My portfolio.

[Patriot]

I believe your work is nice.

 

[Life]

And *why* can't you post photos? You have 91 posts... that's well beyond what is required of new TPF members.

Do you just not know how? You can always ask, you know.

You'd do well to pay heed to some of the advice posted, especially e.Rose's; she's a very skilled and knowledgeable poster, and spot on with her comments about posting images vice links.

FWIW, I did have a look at your portfolio, and IMO, while there are a few nice images, most have basic compositional flaws and/or exposure issues. If you want truly meaningful critique post 1-4 of your best images in a new thread, and you will get lots of good responses.

If you post it in a question " can I Post photos" Yes actually it does help, BECAUSE I CAN'T. I live out in the boonies, with the worlds worst internet. We are offered 15gbs a month, however dishnet only actually gives us 5gbs. after those 5 are gone, it's hardly even a kilobyte per sec that we get. Too slow for any pictures. That goes for both of you because you just assume everything lolz. @ e.rose that you. Now that you actually explained about the portfolio, I know what I mean and I can work on re arranging, taking out, adding new photos and so on, so thank you for your input. and fyi, all this " Because I had no intention of responding with a thought out response, because there are too many photos to critique individually, and I didn't really have any valuable specific feedback to add to your site other than "It's all over the place". Which I then stated. Because you demanded a response about your portfolio. If I put it in the form of a question, would that help?

"Hey... Life... could you post some photos so that we can give you comments?"

:greenpbl:

Also, if you're offended by my very non-offensive remark, telling you exactly why you weren't getting comments, you better hold onto your hat. Because there are TONS of intentionally offensive people here. " was all a waist of your time...If you didn't want a "well thought out response" then you could have just waited until you are ready, and then post. It doesn't matter if I push. And i'm not "offended" I just don't understand some of the whole point of posting stupid remarks like that. It doesn't show professionalize or give you a good face. Even with a tons of smiley's

@ Derrel. Thank you. I do not mind crit, only nonsense And Tbh this is one of the reasons I hate posting my age anywhere. I'm here to learn.

 

[Life]

And *why* can't you post photos? You have 91 posts... that's well beyond what is required of new TPF members.

Do you just not know how? You can always ask, you know.

You'd do well to pay heed to some of the advice posted, especially e.Rose's; she's a very skilled and knowledgeable poster, and spot on with her comments about posting images vice links.

FWIW, I did have a look at your portfolio, and IMO, while there are a few nice images, most have basic compositional flaws and/or exposure issues. If you want truly meaningful critique post 1-4 of your best images in a new thread, and you will get lots of good responses.

I believe your work is nice.

Thank you

 

[The_Traveler]

Let me suggest a possible question.

Life: "We live out in the country and my upload capacity is very low. How can I post pictures for comment."

Lew: There are really two answers to that. Pictures sized correctly for display here are really quite small in file size. You just need to learn how to resize your pictures correctly. https://computing.artsci.wustl.edu/resize-images-web
But, if you have pictures online anywhere (like your portfolio) - then you can post a live link to them (http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...forum-functions-pictoral-guide-using-tpf.html)

 

[Life]

I'm afraid even a 500Kbs file would take an hour just to upload. Thus why I haven't uploaded new pics to my portfolio or 500px. 500px has it so that you can transfer pictures from your main page to your portfolio without uploading anything at all. Not to mention not being really able to see what i'm doing because of that :/ The other way i'll look into and see if that works. ( and I do know how to resize, but it still won't help. but thanks for the info!

 

[AceCo55]

I must admit I'm a little confused with the comments asking the OP to post photos rather than a link to his website.

This section of the website is described as:
"Personal and Professional Photography Websites
Promote your personal and professional photography web sites by posting information about them here!"

The OP is looking for opinions about his website ... which seems to be exactly what this section is supposed to be about.
I am unclear as to why he is being told to post photos instead????

 

[Life]

That's pretty much what I asked myself...

 

[Virgil]

I was a little put off by the religious aspect of the home page. Seems unnecessary. And the macro stuff is nice... I guess... I'm not really into that so I'm not much of a judge. The reaction I got from the other gallery was... Is everything centered? You need to work on making your compositions a bit more dynamic.

My 2 cents.

You were "put off" because he mentioned God?? Why does that bother you?

 

[Life]

I was a little put off by the religious aspect of the home page. Seems unnecessary. And the macro stuff is nice... I guess... I'm not really into that so I'm not much of a judge. The reaction I got from the other gallery was... Is everything centered? You need to work on making your compositions a bit more dynamic.

My 2 cents.

You were "put off" because he mentioned God?? Why does that bother you?

You'll be surprised how many people will avoid someone because of his/her religion.. I've seen people fired for mentioning God, so to me it is no surprise.

 

[Virgil]

I was a little put off by the religious aspect of the home page. Seems unnecessary. And the macro stuff is nice... I guess... I'm not really into that so I'm not much of a judge. The reaction I got from the other gallery was... Is everything centered? You need to work on making your compositions a bit more dynamic.

My 2 cents.

Wow !!! You have 3 flickr pages and not a single comment.

 

[tirediron]

OP: Okay, fair enough, you're very band-width limited and that impedes your ability post images. I'll buy that. A couple of things you need to bear in mind: Just like every social group, a forum, especially an active one such as TPF develops over time, conventions and ways of doing things which are considered 'right' on that board. One of the things that TPF members, for the most part, consider 'right' is posting of images vice links. Why? Because as photographers, we want to see images. Links aren't very interesting, and, many people are hesitant to follow off-site links simply because they don't know what might be there. For all I know you could have had pornographic images on your 'site which, had I opened them on my work computer, could have got me fired.

Now, as far as the critique goes, it's very difficult and time-consuming to critique an entire 'site/portfolio. When I'm doing portfolio critique workshops, it's easy to spend an hour on a ten-image portfolio; and on-line portfolios are no different. I typically spend at least five images going over an image when offering C&C; why? Because I feel that it can take that long to really 'see' an image, and to formulate my opinion of it. "That's nice" really doesn't tell you much, and like many others here, I want to help other photographers.

What I would suggest is that you pick up to four of your images, and create a new thread in the appropriate forum, asking for "C&C" and listing the names & descriptions of the images and a quick "This is why I don't post images" explanation so that people understand. This will help you grow your talent far more than a few very general comments on a large group of images.

 

[memento]

I am unclear as to why he is being told to post photos instead????

because I'm at work on a work computer on a work network and don't know or trust this person and have no idea what I'm 'clicking' on nor where it's going to send me.

 

[The_Traveler]

I must admit I'm a little confused with the comments asking the OP to post photos rather than a link to his website.

This section of the website is described as:
"Personal and Professional Photography Websites
Promote your personal and professional photography web sites by posting information about them here!"

The OP is looking for opinions about his website ... which seems to be exactly what this section is supposed to be about.
I am unclear as to why he is being told to post photos instead????

That's pretty much what I asked myself...

The simple answer to this is that comments on people's web sites are generally about the overall look and functionality of the site, as opposed to the pictures on that site.
The pictures might be mentioned vis a vis their appropriateness and size but they are a small part of a web site review.

 

[PixelRabbit]

I also have to be very careful of bandwidth because of my connection being in a rural area, you mentioned you transfer images within 500px, might I suggest using Flickr for your future uploads, from there you can post easily here on the forum AND you can transfer them to various sites including 500px without having to upload multiple times!

 

[tirediron]

I must admit I'm a little confused with the comments asking the OP to post photos rather than a link to his website.

This section of the website is described as:
"Personal and Professional Photography Websites
Promote your personal and professional photography web sites by posting information about them here!"

The OP is looking for opinions about his website ... which seems to be exactly what this section is supposed to be about.
I am unclear as to why he is being told to post photos instead????

That's pretty much what I asked myself...

The simple answer to this is that comments on people's web sites are generally about the overall look and functionality of the site, as opposed to the pictures on that site.
The pictures might be mentioned vis a vis their appropriateness and size but they are a small part of a web site review.

500px is NOT a personal or professional website; it is an image hosting service. The OP has no control over anything other than the images he posts. The intent of this particular forum is actually to allow for critique on individual's websites and to make suggestions for changes or improvements.