Joe Dolinsky: Recipes 2 - Color/Passion

Hey all. For this assignment, I really tried to build on a lot of the commentary I got from the last critiques. There was a lot of feedback that I got and subsequently tried to incorporate into this critique. I took some pictures that I thought were really good, and the commentary on them seemed to echo that. For all my shots, I used my trusty old iPhone 4. The grizzled veteran.

I had two photos that seemed to generate a lot of consideration for POW. Here's the first:

I caught this at sunset at Race Street Pier a few weeks ago. I really love this part of the city. As far as scenery goes, you can't really go wrong over that way. I walked to the end of the pier and crouched down to make it look like I'm right on top of the water. I put the bridge into one of the thirds of the frame. I took the photo with VSCO Cam which has a feature that tells you whether or not your photo is level. I wanted to make sure the Camden side of the water was level and that app is really helpful with that, as well as for small edits and the like. I didn't use any filters for this. Natural lighting. It was really just the perfect time of day.

Here's another that was popular.

This had a lot to do with framing. I wanted to get most of the mural in the shot but also showing that it was the side of a bakery. So I knew I needed to get both the sign at the front of the shop and most of the mural in the frame. It involved a lot of stepping back further and reshoot until it was just right. The color of the mural is incredible on its own, but the green from the tree, the blue and white in the sky and the line on the bakery awning really added to it. As far as getting the mural in the frame, I used the natural line of the tree as a boundary to the left. I had to include the tree trunk otherwise it wouldn't have looked right. Again, VSCO Cam here. If you don't have it downloaded, check it out. Really helpful.

Thanks for all the feedback.

Joe