolio for? you took pictures of a shooting gallery and broken glass. unless you *made* that shooting gallery and have a story to tell about it, then no. it's also a poor crop. the second picture is just pointless.
>>212319itt: people who don't know about art school.
>>212321>itt: people who know what good photography is and isn't, and a whiny OPfix'd
>>212321>itt: people who don't know about art school.I know about art school, and>>212319is totally right.Those photos are shitty as hell, HOWEVER if you have a good story or some sort of bullshit theory you can usually pass off really bad work as being "deep" which tends to blind most art-school teachers.Without a story these are awful.With a story your art school professors will like it but everyone else will think you're a hack.
>>212346K, scratch those then.Something more like this, with that dust spot shopped out?
>>212349I like this one very much.Compositionally, it could've used more ground. A step or two back, say, to keep the same amount of sky.
>>212349would be cooler if that girl didnt have a fucking katana
>>212355makes it easier to think of a story, though.
>>212355No, the katana is just out of place enough to pull it together and be more than here's-three-non-generically-dressed-people-in-a-field.
>>212360>>212356>>212352super-agreed, that's a pretty good pic OP, much better than the first two
Gee, it sure is hip and cool around here.
>>212360Hm, actually never thought of it that way, but thx.
>>212349This picture is a piece of shit. Look at some good photos, then try again. Do better this time.
>>212377Oh, and by this, I don't mean photos on flickr. Go to a library, look at some books. David Alan Harvey, Mary Ellen Mark, James Nachtwey, Richard Avedon, Sam Abell, David Hume Kennerly, there's a starting point, now go.
>>212386Some big exclusions:Henri Cartier-BressonJosef KoudelkaRobert CapaGarry WinograndRobert FrankErnst HaasDavid Douglas DuncanPhillip Jones GriffithsElliot ErwittAlex MajoliBurt GlinnPhillipe HalsmanSebastio SalgadoHerbert ListChimRobert DoisneauSteve McCurryBrassaiRoman VishnaicWalker EvansDorothea LangeWilliam EgglestonLee FriedlanderDiane ArbusBernice AbbottW. Eugene SmithAlfred StieglitzAlfred EisenstaedtThis list is also not exhaustive.
>>212392Wow, you're so awesome at knowing names of things, can my hipster lips suck your huge photographer cock, plz?
art school?OP the stuff you got there is gallery worthy, go submit your awesome work to one!
>>212393No, but they can do the world of photography a favor and suck on a shotgun.
>>212460A+++ would troll again
>>212349When I say "theory" I don't necessarily mean story.It depends a LOT on what you want to go to art school for, but in most schools right now people want to hear you talking about nonsense bullshit like Foucalt and the Death Of The Author.Basically you should be able to take any image from your portfolio (that isn't in there just to show technical prowess) and say "Ok, this is about X and here's why..." where "X" is some high-falutin' nonsense about some gay fucking thing like the natural/made environment or whatever. It doesn't have to make a lot of sense, as long as you can bullshit some sort of deep meaning about your work.
>>212749Truths, I went for a year. Just for not photography, so I'm not sure how it applies there.