Introducing myself

**ajlborges** · January 2nd, 2008, 04:07 PM

Hi,

my name is Antonio, im 27 years old, im from Portugal, a country located in the iberic peninsula, Europe. Im a photography student taking the course at Lisbon. My first contact with photography was 2 years ago, when i bought a Canon 300eos, 1 year later i bought the Canon 350D. Would love to experiment other equipment, unfortunately the prices are very high. I leave you guys with some links to my last photo projects:

urban landscape - elements of lisbon

CCB - cultural center of belem

shadows of mertola

**studiostaub** · January 2nd, 2008, 04:13 PM

welcome ajlborges,
I just checked out your website, nice stuff,
just post some selected pictures here.

**Headhunter** · January 2nd, 2008, 04:20 PM

Yes, i agree with studiostaub to post some of your selection!

**ajlborges** · January 2nd, 2008, 04:23 PM

thanks.

guys, constructive criticism welcome, please.

**Headhunter** · January 2nd, 2008, 04:54 PM

Ok, about these i can tell that the third is more interesting
than the other two. Maybe you could have tried to put some other emotions
and compositions. I think you have cooler than this from the same series.

this for example:

pic1 : What about n1. I think it's a casual snapshot and it says nothing to me. The composition
is not good. Try to crop the area which is not needed to the pic. It's not only for this shot i'm saying
it what to look in future.

pic2 : The same thing. To shoot the others work is a hard job. These must impress us when we
are watching them as a photo!

**eazym** · January 3rd, 2008, 12:52 AM

Welcome! Agreed, the first 2 have a snapshot feel to them. The last 2 (especially the one Headhunter posted from the site) conveys a much more conscious attention to aesthetics. good work, and lets see more.

**ajlborges** · January 3rd, 2008, 10:32 AM

thanks, guys. I understand the snapshot feel to it, im heavily influenced by photojournalism, where information and aesthetics are not always balanced.

I'm actually pretty satisfied with the aesthetical part of the first picture, and i dont think the composition is bad, and it's hard for me to understand what to crop, but we have diferent visual cultures, so it's understandable. Ill try to interiorize your thoughts, maybe ill get it in the near future.

I totally agree with the fact that a picture has to impress us, and these pictures aren't very impressive, indeed.

thanks for the critics, hope i get better.

**LeafLens** · January 3rd, 2008, 12:32 PM

The first 2 are good, but they lack interesting colour or focus. The third one is much better though.

**ajlborges** · January 3rd, 2008, 02:19 PM

3 more sample images from the projects refered in the beginning of this thread:

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**purplerose** · January 3rd, 2008, 11:02 PM

I like the red/tan look of the first one.

**eazym** · January 5th, 2008, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by ajlborges

im heavily influenced by photojournalism, where information and aesthetics are not always balanced.

I think in good PJ work those are the two essential elements that must indeed be balanced.

Originally Posted by ajlborges

I'm actually pretty satisfied with the aesthetical part of the first picture, and i dont think the composition is bad, and it's hard for me to understand what to crop

Its got some interesting geometry going on, no question about that. But maybe it would be better seen as a part of a series of urban landscape photos. Some pics look better against a thematic backdrop. Maybe in b/w?

I like the light in the last pic. Good time of day.