Ruby
This image got a wide variety of responses from my group members. One person found it to be eerie, while another thought it was funny and yet another didn't feel like it was intimate enough. It's hard for me to step back from this one since I love and am so close to my cat, so it was interesting to see the reactions of others. They liked the lighting on the image, but thought that the exposure could have been a little brighter. I think this could have happened because it seemed to print slightly darker than the image I saw on the computer screen, which I realized was a trend among my images.
Mom with Goose
The group described this image as "interesting," "surprising" and "slightly confusing." These are all things that I was trying to achieve with this image and I'm glad it succeeded. It was positively received for the most part, although one person thought the outlines should have been thinner. I wasn't sure what size outlines I should use for this image, so I went with thicker ones like the image I was inspired by had, but perhaps I overdid it. Someone suggested to cut out the squares out and presenting it in 3D if it were to go on display, and this was really an interesting idea to me that I had kind of played with in my head before. Like the picture of Ruby, this one printed darker than I was expecting, which made the outlines hard to see in some areas. Furthermore, I learned that my computer screen isn't set properly or something because when it printed (and was viewed on the computers in the classroom), the sky was kind of messed up in areas where a lot of editing took place. I'd like to go back and redo these parts on a different computer, since I cannot see them at all on my own.
Group Reflection
This image was described as "creepy," "intense" and "psychological." Again, these are all things I was hoping to achieve with this picture so I am glad it was perceived this way. The group's favorite parts of this image were the pose and the bright background. No suggestions were made, but if I were to work on this photo again, I would pay a lot more attention to what is going on in the background. I had to edit a pesky sweatshirt off of the chair because it bothered me, and the side of a TV off the wall, but I would really prefer to just shoot something right the first time instead of having to compensate and change it a lot later.
The Shining
This image was the most popular in the group, which kind of surprised me. I was worried that people wouldn't get that it was supposed to have weird lighting and white balance, but they really appreciated it. It was displayed in the class without its inspiration image next to it, which worried me, but someone even said that it reminded them of the original even without knowing ahead of time that is what it was from and without the direct comparison. They were surprised to learn that I made the door props myself- someone thought it was an actual door that we broke, which I was really glad about, because I was worried it didn't look realistic enough. They also liked the pose of the subject, and no crits were given, but if I were to shoot it again, I would lower the "door frame" a little bit because it was a little off from the original. This is an image I might like to make a series out of, because recreating scenes and posters from movies is a lot of fun.
A Clockwork Orange
This image also got a positive reception and the group thought it looked really close to the original. However, it did have one big problem- like the goose picture, some gray was showing around the words I edited in that I could not see on my own computer screen, This REALLY bothers me because I worked so hard on the rest of it, and something dumb and little ruined the print. It also printed darker than the one on the screen, so the face might have been a little harder to see than I had intended. This too is an image that I would like to make a series out of, because it was so much fun to shoot and edit. This was easily my favorite one to work on so far.
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