My photos for the portrait assignment were well-liked by my peers, along with which came some great critique and suggestions for improvement.
For my self-portrait, I received praise for the detail of the eyes and nods of approval for the choice of crop on my face. Someone commented on how they liked how I was looking upwards and not at the camera. I could see myself doing an extension on this, going through different expressions showing emotion through just one part of myself (mouth, nose, etc.).
For the first portrait of Allegra, the close-up, the angle of the portrait was well-liked for its interestingness - the view is looking down at the figure and off to the side. Some suggestions that were given were to apply more contrast and to blur the background out more so that the figure is emphasized even more as the focus.
For the second portrait of Allegra, where she is sitting in the Gilchrist Pub next to the window, there were no suggestions given during this particular critique to make it more portfolio-worthy, although I do remember that there was a suggestion previously for if I were to do a re-shoot to make her eyes the focus because they're so striking with expression. There were several good notes on the expression on her face in combination with the angle of the portrait on her - the viewer is in the position to be looking down upon her, but she is giving the expression of looking down upon the viewer. She is quite intimidating.
For the third portrait of Allegra, they like the facial expression and the trees in the background, but one suggestion that was made to make the figure pop was to go and lighten up the figure in more highlighted areas so that she wouldn't be as gray - so that she stands out more.
All the suggestions that were made during the critique that day are things that I could go into photoshop and fix.
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