This is my portfolio for a final in my photo class, some of these have already been posted here but some are retouched/edited.
Thanks /p/.

>>4423852 (OP)
whose ur prof? miller?

>>4423855
No, is that at HW?

>>4423858
hw?
i hope ur a highschooler or smth, this work sucks for a college student

sorry, that was mean. i dont like most of this but theres some decent ones. i shouldnt have said that. ill wait till ur done uploading to give critique.

I'm done.
When I was printing these people were impressed, and that I was talented. They're considering my work for a permanent exhibit in my college. But /p/ros are always honest.

ahh ur at harold washington. enjoy your permanent exhibition

if this is talent

metropolitan here i come

>>4423853
This one is ok I guess. Everything else is Reddit tier shit. Your technique is good but you lack any artistic view for your compositions, your pics are uninspired. Taking snapshits of crackers in the metro/bus is the lowest form of street photography and you should stop. It's not your problem, you live in a soulless shithole. 4/10 would hire as a wedding photographer

>>4423891
>4/10 would hire as a wedding photographer
Sweet, I can make money off my camera- best thing I heard all day.

>>4423892
cringe

forgot to post this one. hope you all enjoyed my art!

have a few more!

>>4423852 (OP)
its real bad bro. sorry

hey I'm taking photos here

>>4423892
coping

Really good photos ngl

But really good in a sense that I can see these kind of photos in my middle school social studies textbook kind of vibe

>>4423852 (OP)
what was the assignment?

>>4423909
so bad photos?

>>4423923
20 of your best.

>>4423900
The vignetting is highly upsetting on these ones.

>>4423872
I love this one, but it's super kitsch lol

>>4423925
good in a sense they achieve their purpose
but not so good at being works of art

>>4423874
honestly? only some of these are bad.

Bad tier (zach level):
4423856 (gov building)
good detail and I see the vision w the american flag and the government building but the balance/comp is off.
4423857 (drummer)
imo vignette is FUCKING awful always. -50 points just for that. just not an intersting shot besides that
4423858 (green girl)
i dont know
4423861 (homeless guy looking at camera)
just some homeless guy looking at the camera
4423867 (windy hair)
the windy hair is nice but the background is so bad. Theres clearly emotion in the hug and the dramatic wind but the rest of the shot is meh. coudlve been nice
4423868 (uber guy)
This is definitely a picture of a guy delivering food on a bike
4423870 (queer tires)
Vignette. not a good comp either way. Didnt you get flamed in some RPT for the shot being out of focus too?
4423874 (what about chicago)
Not even a question mark at the end? what does this mean?
4423896 and everything after
vignette. boring shots

>>4424043
okay tier:
4423852 (sunset city skyline)
niceish comp. nice color
4423854 (city sunset skyline 2)
subject (wavy building) is nice but that whiteout is too much imo
4423859 (mother selling snack)
theres a story behind it but the shot is lacking idk
4423860 (matrix guy)
cool. he looks like hes from the matrix.
4423863 (elevator couple)
capture full of life. balance is a tad off and the reflections detract a bit. coudlve been nice
4423864 (sleepy train guy)
clean balanced shot but not interesting
4423869 (anti israel)
making eye contact w the camera when imo it would be better if she wasnt. balance is off. couldve been nice

>>4423977
>good in a sense they achieve their purpose
>but not so good at being works of art

When does "documentary" become "art"? Both have equal merit in my eyes.

>>4424046
nice tier (should be in your exhibition):
4423853 (walking to city)
nice shot. interesting. clean composition. what an interesting foreground.
4423865 (kissing couple)
is it just me or is it blurry? nice capture
4423872 (green salute)
clean shot. nice composition, balance. semi interesting subject

saved to my pc tier:
4423871 (beautiful birds)
Beautiful. Saved to my pc (as the tier title suggests). im a total sucker for flocks of birds in flight. the warm colors and nice compositions add to this. and I like the guy in the bottom right looking up. whole things gives me hope. nice
4423873 (blue sunset)
relaxing shot. beautiful colors. nice n simple. nice

Congrats on the permanent exhibit though. hope you get it. definitely more than ill ever get.

>>4424050
Thanks. That noisy white vignette guy ain't me tho.

>>4424057
what do you mean?
>>4423857
>>4423870
this isnt you?

>>4424106
This guy
>>4423896
>>4423897
>>4423898
>>4423900

>>4424110
looks like ur work!

>>4424047
that's an interesting question
I think documentary becomes art when the photo itself is not the end goal, but the story behind the photo, and the circumstances it took to take the photo evokes something beyond the actual light within the photo

the more context you need to provide, the less artistic the actual photo becomes
and the less context you need to evoke emotion or aesthetic or beauty within the photo the more art it becomes

>>4424182
>artistic
>beauty
where?

>>4423852 (OP)
Effort postin. This is at the level I'd expect of a high school or very intro/101 college class. You should be further along if photography is a special interest. While the subjects, genres, and styles can vary, a portfolio should be cohesive enough to at least appear from the same photographer. Also consider that most all of the images are 3:2, but you have one near 1:1 and one near 2:1, either increase the aspect variance overall or make it more cohesive.
On the technical level, there is definitely room for improvement, even with these small samples. Your editing is a bit heavy on underexposure / contrast / "crunchiness", consider making use of the histogram for a more palatable contrast level. The strong vignettes on E and P look awful. Good editing just comes with time and practice, so I mostly want to focus on the composition.

Go over your photos in Photoshop and play around with different crops and framing, use guidelines to help. A big part of what elevates a good photo to a great one is all the minor details. Consider this slight adjustment I made. In your photo, the horizon is near the middle, but the bottom half feels so much "heavier" than the top half. By shifting the horizon down a bit, it looks a bit more balanced. This also brings the buildings more to the forefront as the subject, and hides the empty space on the bottom. It also feels a bit more balanced when looking at it left/right. It also leaves a bit of "breathing room" at the top of the big building, something most of your photos lack.

>>4424303
This is a good example of leaving your subjects "room to breath" within the frame. It's also important down the road as you may lose a bit on the edges from a matte/frame, from printing a wrap, from using it with a different aspect ratio for print or web, etc. That little extra space adds a lot to the moon. Even with my edit, the image still feels too "weighty" to the right side, so you could crop in from the left, but you'd either lose the beach or that above moon space.

>>4424304
In image like this is very dependent of spacing and position. It's a neat shot with the "X" shape form, but yours is off center enough to make it look like you snapped it and gave no more thought to it. Think about the positioning, and maybe use guidelines again.
I would consider changing this to B+W too in all honesty. B+W is a good option when the emphasis is so heavy on form and there's such a uniform tone to contrast with. The green also makes it, not sure the right word, but less "timeless" or "universally relatable" in the sense. It makes my brain wander away from the photo itself towards thoughts of Chicago and St. Patrick's Day. Should the focus of the photo be on the green river or the person?

>>4424308
With large buildings, do try to play around with perspective / keystone tools. Your original actually looks good enough already, but this shows you how much it can change the look.
Think about everything in the frame, and if something doesn't "add" to the image, try without it.

Some of your shots look like ones that were close to good, but should realistically be in the culled pile. "J" would be significantly more interesting if her eyes were open, but they aren't. Sometimes you miss photos, and that's okay, but you shouldn't force something out of a missed shot. "N" is a random dude on a bike and it doesn't even look perfect on a technical level. If you went to an exhibit and saw that picture up on the wall, what would you think? Being able to edit (as in cull and curate) is a skill you'll improve over time.

Best:
B, R, S, Q
Okay:
A, C, K, L, J, N, O, P
Bad:
D, E, F, G, H, I, M

>>4424312
One thing to think about too, is it a neat photo? or is it a photo of a neat subject? The only reason "A" is remotely interesting, is because of the subject. It's poorly executed, but you don't notice as much, because the big buildings and sky so pretty.
"C" is a much, much stronger image of the same kind of subject. It's arguably worse in terms of the sky you got, and I'd say worse in terms of editing / exposure, but the composition and "cleanliness" of the frame feels so much better. Those trees at the bottom of "A" really do a lot of damage.

>>4424303
Thanks, and it is a 101 class kek. For the vignettes, in ACR I used to stretch the histogram-flattening it- to the edges of clipping. When I found out it was bad practice, I just discovered the vignette helps to push it toward the middle, so I just went from there.
I did end up liking photography so much that I ended up changing my degree to it when I was previously undecided. 15 mile 5 hour walks are good for you.

these are all mediocre at best
>>4423854
>>4423856
are the only decent ones and even they have issues with subject separation and colouring. also stop doing landscapes, you're shit at them.

>>4424355
>switching your major to photography after this
dear god

>>4424303
I'm not an artfag, but I think it would look better without the buildings. Like there is two competing things for my attention here, hard lighted angled buildings and soft colorful water sand. Something like this. Be even better if you'd photoshop in bats/knives on the guys further down the path, like these luddites were about to get mugged.

>>4424385