Photo project, c/c appreciated :)

marikris

Hi, guys! I just finished a project which culminated into a photobook
(which accounts for the white spaces on some of the photos due
to the spreads).

Anyway, I wasn't able to ask for cc bc it's finals week and it was due
Tuesday -_- so I thought to do it now. At least I can still fix them
even if they already were sent to the printers.

I think my major problem is color. I just have the hardest time figuring out
how much color cast there is and if it's not pleasing. My monitor is
uncalibrated and I also have a tendency to juice up the colors.

Also, what do you think about the composition? I hip-shoot 80% of
the time, so a lot of my pictures come as a surprise to me when
I plug them into my computer. Although here #3-4 I took with my
eye on the viewfinder.

Anyway, what do you think works and what do you think doesn't?

Thanks in advance, and #4 has a very slight cleavage in case you're
at work :dunno


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4.

D'Buggs

No worky........

granite.thunder

Wowers! Nice X's.

marikris

Haha, doh! Should be fixed now. (I hope.)

D'Buggs

- Yes, your colours are definately "up there".
- Hip-Shootin'..... Interesting concept ----> Gutsy.

marikris

Gusty, I like that lol. Though mostly it's just highly inefficient when it comes to these types of pictures. I like it, though, but I shot maybe 800 pictures and came away with 12 I was happy with for this particular project. You get some really crazy angles, which are awesome. The one I submitted to DGRIN Challenge #24 was hipshot too:



The whole project was inspired by Anna Gaskell and David Lachapelle (a very weird pairing to be sure!). But I guess it's the way I work for now lol. I just have to learn to be more efficient

D'Buggs

like 1 and 3, but have no clue what they're about... Like the way the fruit is presented.

Not 'up' on the challenges, yet. Your style is definately distinct - It grows on a person.

? - Have you ever kicked yourself in the ass for not taking a traditional take on a subject, missing out on that "one in a lifetime"?

marikris

I really suck at thinking conceptually, but we had to have a narrative since they will be in book form, so I think the whole series is my ode to (Biblical) history's first "bad girl" (Eve). Hopefully since they're kind of programmed into thinking as an art/art history class they'll get more than I am able to explain (I am terrible at explaining too )

Qarik

#1 would have been really really good if you had captured 3 more inches of her head.

Yes your colors are very punchy but it works for this set/mood.

whiterice

I really like the "juiced up" colors in this series....works well. Distinct, creative.

D'Buggs

I keep coming back just to look at these images.............. But I can't figure out why.


I'll gaze at one then move to another - Then someone honks their horn, prompting me to move on.







beep beep.

marikris

Qarik wrote:

#1 would have been really really good if you had captured 3 more inches of her head.

Yes, that chopped up head definitely gives it a very distinct quality of being abruptly cut off (pun intended)

marikris

whiterice wrote:

I really like the "juiced up" colors in this series....works well. Distinct, creative.

Thank you! I'm glad the colors suited. Hopefully the prints match them. I used the same company to make my photo book before and there was a very orangey tone to those pictures. Not sure how to help that

marikris

D'Buggs wrote:

I keep coming back just to look at these images.............. But I can't figure out why.

That is the best compliment I've gotten - thank you! Though it must be the Anna Gaskell influence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIfsDhhWJDk

Like a narrative that is elusive. (Maybe? Lol.)

But when you talk about the honking, you don't mean you're driving, do you?

D'Buggs

marikris wrote:

That is the best compliment I've gotten - thank you! Though it must be the Anna Gaskell influence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIfsDhhWJDk

Like a narrative that is elusive. (Maybe? Lol.)

But when you talk about the honking, you don't mean you're driving, do you?

No..... I'm equating it to having something distract you at a red light, and then end up sitting through the green.

I keep coming back, hoping to figure it out, but keep leaving in wonder.