Need some creat. critisism!
Mallidis John
If you can spare some time I need your remarks on my site (and my pictures,
too).
www.mallidis.8k.com
Please try to be honest (but polite, anyway)
Regards to all
John Mallidis
william mitchell
Thumbnails would be even better.
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kid a
but a tip... check how big your files are.. i have a cable connection and it
took REALLY long to load them... i run 1600x1200 res, but after switching
down to 800x600 in your site i think that people with this res would
appreciate thumbnails.. :)
"william mitchell" <bmit...@home.com> wrote in message
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FOR7
I would suggest creating a start page for each category containing
thumbnails of all the images within that category. Second I would reduce the
file size of the images. They are way to big and can be reduced considerably
without a noticeable decrease in quality. It is strange but the actual image
size for your images are actually bigger than how they are being displayed on
your site. I've never seen that before. It is as if the pages are resizing the
images for you. I would also get rid of the intro page as it tends to just be
another obstacle to people wanting to see your site.
Can't critique your photography as I could not wait to load enough of your
images to have an opinion on them. Beyond that the rest is just a matter of
personal taste. The best thing you could do is to visit other photographers
sites to get ideas for building or improving your own. Good luck
E.T.
fo...@aol.com
Christopher Bush
to your web page design.
My bias: I shoot mostly fashion and abstract, both heavily dependent on
color composition.
1. HairWorld: were you allowed on the stage? If not you did fine. A
tighter composition (longer lens) on some shots would have been better to my
taste. If you were allowed on stage, I would have tried for some stranger
angles, since hair shows are by nature about strangeness. From a technical
standpoint, I would change the color cast. Not that I think color has to
be always daylight balanced to look good, but I just don't find that
particular color pleasing.
2. Still life: Appropriately I viewed this one after the portrait section.
They follow nicely. All of the still life images are about people. They
say "cute". The figurines, the smiling puppet, the eyeless triangle guy,
they all contribute to my idea of cute. Well done!
3. Portraits: Since this is my favorite thing to shoot, I have strong
opinions. Overall, I liked them. Being of a fashion persuasion regarding
people photos, my taste is a little more "out there". You obviously know
what you like in a portrait, since none are timid shots. My favorite is the
first Dora shot. I would change your color balance on the dancers. The
yellow isn't pretty (to me), although the girl dancer is one hot babe!! My
advice--portraits appear to be your strength; keep going as you are, but
don't be afraid to try branching out. When photographers develop a
distinctive style, it can be a dangerous temptation to follow it until it
becomes stale, but still continue due to habit. For example, I periodically
take a few rolls and do something ridiculous like shoot everything out of
focus with heads cut off, cross-processed and overexposed of course. Some
of my best shots come from breaking my personal "formula".
4. I like these--mostly the details, though(windows, housefronts, etc). I
like the window on the purple wall, and the parallel archways (those darn
things never get old to me). The grand, sweeping cathedral shots, I think,
are somewhat on the fence. Either go abstract or set up a view camera and
get the verticals all clean and neat for that postcard effect. Yours are
inbetween. I can't believe I've never been to Prague!!! It looks so darn
cool! All that money spent on photo gear, I could have seen the whole world
50 times over! The statue--I love the sunset in the background and the cold
shadows. I would have liked detail in the statue itself, but just a tiny
hint--like a 1:3 or 1:4 flash fill. The choice of a silohouette is of
course a creative call and a matter of personal taste.
Hope this is helpful. I think overall your work is excellent and will
continue to be so as long as your interest remains strong.
Chris
"Mallidis John" <mall...@spark.net.gr> wrote in message
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Ron
Alexandra: Excellent
Dora (1): Very good
Dora (2): Don't like the mass of max black on the left; shot is too
conventional.
Nana and Babis: Doen't work for me. Not enough contract between background
and subject. Very conventional looking; dislike the yellow saturation.
I didn't care much for the travel photos. The first one was too polarized;
the second, too conventional, the silhouetted statue in sunset; just nothing
which localized it for me. Museum of Arts: Just a full front photo. The
rest: if they don't contain animate objects, they should surprise me in some
way and these don't. Technically, however, they are mostly OK. (I'm not all
that big on travel photos as a genre). Old Town Square (Prague): Where's the
square? Seems like just the tops of buildings. Rule of 3??
Hairworld: I would prefer you used tungsten balanced film. Some of the shots
were muddy.
Cutty Sark: First photo: Too much contrast; loss of shadow detail. Second
photo: OK, but I'm sure there was more available. Also, the long lens
isolates the image and as isolated images they are not all that interesting.
RON
(sorry to sound so harsh; I would want the same were they my photos).
Mallidis John <mall...@spark.net.gr> wrote in message
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Anthony Dalesandro
I will also limit my comments to the site...
I agree with the others on the file size. On my DSL it took a little bit
too long to load the photos and I had to scroll a bit for some of them.
Thumbnail pages are always great but I like the 'Next' Previous' links;
I hate thumbnail pages where you have to go back to the thumbs to see
each picture.
Kill the main page if you can. It seems like one of those free sites and
I understand if you cannot kill it.
Please, please, please make a way to stop the music! It was a good song
and it wasn't too electronic sounding on my Mac, but it hets old REAL
fast and there is no way to stop it.
Otherwise I thought the site was good, way better than mine! The biggets
problem...I would like to see more photos!!!!!
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Paul Butzi
Kill the music. Somewhere, there's someone who enjoys browsing to
a web site and getting blasted with music, but I'm not that person,
and I don't know anyone who is.
-Paul
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