Photography portfolio crit
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- NonEntity0
Hey, this is great!!
But...If I was being brutal (which I usually am) I'd create more focus with the editorial process. If nothing else for the punters' sake — there's a lot to choose from & I think you'd possibly get more interest from prospective clients that way.
So I'd say foreground those especially lovely more art-oriented shots in (eg lady selling trad dresses in Guatemala, that kind of thing) and consider ditching the more generic nice-beaches-of-the-world palm tree & surfing shots. Also, maybe avoid mixing b&w with colour or nature with people; segregate the clearly posed shots to one section; etc
Those Cambodian orphans broke my heart! Also the 'I'm having a baby' section is one big lolsome heart-warming comedy hug & your russian doll bebeh at the end is too much!!
Am off to chase some Bausch & Lomb glasses 8)
- NonEntity0
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hmmm, okay for what it's worth (not more than two cents!), if it was down to me I'd hilight:Boy and Condor
Fiesta San Pedro, Plaza San Pedro
Chickens in Granada
Guatemalan women in San Andreas Xecul
Women selling chickens in Chichicastenango
man sets up his market stool in Chichicastenango
woman in butchers behind meat in Oaxaca
lady selling traditional dress. Guatemala
Hogar, masks with a group of girls
100 meter pool, Hotel Arribas— they really work on many levels (they stand on their own, they'd be just as strong without any text info)
I'd leave out stuff like the tucan and Playa Cocles, the straight market vendor shots, the tele shots of the horses, that sort of thing — because although they're very nice holiday shots they dont have the extra level of meaning.
Toodle pip
- boobs0
Quite a few very good photos there!
One thing I would add to the site is captions. Photo editors and picture buyers love captions--they're expected, and they get viewers more involved with the image. And editorial pictures need to be supplied tp publications with captions.
- HijoDMaite0
bump!
This is so good. I am inspired.
- PonyBoy0
subject matter and compositions are absolutely wonderful... I'm just not keen on the 'HD' over-saturation... ... feels a bit forced...
... subject matter is just about enough for me to get over the heavy saturation...
- Chimp0
Fantastic work there Tom!
Over all the site works very well. As said before I'm not that keen on the centered type, plus the captions feel a bit lost. Perhaps run them on a white band at the bottom of the photo.
About and contact get a bit lost
- imadesigner0
Thanks for the bump. The feedback is also very appreciated.
- neandersthal0
Rad work. Well done.
Agree with vaxorcist's target market comment from the previous page. If you do want to acquire work from your shots, then maybe have a 'commercial' section. As it stands the Broer&Zus work gets a bit lost amongst your dope travel stuff.
Think a section like that helps assuage the fears of any prospective agency ArtBuyer that you have done that sort of work before and that you're a safe pair of hands.
- adumbratesly0
All nice work - "I'm going to be a dad" - brilliant
- TheAnthonyWallace0
i expected to hate it when i saw the title of the post. but i actually love it. simple, to the point, navigates great. site performed great on my browser. and the work is great. congrats.
- fourth0
nice, but like someone said earlier... where are the boobs?
- pango0
show off!
- HijoDMaite0
BUMP
I am constantly coming to back to this site to get ideas and inspiration for my own site. imadesigner, I was wondering if you had further worked on some of the criticism qbn gave. such as the editorial process and target audience for marketing.
- Also did you shoot all this with a 5D? As in the first one. Not the MKII?HijoDMaite
- fredddddd0
The photos are nice and the site is simple. There isn't too much to it.
It's fine.
- fredddddd0
How does the rollover work on a tablet?
- SimonFFM0
Excellent and wonderful pictures!
- pig0