At 2/1/11 05:00 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote:

At 2/1/11 03:58 PM, Falonefal wrote:

Well that's the hardest part isn't it? Experimentation, trying to find something that goes completely out of line, something that will make you think "will this at all be accepted by the community?" Cause then you know that you probably haven't seen anything like it before, except if you're shooting porno.

For example, to create something unique, you could make an album of like 12+ pictures.
I had this idea myself, doing something like a music album, but then with pictures, make an interaction between the pictures and make them be the big picture of the whole album, maybe with little stories written next to them, you know, give your photo's some meaning.

I don't know man, this is just my idea, you could look for things that make your photo special and interesting to look at, try to capture something... it's hard to explain.
I'm just saying this cause your photo's are qualitatively good, but there's nothing in them that would make me think, or touch me.

However, that could be just me and my humble opinions.

Well, a collection of pictures to convey a message would in itself not be an original idea, since it has been done plenty of times before, as everything else has. I create all of my pictures with my own intentions, hoping that they will give a certain message to whoever looks at them, or at least looks cool. I dont necessarily hope to have my pictures make people think about life or anything, I just want them to look like art. Yet again, I do not base my pictures off of anything other than what is going on in my own mind. These pictures basically are little clips of my perspective on life.

Althouh I do understand what you mean, I just feel like my pictures couldn't get any more personal.

I'm just gonna be blunt here, cause there's really no other way to put this.
Every time I see you bump this thread, I expect to see improvement, but then I just see the same kind of stuff over and over. Truthfully, I find all your pictures rather boring.

At 2/1/11 11:52 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: I'm just gonna be blunt here, cause there's really no other way to put this.
Every time I see you bump this thread, I expect to see improvement, but then I just see the same kind of stuff over and over. Truthfully, I find all your pictures rather boring.

Meh, alright. I don't understand how you don't see improvment, but I guess it's just taste for abstract photos. I've had a lot of good comments on my photos on my facebook page, so I put my photos here. I don't see anything wrong with them personally, and that's all that really matters to me. I guess you either like them or don't.

Wire:

Also, keep in mind I really don't have that much experience with photography or anything, I just like experimenting.

More black and white tests:

At 2/2/11 02:02 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: I don't see anything wrong with them personally, and that's all that really matters to me.

Nobody ever sees the faults in their own work. Why do you think they turn to others for critique?

At 2/2/11 02:03 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: More black and white tests:

For this one:
The composition in this photograph is not good, the black door thing covers up too much of the image, whilst the rest is being drowned in nothing. Also, the texture inside the door thing is all gone. I would be okay with that, but there's a little grain in there hinting there should be more. I suggest recomposing the photo, and show all or none of the texture in the door. Maybe either works, I don't really know

For the one you posted before that:
Composition is good enough, but in this case, the whole image is drowning in black. not different kinds of black, just #000000 black. That is bad because the image has lost all its detail. Also, the contrast and colours are kind of an eyesore, so change that.

At 2/2/11 03:04 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote:

At 2/2/11 02:02 PM, FatKidWitAJetPak wrote: I don't see anything wrong with them personally, and that's all that really matters to me.

Nobody ever sees the faults in their own work. Why do you think they turn to others for critique?

Of course, but I mean that I don't understand how a photograph can have a fault... because faults are what make certain things art. I mean, what exactly is the proper, unfaulty definition of a perfect photograph? Is it a picture of an eagle soaring over the clouds, waiting to spot it's next victim, basting in harmonized colors, depth, and angle, or is it a simple photo of a red ball in the grass? I say my photos are "experimental and abstract" because they are littered with obvious faults, and I do recognize those faults, but I actually build them into each photo on purpose. I am actually creating a few dark photo colleagues that will be put into an ambient audio album I am finishing up. The faults in the photos are perfect for what I need them for, and I just simply think that a piece of "art" is good or bad, depending on how the audience perceives it. In my perspective, the photo is just how I want it, but of course in many others eyes, including yours, its just a quick click n shoot photo with no meaning whatsoever, littered with faults.

I don't see a photograph as a building with close attention to detail, measured precisely, laid out and built up from the bottom in a perfectly arranged spectrum of bricks and stone, I see it as an arrange of colors and objects laid out next to eachother in a small frame in such a way that it inflicts a certain mood on the abstract appreciative viewer, or simply looks "cool" in the eyes of others.

I'm not offended or anything, I do appreciate your critique, I just am telling you what my perspective on everything is. What would you suggest I improve on, johnny? I get a bit annoyed at the "Black" areas as the user above me stated, so I know I need to work on that at least.