Portfolios Pt. 1

-      Name of photographer: Alyssa Schukar

-      General focus: photo- portraits that tell a story

-      3 problems that judges addressed: not getting up close and personal, too much distance between subject and viewer, each picture is too similar, not enough strong singles.

-      2 things the judges liked: The guy sweeping the stream in Haiti photo: background and its colours, baseball celebration picture

-      My overall impression of the photographer? Likes and dislikes?: I don’t like all of the photos because they seem really standard. However, I like the energy of the baseball photo and the guy sweeping the stream in Haiti picture

-      Name of photographer: Travis Haughton

-      General focus: photoj- portraits that make a story, impact

-      3 problems: frames are too tight; pictures of signs; faces aren’t always showing

-      2 pros: nice levels and light

-      Some of the photos are too photoshopped and placid for my liking. However, I like the picture where the old man is crossing the street. The light is nice.

-      Nick Adams

-      Photo j: portraits, sports

-      3 cons: the focus is off sometimes, the story isn’t always there, not too original

-      2 pros: Nice light in the cheerleading picture, graphically pleasing for the most part

-      Some of the photos were not compositioned well. I liked the sharpness of the water sports photo

-      Jordan Murph

-      Photo j: sports

-      3 cons: portfolio becomes a little repetitive, shoots sports but then goes in and adds a photo of a curling wave without a surfer, terrible 2nd story             

-      2 Pros: Colours and story was there, great composition and singles

-      I like how the photos were colourful, but not too oversaturated. Original content 

-      Josh Birnbaum

-      Photo j: experiences

-      3 cons: some of the photos are out of focus, doesn’t capture faces that well, cropping is a little off sometimes, nothing strong emotionally and graphically to make 2^ndstory great

-      2 pros: Photographer did a good job of getting in the action, pretty good composition

-      My opinion: Hated the second story, too repetitive. I liked the 3^rdstory, but the second story made it reduntant. Some of the photos are well lit.


      The winners:
      Judges: The photographer is almost "running with the pack" in the cross country photo. Everybody's doing something in every picture.

Personal Opinion: I don't see any weak spots in this portfolio. It's very creative and original.


How did the judges decide?
-They opened all the pictures of the portfolio so they were side by side to review them. Then, they compared al of the top portfolios together.