Critique of Funerary Shot:
1) Description: An adult is visiting a cemetery with a bouquet of flowers on an overcast day. The character pictured is placed just below the horizon on the right hand side of the frame which leaves ample room for the other subject being the environment and cemetery stones. The environment contains great examples of texture in the stones, brick path and fertile grass clumping around the stone markers.
2) Intention: To create a large depth-of-field showing the path of life that the living person has come from and the road still left to travel. The path left ahead seems short as if he's almost reached his destination and the subject's facial expression is somber although not devastated therefore I feel the person he's visiting has been dead for a long time, almost as if he's following a weekly routine of snacks and conversation with a passed loved one by their grave site.
3) Good/Bad: I really enjoy the placement of the subject to the right of the frame which allows the emphasis to be placed on the repeated patterns created by the stone markers at this slightly lowered vantage point close to the grass but higher than the character walking along the path. The only drawback (or strength depending on p.o.v.) is the high contrast within the frame. The whites are blown since the photographer was trying to expose for shadow detail (which I feel is lacking, i.e. does his jacket have buttons or a zipper?). Although, having a high contrast shot creates an eye-popping image which gives weight and emphasis to the texture of the stones.
4) Evaluate: The dead are given more space than the living character within this frame and we're almost able to feel the texture of the stone we're so close to the first marker. This shot isn't for commercial purposes (unless it's used as an ad for a cemetery) instead it can be used for a great documentary or editorial picture.
1) Description: An adult is visiting a cemetery with a bouquet of flowers on an overcast day. The character pictured is placed just below the horizon on the right hand side of the frame which leaves ample room for the other subject being the environment and cemetery stones. The environment contains great examples of texture in the stones, brick path and fertile grass clumping around the stone markers.
2) Intention: To create a large depth-of-field showing the path of life that the living person has come from and the road still left to travel. The path left ahead seems short as if he's almost reached his destination and the subject's facial expression is somber although not devastated therefore I feel the person he's visiting has been dead for a long time, almost as if he's following a weekly routine of snacks and conversation with a passed loved one by their grave site.
3) Good/Bad: I really enjoy the placement of the subject to the right of the frame which allows the emphasis to be placed on the repeated patterns created by the stone markers at this slightly lowered vantage point close to the grass but higher than the character walking along the path. The only drawback (or strength depending on p.o.v.) is the high contrast within the frame. The whites are blown since the photographer was trying to expose for shadow detail (which I feel is lacking, i.e. does his jacket have buttons or a zipper?). Although, having a high contrast shot creates an eye-popping image which gives weight and emphasis to the texture of the stones.
4) Evaluate: The dead are given more space than the living character within this frame and we're almost able to feel the texture of the stone we're so close to the first marker. This shot isn't for commercial purposes (unless it's used as an ad for a cemetery) instead it can be used for a great documentary or editorial picture.
