On-line group critique thread ideas?

[Dugan]

I could see this ending badly.
<shrug>

[bmikiten]

I could see this ending badly.
<shrug>

I wonder if we can use a rating system that would "flatten" the responses and yet still yield helpful information to the artist. It would keep the nasty comments down (as this was a concern). As a framework:

Scale of 1-10 with 10 being best
- Subject framing
- Aesthetic execution
- Artistic impression
- Technical work
* Exposure
* Framing
* Camera Work (DOF, movements, etc)
- Emotional response by viewer

(just as an initial set of items)

[koraks]

I wonder if we can use a rating system that would "flatten" the responses and yet still yield helpful information to the artist. It would keep the nasty comments down (as this was a concern). As a framework:

Scale of 1-10 with 10 being best

Well, that would effectively remove any opportunity for an interesting exchange from the get go. It'll "flatten" things for sure.

[Tin Can]

This entire idea will not fly

Kill it now

and nobody critiqued my avatar

boo hoo

[Corran]

Skip the forum as a forum for this, IMO. Zoom, or similar but Zoom is pretty universal in this age.

Share screen, forget "anonymity" and just man up - both in terms of challenging critique and challenging critique-giver, as necessary. Let's not forget that a majority of users here are not photography professors of any kind, and also not forget that the majority of users are not MFA students. And let's be honest, most comments will not be life-changing.

I've been in the room of many BFA critiques. Always inciteful, as viewer, critiquer, or photographer.

Been wanting to do this in-person with our local LF group for a while now.

[Tin Can]

Perhaps you meant insightful?

I agree with real time Zoom

Skip the forum as a forum for this, IMO. Zoom, or similar but Zoom is pretty universal in this age.

Share screen, forget "anonymity" and just man up - both in terms of challenging critique and challenging critique-giver, as necessary. Let's not forget that a majority of users here are not photography professors of any kind, and also not forget that the majority of users are not MFA students. And let's be honest, most comments will not be life-changing.

I've been in the room of many BFA critiques. Always inciteful, as viewer, critiquer, or photographer.

Been wanting to do this in-person with our local LF group for a while now.

[Michael R]

The bulb is a visual metaphor for post industrialist burning (or dodging?), my eye is led somewhere by something. There are strong rhythms, repeating and yet random, posing questions to the viewer about the collapse of the wavefunction and the hard problem of consciousness. Who am I, and why, and when is this over?

This entire idea will not fly

Kill it now

and nobody critiqued my avatar

boo hoo

[Corran]

Perhaps you meant insightful?

I agree with real time Zoom

Oops!

[SergeyT]

More likely it's an error.
... Isn't it possible to discuss the craft of photography and offer our knowledge and experience as well as our opinions?

Not using a proper light meter is a mistake(error), based on opinions of many
Not applying the rules of the Zone System is a mistake(error), based on opinions of many
Not using a developer X with film Y is a mistake
Not testing your film and exposing at a "box speed" instead is a mistake
Not making "real" silver gelatin prints in the darkroom is a mistake
Does the image offered for a critique meets all the above criteria, if not - it is likely not even a photograph
Shall we continue ?

[Bernice Loui]

Only one item from that list is of any meaning/significance:

~Emotional response from the audience.. This goes back to the question of "what is art"...

Emotions are tied to memories and much of the human condition. All those other items on the list have zilch significance to the majority of the viewing audience. While some of the viewing audience would be interested to Deeply interested in the materials, method and more related to the creation of an image, it is the Emotional experience that is of primary interest to the audience.

Emotional response tied to memory is why some images are so well remembered and others so rapidly forgotten.


Bernice

I wonder if we can use a rating system that would "flatten" the responses and yet still yield helpful information to the artist. It would keep the nasty comments down (as this was a concern). As a framework:

- Emotional response by viewer

(just as an initial set of items)