Photo Critiques on Photorec.TV

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PhotoCritiqueBannerThe #1 way to improve as a photographer is to get out and take some photos, review your photos and repeat.Sometimes you need a fresh eye, a professional photographer's eye, to help you see what could be improved upon in future photos  - I am here to help!

Photo Critiques on Photorec.TV!

These will be videos shared each week over the next few months.  I know sometimes it can be daunting to put your work out there but as I said it is an awesome way to improve as a photographer and I really focus on constructive feedback and editing tips.At this time these critique submissions are only available to Photorec.tv members on the bronze plan or higher (a reminder that members  also gets access to my entire library of Lightroom Videos  - over 6 hours of how-to make your photos beautiful, keep your catalog organized and so much more.

  • You are limited to ONE (1) image- make sure you pick an image you want critiqued that you feel has merit and is more than a snapshot
  • The image must be at least 2400px on the short side. Larger files are encouraged.
  • The image must have metadata (focal length, aperture, shutter speed etc) - if there is no metadata (i.e. panorama or shot with manual lens) use the caption box to write out any info)
  • The filename must include your name.
  • Submission of RAW files is encouraged (make sure you submit the RAW and the XML file from Lightroom or I will not be able to see your edits) DNG files work too and will contain your edits without need of the XML file.
  • Images submitted will not be returned to you and although you retain all rights to your image, you are, by submitting photograph(s) giving us express permission to use this image in our critique show and possibly as the cover image for the video and the facebook page Photorec.TV

Click to submit a photo (and become a member)

Instagram Challenge Winners- Street Art

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Last week's challenge, #PRTV_STREETART, was colorful, gritty and fun! Picking a winner was difficult, it always is!They are listed below along with some awesome honorable mentions.  You can find all the past challenges on the PRTV page along with next week's challenge #PRTV_forcedperspective.You can follow us - Photorectoby | Christinabernales on Instagram

Toby's Winner

https://www.instagram.com/p/q8H4REO6Tw/

Toby's Honorable Mentions

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtN_RwwB8w/https://www.instagram.com/p/BChXjjSoPWW/

Christina's Winner

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtN_RwwB8w/

Christina's Honorable Mentions

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCtS9pdxE5I/https://www.instagram.com/p/BCrHsbMSNeu/ 

Photo Mish Mash 88 - 6D Mark II or 5D Mark IV first?

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Instagram Winners #PRTV_Food

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A fantastic group of delicious food photos were submitted for this weeks challenge. Next week's challenge - High Key! Post your images on Instagram and tag them #PRTV_highkey- more info at PRTV 

Toby’s Winner (follow Toby on Instagram)

#prtv_food #prtv

A photo posted by Eduardo Gimenes (@gimenes.eduardo) on

 

Toby’s Honorable Mentions

#prtv_food #wheat #harvest2015

A photo posted by Tony Lawrence (@tony_lawrence.sa) on

#prtv_food #prtv #pears A photo posted by Joe McClure (@mcjoe45) on

 

Christina’s Winner (follow Christina on Instagram):

 

#prtv_food #wheat #harvest2015 A photo posted by Tony Lawrence (@tony_lawrence.sa) on

Christina's Honorable Mentions

See all the images- leave a comment and like on your favorite. #PRTV_food

Instagram Challenge - Nightscape

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A fantastic group of images were submitted for this weeks challenge.  Loved all the stars, long exposure light trails, foggy street shots and more.  I had trouble picking a winner!   Next week's challenge - FOOD! Post your images on Instagram and tag them #PRTV_food- more info at PRTV Toby’s Winner (follow Toby on Instagram)

San Francisco lights from Treasure Island.

A photo posted by Jacob Mattson (@jacobpmattson) on

Toby’s Honorable Mentions

Underpass with #graffiti #streetart in #munich #prtv #prtv_nightscape

A photo posted by Markus K (@markus20k) on

 Christina’s Winner (follow Christina on Instagram):

 Christina's Honorable Mentions

 

 See all the images- leave a comment and like on your favorite. #PRTV_Nightscape And finally, I didn't give this shot a win or honorable mention as it doesn't feel like a nightscape to me, but it is an awesome image! Not IN the category -

Horseback riders on the dunes at sundown. Sept. 27, 2015. White Sands National Monument, NM. A photo posted by Chris (@christinereinhart) on

Weekly Instagram Challenge Winners - My Town

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The Challenge was My Town.  Thank you to everyone that took the time to shoot and tag their images. The challenge for the next week is landscapes. Tag your shots on Instagram with #PRTV_landscape. More info about the weekly Instagram challenge. https://instagram.com/p/47eI8QptrV/Honorable Mentions -https://instagram.com/p/5uy4sJIPSA/https://instagram.com/p/5-snNMqxHM/Christina’s Winner -https://instagram.com/p/5y0K9sFK8q/Honorable Mentions -https://instagram.com/p/58TiZAEsyu/https://instagram.com/p/0ZlNwSvdxY/ See all the entries https://instagram.com/explore/tags/prtv_mytown/See the current challenge 

Instagram Weekly Winners - FIRE

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We had a special two-week long #PRTV_Fire challenge which coincided with the 4th of July here in the USA - Lots of fantastic fireworks photos were submitted as well as more traditional fire and campfire photos. Thank you to everyone that took the time to shoot and tag their images. The challenge for the next weeks is water. Tag your shots on Instagram with #PRTV_water. More info about the weekly Instagram challenge.Toby’s winner -https://instagram.com/p/43wM1AqK5m/?tagged=prtv_fire Honorable Mentions - https://instagram.com/p/4vsV1Go4su/?tagged=prtv_fire https://instagram.com/p/44QjP-t1_8/?tagged=prtv_fire https://instagram.com/p/4jedkSDGIF/?tagged=prtv_fireChristina’s Winners (dual winners)https://instagram.com/p/ly0pLwOTli/ https://instagram.com/p/4VZE8XEtXP/ See all the entries https://instagram.com/explore/tags/prtv_fire/See the current challenge

Instagram Weekly Winners - WATER

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We followed up the #PRTV_Fire challenge with #PRTV_water which turned out to be one of the most popular themes yet.  Thank you to everyone that took the time to shoot and tag their images. The challenge for the next week is EARTH. Tag your shots on Instagram with #PRTV_earth. More info about the weekly Instagram challenge.Toby’s winner -https://instagram.com/p/49EDO0wRZ9/ Honorable Mentions -  https://instagram.com/p/49tc2vtCsj/https://instagram.com/p/4peJWpR6Xs/Christina’s Winnerhttps://instagram.com/p/5Fjg3QktIU/Honorable Mentions -https://instagram.com/p/3UX89VyOqf/ https://instagram.com/p/49tc2vtCsj/  See all the entries https://instagram.com/explore/tags/prtv_water/See the current challenge

Instagram Weekly Winners - Earth

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The Challenge was EARTH.  Thank you to everyone that took the time to shoot and tag their images. The challenge for the next week is BALANCE. Tag your shots on Instagram with #PRTV_balance. More info about the weekly Instagram challenge.Toby’s winner -http://instagram.com/p/5Ndm6yHRet/https://instagram.com/p/5S0toeSVnl/Honorable Mentions -  https://instagram.com/p/5VTdMVQRZb/https://instagram.com/p/5N6iaBAUAc/ Christina’s Winnerhttps://instagram.com/p/5T7mYjyVgD/Honorable Mentions -https://instagram.com/p/5btACAK3eS/https://instagram.com/p/5Mokc7RoWI/      See all the entries https://instagram.com/explore/tags/prtv_earth/See the current challenge

Instagram Weekly Challenge Winners TEXTURE

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Lovely images submitted this week - As discussed on our weekly show - we had many of the typical macro like shots of natural objects that showcase lots of texture but it turned out that many of the wider, more encompassing shots caught our eye.  Thank you to everyone that took the time to shoot and tag their images.  The challenge for the next TWO weeks is fire. #PRTV_fire. More info about the weekly Instagram challenge Toby’s winner - https://instagram.com/p/4SD8jnyVsm/ Honorable Mentions -  https://instagram.com/p/4PPcL5pMAp/  https://instagram.com/p/4E0OxkPG4v/ https://instagram.com/p/4TUDm0yFW8/ Christina’s Winner - https://instagram.com/p/3q0bDCt1-R/Honorable Mentions - https://instagram.com/p/4RnQ9kkkU5/https://instagram.com/p/jFZYtkvttT/ View all the images tagged PRTV_texture Give a like and leave a comment on your favorite.

Instagram Weekly Challenge Winners LINES

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Instagram Contest Winner LINESAnother fantastic collection of images submitted for this week's assignment.Toby’s winner:https://instagram.com/p/4A1B1iyFfl/Toby's Honorable Mentions:https://instagram.com/p/38Q-v5LOnh/https://instagram.com/p/3SLbz-okU6/ Christina’s Winner:https://instagram.com/p/39cHAxQpCV/Honorable Mentions:https://instagram.com/p/320YsQH-95/https://instagram.com/p/34JcIrnwNS/Explore all of the Monochromatic images and like and comment on your favorite.   https://instagram.com/explore/tags/PRTV_LINES/ Weekly challenge info can be found at http://photorec.tv/PRTV

Weekly Instagram Challenge Winner - Minimalism

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Announcing the winner, runner-ups and honorable mentions for the challenge minimalism.  We had fantastic participation and picking a winner this week was difficult, so many strong images.  Ultimately @christinabernales picked -https://instagram.com/p/3IltpXKWCG/?tagged=prtv_minimalRunner Upshttps://instagram.com/p/2_45gBqK1V/https://instagram.com/p/3GpcDzRocw/ Honorable Mentionshttps://instagram.com/p/3BAPHphwPa/https://instagram.com/p/29aLMvHJuz/https://instagram.com/p/3Bb-aUn-4g/ Thank you to all who participated  - See the complete list of submitted images hereThe Next Challenge - Entropy- Tag your entries #PRTV_entropy and #PRTV by Wednesday, June 3rd at noon.  At this time you are welcome to submit a few images but please refrain from submitting more than a few.Thanks!

Weekly Instagram Challenge Winner - Entropy

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Announcing the winner, runner-ups and honorable mentions for the challenge entropy.  What a change from the order and peacefulness of last week's minimalism! Picking a winner this week was again difficult and @christinabernales and I did not agree 100%. For future contests we will each pick a winner and some additional faves.  Winner for week 4 - Instagram Entropy Challengehttps://instagram.com/p/3ODa3gKKwN/?tagged=prtv_entropyRunner Upshttps://instagram.com/p/xUOfL9EkX6/https://instagram.com/p/3Np8p6Qgf7/ Honorable Mentions(mostly because of the hashtag #quantummechanics)https://instagram.com/p/3ZaPuWu07q/https://instagram.com/p/3Q46K9RoQ3/ Thank you to all who participated  - See the complete list of submitted images hereThe Next Challenge - monochromatic- Tag your entries #PRTV_MC and #PRTV by Wednesday, June 10th at noon.  At this time you are welcome to submit a few images but please refrain from submitting more than a few.Thanks!

Raw Doctor EP3: Perfect Dark Exposure

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0JaNyMHJi8 In this episode Toby takes you through a dark landscape edit, a smoky blue club scene and makes minor edits to a beautiful hummingbird.  Learn about perfecting your black and white points for better contrast and why that is often a better approach than the contrast slide, how to increase certain colors while keeping the overall look of your image natural and loads more tips.Would you like to submit a raw file for a future Raw Doctor Episode? Visit http://photorec.tv/rawdoctor to submit a raw file.  

Weekly Instagram Challenge Winner #PRTV_mayflowers

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I recently started a new series here at Photorec.tv - weekly Instagram challenges. Each lasting just a week, with the theme announced on the live show on Wed nights. You have until the following Wednesday at 12pm EDT to tag your entry. The first challenge was photographing flowers uniquely. Flowers are beautiful but that doesn't mean you shouldn't look for ways to showcase that beauty uniquely.  Scroll down for the next challenge theme.The winner of of the #PRTV_mayflowers challenge was Angela R. I love the almost completely frame filling perspective and perfect exposure with just a hit of petal division. Nicely done Angela!https://instagram.com/p/2jX5-ZkugR/?tagged=prtv_mayflowers I love the number of participants and entries in this challenge and want to highlight a few honorable mentions-https://instagram.com/p/2ec1YigPlX/?tagged=prtv_mayflowershttps://instagram.com/p/2c0ZMrQDoM/?tagged=prtv_mayflowershttps://instagram.com/p/2ilncUjT-3/?tagged=prtv_mayflowers All the entries - take a moment to view all the entries and give some likes and comments sharing your opinion on these unique flower photos. https://instagram.com/explore/tags/prtv_mayflowers/

May 13-20 Challenge

The new challenge is Instagram and social media cliches - show me your food shots, your selfies, the lone tree on the hill and tag them #PRTV_maycliche and #PRTV the best will get highlighted here next week.Thanks,Toby (Photorectoby on Instagram)

Instagram Challenge Winner //Week 2 "Clichés"

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I recently started a new series here at Photorec.tv - weekly Instagram challenges. Each lasting just a week, with the theme announced on the live show on Wed nights. You have until the following Wednesday at 12pm EDT to tag your entry. Week 2 Challenge was Instagram Clichés.  Click here to see the current challenge.The winner of of the #PRTV_maycliche challenge was Tony L. He took the #Selfie cliche and had fun with ithttps://instagram.com/p/2xgHo0wDlz/?taken-by=tony_lawrence.sa I want to highlight a few honorable mentions-https://instagram.com/p/20IxhRO0-C/?tagged=prtv_mayclichehttps://instagram.com/p/vTi01TIStK/?tagged=prtv_maycliche All the entries - take a moment to view all the entries and give some likes and comments sharing your opinion on these unique flower photos. https://instagram.com/explore/tags/prtv_maycliche/

May 20-27 Challenge

The new challenge is minimalism. Use the tag #PRTV and #PRTV_minimalThanks,Toby (Photorectoby on Instagram)

May Assignment: Repetition Critiqued

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 We critique images submitted for the April assignment- Repetition. A wonderful collection of images repeating again and again and again.Would you like to submit images for the next assignment?May Assignment- Cropping . Watch the video for more information.Submit for the May AssignmentUpload Files through dbinbox.comSubmit images for Assignment of RAW Doctor episodes at http://photorec.tv/rawdoctorThank Christina for her time:Follow her FB PageFollow her on Instagram

February Assignment Critique: Shadow Play

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We critique several images submitted for the February Assignment: Shadow Play.March Assignment - Depth of Field. Please have your images submitted by midnight EST on March 29th for a chance to be critiqued.Upload Files through dbinbox.comNote: At this time the general critique is on pause, we will not be accepting new images and will not be producing any general critique shows.