lighting critiques

How do you think you did on the lighting assignment? Be honest and specific about the feedback you received. Did you think your positive or negative feedback was deserved? Why or why not?

Think beyond, "I tried and someone else agreed/disagreed, therefore I succeeded/did not succeed." Think about your own perception of the assignment requirements and how your perception of the outcome changed, if at all, after hearing others' feedback.

I thought I did fairly well on the lighting assignment. I really enjoyed all of my photos and thought many of them turned out well. However, I had no difficulty picking my final photo. That photo was undoubtedly my favorite. I really liked the overall feel of the photo, which was particularly enhanced by the lighting effect I somehow managed to achieve. I was standing in a knee-deep snow bank in my backyard when I noticed the yellow glow coming from a light in my lawn. The photo I chose was actually the very last and most unplanned of all the pictures I took for this assignment, a close up of one of the leaves of a bush.

I didn't really get very much out of the feedback I received. The discussion of my photo was completely non-existent until Ms. Kalnay prodded the class a little. The discussion of the different types of light, focus, and contrast in my photo was very interesting, especially due to the fact that many of them were unintentional. I thought it was particularly intriguing hearing people’s guesses as to what certain aspects of my photo actually were. For example, someone guessed that the rakes and shovels leaning against my house in the background were trees and that I had set up the light myself. No one really voiced their personal opinion about my photo, which I think would have been very helpful in continuing my journey to photography excellence, regardless of said opinion being positive or negative. Either way, I think that the overall discussion of my photo made me feel like the photo was more successful than I had originally thought. I definitely felt like my photo fulfilled the requirements of the assignment and this was uncontested. The discussion heightened my opinion of my photo because the discussion brought to light (ha) artistic merits of my photo that were unintended, leading me to appreciate the godsend-quality of this impromptu photo. This discussion will also remind me to try and consciously incorporate the photographic and artistic technical qualities that people found in my picture.