Ask JoeB: Has Doubts.

Does it work?

Ghita sent me this photo with doubts about whether I thought it was a good photo or not. As usual, i like to let my fellow photographers read what was sent to me. The reason being that we all at some point have doubt about our work, or have asked themselves similar questions. Here’s the question as it was sen to me:

“Hi Joe,

I’m a Danish hobbyist photographer following your blog. I send you a photo, I took a few evenings ago in my local area.

I’m quite happy about it, but nevertheless have some doubts about the light and the composition. It’s edited in Lightroom. I increased the clarity a bit and lightened the shadows. It now looks pretty much as I saw it.

But how does it work? Is it too dark? Is it too light? What about the balance between the amount of sky and water? And the composition? I had to be quick, because the boat went rather fast.

Ghita,

Instead of the usual critique I type out, for the first time I’m going to send you a video critique. This is what I do in my online class with the PPSOP. The things I’ll cover in this critique I also cover in my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind” workshops I conduct around the planet.

Take a look at my critique by clicking on this link: http://www.screencast.com/t/04nKGurJFFt

Visit my website at: www.joebaraban.com and watch for my 2014 workshop schedule at the top of this blog. Come shoot with me sometime.

Don’t forget to send me a photo and question to: AskJoeB@gmail.com.

JoeB