I DON’T Care About Your PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS!!!

[@cheeto.1]

Fro I appreciate you doing these reviews. I always find value in this format.

[@911VideoNews]

Had an asshat, who boasted how much better a photographer he was than I. He stated he had placed 2nd for his photography in the local County Fair. I informed him that he was right, after all, my photography was published around the world in major newspapers, books, federal publications, and other publications. But I must suck because I've never been in a photo contest! 😆 🤣 😂

[@hippygeeza]

Every time i watch a video of you giving CC to someone, i always think wow thats harsh, but then take a min, think about my own images, think about how i could alter what i am taking with that in mind, and understand you are right

[@brandishwar]

I remember the photo of the girl with the mouthpiece. That was in a competition over on FStoppers.

[@samisharif87]

That was the first thing I said! lol

[@kriseriksen4737]

Thanks, I was trying to remember where I saw it.

[@bansheebug]

I remember I also had this 'torture' steel mouthpiece when I was much younger ;-) . I had wore it for nearly 9 years... I thought they improved the system ... But cool shot btw.

[@tielmaster7879]

Lol Jared why do you hate crops so much. Rather have good composition with a crop than a bad photo with no crop. Some people buy high megapixel cameras just for a crop.

[@froknowsphoto]

do whatever you want. I personally don't crop. But the point I am making is these were not crops to make the images better, they were just bad crops.

[@tielmaster7879]

@@froknowsphoto yeah I see what you're saying. I had a photography teacher who was the opposite of your's though, the guy heavily encouraged us to crop, not a severe crop but something light to make the image better.

[@Abarataphoto]

Don't think JP did any hate comment on the crops, just that they were cropped and that's not his style, but if it's the photographer's style it's all good. A critique is always 100% subjective, so if someone does stuff in a way JP wouldn't he will state that, but in the end the critique was quite positive.

[@basserfelt]

Because he is biased about it.

[@klauslehrmann4927]

Greetings, Jared. I so much agree that the pictures of both products and the exteriors are good. You say you got to get the compo. right in cam., because you have the time to compose it. If any other compo., would ruin the priorities within the compo., you need to prioritize recording the intruding vegetation, and heal it away in post. Depends on what the photographer likes in the compo. You do need to get things right in cam., yes, but you should to your sentence have added, "... if you can". I do this thing :). Neat vid. :).

[@swesleyharris]

I love your videos but what’s so special about you shooting Raw that you have to have a shirt that tells the world something that most people. Do. You should have a shirt that says I don’t crop. That at least would be unique.

[@keving5564]

Most of the images that are not 3:2 appear to be 16:9. Perfectly reasonable choice in my opinion, since it fills a TV or monitor.

[@thetruth6444]

plus it gives images a more cinematic look, which people subconsciously associate with high quality.

[@lifesbeautiful3024]

Thanks Jared! I’ve always loved these, and miss them terribly, but my hope is that you’ll soon critique not websites, but someone’s ten photographs. Those were priceless!!!

[@lsaideOK]

Really good. Nice that the website was good enough that it merited so much of your praise. This gave a nice balance to the notes you gave him. Terrific!

[@ShiroKage009]

What's wrong with "weird" crops? If it looks nice, what's the problem?

[@froknowsphoto]

Nothing, i've said it a million times, if it's a creative crop and it helps your image, DO IT. But these are not that.

[@ShiroKage009]

@@froknowsphoto That's fair. I also suppose if you can get the framing you want within standard ratios it would be much better.

[@Motorizoner]

viepfukha then why don’t you just move on

[@RhettThompsonFilm]

@viepfukha Who forced you to watch this?

[@CFDEngCo3]

@viepfukha ...says the person watching a Jared Polin critique video...

[@1oldman4u2]

The dashes in the one photo is a satellite. I have several night photos with them "cruising" through.

[@hedydd2]

I agree about the awards not being needed. There's a fish and chip shop in a town not far away that has a prominent sign in the window boasting of it being the fish and chip shop of the year in 1998. So what the hell happened over the next 22 years eh?

[@TheIronDuke9]

Yes. And Pabst Blue Ribbon won the award for best beer in 1893 and they've been suckering people with that boast for almost 130 years! It's crap.

[@randybocksnick3750]

JARED-- Your critique of all photos were spot on!!

[@darrenhall4212]

Do you have any photography awards Jared?

[@thomasjames7644]

My thoughts exactly 🤣

[@priyankt3i]

Sour grapes

[@miggity_mac_attack]

thats a wire at 11:30 some wires are wrapped with another for strength and reflect because one is shinier than the other

[@ItsWillLee]

That's what I thought too.

[@whydavidbook]

Unique is a true or false statement. It can't be very unique, it is either unique or not unique. It can be very unusual.

[@adamaj74]

You're not allowed to talk about cropping unless you're open to, or have experience with, cropping...It takes one hell of an ego to think they get it perfect in camera every time or that none of their images could be improved by cropping.

[@Tecra-md3by]

@tyvek05 Your comment if very "MEH", because some of the most famous and most influencial images are HEAVILY cropped.

[@hmuz8388]

tyvek05 that’s just factually a wrong statement lol

[@SanneGunes]

Really like to watch those kind of videos

[@JoeMcGuire]

Oh, a local photographer. I thought I knew those two models in the thumbnail!

[@benpykephotography]

It feels weird Jared that you are critiquing his photos because about 1/2 way through I was like “ this guys better than fro” then I went to your website , and he is better. Yes I agree there is some over editing but other than that he is a very accomplished photographer way better than you or me. So although your critique was quite positive it had the feel of a 45 yr old guy that played some division 2 college basketball criticising an NBA player

[@itscaptainterry]

I enjoy these videos just as much as the next guy, but I completely agree with you, I get this vibe almost every time I watch him. He is accomplished and recognized, but some of his "principles" and his own work is above-average at best in most cases.. (not that I could do any better)

[@thomasjames7644]

I wonder how many awards Jared has.

[@TheMegs16441]

I've missed these!

[@gabriellee2917]

Megs Harrison Right?!

[@thelordwaffles8]

Same!

[@SomeonewithaSony]

I don’t get the whole crop-thing either. Jared, is it the 2x3 aspect ratio you like? Or just the fact that you don’t like crops? If you were using a medium format camera which is 4x5, would you crop to 2x3? Crop for comp, for sure. Landscapes in portrait layout usually look better 4x5.

[@truthsayers8725]

ive heard Jared say he shot something in high school years ago and when he printed it, he cropped it. a bunch and the image was horrible. too much grain because it was all enlarged so much... hes since come out to say, he doesnt crop anything...

[@Tecra-md3by]

@@truthsayers8725 Well, his high school years were a while ago. Modern cameras are around 20MP mostly, even phones don't go much below 12MP, people view images on phones, monitors or small prints (barely ever larger than A4). Monitors are mostly 1080p or 4K, for 1080p, you only need 2.1MP and for 4K you only need 8.5MP, so even those 12MP phones give you plenty of room for cropping for when you just can't get the composition right (because of the distance for example, or you just don't own a lens narrow enough), or when you just simply have different feelings looking at the image while you're editing and feel like the composition doesn't fit those feelings and you want to get rid of some things on the image...

[@brian_db]

Cloud city, good recovery. Great critique.

[@Twobarpsi]

Fro knows fro-toe!

[@djpodesta]

I would have the bio as the second tab... ie... Home... Bio... Gallery... and so on.

[@leftris1020]

You should definitely get your hands on the sony xperia 1 ii

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

That astro shot with the dotted line: a long exposure, maybe 30 seconds, with an aircraft crossing the scene with a blinking night light. From that sharp turn at the right it's likely a helicopter. I agree, too many photos. I'm working in my own site and will send it for review when it's done.

[@ItsWillLee]

I was looking at this too, is it an aircraft or wires? Almost seems to low for an aircraft.. I was thinking maybe its wires, because in the other photo of the same scene different angle, it looks more solid like a wire.. but IDK, I'm just surmising..I did think it was an aircraft at first though lol..

[@ItsWillLee]

I think he has some nice photos, the architect is really good, straight lines and the edits are suited to those (interior/exterior "HDR style"), imo. But ya way too many images that could/should be eliminated. **edited for grammar** 😆

[@FstopPicturesByAlunDavies]

Toronto island is tricky but I agree. On your critique

[@TOMAN334]

The crops seem to be 16:9, if I'm not mistaken

[@klauslehrmann4927]

Mistaking*. Mistaken means someone has mistaken you.

[@djz2308]

It's also an adjective, ass.

[@thetruth6444]

i dont mind 16:9 crops. Actually makes images look more cinematic

[@Jwills3]

I have been watching you since 2016...you are the one that made me buy my first Nikon CAmera! I do videos and take photos! I would love to be a photographer, but I have to start working really hard! My skills are probably dog sh¥¥t!! 😆.. I wish you could just teach me 1 on 1!

[@kenyonandchris]

The website looks like Wix. Better than Squarespace.

[@ItsWillLee]

He's Canadian Eh? ...sorry, grammar is our weak point.. ;-p

[@jaycasejaycase]

Will Lee our only weak point is our dollar.

[@root9065]

11:17 those are strobe lights from a plane or helicopter caught on long exposure. Because strobes flash intermittently, so it makes sense it's dashed.

[@froknowsphoto]

I get that but the arch they were on seemed weird.

[@KarlVaughan]

Was that a wide-angle lens used in that shot that may have bent the line that way? Also, the aircraft could have been changing direction midway. If it was my shot I would have cloned those dashes out as they're quite a distraction.

[@ItGoesMoo]

@@froknowsphoto Those are power lines but i don't know what he did to make them dashes

[@aNiTF3]

@@ItGoesMoo Lightroom does it when doing heavy shifts in tones and overediting, ive seen it when turning down overexposed spots and adding sharpness - the wires start to appear like in game pixel wires

[@davidallison4031]

The latex is very "Bob Carlos Clarke", you need to have a look at his work.

[@max-lee]

Did he intentionally crop it or he didn’t realize the website layout or something that auto crop it for him?

[@atomiccrouton]

I want to give the benefit of the doubt and say that he didn't realize the website layout or how to manipulate the code to do custom crops. When you've got moving parts, it makes doing custom image sizes difficult.

[@johnarmstrong5445]

Great video

[@christshandmaiden]

These are really helpful :-)

[@Chemy.]

I need to select some picture (phone pictures, amateur, not very editable) for a contest, would take a look? Hahahaha I should summit it like tomorrow hahaha

[@DjimmyTrovy]

Maybe it was the over-processing but most of them looked very low quality and characterless to me.

[@croasdail]

Jared...you're dating yourself again... "full frame crop" is not a thing any more. No one cares. We see the world now in instagram, or TV (16:9) or cell phone form factors now. Its like "back in the day, when I was in high school, we could only present images in 8 x10 or 11 by 14 ratios... or we got our hands slapped". ForPack # is just as contra "out of the camera" photography as is cropping. Give it a rest. Have your own preference .. thats perfect. But pretending there was some rule you can't crop or its unauthentic... really?

[@christiankerestegian3753]

Someone with a idea finally

[@thesharpercoder]

Fro can see for miles and miles. Fro can see for miles and miles. Fro can see for miles and miles, and miles and miles..... I love his critiques. We’re on the same page.

[@georget7028]

Because you are an original. Good work.

[@MrFirstdance2000]

Stars represent....body tattoos that seem to be what many feel to be necessary upon a beautiful human body. Your remark is very honest aka, it's distracting. My take!

[@tres837]

I enjoyed this. Maybe I'll get brave

[@martharetallick204]

Jared, I am with you on the value of awards. They sound great, but they don't make the cash register ring.

[@mavfan1]

Only the cool kids crop.

[@armstrongjosh]

Could we dial down the "I don't care"'s?

[@leelingpalance5668]

He really doesn'! lol

[@dhruv1906]

Do more of these please!

[@CustomAddics]

I think im on a #FroBinge

[@brendenkoontz4614]

Please more stern critiques lol

[@randymwiebe]

It’s not skydome anymore it called Rogerscentre now and yes that is Lake Ontario lol

[@ItsWillLee]

It will always be the Skydome! :D

[@TheIronDuke9]

@@ItsWillLee Agree. If you grew up in that city it was, is, and always will be the Skydome.

[@JPS4inLA]

I can't believe you don't care about my photos...how dare you sir

[@RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia]

How’d he put his Instagram feed on his site like that??

[@ASouthernBoyCanSurvive]

The website builder has a plugin for that.

[@jukeboxjohnnie]

The guys never heard of the rule of thirds, horizons in the middle don't work. Cropping in on faces gets tedious.

[@ALDIfreak81]

that rules in photography are not strict rules you HAVE to do. its creativity and style..so this guy has his own style and youll say hey thats joels work when you see it..and thats more important than any rules..

[@JPS4inLA]

Weird crops are RAD! Weird crops are totally in right now, get with the program

[@SPELTMUSIC]

the fro in the bottom left corner always distracts me from the pictures.

[@AmonRaSrb]

If u once won the Olympic Gold Medal that's it, u dont need to do it Year after Year Point.

[@thetruth6444]

i really dont get how people cant see that their websites layout just isnt good. Everything on your website has to represent your brand from font type, to font size, to layout to how easy it is to navigate and it has to look good on BOTH mobile and laptop/desktop. If you're using a basic shitty font that looks like comic sans, your brand loses points and it looks amateur. Your website has to be so good that if people land on it, people will have no doubt to book you. Does your website do this? Can you imagine people going to your website and saying "WOW I HAVE TO BOOK THIS GUY". I doubt it. Make it so your website does this.

[@dharmolaha3628]

Why do you look like Redfoo

[@bens.camera]

I feel like the crop is done by the website. Like it’s a drag/drop photo carousel and you can’t Adjust the dimensions of it.

[@soumiksen]

Was that a rant just because " -I- Eye Shoot -Raw- Images " ?

[@docavvai]

first three portrait's backgrounds look photshopped

[@ZjZade]

There not

[@rubenreynaga1572]

be nice hairball.

[@korn3701]

Jared: let me critique your photos Jared after seeing the photos: I don't like it because I did not shoot it.

[@jatsajatsa]

So the intelligent way to give constructive advice would be: Get a native speaker to write your English copy.

[@leelingpalance5668]

Its so many ok images these days ... but no jaw droppers.

[@muzlee7479]

Jesus, this website is pretty terrible. What happened with all the vertical space? Just do a vertical slider for the images.

[@jamesdeak630]

Stop over processing eyes!!!!!!

[@shigsho]

Photo awards are so overrated. I'm an old guy and won awards starting decades ago. They are meaningless. The "big" awards have always been political and that has now been taken to the extreme. You see a lot of trendy nonsense. Think of it as the photography version of "wall banana".

[@DarthVapor151]

Looks like your hair dried.

[@luisreyn3068]

Petty much

[@priyankt3i]

Your reviews are harsh...

[@thetruth6444]

putting awards in your bio or website is a boomer mentality.

[@quykhangau5501]

first view and cmt:)

[@kodyrankin8749]

Naw