Sports Portfolio Evaluation

Portfolio Assignment Notes:

1. Runner-up Videos

a.  Alyssa Schukar

b. Photos that told stories

c.  Problems: (1) All the photos seemed the same- shot from same distance, same lens (2) Story telling photos did not seem personal enough- couldn’t see the pain or emotion (3) Weren’t enough good “singles” – photos that looked good just on their own

d. Things they liked: (1) Liked her photo of a man from Haiti because of the scenery (2) Liked her one or two photos of sports

e. Overall, I really felt that there was nothing special about her photos. The stories she was trying to tell were ones that me (and the judges) have seen over and over again. I don’t think I’m like the best photographer but I feel the majority of her photos I could have EASILY recreated.

a. Travis Haughton

b. Photo Stories

c. Problems: (1) Peoples faces were being cut out of the photo (2) Couldn’t find the purpose behind some photos (3) Photos were too tight

e. Things they liked: (1) Moments didn’t look staged (2) Had nice lighting (3) Liked some single photos because of graphics and levels

f. I think that this photographer included some really good single photos, but he put in a lot that clearly were not anything special. If he had left out about half of them it would have made the portfolio look a lot better overall.

a. Nick Adams

b. Mostly Sports Singles

c. Problems: (1) Not enough originality (2) Had to read captions to understand photos (3) Focus is off

d. Things they liked: (1) liked the placing of the subjects within the (2) most of the photos had okay parts to them like lighting

e. Overall, I don’t think that the photos were as bad as the judges were making them seem. I think he definitely could have been a lot more original, and captions were too necessary.

a. Jordan Murph

b. Sports Photos

c. Problems: (1) Too many of the same looking photos (2) Needed the show subjects   in all photos (3) Not anything special

d. Things they liked: (1) Graphics (2) Had good composition (3) Lighting was good

e. Overall, I think there were some photos that just did not fit into the flow of the portfolio. However, I think it was the best out of all I watched.

2.

a. The judges liked how everyone in the photo was doing something. They also enjoyed all of the basics like lighting and composition. They photos did not seem like they were posed, the moments seemed real.

b. I really liked the motions that were happening within the photos. They didn’t include any single photos that would have thrown off the flow of the portfolio. I liked how the photographer seemed to be right up in the action (same with the judges).

3.

a. The judges looked at a spread of all the photos from each of the portfolios. They scrolled through and each reflected, telling each other what it is they liked and didn’t like. Then they scrolled upon one that didn’t have any bad photos and unanimously agreed that it was the winner.

PART 2: Individual Photos

1.    I agreed with the judges on the way that they judged the boxing photo from one of the sports photo categories. I really like the action and reaction of the man being punched in the face. However, the presence of the referee in the background definitely threw it off. I would have really liked to have seen that photo with a more simple and subject-less background. Too much of my attention was drawn away from the main subject because of the referee in the background.

2.     I did not agree with the judges when they selected the Girl Getting Hit in the Face by a Goose photo as being the second place photo. I think by far that was the number one photo out of any f the other sports action photos. It was such a genuinely un-posed photo, with true reactions. Not only that but it is extremely unique, and you probably won’t ever see another photo like that one ever again.