Bragging Rights . . .

Apr 26
Amy

I just have to brag . . .

Most of the people who know me also know I’ve been taking a photography course through the New York Institute of Photography for the past 18 months or so. As a matter of fact, I posted earlier in my blog about having a creative block trying to figure out how to compose or even WHAT to compose image-wise for the most recent unit I was working on. I was really having difficulty with them.

I finally decided, got the pictures taken & dug deep for a couple old ones, and these are the ones I submitted. You’ll have to forgive me, I’ve posted a couple of these before.


I received my instructor critique back in the mail today, and here are some of Brian’s comments:

“If everyone photographed like you did, I’d probably be out of a job. Thank God there’s only one of you!”

“I was walking around the office here at NYI showing off your prints and I kind of got a unanimous vote of confidence here. These photos are really pretty fantastic. Please don’t get into business management (my degree), you don’t want to waste this talent. This is extraordinary work.”

“I’ve worked with a lot of children’s photographers who on a good day aren’t really able to get the amount of spontenaiety and expressions that you have sitting right here. Not to mention the lighting and the composition. This is just really phenominal stuff and its pretty impiossible to really point out any one thing that’s either wrong or incorrect about them because you pretty much have your own signature style and I don’t want to mess with it.”

“You have that magic touch or another that is just really pronounced in all of your work.”

“The bridal shot is probably one of the best single shots of a bride that I’ve seen. One of the famous cinematographers, lighting guys in movies, said that you know lighting is successful when its invisible and that’s exactly what you have here. The lighting is almost invisible. You captured her beautifullly, this is really fantastic!”

“Your work is an absolute pleasure to look at.”

Okay, my little ego trip is over, I was just so excited and thrilled I couldn’t help myself! If you made it through this whole thing, thank you for putting up with me!