Critique

Photo Critique Guidelines

First make a general statement about the impression you get from the photo. Do you connect with it? Why or why not? Then talk about all of the following elements.

Exposure • This photograph is (correctly exposed, too light, too dark). • The photo (has a good tonal range from the darkest to the lightest, is flat). • The photo has correct color balance. • The photo is (sharply in focus, out of focus, a little soft).

Composition • The photographer used (the rule-of-thirds, leading lines, framing, simplicity) in composing the image. • The photo is (balanced, not balanced). • The photographer was (close enough, not close enough) to her subject.

Content • The subject of the photo is (interesting, not interesting) because __.

Creativity • The photographer (chose an interesting camera angle, shot the image from standing eye height). • The photographer intentionally (overexposed, underexposed, blurred, used a shallow depth-of-field, used a broad depth-of-field, panned the camera, used a slow shutter-speed, used a fast shutter-speed) to achieve the desired effect.

Conclusion

This guideline is not meant to be followed as a formula, but is intended as a starting point for those new to writing photo critiques.