CS 39J: Session 8

http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs39j/session08.html
11 March 2005

CRITIQUES

• Max:
  • A Good Friend -- depth of field works well, degree of blur in background is just right -- gives just enough information to know what's in the background, but isn't distracting.

• Bianca:
  • a2beam.jpg -- light lining chin is perfect (defines chin perfectly).
  • a3shannonhead.jpg -- use of flash picks up highlight in eyes and jewelery (sparkle is nice), but gives the overall photo a very harsh appearance.

• George:
  • peter_zoom.jpg -- shadow from the nose covers eyes--could be removed by using a fill-in flash.

• Megan:
  • crazyjen1.jpg -- large depth of field allows the reflections in the lenses to be sharp giant, distorted nose adds character to the picture.

• Mandy:
  • 21.jpg -- faces of the people in the background are washed out--we need to see more detail.
  • 27.jpg -- what is the story? if the main subject was the laundry, it should have more of a presence.

   

• Hai:
  • 1.jpg -- there is no use of depth of field, so the background interrupts the main subject (no separation between the foreground and background).
  • 2.jpg -- more focus is on the subject and there is a sense of mood.

• Adrienne:
  • cave girl -- filling in the hole with sister was a good compositional move (otherwise there would be too much washed out background).
  • tree -- the abstraction is interesting.

• Christine:
  • hats of to you -- great lighting; natural light coming in from behind, through the glass gives a full, yet softened lighting situation.
  • the girl -- good texture and contrast.

• Jie:
  • Sekhar Flora -- perfect amount of blur in background.

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