DNTM Photo 4 Critiques

https://www.kovaze.com/blog/92479 Go support the photo blog, and remember I'm not a real judge, just a fan of all of you! LADIES! I know I was a bit hard on you all last week, but now it is you all who are making it hard on me! I think you all did such a great job this week it makes picking my top photo and top individual model really tough. The difference between best and worst photo is so small! MissChloeKay and NicoRobin Together this photo is really strong. The prompt that was given to you is followed really well and the movement makes this seem like a still from a movie. The prompt told you to make intense eye contact, which I took to mean with the camera, but I actually like that you chose to make the eye contact with each other because it gave the opportunity to show your profiles and created the tension between the two models that makes the photo great. Chloe: I LOVE your face here. It’s the first thing my eye goes to in this photograph. You look like you are taking a sharp inhale, which implies shock and urgency, but yet you still look like a model. Two things you may want to be careful of in the future: when doing a pose that has you crouching, you are going to look very short, so I love the way you are extending out that front leg, but your back leg is getting cut off and looks disconnected. Also, you lost a little bit of your neck with your hair, but your face is so strong here I almost didn’t notice. If not for the back leg, I think you top the list this week. Nico: Your face is also so strong here. You are giving me the neck I wish I saw in Chloe. Unfortunately, you also lost some limbs in this photo, your arm is hiding, and the cropping loses one foot. Minor things there but we are getting deeper into this competition so all it may take to get eliminated might be something minor. Melanie and Biancabae This photograph is high fashion, elegant, creative, and you both look stunning. The angles created here are so appealing and the choices of styling and make up make you two look nearly like twins here. I also enjoy the small details which I see in Bianca’s grip on Mel’s shoulder, showing a bit of tension and urgency. You play off each other so well. The only small issue I see here is Bianca’s right foot placement is right between Mel’s legs…. And I don’t know where else it could have gone in that pose but possibly extended out a little bit more to be placed between Mel’s foot and hand? Melanie: Pose is amazing, best you’ve given us all season! It isn’t the obvious pose you think of with spy. Face is gorge as always. Bianca: I love how you are sitting on the edge of the table, but you aren’t sitting on the edge of the table… You have kept tension in your pose in all the right places to stay elongated and strong. Even with a turtleneck I can see you are extending that neck and it’s great. I love your choice of styling with your hair slicked back. It’s clean, elegant, and gives high fashion spy. Well done. Ralts023 and Desh This photo has a lot of good qualities to it. The movement is great. It feels like you are both walking, no strutting, out of the page and into my office! The choice of hand holding is interesting and adds an element of mystery here. The styling coordination is great. With that said, the photo doesn’t exactly pop. It lacks a certain energy and I think it comes from the posing. Both are essentially giving the same poses which doesn’t give the photo enough drama to stand out this shoot. Ralts023: I’ll be honest when I saw you paired with Desh I was worried about you. But you actually steal this photograph. You are making direct eye contact with the camera and I feel like you are about to kill me, but somehow I’m happy about it. I would have liked to be able to see both of your feet here, but you look fabulous. Desh: I hate to say this, but it is your weakest photograph so far this season. Body is stunning, love the flow in the hair and styling choices, but the close up of your face lacks the energy it needs to make this photograph stand out. Since the posing isn’t as dynamic, the faces have to be giving, and for me it’s lacking in the eyes. You seem to be looking off to the left and if you had just given us the direct eye contact it elevates the photo dramatically. I do also think that Ralts stands out more because she found the light better. AngieKStan and Fiji I was very excited to see how you two would work together. I love this photo because I can see how both of you put your input into it and found a way to stay on the theme but incorporate both of your brands. The photo is different than most of the others, and in this case it works. You are both making strong eye contact and look amazing. I don’t believe you are playing off each other enough in the photo, but I can see the story being told here. What I do like about the poses is they weren’t the obvious choices, and somehow it works. Angie: I love that this is a completely different version of you we haven’t seen in this competition. You finally broke out of your mold and gave us something different, and I love it. I would be a bit mindful of the pose as you lose your legs and neck, and your arm looks a bit shorter, but your face is so stunning I don’t notice those other things right away. Fiji: Face is fire, body looks great. Pose makes you lose length and your neck, and you’ve got a weird leg thing happening, but overall this photo still works somehow. Gabs and ohEMgee I love how you took the theme and really had fun with it. It was creative, playful, and helps the overall composition of the photo. In fact, the theme actually is slightly overpowering the modeling. Both of you look fabulous, but I would have liked to see a little more dynamic posing. It’s all very linear, but it is still a strong photograph saved by the styling and composition. Gabs: Face looks great, body is on fire, and your eyes are giving the mystery we were looking for. The only issue is this pose is something we have seen from you week to week, and I have been looking for something a bit elevated from you. Give me something with more angles, more high fashion, something that jumps off the page. Omg: It was smart of you to have turned your body to the side and you gave us a bit more shape. It honestly really saves the photo from being a bit boring. Despite how great Gabs looks, my eyes are drawn to you first in this photo. The gun should have been pointed a bit more to the right so you could see your arm. Small detail, but as I said earlier these are the things that may make or break the competition as we progress. Jordie and Trueblood I like the overall composition of this photograph, and that you gave us such great dimension in the poses. I can’t decide if I love that you are both facing the same way or if I hate it. I would love to see what it looks like if True would have given us this pose in reverse to know for sure. Either way you both look fabulous and I enjoy your interpretation of the theme. Jordie: love this pose, and love that you are basically giving us an upside down face and yet it is still gorgeous. I do think you lost a LITTLE bit in the eyes that could have made this a bit stronger for you. Your one foot is also disappearing into the dirt, so be careful about that. True: Your face is the strongest in this photo and possibly in the entire group. The pose is fabulous. If I could have somehow seen your legs on the ground here I think that could have helped a bit. Maybe if you had inverted the pose and placed your feet in the space under Jordie’s back that may have worked. Overall, well done. Top Photo Order Jordie and Trueblood Melanie and Biancabae MissChloeKay and NicoRobin Gabs and ohEMgee AngieKStan and Fiji Ralts023 and Desh Individual Model Order Trueblood Melanie Chloe Nico Jordie Ralts OMG Fiji Angie Gabs Bianca Desh