10/07 Photography HW

1. Take a photo using lens distortion.


Well, I had a couple good ideas for this, and I couldn't decide which ones to pick... so I finally narrowed it down to two. :)

(not thrilled with how this one turned out since his foot isn't perfectly in focus but thats okay.)

2. Do a self-critique on one of your photos.

We were supposed to list some positive things, then some negative things, then some more positive things.
Instead of choosing one of my not-so-great pictures (which there are way too many of) that I easily see a billion things wrong with, and making it easy, I decided to find the best portrait I've taken in my opinion, and critique it. Because I just love making things hard.. :P

Positive
Good composition (it follows the rule of thirds).
There are catchlights in BOTH of her eyes.

Negative
I "cut off" her hands at the wrists (which is a no-no).
You can only see the thumb of one hand, which looks somewhat awkward.
Her face is a little over exposed and the left side of her face is a little underexposed (on my computer with its current brightness settings, that is). Its not too bad though.
The back eye is more in focus than the front eye (the opposite is supposed to be true). [In my defense, I just learned about this recently, after I took the picture. AND I was just learning how to use back-button focus when I took this pic, so I was more concerned about preventing her feet being in focus instead of her face, than which eye was in focus.]

Positive
Its pretty sharp.
Its "bright and colorful", which is how I love my photos to be ;).
There are mini "leading lines" on the brick and the door that lead your eyes to her face.