Amateur Photographer Magazine

Brett liked this immediately because of the colours and the shapes — particularly that created by the holding of hands, which gives the image an emotional/human connection. The framing is good, and the only criticism is the minor detail of the piece of paper intruding on the child at the bottom and stick that catches the eye at the top of the adult’s legs. Whilst I am not a fan of photo-fiddling, this is a picture that could really benefit from some Photoshop work to make it realise its full artistic potential.

This caught my eye several times because it almost felt like too separate images in a black frame. It probably falls foul of composition rules, which is maybe my attraction! I like the fact that one the images has lots of detail and the other blank, but for the shadow of the window frame. This might even work as a total abstract if rotated into a horizontal with the view from the window on the right and light hitting the wall on the left.

I really love this picture and it was a close call for the number one slot. There is something ‘Kafka’ about it (by that I mean visually reminiscent of Orson Well’s mono masterpiece, The Trial). There is something not right about the quality — what sort of camera/film was used? Dare I say there is something of the camera phone about this? — Big Will please reveal all.

I haven’t got a blessed clue what is going on here but I love it. I think the shades of brown and gold are very warm and calming and I like the hand poised in an almost ‘Vulcan’ greeting. Brett felt the three dimensional element between the eyes was rather distracting and once he mentioned it I had to agree. Still, whatever it is (and perhaps the photographer may share this with us all) I rather like it.

Both Brett and I liked this, his only negative comment being the slightly darker patch where the head is directly impacting the material of the chair. The eye naturally goes there and that detracts from the lovely wobbly shape of the head and ‘wing-nut’ ears (another job for P-shop?).