IT'S ALL A MATTER OF JUDGEMENT!
David Sage gave an overview of his course on Judging, or as he preferred to call it, Appraising. This led to quite a few discussions, including subjectivity versus objectivity, and advised the guideline of keeping criticism to a minimum and analysis to a maximum.
Perhaps the best advice was to use appraisals of our images to help us learn and improve and be inspired by others. Looking at what a photographer has brought to an image includes analysing their subject interpretation, composition, use of light, technical ability and overall quality.
We set up small group tables to review the images we had brought in. It turned into quite a noisy evening!!
Next meeting:
Nov 15: Images from two club shoots and a club challenge, plus a presentation on Owls
