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37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_001 | 00:01:12 | 00:01:54 | The shot is a backlit portrait made with a Canon EOS 7D and 17-50mm lens, rendered in black and white with front fill light. The critic praises the composition, exposure, and editing but suggests a color version to better reveal the face and overall interest. | Boom. What are we shooting with? We got a Canon EOS 7D with a 17-50. Love that 17-50 by the way, 2.8 whether it's a Sigma or a Tamron, probably going to do about the same thing so I love it. So I like, wow what harsh sunlight but it's harsh sunlight from the back and it looks like a strobe is fired into the front so I ... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_002 | 00:01:54 | 00:03:04 | A flash-lit portrait of a person against a blown-out background, likely tied to an Ashley Madison theme. The critic praises the composition, hair light, editing, and tones, noting the consumer body with a professional lens produced a strong, beautiful shot without major corrections. | Shh. You had me at Ashley Madison. EOS Rebel T1i with a 70-200, 2.8. Oh my God. So again, the reason I look at the cameras that are being used, the gear that's being used, it helps me determine the type of feedback that I give. In this case we've got a professional 70-200, 2.8 lens on the front of a T1i. So many people... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_003 | 00:03:04 | 00:03:30 | The shot is a color photograph that appears simple and lacks a clear narrative or strong subject. The critic finds it technically sound in exposure, editing, and composition but uninteresting, and suggests a horizontal orientation. | So really nice shot right here. This is okay, not too much interest. Obviously I like the color more than the black and white from prior but this is, unless it's even a photo story that's telling something, it's just boring, plain, blah. Everything else is fine, exposure, editing, composition. Maybe I'd like to see a h... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_004 | 00:03:30 | 00:04:05 | The photo shows a person wearing a New Era cap, likely in a city-related context. The critic finds the image too yellow and warm but praises its composition and processing. | I don't know what hat that is, back to the 7D, May of 2014, I mean I would be curious to see what the hat is. Obviously it's a new era hat. I don't, SH, I'm not really sure what that is. But if it has something to do with the city, then it's a win. It's a total win. What does that say up there? I can't read what that s... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_005 | 00:04:05 | 00:04:48 | The shot shows a male performer holding a microphone in one hand and a drink in the other against a dark graduated background. The critic praises the subject exposure but dislikes the black gradient and the awkward dual props, suggesting a plain white or gray background to reduce visual tension. | So we got a very Michael Buble style thing going on here. I like the exposure on the subject but I am totally, absolutely hurt by this black gradation thing that's going on. It's hurting me because the microphone should be important here. I would like to see this on all white or all gray. Is it hurting anybody else out... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_006 | 00:04:48 | 00:06:13 | The shot shows a woman and child in a backlit scene, with an attractive likeness but soft focus. The critic says the focus is missed and cannot be corrected, while suggesting lower exposure and higher contrast to improve the image. | And that's beautiful. Ooh, she looks like Keira Knightley for a second. It's beautiful but she's not sharp. What's this taken at? 5'6", 1 1 6th of a second. Alright, so unless the IS was on, kind of breaking the rules right there for hand holding. Let's see. It's, it's, so, alright, how do we get around this image? I t... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_007 | 00:06:13 | 00:07:01 | The photo shows a man in a street setting with the background in focus at f/4, creating a contemplative mood. The critic finds the centered subject and a reflection of street workers distracting, and suggests moving him off-center, changing the angle or cropping to remove the reflection, and possibly using high-contras... | Trying to see if that's out too and the background is what's in focus. At F4, I mean this is fine, contemplative. I don't like this reflection over here that we can see the street workers over there. Ah, he's too in the middle of the image for my liking, in 2012, so this is a long time ago when it was taken. But if we ... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_008 | 00:07:01 | 00:07:31 | The photo is a 2013 Rebel T1I shot of a person in a setting with harsh side lighting. The critic finds it acceptable but overdone, suggesting the subject be centered and additional fill light be added to improve the image. | What year? 2013 again, Rebel T1I. This is okay, I get it, I get what's going on but a little over, we got a very harsh side light. If there was some writing here for a magazine or something, maybe it would be better. I just think it's, for something like this, I think we could smack dab, put him in the middle and I get... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_009 | 00:07:31 | 00:07:59 | The shot shows a lone subject standing in the middle of an otherwise empty street, with a single car visible off to one side. The critic likes the concept but says the car breaks the emptiness and should be removed. | This is cool, having a subject in the middle of a street that looks like there are no cars anywhere to be found until you look over here and see a Jeep or whatever the heck it is and it kind of is like, well damn, we have no cars and no pedestrians and nobody else in this frame whatsoever and then we have a car over he... | |
37OoIDr5ccw | 30 for 30 Episode 7: Basic body + Killer Glass = Solid shots (mostly) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OoIDr5ccw | photo_010 | 00:07:59 | 00:08:54 | The shot shows a woman lying on a sofa in an outdoor look-book setting, with a related background and off-camera flash. The critic praises the balanced lighting and background, notes a distracting object on the ground, and suggests black-and-white conversion could work but may reduce sky detail. | And then we've got that same symbol that was on the hat. This is interesting. This is a shot from some work I did with a self-hire, self-hired for their look book. So whatever self-hired is, this was the first time that I was using off-camera flash outside of the studio. Well, I like when there's some information about... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_001 | 00:01:06 | 00:01:58 | The shot shows a coach and player in a sports setting, captured with a kit telephoto lens and rendered in sepia. The critic argues the sepia treatment hides a fundamentally weak image, since the subject and composition are not strong enough to stand alone. | Let's see, image for froze rapid fire critique, EOS Rebel T2i with a 75 to 300, F4 to 5.6, this is taken in 2012, interesting, we're many years past that. So anyway, Rebel T2i and a kit lens, basically a kit lens showing you what you can do, sepia tone, got to go. So the things that I like to say or the things I say of... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_002 | 00:01:58 | 00:02:47 | The shot shows a determined Kutztown athlete in black and white, with awkward framing that crops parts of the scene. The critic says it still works because the subject and setting are clear, though cropping may be less effective in sports. | This Kutztown is strong, now this is strong, same thing, 2012, alright I'd love to see newer stuff, hopefully we get to that. Is the framing a little awkward, yes. Did we cut off a bunch of things, yes. For portraits, yes. Does it take away from the image totally, not totally. I think it still works the way that it is,... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_003 | 00:02:47 | 00:03:57 | The shot shows a female athlete performing a windmill, captured slightly off the ground at the peak of her motion. The critic praises the timing, composition, framing, and lens choice, calling it a successful sports shot with no problems or fixes noted. | Alright, alright this is the right timing, now we're into 2013, T2i still, ah 70-200 2.8, what was the last photo taken with, 70-200 2.8 so upgraded the lens. See that's the smart thing to do, not to take away from critiquing but T2i, not the greatest camera in the world but it doesn't matter what camera you have, if y... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_004 | 00:03:57 | 00:04:55 | The photo shows a baseball player, likely a pitcher, on the field during warm-ups. The critic finds it acceptable but says the background bokeh is strange and brighter than the foreground, making it distracting, and the hand position suggests a curveball or slider rather than an ideal pitching action. | Alright so now we got to, we switch over to the baseball player, the bokeh looks awfully weird, why does it look awfully weird in the background? That's what I'm trying to figure out, why is it brighter in the background than it is in the foreground? Did you try brightening up the background? Because that's distracting... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_005 | 00:04:55 | 00:05:22 | The shot shows a group of players in gold and maroon uniforms looking like warriors about to enter battle, likely during a pre-game moment. The critic finds it effective and well-colored, though facial expressions are limited, and prefers color over black and white. | Oh cool, look at these guys, they look like warriors going into battle, going into battle. So it's good, it works, probably national anthem or something else going on, colors good, it's muted a little bit which is fine, black and white I don't think would be as good because these gold colors and the maroon colors I thi... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_006 | 00:05:22 | 00:05:59 | The shot shows three female players in a sports setting, including an opposing player. The critic calls it a good, sharp image with strong attitude, though the focus is hard to judge. | It's an alright shot, it just looks like these girls want to kick your ass and they probably could kick your ass. Don't get in our way, focus wise I can't really tell if it's going to be, if it is in focus because of the image, as long as you got this sharp it's okay, I like that you have three people in the image, wow... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_007 | 00:05:59 | 00:07:08 | The shot shows a muscular athlete striking a Heisman Trophy pose. The critic says the bright, poorly rendered background and bad bokeh are distracting, likely from heavy cropping on a consumer camera, and suggests raising ISO for a faster shutter and stopping down to f/3.2–f/3.5. | the guy in the Heisman Trophy, that is the quintessential Heisman Trophy pose and these guys are ripped, shredded. This guy is going Ole, October 19, 2013, still a little while ago, the backgrounds are too bright, I don't understand why the backgrounds are so bright in these images because look at, I don't know if it's... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_008 | 00:07:08 | 00:07:46 | The photo shows a swimmer in a pool. The critic says it is fine but has a weak expression, appears cropped, and has unnatural cubic bokeh, suggesting a straight-on angle when possible. | with that when you're doing that. Swimming shots, one of the hardest shots to do, it's fine, not a great expression on her face and you can see again that it's cropped, just look at the bokeh, look at how cubic it looks, not pubic, cubic, it just looks absolutely weird the way that it's tightening up the way that it is... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_009 | 00:07:46 | 00:08:13 | The shot, taken on a 2014 Rebel, is otherwise good, but the critic finds the square crop unsuitable. They recommend keeping the original aspect ratio, filling the frame, and not cutting off the pall. | So the shot's good, 2014 Rebel, same camera, it's just that why are we cropping it like this, leave the aspect ratio the way that it should be or the way that it was when you took it, fill the frame, try not to cut off this pall, either come in, yeah see I don't even, it's like Falcor is running at me, but don't cut of... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_010 | 00:08:13 | 00:08:40 | The black-and-white shot shows a determined subject in a fishing-related setting. The critic praises the composition, framing, exposure, and processing but says the strange background needs attention. | As black and white works, I like the determination that's going on here, I wonder if there was a fish that did come up from this, it makes me wonder that, again the background looks awfully weird, again it just looks weird, but I like the composition, I like the framing, I like the exposure and I like the processing, j... | |
44Suihw7RXk | 30 for 30 Episode 13: Low End body + Skilled photographer with Glass = Winning Results | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Suihw7RXk | photo_011 | 00:08:40 | 00:09:20 | The final portrait shows a basketball player with hands on the wheels, with appealing eyes and good facial lighting. The critic praises the stronger background and composition, says it does not look cropped, and rates the sports set as generally good though somewhat lacking in emotion and partly dated. | And then that's the last shot as a portrait, I like the way the eyes look, what lens are Background looks much better, because like I've said before, you shouldn't have to crop a shot like this, if you need to crop a shot like this, you need to get it right in your composition in the camera, I can understand if you wan... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_001 | 00:00:58 | 00:02:07 | The photo shows the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco from an unusual angle, with Alcatraz possibly in the distance and a long exposure smoothing the water. The critic likes the extra light, foreground/background depth, and smooth water, but finds the bridge too small and the left side underused, suggesting a tighter... | So here we have San Francisco, it's the Golden Gate Bridge, a place that many people shoot quite often. I feel the image, it's a different angle than I'm used to seeing. You're used to seeing an angle a little further to the right which leaves less of this dead space here but is this Alcatraz over here? I'm not sure bu... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_002 | 00:02:07 | 00:02:51 | The shot shows a lighthouse against a sky. The critic praises the lighthouse processing but faults the sky for visible burn-in, a demarcation line, and added grain, recommending stacking exposures and cutting in a better sky exposure instead. | away. So I'm feeling what's going on in the image itself that's taken, it's the processing and editing, not so much. It's the burning in of all of this that I can see the line of burning, the line of demarcation. It's bad that you can see that this was burnt in so it's just a bad processing job. Don't ruin your photos ... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_003 | 00:02:51 | 00:03:40 | The photo shows a night scene with stars appearing to move across the sky. The critic likes the overall image but notes that a 2.5-second f/13 exposure would not create that star movement, suggesting the stars were likely stacked or added in post-processing. | Don't do that. That's nice. See, now this is nice. Now this could be a stacked layered type image because you've got the stars moving. Well, let's see, what is it, two and a half seconds. At two and a half seconds you wouldn't get, you wouldn't get the stars moving like this at two and a half seconds. I love the image,... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_004 | 00:03:40 | 00:04:25 | The photo shows a car in a sunrise or sunset landscape shot at 20mm f/13. The critic finds it interesting but the sky looks odd and the subject unclear, suggesting a vertical crop that removes the background and isolates the intended focus. | I do like that. This is interesting. 20 millimeters, F13, it feels alright. I would consider trying a vertical of this so we cut out this back here. To me that's, and look at this, is that, I just, the sky looks weird. I can't put a finger on it right now but the sky looks weird. So something like this could work leadi... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_005 | 00:04:25 | 00:04:56 | The shot is a street photograph centered on a person’s eyes. The critic says post-processing overemphasized shadows and whites, creating a glowy background, and recommends a tighter, more vibrant black-and-white with more contrast and fewer corrections. | I can feel it, you know, street photography. I think that the, too many shadows were brought in in post processing. If you tighten this up, make it a more vibrant black and white, it would look better. I think I can tell from the background that the shadow sliders and whites were bumped a lot because that's why you get... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_006 | 00:04:56 | 00:06:16 | The shot shows a San Francisco landscape with sky, water, and rocks. The critic praises the angle, sky, and water but finds the image over-processed and artificially manipulated, recommending a cleaner panoramic crop with less dodging and burning. | And I think that's the moral of the story that's going on here even with something like this. Now that's San Francisco again and I love this angle. I think it's the over-processing is hurting it. When you look at this image, it looks like multiple images cut into one to try to make it better or a lot of dodging and bur... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_007 | 00:06:16 | 00:06:48 | The shot shows the Golden Gate Bridge in the afternoon with fog rolling in, presented in black and white. The critic praises the creative crop and restrained sky processing, saying the image works well. | done in this image. Now that is a hell of a lot better and it looks like we have a creative crop going on in this case. I am feeling this because of the smog and it's not smog, it's fog that's rolling in. Yes we've got a little bit of processing going on in the sky but it's not over the top this time and I love the bla... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_008 | 00:06:48 | 00:07:09 | The shot features a colorful sky and sun, possibly captured with a 14-24mm lens and filter. The critic praises its composition, color, and tones while noting the sun is too blurry, but overall likes the image. | Colors, really nice colors in the sky. Don't know how we're getting those unless we're using a different filter up there with the 14-24 and some kind of filter in front of it. I like it. I wish that the sun wasn't as flurry as it is. Not your fault but really nice job getting it, nice composition, nice color, nice tone... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_009 | 00:07:09 | 00:07:48 | The photo is a long-exposure shot of a wooden subject with lights. The critic likes it but suggests lowering the exposure and increasing contrast to reduce an unrealistic glow in the wood and make the image look tighter. | I think we could darken it up just a tad. Of course that's on my monitor. Again, if this is HDR it's fine. I have no problem with that. It just feels that it needs a little more contrast to tighten it up because it becomes unrealistic looking for such a long exposure. Why I say unrealistic looking because the wood star... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_010 | 00:07:48 | 00:08:20 | The shot shows a moon above trees, and the critic appreciates the subject, exposure, and overall composition. The main issue is an overexposed or oddly rendered sky, which should be darkened to make the moon the clear focal point. | I like this shot. I like that it's the moon. 15 seconds at F11 and I like the way that this feels. I like all of these trees here. I like the moon over here. Again, I hope it's the moon or is it the sun? It's got to be the moon. It's got to be the moon. The sun would be much brighter on this area but again I think that... | |
A7HnexR957A | 30 for 30 Episode 15: Some sweet "West Coast" landscapes here | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7HnexR957A | photo_011 | 00:08:20 | 00:08:45 | The shot is a landscape at Pfeiffer Beach, California, showing waves crashing on rocks. The critic prefers it over earlier images but suggests getting closer to the waves and rocks rather than emphasizing the beach. | And then finishing with something like this in Pfeiffer, George Pfeiffer. Now it's Paul Pfeiffer Beach, California. Much better. It looks less like you sandwich two images together in this case and I like it more. In terms of a landscape, get closer. I think it's about the waves crashing on the rocks. Not so much about... | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_001 | 00:01:04 | 00:01:53 | A black-and-white photo shows a runner in mid-air, centered in a symmetrical composition. The critic praises the strong symmetry, timing, and bold B&W processing, warns against excessive glow, and suggests trying an off-center placement. | Panasonic Olympus, oh, wait a second, Panasonic DMC G6 with an Olympus 45mm F1.8. So I believe that's a mirrorless camera, well no, it is absolutely a mirrorless camera. I meant to say I believe it's a micro four thirds camera. So a 45mm, you multiply it by something and you get something else. I like the image, it's v... | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_002 | 00:01:53 | 00:02:12 | The photo shows a man smoking, with the focus centered on him. The critic finds it strong and workable, noting it would be even stronger as part of a photo story. | It works, it's fine as part of a photo story, absolutely strong. I like that the focus is right here on this gentleman smoking whatever he is smoking and it does work and it does stand on its own but in a photo story I think it would be much stronger. | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_003 | 00:02:12 | 00:03:05 | The shot shows two men playing paddle ball near water, with a boat in the background and a bright sky. The critic praises the creative crop, off-center ball, balanced symmetry, and sky exposure, while cautioning against over-dodging the figures. | Well I can't say that it would be much stronger because I don't know if it's part of a photo story. Anyway, forget what I just said there. I love this composition. This looks like to be a creative crop. I can see that it's a creative crop but that's cool. I love the sky. I love the exposure that's going on there and th... | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_004 | 00:03:05 | 00:03:43 | The shot shows a person’s khaki pants and feet, with one shoe blurred in motion and the other planted. The critic finds it initially ungrasping but interesting because of the movement and color, and ultimately says it works on its own. | Is this all right? I get it. It's a nice, what are we, I get it. But it's okay. I actually like the color. It's void of color but there's still color. You can see that you've got the khaki color pants and you've got one shoe moving while the other one is firmly planted. Very interesting. What's the shutter speed? One s... | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_005 | 00:03:43 | 00:04:19 | The image appears to show a tree and a lamp post in an outdoor setting, cropped square. The critic finds it weak and snapshot-like, suggesting a stronger composition that keeps the tree fully in frame and removes the lamp post while using the shadows. | Don't like to create, don't like to crop at all. I think this is not a good image. The way that it's cropped square makes it just feel like it's a snapshot for Instagram which there's nothing wrong with. I just don't feel that this is a very good shot the way that it is. If I was to give it some positive feedback let's... | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_006 | 00:04:19 | 00:04:57 | The shot is a close wide-angle view of several Jewish people, including a man wearing a tallit and payot, a woman on a cell phone blowing her nose, and another man in a hat. The critic finds it stronger and increasingly interesting because the tight framing reveals many narrative details, though the specific lens is no... | Now this is stronger because you got really close with a wider angle lens. Doesn't tell us which one it is this time. But we've got so much going on here. I like the fact that we've got so many different, hey they're Jews, Jews, Jews. You can see that they're Jews. This guy's got his talus on. He's got big pecs. If you... | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_007 | 00:04:57 | 00:05:28 | The shot shows a busy urban scene with cars, background construction, and a train station where people wait near a return-home sign. The critic likes the image but objects to the square crop and suggests preserving the vertical framing to keep the background elements from feeling cut off. | This is good too. Just be careful with doing this to the background. Again we've got a crop going on. I'm not a big fan of square crops. That's me personally. If you like it, you like it. I like what's going on in this image from here. But I want to and you've got all the cars. So not only do you have all the cars goin... | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_008 | 00:05:28 | 00:05:49 | The shot shows a woman with a baby. The critic calls the composition strong but points out dirt in the child's eye and a mouth expression that makes the woman look as if she might eat the baby, without offering a specific fix. | That's all right. A lot of schmutz in the kid's eye. Not your fault. Composition wise it's fine. Great shot. No, not so much because it looks like her mouth looks like she's about to eat the baby or something. I don't know if she's about to eat the baby. Don't eat the baby. So that's all I've got to say about that. | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_009 | 00:05:49 | 00:06:11 | The photo is a fish-eye street shot, likely in Israel, featuring a blurred figure. The critic dislikes the unnecessary fish-eye distortion and blur, suggesting a black-and-white freeze could save it. | Fish eyes. Not a huge fan of fish eye shots. Look at this. This must be Israel. But I'm not a big fan of this shot. The fish eye for no particular purpose. Blurry guy right here. If you froze him in black and white maybe you save it. But fish eyes are a very particular lens that I am not a big fan of. | |
ViIX_w3B8fc | 30 for 30 Episode 17: Find the angles, capture the stories, THROW OUT THAT FISHEYE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViIX_w3B8fc | photo_010 | 00:06:11 | 00:06:27 | The photo shows a tight street scene in Israel, identifiable mainly by its street signs. The critic wants higher contrast and a wider, farther-back view that reveals more of the surrounding scene. | Go with higher contrast on something like this and actually be further back. Show more of the scene. This is one of those images that I see that it's Israel because of the street signs. But I want to see more of the scene. I just think it's too tight of a shot. And I've said this a million times to myself is that I cou... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_001 | 00:00:59 | 00:03:30 | The photo shows a subject framed by out-of-focus foreground elements that lead the eye to the center. The critic likes that framing but says the image is flat and the shutter speed is too slow for handheld use on a crop-sensor 300mm lens, so it needs more contrast and a faster shutter speed by opening the aperture and/... | lens, 5.6, oh once, oh no, okay, all right, all right. So I like the shot. I love the fact that we've got this foreground elements that are out of focus that draw you into this center of the subject. What would make this picture much better is more contrast. It needs to be punched up because it does look flat and I kno... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_002 | 00:03:30 | 00:04:18 | The photo is a tight animal portrait with acceptable exposure, but the critic finds it too cropped and lacking context. They recommend including the surrounding scene so the animal’s location is visible, while noting they like the jellyfish image. | Let's move on. All right, so portraits of animals like this are fine, see look, 1.1 thousandth of a second at F4, so they did that much better. I like to see animal photos in context, one, this is cropped, so this isn't exactly how the shot was taken, nothing you can do about the fly away hair or whisker right here, bu... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_003 | 00:04:18 | 00:04:28 | The shot appears to show an underwater or aquarium scene with vivid color. The critic finds it visually pleasing and emotionally effective, with no specific problems or corrections noted. | This looks very nice, not much I can say about it, the color's nice, obviously shooting into the water or underwater or at an aquarium, this one looks good, see such emotion can | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_004 | 00:04:28 | 00:05:01 | The photo shows an animal in a scene, captured with an 80-200mm f/2.8 lens, and the critic praises its strong contrast and emotional expression. The main concern is the unclear cropping, which the critic does not understand. | be captured, I'm not sure why the crop, why the not, why is this crop like this? It's a good photo, 80-200 2.8, first 2.8 lens I ever bought from Nikon, I love the contrast beautiful on this, you see how much better the contrast is on this one than on the first one, so much better, you've got emotion going on with this... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_005 | 00:05:01 | 00:05:24 | The shot is a close-up of a red panda with a bright, blown-out background. The critic praises the animal’s face, color, contrast, and tones, but notes excessive dead space that could be reduced with a tighter crop. | See beautiful, see now you've got, stop saying see Jared, you have this wood here, is this a red panda? I think it may be a red panda, beautiful look on this animal's face, beautiful blown out background with the F4 300, F4 on a D7000, nice color, nice contrast, nice tones, nice image, not as much on this, we've got a ... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_006 | 00:05:24 | 00:05:49 | The shot shows an animal with large eyes in a bright area with noticeable empty space. The critic says the distracting dead space and uneven brightness weaken the image, though it is still good. | image, not as much on this, we've got a lot of dead space going on, not saying you need to fill it more, I'm just saying that it's very distracting because it's ultra bright over here and then you've got this animal with really big ass eyes right here that's a little darker, not sure that, it just could be the area whe... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_007 | 00:05:49 | 00:06:07 | The photo shows a koala bear in a eucalyptus tree. The critic calls it a nice shot and adds a humorous aside about koalas being stoned and falling from trees. | the other one, oh I'm a koala bear, do you realize that eucalyptus makes them high, they always fall out of trees and stuff, drop bears and all, I actually don't know if they fall out of trees but this is nice, you've got the tree, you've got the eucalyptus, you've got the stoned out of its mind koala bear, I absolutel... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_008 | 00:06:07 | 00:06:40 | The shot shows an eagle, likely perched, with strong contrast and accurate exposure. The critic calls it technically excellent but repetitive and emotionally flat, suggesting capturing the bird in flight or a different situation. | an eagle, I don't think this is a bald eagle right because it's not bald, so eagle shots are fine but they all become boring after a while because it's the same shot, try to get it in flight, try to get it in a different situation but other than that it's a great photo, great contrast, great exposure, everything is spo... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_009 | 00:06:40 | 00:07:13 | The photo shows a stacked pile of small animals, possibly lemurs. The critic likes the image but finds it slightly lacking, suggesting a wider frame to show more of the stack and a better capture if time allowed. | it's a lemur pile, maybe are they lemurs? I don't know if they're lemurs, I don't know what they are but I like it, I wish it was a little wider so I could see more of the stack going on there but it's cool that you've got one, two, three, four, five different things at least in there, so I like this but it does seem t... | |
bJnqFNMwgUA | 30 for 30 Episode 3: Sometimes tight headshot after tight headshot lacks interest | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnqFNMwgUA | photo_010 | 00:07:13 | 00:08:04 | The photo shows a zoo animal in water, and the critic praises the subject, color, tone, and overall appeal. The main concerns are the f/5.6 aperture, visible noise or grain likely from heavy cropping, and a slightly bright exposure. | sleeping, grr, that's great, I really like it because if it's at a zoo you rarely get to see animals doing stuff because they're usually sleeping so this is great that he's in the water or she's in the water, beautiful shot, nice color, nice tone, ISO 800, 1 800th of a second, 5.6, still interested in why they're at 5.... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_001 | 00:01:07 | 00:01:53 | The photo shows an unspecified subject and setting, shot with a Nikon D3100 and 70-300mm lens. The critic praises its exposure, composition, and editing, noting it works both as part of a photo story and on its own. | Here we go, let's get into the photo. We are taken with the Nikon D3100 and a 70-300 kit lens, well 70-300 is a pretty good lens that they make. So exposure wise, nice. Composition, very nice. Editing, processing, very nice. All around it's a very nice image as part of a photo story, it works on its own, it works. This... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_002 | 00:01:53 | 00:02:48 | The photo shows a person holding and leaning against a hay bale outdoors. The critic finds the processing and subtle gold tones good but the composition awkward, suggesting a reframe or horizontal crop that shows more of the bale and reduces dead space. | Here it looks like, hey, I'm holding up a ball of hay and I'm going to lean on it. I see what we have, we have leaning lines leading you into the frame, sorry, leading you out of the frame here. It's just a little awkward the way that she's leaning. I wouldn't be interested to see what it is with a little more of the h... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_003 | 00:02:48 | 00:04:26 | The shot shows a woman in a hay-filled outdoor setting, but it is underexposed and feels snapshot-like. The critic suggests brightening the face in post and reshooting horizontally with the subject placed left and out-of-focus hay or dead space to the right for a stronger, more story-driven composition. | So yeah, five, six, four hundred ISO, three hundred millimeters, one, three, twenty, okay. So exposure wise we're okay. It's just, it's a little too dark, it needs to be brightened up. You can fix some of this in post, but in terms of the image, it's just a, to me this, how can we make it less of a snapshot? Remember, ... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_004 | 00:04:26 | 00:06:11 | The photo is a tight black-and-white portrait of a seated woman, with her arms and legs cropped and noticeable dead space. The critic finds it not bad but uninteresting due to the tight framing and dull mid-gray processing, suggesting a wider horizontal reframe that includes context and avoids cutting limbs, plus brigh... | All right, so now this is, when is this, July 30th, 2015, so we kind of have the same exposure and I see that she went black and white. Too much dead space up here, in this case, cutting off her arms, cutting off her legs, not your fault. Well yes, it is your fault, you took the picture, but that's how she's sitting. B... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_005 | 00:06:11 | 00:07:38 | The shot shows a girl peeking her head out of a pool, with chairs and blue and pink elements reflected in the water. The critic praises the vibrant colors, reflections, expression, and tight composition, noting only that the eyes are slightly dark and could be cleaned up in post. | little lens, 800 ISO, not afraid to push the ISO with that camera, even though it's not the highest ISO usable camera, it really isn't, but this looks spectacular. The colors are vibrant, the, oh my God, the reflections, all of these reflections are amazing, so this is where the tighter shot works because of the backgr... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_006 | 00:07:38 | 00:08:29 | The photo shows a child and another person in an outdoor setting, framed by posts. The critic praises the composition but says the clarity and processing are overdone, creating visible noise and drawing attention to distracting figures, so the edits should be toned down. | I will say we need some vitamin C, that's cute, just from 2013 taken with the 18-55 kit lens. So this time, as yes I'm a big proponent of contrast, it's gone a little far on I think the clarity slider, I like this composition, I love the fact that you use these posts as natural frames, really nice and we've got the kid... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_007 | 00:08:29 | 00:09:25 | The photo is a low-angle shot of cows in a field, with a background the critic finds strong. The main feedback is that the image feels muted and may show sensor dust or high-aperture softness, while the composition has too much dead space on the right; the cows should be given more room on the left, the line centered, ... | here, I love the low angle, this is, this may be just either you're laying on the ground or you did a Wi-Fi shot with this, well this is dirt on the sensor or we have a high aperture, F13, so that's got to be, got to be careful with that, here's, good job getting down on this angle, too much dead space to the right, th... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_008 | 00:09:25 | 00:10:06 | The photo appears to show an old mine or industrial building in a rural setting, but it reads as an uninteresting snapshot. The critic advises cropping out the lower dead space and right side, framing from the road up above the building to end near the barrels, and reducing overprocessing. | me, there's not a lot of interest here, I don't know what it is, I would venture to say it's some kind of old mine but this doesn't do it, it just does, this is like a hey snapshot, if you wanted to make it better, get rid of this dead space down here, you've cut the roof basically at the top of it, start the compositi... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_009 | 00:10:06 | 00:10:36 | The shot shows a person lying down with a log in a setting that includes a building. The critic says excessive glow and overprocessing weaken the image, making it feel like a simple snapshot of a building. | I can say, I like the idea of laying down with this log and getting this shot but you can see all this glowy mcglowerson thing here, that means you've done way too much processing of this image that it's too far and it takes away from the shot, over processing is one of those things that can really detract from your im... | |
hHjfz5nKXac | 30 for 30 Episode 25: Sometimes photos PUNCH you in the face, other times they don't | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjfz5nKXac | photo_010 | 00:10:36 | 00:11:14 | The photo shows a low-light scene with people captured at 1/10s, f/4, and ISO 3200. The critic recommends using a tripod, a much slower shutter speed of 15 to 20 seconds, and a smaller aperture around f/16 to make the people disappear and improve the image. | not much to say, F4, okay 3200 ISO, one tenth of a second at F4, if you're hand held, okay, no you're probably not hand held, get on the tripod, drop your shutter speed all the way down, get your aperture up much higher than F4, in this case you could have gone to say F16 or so and then all these people would disappear... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_001 | 00:00:57 | 00:01:52 | The shot shows an Akron football player being driven out of the pocket by a Pitt defender, captured with a 300mm lens on a crop-sensor camera. The critic praises the tight action and helmet reflection but notes that a wider frame could better capture the surrounding play. | All right, so we have EOS 7D with a 300 millimeter F2.8 IS2. Really good. So we got a crop sensor camera with a 300 millimeter lens. That means this is a 480 millimeter equivalent when you multiply the 300, 2.8 when you multiply that by 1.6. So this is a good photo. We've got the guy from Akron and we got Pitt over her... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_002 | 00:01:52 | 00:02:44 | The shot shows flowing water with still leaves in a calm outdoor setting, captured at f/20 for 1.6 seconds. The critic praises the execution and suggests using an ND filter to lengthen the exposure for more pronounced water ghosting. | Nice job. Moving forward. Oh, well that's not sports. 17-50, 2.8, F20, Sigma probably or Tamron. This is done very well. This is really nice. You can see how the leaves have not moved which means it was probably a still day which is good when you do a 20 second, sorry 1.6 second exposure, sorry it was F20. So look at t... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_003 | 00:02:44 | 00:03:21 | The photo shows a basketball coach arguing with an official during a game. The critic says the shot works well, though the Canon 7D Mark II can be slightly soft in some areas while still capturing good action. | It would look good. So here we have, looks like the ref, he's calling a foul right there, he got him on the wrist, he hacked him and he's like no, come on, no he didn't, he didn't do it ref, he really didn't, can you please, and I'd be like dude, get back into your box before I tee you up and then throw you out. So wha... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_004 | 00:03:21 | 00:04:04 | The photo is a tight basketball action shot of a player near the basket. The critic finds it boring and lacking context, recommending wider frames that show the dunk, other players, and crowd reaction to convey the game. | So let's move on to the next one. This is fine but you know, when it comes to shooting sports photos, you have to take into consideration the wider action shot. It could, you know, the tighter tight shot, it's fine but something like this, it's boring. It could be during practice, it could be just playing around and it... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_005 | 00:04:04 | 00:04:18 | The shot shows LeBron in a static pose. The critic finds it acceptable but notes a green color cast that needs correction and wants more action. | Alright, so we've got LeBron here. It's fine, it's okay. The color is off. I can tell you that it's green right now. That just needs to be color corrected. It's just a shot, it's a nice shot of LeBron but I want to see action. Action is where I want to be. | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_006 | 00:04:18 | 00:04:36 | The photo shows a Pittsburgh city scene with ice and debris on the ground. The critic says it looks dirty and advises minimizing or removing the grime, though notes the ice makes that difficult. | So this is Pittsburgh. This is alright but doesn't this look terrible? It just makes it look like it's dirty. So I would be careful with making it look like it's dirty. The city looks fine but I would get rid of all this dirtiness. You know, you can't get rid of it because it's ice and all that stuff but it just doesn'... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_007 | 00:04:36 | 00:05:13 | The wider shot captures a sports celebration with players running on the floor, a 0.0 clock, and a red light, while a crowd reacts in the background. The critic praises the energetic action and decisive moment, noting the shot effectively conveys the excitement, with no specific problems or fixes mentioned. | So here we have the wider shot. A guy grabbing, oh that's tough. Looks like the guy's grabbing his ace. But this is a celebration. You've got all these people being happy in the background. What do we have? 70-200, 2.8 shots, 70 millimeters. A lot of action going on, a lot of people running on the floor. What I like is... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_008 | 00:05:13 | 00:05:23 | The photo shows a man pretending to fall from something. The critic finds it acceptable but uninteresting and wants more sports imagery. | Okay, so you've got a guy faking falling off of something. I don't like it. It's fine but I want to see more sports. | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_009 | 00:05:23 | 00:06:00 | The shot shows a fast outfielder in action on a baseball field, with the batter’s box and other players visible. The critic says the color and context are good but the player is underexposed against the sky, so he should be brightened, possibly via shadows, or converted to black and white. | Alright, McTuchin, very fast outfielder, fast running guy. The exposure is off on this one. 1.4 thousandth of a second at ISO 1000 f3.5. The exposure is exposing for the sky out here. You can brighten him up and still get away with it. I like that you have, you've got the batter's box here, you've got the players going... | |
oQLjVxn6ZUw | 30 for 30 Episode 23: Some photos are good and others are just eh, it happens | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQLjVxn6ZUw | photo_010 | 00:06:00 | 00:06:47 | The photo shows a baseball batter in the box, shot from behind home plate. The critic finds the angle and exposure acceptable but the timing weak, suggesting a later moment that shows the ball leaving the pitcher and the batter clearly focused on the strike zone, possibly with a wider view. | So, here we have the batter in the box, 302.8 again with this E07D. This is nice from behind the, from behind home plate. It's a nice area to get a shot. Maybe a little later as the ball's coming out would be better because it doesn't even look like he's looking at the plate but he is. If the ball is somewhere around h... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_001 | 00:00:28 | 00:02:25 | The sepia-toned photo shows people in a waterfront setting with pylons, water, and a seagull. The critic finds the exposure and processing acceptable but the composition too wide and distracting, suggesting a tighter crop focused on the people and better posing to make the image stronger. | All right, here we go with another Adorama pics rapid fire critique, part of my 30 critiques in 30 days and if you haven't gone to Adorama pics to get some metal prints, they've given me a code that is good until September 30th, 2015. The code is PXMETFRO30 to get 30% off any metal print. So it doesn't matter if you or... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_002 | 00:02:25 | 00:03:03 | The photo shows a symmetrical vertical composition of balloons. The critic likes the symmetry but finds the image flat and amateurish, recommending increased contrast to make it pop. | All right. I love images that are symmetrical. They're very symmetric and they go straight up and down. The only thing that I would change with something like this is I would try to make it pop. I wouldn't pop the balloons, but I would make this pop by going up with the contrast because it is a little flat and to me, f... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_003 | 00:03:03 | 00:03:33 | The shot appears to show a cross or statue with a reflection and an unclear glowing element, framed by distracting trees. The critic says the exposure and editing are acceptable, but the subject is unclear and the frame should be tightened to emphasize the cross and remove the trees. | This one I'm lost with a little bit. I guess this is a cross because I see the reflection of it and I guess this is a statue of sorts, but I'm kind of lost with whatever this glowy thing is over here. I think the trees are very distracting. The exposure is fine if you're going for a silhouette, but if you're going for ... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_004 | 00:03:33 | 00:04:20 | The shot shows a silhouette in a scene with visible lines or horizon. The critic says the tilted lines make the image look off and the composition lacks visual interest, so the lines should be straightened in camera or post before sharing. | So here, the first thing that I see right here is that this is off on an angle. You have to get your lines straight. There's one thing that you'll notice from a lot of the best images is that their lines and horizons are very on point or on fleek. This is subtly off, which causes the whole image to look off. Again, we'... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_005 | 00:04:20 | 00:04:54 | The black-and-white shot shows a bird on a darker day, captured with a 55-250mm lens at f/5.6, with a bright, blown-out background. The critic praises the bird’s placement and composition for guiding the viewer into the scene and calls it one of the best images seen. | Boom. All right. I'm liking this. What's this shot with? 55 to 250. I love that out. Even with a 5.6 lens, you're blowing out the background. See this is great. You've got great composition on the bird in the right spot. It's like, it's like where's the bird going? It's leading you into the image and it's making you th... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_006 | 00:04:54 | 00:05:23 | The photo shows broken ice, with acceptable exposure, composition, and color. The critic says it remains a flat snapshot rather than a striking photograph, without offering specific corrections. | I'm trying to look a little harder to see if I'm missing something, which I don't. I just think it's a picture of broken ice. Now exposure is fine, composition is fine, color correction is fine, but other than that, it just seems to be just a snapshot. There's a big difference between a photograph and a snapshot and it... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_007 | 00:05:23 | 00:05:50 | The shot is a close-up snapshot of a bird, filling the frame. The critic says the exposure and framing are acceptable, but the 1/30-second shutter speed is too slow for a 250mm bird shot and should be increased to avoid motion blur. | Next image. All right. What is this shot at? One, oh geez, you got to watch that one 30th of a second. That is super slow, especially shooting at two out of 250 millimeters and I'll explain in a couple of shots, but you know, it's a bird, it's not a plane, it's not Superman. It's fine. Exposure is fine. Filled the fram... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_008 | 00:05:50 | 00:06:09 | The image shows a sharply rendered silhouette of an unidentified object, possibly an apple. The critic praises the silhouette but says the rest of the shot is unclear and leaves the viewer confused. | my head. I don't get it. I just don't get this image. I don't. Yes. Great job with the silhouette. Awesome job with that. You got that down perfect. But other than that, I don't, I don't really, is it an apple? I don't know what it is. It just leaves me lost. | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_009 | 00:06:09 | 00:08:30 | The photo shows a squirrel in a shaded outdoor setting, with strong composition, color, and a bright background. The critic says the main problem is a slow 1/20s shutter at ISO 100 causing the moving squirrel to be soft, and recommends increasing ISO to about 1600 to reach a faster shutter speed near 1/50s while keepin... | Squirrel. I love squirrels. Now, see, this is good. Composition, great. Color, great. Blowing out the background with 5.6, great. Now what throws me off here is the one 20th of a second at ISO 100. You have to know that when you're in a situation that's, that's darker because you're under the shade of trees, that 100 I... | |
q91KxHs12XY | 30 for 30 Episode 1: If your images are slightly blurry this may be the reason | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q91KxHs12XY | photo_010 | 00:08:30 | 00:09:13 | The photo shows a row of ducks in a setting with flowers, with good color and exposure. The critic finds it technically solid but visually uninteresting and suggests recomposing and focusing on the duck near the flowers to create a stronger subject. | Ducks. So here we have the ducks all in a row and it's okay. Color is good, exposure is good, but there's not a lot of interest going on. I love how this flowers here with the duck. Maybe if you could have focused, not focus there, but get the composition and focus in on this area and compose a duck there, that would b... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_001 | 00:01:05 | 00:01:58 | Derek Spencer's shot, titled Fallout, shows a subject in a ground-based setting with a composition the critic finds strong, but its partially desaturated color treatment leaves the ground natural while muting the rest. The critic recommends either committing to full black and white or preserving and enhancing the color... | Nikon D7000 35mm f1.8, love that little lens. We've got Derek Spencer, this one's called Fallout. So this is interesting, it's kind of interesting at the top, no, I'm taking it back. I love the composition and I like the thought behind it. What I absolutely cannot like in images like this is the fact that they pulled t... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_002 | 00:01:58 | 00:02:45 | The photo is a foggy scene shot at 70mm with high ISO, showing visible grain. The critic advises increasing contrast and reducing post-processing exposure to hide the noise, noting that any cropping would make the grain worse. | So f2.8, 4000 ISO, 70mm, 1.800th of a second, alright. So the D7000 does have grain. The way that you can get rid of the noise in this image is to not bump your exposure as much as you did here in the post-processing. I love the fact that it's, you know, this had to be a tough situation to shoot in because look at the ... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_003 | 00:02:45 | 00:03:24 | The shot is a symmetrical composition with balanced left-to-right elements and white space. The critic says the angle and centering are slightly off, making it visually uncomfortable, though the exposure is good. | If you're going to get a shot like this, you have to be very careful to get your angle straight. I love how everything's almost even from left to right. You just have to make sure that you've got more white area over here than you have over here and that is a big deal. It isn't directly in the middle and it's going to ... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_004 | 00:03:24 | 00:03:46 | The photo shows a person at the bottom of a dark, toneless space with light entering from outside, creating a mysterious sense of why they are there. The critic praises the strong lighting and mood, calling it one of the best images in the set. | This is good as well. I love the fact that we've got the light coming in. We're devoid, sorry, we're void or devoid, whatever the word is, of all tones in here. But we've got the light coming from out here, shining in on this person down at the bottom making you wonder, why is he in a hole? Zion is what it says. Love t... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_005 | 00:03:46 | 00:04:14 | The shot captures a close-up of a person’s face in a sports setting, taken with a 70-200mm lens at 70mm. The critic praises the timing, color, and facial expression but says the framing is too tight and recommends backing up and zooming in. | Good determination on the face, east view, 70-200 at 70 millimeters again. I think you're really close for sports shooting. Either that or you're cropping highly, but I don't think you're cropping because if you were cropping with the D7000, he would not look as good as he does right here. Back it up. Back the train up... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_006 | 00:04:14 | 00:04:36 | The shot features a wingspan that mirrors or juxtaposes another span, with strong straight lines. The critic praises the composition and suggests increasing contrast to reduce gray. | This I like. Why do I like it? The juxtaposition of the wingspan and this span. It kind of looks like these are plain wings that are juxtaposing or mirroring what's going on there. The lines are pretty darn straight. I would pump the contrast a little more to get rid of some of that gray and then it would be much bette... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_007 | 00:04:36 | 00:05:05 | The photo is a poorly framed shot dominated by an unwanted lens flare. The critic finds the flare and composition unappealing and advises against using it. | Oh, boy. For some reason, this is making me feel less like I want to throw up because I still needed to feel like I wanted to throw up from that other image, but this is just killing me. This lens flare is absolutely atrocious. I know some people like using lens flare for a creative thing, but this absolutely doesn't w... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_008 | 00:05:05 | 00:05:56 | The shot shows a person wearing red Jordan sneakers on a basketball court. The critic likes the concept and red shoes but dislikes desaturating the rest of the image and notes a pole appears to emerge from the foot, suggesting the photographer preserve natural color and fix the distracting foot/pole element. | Please. Oh, no. Here we go again. So it's a nice idea and I like that are these Jordans and I like the red, but it's so passe to pull the color out of everything and leave it in that. Work with the image that you have and I think you could have a nice image. I get it with this. If this was an advertisement, maybe it se... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_009 | 00:05:56 | 00:06:21 | The photo shows a man kicking, shot at 86mm. The critic finds the kicking pose awkward, notes heavy noise at ISO 5000 near the camera’s limit, and suggests adding contrast to reduce the green cast. | good. 86 millimeters. So this is all right. It's just so awkward. Look at how this guy's kicking. I find that to be awfully weird. Not your fault, just awfully weird. Very noisy at, what are we at, 5,000. That's about the limit, 5,000, 6,000 for this camera. A little more contrast, like I said before, would hide away s... | |
qyhJoo8Ad1A | 30 for 30 Episode 19: WOW I can't look at this one image and selective color must stop | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhJoo8Ad1A | photo_010 | 00:06:21 | 00:06:53 | The shot is a straight-on portrait of a person’s face against a bright, overexposed background. The critic says it works despite not fitting the set, praising the muted color, facial tones, and sharp focus achieved at f/1.8. | And this is the last shot here. Doesn't really fit the set, but it works. I like the tones on the face. I like the muted color that you went with here. Black and white could possibly work as well, but I like how the background is blown out. You'd shot at 1.8, which is difficult to shoot at 1.8, but when you're straight... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_001 | 00:00:56 | 00:02:21 | The shot is a landscape of Lachshundal showing water with reeds or weeds in the scene. The critic likes the feel, exposure, and editing but finds the water plants distracting and suggests a thoughtful crop, while noting the composition should ideally be set in camera. | So we have a landscape photo here that I like. I like the feel of the landscape photo. The only thing that's throwing me off are these weeds. They're not weeds but whatever they are in the water is throwing me off. Now maybe that's a part of the scene. It says Lachshundal, Lachshundal, Lachshundal. Maybe it's part of t... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_002 | 00:02:21 | 00:03:21 | The shot is an ultra-wide interior real-estate photo of a room, with straight lines, mirrors, a split composition, and a glimpse of the ocean. The critic likes the framing but recommends adding or removing a light and moving the visible cords. | All right, so we've got an interior shot, blah, blah, blah, 16 to 35, 17 to 40, close. So you've got the 17 millimeter ultra wide and it doesn't look too stretched out. Here a little bit it does but the lines are so beautifully straight. I like seeing this when it comes to, oh geez, I just spotted it. I spotted the oce... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_003 | 00:03:21 | 00:04:07 | The photo shows a mountain tram in Saint Moritz, conveying height but weakened by a distracting rock formation. The critic suggests a stronger alternate shot along the tram lines without the rock, possibly as part of a photo story. | Oh man, I actually thought that was a ram up there. So what does this say? Saint Moritz, 24 to 105, 5D Mark III. So this is cool. You get the feel that you're super high up in the air because you have this trammy car thingy that's taking you down the mountain but you also have this ram up here which I wonder what the R... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_004 | 00:04:07 | 00:05:02 | The shot is a long-exposure urban street scene with a building, moving traffic streaks, and a colorful sky. The critic praises the 30-second f/22 exposure and sky color but says the wide-angle lines are crooked, the composition is off-center, and the foreground has too much dead space, so the lines should be straighten... | First thing I noticed here before I say anything else is that the lines are off. They're not straight. You can see it right here that they're not straight. You can also see it, watch, this will draw, you can see how it runs and it's not exactly straight. What lens is this? 17 to 40. You have to be very careful when you... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_005 | 00:05:02 | 00:05:45 | The shot shows a hotel-room bed, apparently made from two queen-size beds placed side by side. The critic finds the HDR interior treatment strong but slightly too yellow and suggests reducing the warmth to balance the image. | So we have another hotel room. Seehoff Davos, David Hasselhoff, holy Jesus, I was like this bed seems stretched out. Are those two queen size beds put next to each other to make one Jagunda size bed? Could be. This looks good. Some of the things that people are doing these days, they do stacked images and Lightroom let... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_006 | 00:05:45 | 00:06:26 | The image shows an Italian subject with a bright center and darker edges caused by lens vignetting. The critic finds the vignetting distracting in this shot and recommends applying Lightroom’s lens correction, despite generally preferring natural vignetting. | Italion. This looks good. It's interesting how it's brighter here and it gets darker around the edges. 24 to 105 is getting, what are we shooting at, f4, yeah it's getting some vignetting here. Now they have lens corrections in Adobe Lightroom. They have the option where you click it and it does lens correction. What I... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_007 | 00:06:26 | 00:06:59 | The shot shows a small room photographed through a door frame, using the frame as a natural border. The critic praises the framing for adding depth and suggests a bookshelf would have made it even stronger. | So this is cool. Like these smaller rooms are always hard to take a picture of if you're doing real estate stuff and so to get the door frame and everything in the image, it frames the image thus shooting through the door frame. It's a natural frame and then it allows you to see into the room to get a feel of multi-dim... | |
vVcP_gROaN0 | 30 for 30 Episode 11: Killer interior photos, cropping landscapes and more | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcP_gROaN0 | photo_008 | 00:06:59 | 00:07:15 | The image is a sundown landscape, possibly a layered composite, that the critic finds only acceptable. It lacks immediate visual impact and is not impressive as a landscape shot. | This is okay. Doesn't grab me even right off the bat. It's like eh, it's a sundown shot, fine. It looks like we may be layering some images together. I can't really tell but it's just not that impressive of a landscape shot. |
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FroKnows Photo Critiques
141 manually selected, cropped screen captures of photographs shown during Jared Polin's (FroKnowsPhoto) YouTube photo-critique videos — one definitive frame per segment — each paired with the transcript commentary in which that photo is critiqued.
Built for LLM evaluation of photo-editing feedback: given a frame from an editing/critique session (the photo itself or a screen shot), what does the expert commentary say about it?
Contents
14 videos × 9–11 photos = 141 rows (single train split).
Fields
| column | description |
|---|---|
video_id |
YouTube video id |
video_title |
Video title |
source_url |
YouTube URL of the source video |
photo_id |
Segment index within the video (photo_001, …) |
time_start |
Segment start (HH:MM:SS) |
time_end |
Segment end (HH:MM:SS) |
summary |
1–2 sentence LLM summary of the critique (what the photo shows + the main feedback) |
commentary |
Full ASR transcript of the critique for this photo |
image |
Cropped screen capture (JPEG, RGB) |
Provenance
- Source videos: Jared Polin (FroKnowsPhoto) YouTube playlist, downloaded with yt-dlp.
- Frames: manual segmentation + automated frame extraction; one definitive frame per segment hand-selected and cropped (Aug 2026).
- Commentary: Whisper ASR transcript of the audio, aligned to photo segments.
License
Frames and transcripts are derived from copyrighted YouTube content; provided for research/evaluation use. Rights in the original videos remain with the content creator.
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