Online Critique

Turns out the image the image selected for the critique was not the one I thought. I thought it was going to be this one....




Now you can enjoy it too...

Diminishing Returns

Yesterday, for the afternoon critique, I supplied 3 images, this morning was 2, and this afternoon, just one. Its hard to find time to edit all the photos. Its not for lack of material; I probably have 200 photos from this morning (all of them equally National Geographic-esque, as far as you know), its just hard to find time to prepare them. We only have 3 two-hour breaks each day, during which we need to find time to eat, download and edit. So I'm telling myself that I was focusing on quality, not quantity. Right.

The critique of my shot should be up soon. Maybe based on the comments I'll try a few of the suggested edits and post the result, just as soon as I borrow a super-charged DeLorean with power windows and a flux capacitor.

Here's a shot from this morning...

Day Two

Photography is a lot the right place at the right time. It just so happens I was at just such a junction today. The Radiant Vista website was looking for a few submissions for its online daily critique (they are the ones sponsoring this workshop). Today is "Workshop Friday", or so I was told. I offered one of my images shot last night. It will be the subject of today's online critique. I get to walk naked in front of the whole world.

So I'm not going to post that image here just yet. You can check it out @ http://www.radiantvista.com/dailyCritique/

This is the other image from last night.

Naked Dream

You know that dream where you are walking through high school, or wherever, and everyone is looking at you funny, but you just keep strutting around. Before too long you look down, and you aren't wearing any pants. Awkward & embarrassing. That's kind of what it feels like to submit yourself to 5 day photography seminar focusing around the critiquing of your photos, except with pants on.

The title of the workshop escapes me right now, but the focus is on landscape photography at Jekyll Island, GA, an amazing little barrier island (resident population of ~500). Lots of beaches, lots of sky, and a perceived pressure to take some "great shots". Its lead by Craig Tanner, who does some amazing work. See for yourself... http://www.craigtannercreative.com/

Early mornings (5:30 am) & long days don't leave much time to posting, but I will try to add the photos that I am submitting for the daily critiques.

Today winners: