Portfolio analysis - how judges pick winning portfolios and sports photos

Part 1:

1. Photographer : Melissa Golden

General focus: Living life as an old person

Problems :
- most important part is out of focus
- too much going on
- Same type just different angles


Judges liked:
- everything needed to know in the picture was there (old man w/ cannula)
- some had amused them

I didn't really like her style of photography, it was pretty plain nothing that really got my attention. Or that made me want to see more of her work.


2. Photographer:Josh Birnbaum

General focus: Not just one focus, mostly about the people in the wheel chairs

Problems:
- needed a better angle
- had a dead look to it, boring all secondary pictures. Their was no emotion, that drew them in
- could have cropped it better

Judges liked:
- some gave a little laugh
- different faces in it

I thought their were a couple of pictures that were really good,  but then some just were no point in even taking a picture because it had no point. It seemed like he just needed a photo and took that. I didn't really like it that much.


3. Photographer: Alyssa Schukar

General focus: Eating disorder

Problems:
- not feeling the love or the pain the person is going through
- each picture almost the similar lens, feel, scene setters
- not enough strong singles

Judges liked:
- beautiful background, and the blue pastels
- seeing the girl with just her, and being able to see her legs (she's the main focus)

I thought the pictures were okay, but there were definitely at least two that i thought were really good, but it seemed like the photographer tried to capture feeling in the beginning but it just didn't work out like they hoped. It was okay I wasn't the biggest fan.

4. Winning Portfolio: Dustin Snipes

Judges thought were strengths:
- capturing good focus on the main subject
- capturing whats important, no side trash
- they thought the subjects were interesting

I thought were strengths: 
- Capturing moments really well
-getting those good angles that let you see it at a better view


watch video process deciding winner:


Part 2: 

I agree w/ judges and describe:

Part 5: RUGBYTECH, i loved the way it looks in black and white, and the details from the dirt, and the hair coming out of his helmet. I like the way, its kinda rustic looking. The judges didn't say  much bout this picture but they just said is "God I love that picture" and I would agree with them on that.

one photo what i disagree with the judges, and describe