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Critiquing, judging and Scoring of Photographs

Posted by JL Morris on February 21, 2008

Julee

Posted under Color, Critiqued, Product

JuleeThere are some geometric rudiments that generally do not work out as compatible graphic elements.  They are the pure geometric shapes; the circle and square.  They are complete in themselves and tend to dominate rather than facilitate the image.  So be careful when incorporating them into your scene.

The model in this image is in an interesting pose. Her back is to the camera and she is looking over her shoulder directly into the lens.  The lighting is soft, all most high key.  Her hair has texture and high lights making it quite appealing.  She is placed one quarter of the way in form the left edge of the frame which adds to the tension in her face.

As noted above I caution the photographer on the use of the full circle as an element in the scene.  I think it has a tendency to become its own subject and with this propensity it has a tendency to pull us away from the subject.  However I will admit that this composition does have a certain feeling of experimental graphics, which is a good thing.  The photographer may wish to experament with cropping.

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  Julee    Crop #1  Julee - Crop #1   Crop #2  Julee - Crop #2

2 Responses to “Julee”

  1. The photographer did a very nice job with the model. Very nice the expression and her eyes. Another way maybe to deal with the windows would be reducing the size of it in the post-processing. The link in the background is not much of a distraction in the full size photo, because the window is resting on it. But in the cropped version I would also remove the line, because it cuts right through her.

  2. Thanks Jim and Henrik…

    I have many more of her without the window, I thought it added a touch of fashion. You can go to my web site to see some others under Julee 2. I just starting to post them only have about a half dozen up so far. Will be adding maybe another 10-12.

    Al

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