Humans Of UTSA Critique

Alex Bato

 

The photography work demonstrated by Alex does reflect the message that the people try to give. On the first picture, the young man demonstrates a sense of happiness although it’s ironic from the question that had been asked. He had been asked on what had been the saddest moment in his life; his response was going through the experience of the death of his grandfather. A strong occurrence like this in ones life can really change a person, in many aspects of life, the picture lets the viewer know that the young man has overcome this loss and can continue with his life and overcome different situations. The picture is well lit, which gives a good perception of the subject. The subject is in great focus while the background is kind of blurry, which makes it a good picture.

            In the second picture, the subject is in great focus. It’s a little dark, but the sunlight in the background gives the picture a good effect. The background is also blurry but the subject is in great focus, with a good perception. The picture is also framed properly too.

             The third picture is well lit on the subject, while the background is darker. There’s also an example of stop motion as the subject’s hair is stopped in midair, demonstrating that there was wind and a high shutter speed. However, the background is still blurry while the plane level of the subject is in focus. According from the question that had been asked, the response does not reflect the person that is pictured here as it caused an impression. This is overall a great picture.

            The fourth picture is similar to other pictures in the sense that the subject is in focus and the background is blurry. It is well framed, although slightly a little dark, the subject is in great focus. This picture demonstrates a close frame as the subject is near, and the background being blurry minimizes the depth of field.  

            The last picture is similar to picture number two and four. They all three are a little dark on the subject, but the subject is very well focused. The picture is also framed very well like the others. The subject pops out and shows who is the focus in the picture. The light in the background gives another perception to the picture; it gives it a slight of a different frame.

            The slight down side of the pictures would be the lighting, there were quite a few in which the subject was not lit that properly, it was decent. But the focus on the subject on all the pictures was really good, especially as the background was blurry; it gave the picture a good effect. If the lighting could be fixed, every picture would be in great shape. Overall, these are good pictures that portray a great message. [: