A small portfolio

[maxmelvin19]

Good afternoon,

If any of you have the time I would really appreciate some constructive criticism on a small batch of my photographs. Please see the link below (this link will allow you to see the album without being my friend on Facebook).

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100161294548260.1073741825.202901021&type=1&l=e6a44ce7d0

I'm am still a beginner and very much an enthusiastic hobbyest but I am very keen on improving my photography. And just because I imagine most of the LL forum members are gearheads to some extent, the equipment used for the photos in this album are as follows: Panasonic LX3, Sony Nex 7 and Sigma E 30mm 2.8 and Sony E 50mm 1.8.

I've included a range of styles and subject matter and I'm still very much a newb vis a vis light, composition and post processing. So any pointers would be great!

Thanks in advance,
Max

[Jim Pascoe]

Hi Max

I just had a quick skim through your pictures and my first impression is of a photographer who has  good eye, particularly for light.  I liked your people pictures best, and the first one of the little boy is perhaps my favourite - though I think it would work well in mono and with the image darkened a bit all around so drawing the viewer to the face.  There are far too many pictures to give feedback here on them all however.  No. 4 is great too.  One observation is that a lot of them seem to be sloping to the right - especially the last few.
You have quite a variety here, which is perhaps usual when starting out.  I would say maybe you could focus on one area that really interests you and work really hard on that.
The equipment will not make much difference - it looks as if what you are using works well for you.  There are lots of gearheads here (not me of course , but in truth photography is mostly about anything but the gear - bearing in mind you do have to have some sort of camera!

Jim

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

You might get a better, more focused feedback if you would post images here, individually (i.e., one per post) or in groups of two to three, if they are somehow related (e.g., portrait of the same person).

[Ken Bennett]

You have a nice eye for light and composition. These are good -- keep it up!

[Iluvmycam]

You got some nice shots and some snapshots. Clean the snapshots out and just put the best work in your portfolio.

[RSL]

+1. The most important skill for a painter is knowing when to stop. The most important skill for a photographer is knowing when to cull.

[maxmelvin19]

Thank you all for taking the time to have a look through my work. I really appreciate the positive comments. Sometimes a bit of confidence is needed when one is a beginner. Constructive criticism is also very welcome - I want to learn.

It makes sense for me to submit a few photos at a time so I'll do that in future.

You got some nice shots and some snapshots. Clean the snapshots out and just put the best work in your portfolio.

I'd be very interested to know which of the album you consider snapshots. Presumably those are the images you think either don't do what they are attempting to or just aren't very interesting. If you point out particular images that fall under that bracket (and possibly some reasons) then that would help me a great deal.

Thanks again,
Max