Rate my photos on a scale of 1-5 please?

[sbrothy]

My feeling upon viewing your photos was the reason you took them. This is where the insight comes in with more famous photographers.

For the first three, they are very interesting:
- p1 looks like a ghost is teching to a class of enpty students
- p2 has a geometric look
- p3 has an empty diner look with one patron leaving
- p4 decay
- p5 emptiness
- p6 night diner in the evening
- p7 poverty reminds me of the Appalachian photos during the great depression
- p8 mystery door in a derelict building
- p9 A Barchart of bldgs
- p10 a daytime view of the night diner )I know its different bldgs but that was my feeling based on the photo geometry

In summary, my favorites are:
- p1, the sad ghost teaching a class of absent students.
- p2 the geometric view reminds me of Harry Potter at the train station
- p8, the mystery door, I wonder where it leads

One nice thing about today's photography is that you can take a picture of anything at any time and see the results immediately.

So many photographers in the past had to really know their craft to get great photos while contending with the cost of supplies and the cost of lugging them around.

Have you seen the movie with Ben Stiller: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

It's a humorous nod to Life magazine and how its photographers traveled the world to find great photos.

There you really got some detailed feedback. I don't disagree overall.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot: better put a smiley here:

 

[jedishrfu]

I liked some of your photos but don't want to discourage you. We often forget that even professional photographers take hundreds of photos to find that one photo that really stands out.

Keep working on your framing and maybe think more like an artist where your photos represent a theme. The ghostly theme while dark for some is an example.

Ghosts going about their business just as they did in real life. Or the geometric theme in the railroad station and the three colorful houses.

There was a famous woman photographer who chronicled the Great Depression with photos showing the sadness and despair of sharecropper families struggling to make ends meet.

 

[sbrothy]

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I liked some of your photos but don't want to discourage you. We often forget that even professional photographers take hundreds of photos to find that one photo that really stands out.

Keep working on your framing and maybe think more like an artist where your photos represent a theme. The ghostly theme while dark for some is an example.

Ghosts going about their business just as they did in real life. Or the geometric theme in the railroad station and the three colorful houses.

There was a famous woman photographer who chronicled the Great Depression with photos showing the sadness and despair of sharecropper families struggling to make ends meet.

I must admit that I hate if I came off as an arrogant pr... or if if my posts didn't come off as a positive vibe that yuo should pursue your art. As I wrote I did really like your pictures. You should continue.

 

[jedishrfu]

The Depression era photographer was Dorothea Lange. She took photos for the Farm Bureau.

Her most famous one was Migrant Mother.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/media/images/201307f03_kc_migrantmother_portrait.width-2500.webp

Another great photographer of the era was Margaret Bourke-White.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bes...lZU85cE0YADABSgQIARACGAcgnMf6uw9KCBACGAEgAigB

 

[BadgerBadger92]

The Depression era photographer was Dorothea Lange. She took photos for the Farm Bureau.

Her most famous one was Migrant Mother.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/media/images/201307f03_kc_migrantmother_portrait.width-2500.webp

Another great photographer of the era was Margaret Bourke-White.

https://www.google.com/search?q=best+mardaret+borg+white+photos+of+te+depression&sca_esv=8a3c2fcdde4b6b64&sxsrf=ANbL-n5bdzzeB0D01dqA4kDaaiqSPVpRgg:1779295749068&source=hp&ei=BOYNarPpPKeoqtsP8Zin0QI&biw=459&bih=705&oq=best+mardaret+borg+white+photos+of+te+depression&gs_lp=EhFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocCIwYmVzdCBtYXJkYXJldCBib3JnIHdoaXRlIHBob3RvcyBvZiB0ZSBkZXByZXNzaW9uMgcQIRigARgKMgcQIRigARgKMgcQIRigARgKMggQABiABBiiBEjp8gdQtQ5Yp_AHcAp4AJABAJgB_QGgAZJGqgEGMC40Ny42uAEDyAEA-AEBmAI-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-s8DknlugYECAEYF5IHBzEwLjQ2LjagB-3_ArIHBjAuNDYuNrgH7UbCBwgwLjcuNTAuNcgHrQKACAA&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#sv=CAMScRoyKhBlLXBmQ2x3c1YxZWVPOXBNMg5wZkNsd3NWMWVlTzlwTToOQ1Itek1xWHZfWG5qdU0gBCoxChtfQmVjTmFvU25OdFc2cXRzUDQ5MmsyQWdfMzASEGUtcGZDbHdzVjFlZU85cE0YADABSgQIARACGAcgnMf6uw9KCBACGAEgAigB

I love the Migrant Mother! One of my favorites.

 

[Muu9]

I’d like to hear people’s critiques out of five. Please look at and rate all of them.

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5, 5, 5, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 4

 

[sbrothy]

5, 5, 5, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 4

A pretty nice score. No discussion there!

 

[sbrothy]

I find your subject matter depressing so if I rated them, I would have to do it using technical criteria which I don't have.
To compliment you, your images look like the sort I might expect to see at an art exhibition, or in a Sunday British broadsheet news paper.
Have a look in random photos to see what other members put on.

The subject matter is... well subjective. I find it had to score them all so "subjectively". But the scores are pretty good so far! EDIT: Ech, wrong "smiley":

 

[sbrothy]

I love the Migrant Mother! One of my favorites.

I see where, at least some of, your inspiration comes from. Hardcore link!

 

[BadgerBadger92]

I see where, at least some of, your inspiration comes from. Hardcore link!

My main inspiration is Robert Frank. Check out his work!

 

[apostolosdt]

What criteria are we supposed to rate them after/by(?) ? If we like them subjectively? Should we put them in perspective with other photograhic artists (of which I admit I don't know many) [...]

"Crit" (standing for critique) is a set or rules taught in arts schools and aiming at offering a more or less objective evaluation of a photo. The rules may differ a bit from school to school, but in general they include four factors: light as shades of grey---blacks to whites; clarity of the shot, that is, whether it clearly focuses on the subject; composition (has the photographer carefully paid attention or just taken a mere snapshot?); and the final presentation of the print. [Obviously, I have covered only B&W photos; color photography is much more demanding.]

One of the best application of these rules is onto one's own shots. In view of that, I wonder how the OP is evaluating his photos.

 

[sbrothy]

"Crit" (standing for critique) is a set or rules taught in arts schools and aiming at offering a more or less objective evaluation of a photo. The rules may differ a bit from school to school, but in general they include four factors: light as shades of grey---blacks to whites; clarity of the shot, that is, whether it clearly focuses on the subject; composition (has the photographer carefully paid attention or just taken a mere snapshot?); and the final presentation of the print. [Obviously, I have covered only B&W photos; color photography is much more demanding.]

One of the best application of these rules is onto one's own shots. In view of that, I wonder how you are evaluating your photos.

As I wrote elsewhere in this thread I'm a hack. I'm more into music. I saw the OP's thread and it was unaswered. I thought if I answered it with what little "crit" I had (which doesn't have basis in much), perhaps I'd provoke someone with a little more knowledge to get involved (if nothing else then for the chance of making a fool out of me). It succeeded. The thread was shortly (if not still) the most busy one on the site. I even got a warning for a post although we ended up agreeing it wasn't made in bad faith. I was of the opinion that the OP deserved an answer but perhaps (just perhaps) he articulated his OP in a way that didn't invite to answers. So I stuck my nose out. I'm still gettting it snapped ni the proverbial door! I can live with that though. I'm glad the OP got some deserved feedback!

EDIT: So to answer, my "critique" is subjective with no basis in actual education except the old painting masters which I know doesn't really apply.


EDIT2: And it now just dawned upon me that maybe your question was aimed at the OP. Sorry about that.

 

[sbrothy]

My main inspiration is Robert Frank. Check out his work!

Oh I'm on it, believe me!

As I wrote I'm more into paintings. Edward Hopper, John William Waterhouse, Skagen Painters as P. S. Krøyer. But don't let me me hijack your thread.

 

[sbrothy]

As I wrote elsewhere in this thread I'm a hack. I'm more into music. I saw the OP's thread and it was unaswered. I thought if I answered it with what little "crit" I had (which doesn't have basis in much), perhaps I'd provoke someone with a little more knowledge to get involved (if nothing else then for the chance of making a fool out of me). It succeeded. The thread was shortly (if not still) the most busy one on the site. I even got a warning for one of my posts even though it wasn't made in any bad spirit. I was of the opinion that the OP deserved an answer but perhaps (just perhaps) he articulated his OP in a way that didn't invite to answers. So I stuck my nose out. I'm still gettting it snapped ni the proverbial door! I can live with that though. I'm glad the OP got some deserved feedback!

EDIT: So to answer, my "critique" is subjective with no basis in actual education except the old painting masters which I know doesn't really apply.

BTW, it occured to me that this kinda thread isn't mission critical to physicsforums as I'm sure the owner(s), moderators and homework helpers would rather have seen a more STEM-related thread up there. But it's just for a short while, so I hope it's OK.