|  | Dolph from Texas March 12th, 2010
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful storytelling photograph and discusses the following :
- the visual power of archetypes and their place in the storytelling process
- the visual power of an... [Read More] |
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| | David from Washington March 5th, 2010
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #23 - In My Backyard - and discusses the following:
- creating visual unity through repetition
-... [Read More] |
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| | Bill from Virginia February 22nd, 2010
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #22 (The Road) and discusses the following:
- the power of backlight in this composition
- repetition on... [Read More] |
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| | Jackie from Florida February 12th, 2010
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- extraordinary camera position
- quality of light is relative to your subject matter and your intended... [Read More] |
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| | Munawar from Illinois February 7th, 2010
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful diptych that was submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #21 and discusses the following:
- the archetype of opposites
- the many ways contrast creates visual... [Read More] |
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| | Ilona from Washington January 29th, 2010
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful story related photograph and discusses the following:
- working with archetypes as an element of visual design
- creating layers of story
- coming up with... [Read More] |
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| | David from Scotland January 22nd, 2010
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful light painting photograph and discusses the following:
- white balance and the blue and orange complimentary color pair
- juxtapositions of texture and... [Read More] |
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| | "Abhi from California" January 15th, 2010
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- tenacity
- continuing to work the scene when the preconceived shot falls apart
- building images... [Read More] |
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| | Mike from Florida January 8th, 2010
In today's Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph that was submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #19 / Sunstar and discusses the following:
- storm light as a quality of light
- color theory and the power of green... [Read More] |
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| | Wes from Virginia January 1st, 2010
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a dramatic impromptu portrait and discusses the following:
- understanding the technical limits of your camera and lenses and the effect that has on your shooting technique... [Read More] |
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| | April from Illinois December 25th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful still life portrait that was submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #18 / Shadow and discusses the following:
- April’s dynamic lighting design
- visual... [Read More] |
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| | TJ from Texas December 18th, 2009
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful environment dominant portrait and discusses the following:
- 35mm as a great focal length for environment dominant portraits
- the role of scouting in... [Read More] |
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| | Robert from Grand Tetons December 11th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- showing just a part of the scene to create a partial abstraction
- simplicity of color and of subject
-... [Read More] |
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| | Erik from Big Bend Workshop December 4th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful self portrait and discusses the following:
- a powerful way to work with hard light
- keeping color simple
- working with complimentary color and harmony... [Read More] |
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| | Michael from Illinois November 27th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful photograph and discusses the following:
- partially abstracting a subject
- the emotional power of black and white
- layered light
- creating layers of... [Read More] |
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| | Catherine from Colorado November 21st, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural detail photograph created on TME’s Big Bend National National Park Workshop and discusses the following:
- window light
- light and shadow as a... [Read More] |
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| | Dave from Michigan November 13th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph created on TME’s Teton National Park Workshop and discusses the following:
- quality of light and backlight
- the potential storytelling... [Read More] |
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| | Jan from Pennsylvania October 6th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful macro photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #17 / Shooting for the Square - and discusses the following:
- the visual power of color separation
-... [Read More] |
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| | Peter from Sweden September 25th, 2009
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful images submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #16: Long Exposure and discusses the following:
- the power of mystery and the partial abstraction - complimentary... [Read More] |
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| | Frank from Germany September 18th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- instead of looking at photographs as either abstract or literal considering abstract as a concept that can... [Read More] |
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| | Drena from California September 11th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful still life photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #15 and discusses the following:
- working with a painter’s style or a school of painting as an... [Read More] |
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| | Trey from Tennessee September 4th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful still life photograph submitted for TME’s Community Assignment #14 and discusses the following:
- using shallow depth of field to abstract a subject and tell an... [Read More] |
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| | Michael from Illinois August 21st, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful, ethereal portrait and discusses the following:
- the creative power of “mistakes”
- balance, color theory, and quality of line
- archetypes related to... [Read More] |
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| | Sasha from Georgia August 16th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful self portraits and discusses the following:
- quality of light in portraiture and the importance of getting light into the eyes
- the power of gesture in... [Read More] |
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| | Sasha from Georgia August 7th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following: - working with two pairs of complimentary color as the major scheme for color design - dimensional light and the... [Read More] |
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| | Frank from Germany July 24th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful portrait of a horse and discusses the following:
- working with unconventional cropping in portraiture to create more psychological impact with the features of the... [Read More] |
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| | Alexandra from Georgia July 17th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful architectural photograph and discusses the following:
- complimentary color of blue - orange
- psychological power of yellow - orange
- quality of light and... [Read More] |
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| | Lewis from Maryland July 10th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- cultivating a belief system and mind set that encourages us to say yes to our creative process
-... [Read More] |
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| | Peter from Sweden July 3rd, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- implied motion vs. stopped motion
- positive and negative space shapes
- lines of implied energy... [Read More] |
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| | Abhi from California June 26th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- positive and negative space
- simplicity, repetition and working the major diagonals
- looking at a... [Read More] |
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| | Jim from the UK June 19th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful landscape photograph and discusses the following:
- complimentary color pair of blue and orange
- quality of line and repetition
- the power of the... [Read More] |
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| | Pam from California June 12th, 2009
In today’s Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful and dramatic wildlife photograph and discusses the following:
- the theory of design and how it relates to both the shooting and editing parts of our creative process
- using... [Read More] |
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| | Sam from California June 5th, 2009
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful portrait and discusses the following :
- the power of suggestion and mystery in the storytelling process
- an over the shoulder camera position
- shallow... [Read More] |
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| | Jorg from Pennsylvania May 8th, 2009
In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful wildlife photograph and discusses the following:
- the power of the moment
- formal symmetry
- repetition as a visual design element
- the visual power of... [Read More] |
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| | Janet from Arkansas April 17th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique, Craig discusses a beautiful portrait that was submitted as part of TME’s Community Assignment Number 6. Craig specifically discusses the following points:
- honoring our intuitive /... [Read More] |
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| | Luis from Georgia April 10th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful still life photograph and discusses the following:
- extraordinary color that falls outside of the viewers expectation relative to the subject
- layers of... [Read More] |
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| | Edmund from Massachusetts April 6th, 2009
In Today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a wonderful environmental portrait from The Mindful Eye Community’s “Attitude” Assignment and discusses the following points:
- the visual power of complimentary color
- the... [Read More] |
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| | Moritz from Germany March 27th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a dramatic conceptual image titled “Solitary Men” and discusses the following:
- the visual power of graphic simplicity - the use of rhythm as a visual unifier - the use of... [Read More] |
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| | Usha from Wisconsin March 20th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful impromptu portrait that was submitted as part of TME’s community assignment number 3 : Stranger and discusses the following points –
- on camera flash in low... [Read More] |
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| | Peter from Sweden March 13th, 2009
In Today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a wonderful environmental portrait from The Mindful Eye Community’s “Smile” Assignment and discusses the following points:
• the power of juxtaposition as a storytelling device... [Read More] |
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| | Sam from Pennsylvania March 6th, 2009
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a beautiful, inside looking out, architectural detail photograph. Craig discusses formal symmetry, dynamic symmetry and the visual design concept of tension. Craig talks about color... [Read More] |
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| | April from Illinois February 28th, 2009
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at images from the Mindful Eye’s community assignment # 2 – “Parking Lot”. The Photo of the Week was created by April and is a beautiful landscape based image. Craig discusses visual... [Read More] |
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| | Cyane from Virginia February 20th, 2009
In this week’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig discusses a very beautiful and stark landscape architecture image. Craig talks about how diagonal convergence, subject matter, and dark to light tonal movement all work together in this... [Read More] |
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| | Ed from Florida February 13th, 2009
In today's Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig looks at a stunning wildlife portfolio. Craig discusses image design in the context of a centered subject. Craig talks about the basic but extremely visually appealing technique of working... [Read More] |
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| | George from New York February 6th, 2009
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig showcases a portfolio of stunning black and white architectural images titled “Gotham City”. Craig talks about using a polarizer to increase local contrast in the skies of your images. Craig... [Read More] |
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| | Abhi from California January 30th, 2009
This week’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique showcases images submitted for our Community assignment “The Movies”. The Photo of the Week submitted by Abhi is a great example of an image that uses, to powerful effect, simplicity as an element... [Read More] |
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| | William from Georgia January 23rd, 2009
In this Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a very powerful and evocative portrait. Craig talks about the potential power of sharing your joy as a photographer through being a part of a volunteer project. Craig also talks about... [Read More] |
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| | Carl from North Carolina January 16th, 2009
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses a beautiful landscape image. Craig talks about a hallmark of being a creative person is having a way to capture creative ideas. Craig suggests always carrying a journal as a way to... [Read More] |
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| | Mike from Canada January 9th, 2009
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig talks about a beautiful impromptu portrait. Craig discusses color theory and how powerful very specific complimentary colors pairs can be in creating images that have a strong three... [Read More] |
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| | Nick from North Carolina January 2nd, 2009
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses quality of light, quality of line and rhythm. Craig also talks about visual depth and color theory. Craig discusses the inherent creative power of photographing things we love... [Read More] |
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| | Marian from the Netherlands December 26th, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses the importance of quality of light and, in particular, discusses window light as a possible light source for portraits. Craig talks about the potential importance of making the eyes... [Read More] |
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| | Albert from Texas December 19th, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at an abstract approach to a very mature subject – the Western Ghost Town. Craig discuses how some connection to the real in an abstract photograph can be a strong hook to get the viewer... [Read More] |
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| | George from New York December 12th, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses how quality of light, positive and negative space shapes, quality of line and color theory can all be used to simplify the message of our photographs and make the main subject come... [Read More] |
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| | Sam December 5th, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses the power of images that depict subjects or archetypes that have the potential to evoke an emotional response through direct experience, memory, or metaphor. Craig also discusses the... [Read More] |
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| | Dennis November 28th, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses how working in monochrome can be a great way to get beautiful shots in qualities of light that might be too flat or to contrasty for general color scenic work. Craig also talks about... [Read More] |
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| | Cindi from Texas November 21st, 2008
In Today’s Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses triptych as a concept. Craig talks about how having an obvious thread that ties our images together can make the process of creating more enjoyable and can make for a more enjoyable... [Read More] |
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| | Rick from U.S. November 14th, 2008
In today’s review of the Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig discusses the design concept of simplicity. Craig also talks abstracting a scene by only shooting part of it. Craig discusses the use of texture, rhythm and complimentary color... [Read More] |
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| | John from Washington November 7th, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig discusses the difference between abstract and pictorial photography. Craig also talks about space shape, rhythm, quality of line and visual archetypes. Craig discusses how shooting just a part... [Read More] |
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| | Steve from Georgia October 31st, 2008
In today’s Photo of the Week on The Daily Critique Craig discusses the power of gesture in portraiture. Craig also talks about repetition, quality of line, and how working with monochrome in portraiture can leave more room for the viewers own... [Read More] |
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| | Brian from Pennyslvania September 20th, 2008
This Photograph was taken at The Mindful Eye’s Location People workshop and was created by Brian from Pennsylvania who is an advanced photographer. Brain shot this image with a Nikon D300 at an aperture of f 9, shutter speed of 1/160th, an ISO of... [Read More] |
