The experience of critique was something I don’t think I was entirely prepared for. I went into the first day confident in my project, but nervous about how my presentation would go. I was definitely taken aback by how quickly everything went (I know it seems silly, considering the entire process took three days). We’ve been working on this project pretty much from the beginning of the semester and it seemed like just a few minutes couldn’t possibly give it justice. I noticed the strengths and weaknesses of my classmates presentational skills and that definitely had an impact on the way I saw their work. I definitely realized how important it is to be able to talk about your work.

Hearing Alex and Joe talk about each project was very helpful. With so many people presenting, it was easy to pick up on common critiques that were given. I definitely plan to take the critique to heart and work to improve my coming projects. Here are some of the critiques that appeared consistently…

• Stay consistent, find an overarching theme to your photos and stick with it
• Be intentional about how you order your photos for presentation
• EDIT EDIT EDIT
• Pay attention to how your photos work together, some photos that don’t work alone work as part of a collection
• Careful with your post production, don’t be too “photoshoppy” (I need to super careful with this one)

I don’t feel the need to make any changes to my photos, but I would like to add that I put a lot of effort into my actual blog post and I would love to have you all take another closer look at it. I feel like my presentation didn’t do it justice.