Promotional images for my show

[BrickHouse]

Josh, your image quality seems to be improving from your original posts. Have you acquired new gear or are you using better lighting?

 

[sleist]

 

[SquarePeg]

To be honest, I'm having serious flashbacks from the 1980s. Dial it back.

And unless this show is happening only in your imagination, you might want to include some information about when and where.

Sorry that's Classified and Top Secret.

 

[Josh100LuBu]

Limr; It's a real show, on You Tube.

Is it continuously running? Or is there a specific time and place for it? How does one find it? Is there a YouTube channel we should be searching for? For a promotional picture, don't you think these things should be, y'know, promoted?

Sure, here is my channel, you can watch the pilot episode. The next ones up shortly. Lamat771 - YouTube

You misunderstand. I was not asking you to give me the information. I suggested that if you wanted people to actually watch your show, your promotional material should have the date, time, and website so that anyone who sees the promotion and wants to watch the show will know how to find it.

The titles on the actual image, I think that's enough for most people

 

[pixmedic]

Limr; It's a real show, on You Tube.

Is it continuously running? Or is there a specific time and place for it? How does one find it? Is there a YouTube channel we should be searching for? For a promotional picture, don't you think these things should be, y'know, promoted?

Sure, here is my channel, you can watch the pilot episode. The next ones up shortly. Lamat771 - YouTube

You misunderstand. I was not asking you to give me the information. I suggested that if you wanted people to actually watch your show, your promotional material should have the date, time, and website so that anyone who sees the promotion and wants to watch the show will know how to find it.

The titles on the actual image, I think that's enough for most people

you have gotten several helpful suggestions, and generally positive reception on this thread.
personal attacks are unwarranted, and will not be tolerated. i believe this has been addressed before, and if further intervention is needed, disciplinary action will be taken.
any post made anywhere except the "just for fun" section is subject to critique and suggestions, regardless of what your intentions for the post are. if you do not wish feedback on a picture, please post it in the proper section.

 

[waday]

Limr; It's a real show, on You Tube.

Is it continuously running? Or is there a specific time and place for it? How does one find it? Is there a YouTube channel we should be searching for? For a promotional picture, don't you think these things should be, y'know, promoted?

Sure, here is my channel, you can watch the pilot episode. The next ones up shortly. Lamat771 - YouTube

You misunderstand. I was not asking you to give me the information. I suggested that if you wanted people to actually watch your show, your promotional material should have the date, time, and website so that anyone who sees the promotion and wants to watch the show will know how to find it.

The titles on the actual image, I think that's enough for most people

I think the problem that @limr is eluding to is that people will not actively go out of their way to research your show based on a phrase on your promotional material. Too much to expect from your potential audience. You need to feed the information to people.

 

[Vtec44]

you have gotten several helpful suggestions, and generally positive reception on this thread.
personal attacks are unwarranted, and will not be tolerated. i believe this has been addressed before, and if further intervention is needed, disciplinary action will be taken.
any post made anywhere except the "just for fun" section is subject to critique and suggestions, regardless of what your intentions for the post are. if you do not wish feedback on a picture, please post it in the proper section.

That explains why a lot of the good old members are no longer active. LOL

Here's my honest critique for you @Josh100LuBu

Your image looks amateur and unpolished. The primary reason is due to a lot of common newbie mistakes.

Here are some of the obvious technical reasons:

1. Glowing font dates back to the 90's. If you're using it now what is the creative reason?
2. Your face is almost completely blown own, with a bad color cast. This is a common error with new photographers especially on an uncalibrated monitor. It is a major distraction when people initially look at your photo.
3. The items, mostly the words, are competing for attention. They're the same color, brightness, and approximately the same dimensions.
4. The quality of your images is not up to par with a lot of noise, pixelation, and bad color cast. They are major distractions on top of creating a very newbie/amateur vibe.
5. You can try to mask it as "creativity" but unless these are corrected/improve, it's hard for anyone to look at these images and take them seriously.

 

[Josh100LuBu]

Josh, your image quality seems to be improving from your original posts. Have you acquired new gear or are you using better lighting?

Thank you, i'm now using better quality bulbs for my green screen studio. Makes a good difference.

 

[Josh100LuBu]

you have gotten several helpful suggestions, and generally positive reception on this thread.
personal attacks are unwarranted, and will not be tolerated. i believe this has been addressed before, and if further intervention is needed, disciplinary action will be taken.
any post made anywhere except the "just for fun" section is subject to critique and suggestions, regardless of what your intentions for the post are. if you do not wish feedback on a picture, please post it in the proper section.

That explains why a lot of the good old members are no longer active. LOL

Here's my honest critique for you @Josh100LuBu

Your image looks amateur and unpolished. The primary reason is due to a lot of common newbie mistakes.

Here are some of the obvious technical reasons:

1. Glowing font dates back to the 90's. If you're using it now what is the creative reason?
2. Your face is almost completely blown own, with a bad color cast. This is a common error with new photographer especially on an uncalibrated monitor. It is a major distraction when people initially look at your photo.
3. The items, mostly the words, are competing for attention. They're the same color, brightness, and approximately the same dimensions.
4. The quality of your images is not up to par with a lot of noise, pixelation, and bad color cast. They are major distractions on top of creating a very newbie/amateur vibe.
5. You can try to mask it as "creativity" but unless these are corrected/improve, it's hard for anyone to look at these images and take them seriously.


That's something that @Derrel would write a couple of years back

Your taking it at face value, look deeper into the image itself and imagine the meaning behind it. LAMATS LEGENDS is a show unlike any other, searching for age old myths and legends whilst being able to draw your own conclusions. LAMAT LIVE (my other project) is a talkshow which is totally different in style but LAMATS LEGENDS is almost always based in the centre of the action, right in the thick of it in the war zone. I believe this image suits it perfectly for those reasons alone.

 

[limr]

 

[jsecordphoto]

The delusions of grandeur are really quite amazing honestly.

 

[Vtec44]

Your taking it at face value, look deeper into the image itself and imagine the meaning behind it. LAMATS LEGENDS is a show unlike any other, searching for age old myths and legends whilst being able to draw your own conclusions. LAMAT LIVE (my other project) is a talkshow which is totally different in style but LAMATS LEGENDS is almost always based in the centre of the action, right in the thick of it in the war zone. I believe this image suits it perfectly for those reasons alone.

@Josh100LuBu , you made a lot of typical and common beginner's mistakes IMHO and I pointed out them out to you. You can't mask it with "the meaning behind it". It's the same as people slapping on filters or heavy editing to make up for bad photography fundamentals. However you want to do with that information is up to you.

@pixmedic and @bribrius , you can't say I didn't try. This is why the quality of TPF has gone down hill compare to many years ago. We're spending time on images like these. Oh don't get me wrong, I love avant garde work and this isn't it.

 

[bribrius]

Your taking it at face value, look deeper into the image itself and imagine the meaning behind it. LAMATS LEGENDS is a show unlike any other, searching for age old myths and legends whilst being able to draw your own conclusions. LAMAT LIVE (my other project) is a talkshow which is totally different in style but LAMATS LEGENDS is almost always based in the centre of the action, right in the thick of it in the war zone. I believe this image suits it perfectly for those reasons alone.

@Josh100LuBu , you made a lot of typical and common beginner's mistakes IMHO and I pointed out them out to you. You can't mask it with "the meaning behind it". It's the same as people slapping on filters or heavy editing to make up for bad photography fundamentals. However you want to do with that information is up to you.

@pixmedic and @bribrius , you can't say I didn't try. This is why the quality of TPF has gone down hill compare to many years ago. We're spending time on images like these. Oh don't get me wrong, I love avant garde work and this isn't it.

you tried, note taken.

 

[pixmedic]

Your taking it at face value, look deeper into the image itself and imagine the meaning behind it. LAMATS LEGENDS is a show unlike any other, searching for age old myths and legends whilst being able to draw your own conclusions. LAMAT LIVE (my other project) is a talkshow which is totally different in style but LAMATS LEGENDS is almost always based in the centre of the action, right in the thick of it in the war zone. I believe this image suits it perfectly for those reasons alone.

@Josh100LuBu , you made a lot of typical and common beginner's mistakes IMHO and I pointed out them out to you. You can't mask it with "the meaning behind it". It's the same as people slapping on filters or heavy editing to make up for bad photography fundamentals. However you want to do with that information is up to you.

@pixmedic , you can't say I didn't try. This is why the quality of TPF has gone down hill compare to many years ago. We're spending time on images like these. Oh don't get me wrong, I love avant garde work and this isn't it.

A+ for effort @Vtec44
Kudos.

 

[bribrius]

you have gotten several helpful suggestions, and generally positive reception on this thread.
personal attacks are unwarranted, and will not be tolerated. i believe this has been addressed before, and if further intervention is needed, disciplinary action will be taken.
any post made anywhere except the "just for fun" section is subject to critique and suggestions, regardless of what your intentions for the post are. if you do not wish feedback on a picture, please post it in the proper section.

That explains why a lot of the good old members are no longer active. LOL

Here's my honest critique for you @Josh100LuBu

Your image looks amateur and unpolished. The primary reason is due to a lot of common newbie mistakes.

Here are some of the obvious technical reasons:

1. Glowing font dates back to the 90's. If you're using it now what is the creative reason?
2. Your face is almost completely blown own, with a bad color cast. This is a common error with new photographer especially on an uncalibrated monitor. It is a major distraction when people initially look at your photo.
3. The items, mostly the words, are competing for attention. They're the same color, brightness, and approximately the same dimensions.
4. The quality of your images is not up to par with a lot of noise, pixelation, and bad color cast. They are major distractions on top of creating a very newbie/amateur vibe.
5. You can try to mask it as "creativity" but unless these are corrected/improve, it's hard for anyone to look at these images and take them seriously.


That's something that @Derrel would write a couple of years back

Your taking it at face value, look deeper into the image itself and imagine the meaning behind it. LAMATS LEGENDS is a show unlike any other, searching for age old myths and legends whilst being able to draw your own conclusions. LAMAT LIVE (my other project) is a talkshow which is totally different in style but LAMATS LEGENDS is almost always based in the centre of the action, right in the thick of it in the war zone. I believe this image suits it perfectly for those reasons alone.

This is a photography forum. We concentrate on images here via various aspects of photography. While concept images are regularly welcome with open minds, the image and skill is what we concentrate on to help each other towards improvement. So if your goal is this concept, it is members that MAY be willing to help you better improve your skills in which to promote this concept. It is not just us viewing that needs a open mind, it is also the artist so they can at least be open to suggestions. It does not mean you have to accept, or take the suggestions. Just be open to them for your consideration. No one is telling you to change your image, it is your image to do as you please. Consider suggestions, take what you may find useful, and improve your skills while learning what you would like. It is free, at others expense who put the time and energy into critiquing. Consider helpful suggestions as people DONATING to your cause. Keep in mind, they are getting nothing in return.