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This week our evaluation volunteer is Warwick Davis, an avid street (and former professional) photographer from Sydney Australia. Warwick recently retired (early) from a career as a real estate appraiser to pursue his passion for street photography and travel. He’s also a big fan of major league baseball and the Boston Redsox.

Warwick asked us to give him feedback on three photos from his portfolio, so here’s the highlights of our comments below each photo:

Ashley’s Comments:

There are two things I really like about this image:

• The men in this image fascinate me because they are together, but each one is focused on something different. Each one is in his own little world. From left to right it looks like they are thinking about a runny nose, making it down the stairs and the woman. They add a quite a story to this image.
• My favorite part is the flow of this image. The people are positioned in such a way that they mirror the lines of the archway, which gives this image a beautiful, easy flow. It makes the eyes sweep across very naturally.

• The color scheme. While the people’s clothes create an interesting pattern in blues and greys, the colors are rather lifeless. I feel like this detracts from the interesting lines in this image and keeps it from being one of those images that grabs your attention and makes you stop scrolling. Perhaps B&W would make it a little stronger? Still, I think only a side by side comparison would reveal whether color or black and white make for a stronger image.

Bob’s Comments:
Initially I was really taken by how sharp the photo is. The reason I like it is because the gives the joints between the blocks sharp definition should make them appears very strong lines in the image.

Although the photo was in color it looks black and white, except for the color of the subjects’ clothing which makes them really stand out in the frame.

I also really like the three guys who are all wrapped up in their own thoughts., Except for the man on the right who was looking outside the frame of the arch at the woman walking by. Had he been disengaged like the other two the photo would not be nearly as interesting. Excellent timing on your part.

The only suggestion I have is to crop the photo tighter eliminating the wall on the left and even the Argyle Stairs text at the top eliminating some unneeded elements and making the subjects, framed by the archway, more prominent.

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