Building on the refinement from the Post Processing series in July we will turn our focus to image critiques / image reviews. This is a crucial part of our journey and how we can objectively see the work we are mostly deeply connected to emotionally. How can we remain impartial and yet still see the flaws in what we are trying to represent.

To define refinement or to look at how it applies to our work. We find definitions like "elegant and cultured in appearance, manner, or taste." or "developed or improved so as to be precise or subtle." Very few parts of our work do we have such a great opportunity to do exactly that. Be subtle, elegant, or precise.

For this series I have assembled four of our most thoughtful educators to come together on different weeks to talk about how they approach evaluating their own work, what they look for in a great image vs one they like, what types of things are easy to overlook, and some common mistakes they make in assembling their finished images.

After this introductory talk, we will turn our focus to your images. We will look at images from individuals in image sets of 3-5 images. These should be post-processed images that are in JPG format and can include some type of narrative of what you are trying to accomplish, where you would like input, or something that bothers you.

Each week we will have a different reviewer and will be reviewing a different set of images from one of you. Even if you don’t want to submit your own images this is guaranteed to be a thought provoking and informative session. We will try to get to your images over the course of this 4 week session, lasting 2.5 hours each session, but we do not want the input to feel rushed or formulaic.