Critique a photo for me

[fast14riot]

Weekend getaway to Santa Cruz, CA with the wife and some friends. I snagged this pic of a street performer on my cell phone and am hoping I could get some crticisms and critques.

-Xander

 

[Antique Hoosier]

The gent with his chin in his hand is a much more interesting portrait.

 

[fast14riot]

Yeah, I didn't think he was by himself, but really adds to the pic of the performer, imo.


-X

 

[Antique Hoosier]

I like maudlin characters like those in a Edwin Hopper painting. The street performer looks too "mime-like" to me.... perhaps he goes home to a neat condo and fixes Tiki Masala for his girlfriend. The other Gent chain smokes Vantages and works crossword puzzles, spelling most of the answers incorrectly. I'm not a professional photographer myself but I am an Auctioneer and Estate Appraiser as well as an Art lover, especially photography. perhaps you were not intending to make an artistic statement but rather to document an event in a candid way....If that was the case, the photo looks a bit staged and as I mentioned, you did include the best part of it by catching the observer.

 

[dpm802]

Crop out the top 1/3 to eliminate the tree branches and movie marquee.

That will give much more impact to the two main points of focus. (Three if you include the pizza on the ground.)

 

[fast14riot]

This shot it straight out of the camera (phone) and I was just walking by. He was juggling these large pots and had just caught it when I snapped the pic, no staging and minimal framing. I liked the expression on his face, and he had a cheesy act. I'm hoping to clean up this image a bit for better quality.

Thanx for the info! I will crop it. Oh, and that was a large pile of broken glass on the ground, I assume for walking bare foot on later in his performance.


-X