David Blecman's Annapolis Photography Workshop Group hosted a critique/competition last night with the theme of "Kitchen Utensils". Here are my three entries. 

David awarded "Forked Pickle" first place. This was my only winning image from the night. He only constructive criticism was that the fork should be a little darker at the bottom of the photo. Last month David was the worst judge ever but this month he is the best judge ever. Funny how that works. :)

Forked Pickle1st Place Kitchen Utensils

David said my second entry titled "Stacked Forks" had a little too much space at the bottom and not enough at the top which left you wanting to see more of the top fork. He had lots of good comments otherwise.

Forks Stacked

Here is my last entry. This one was supposed to be a little creepy/Gothic horror. David liked the exposure on the girl holding the knife. He didn't like the harsh shadows cast on the floor and wall by the light on the bed. He also didn't like how the bedspread was blown our near closest to the light. These are all valid criticisms. I ran out of time. I used two lights. The first lighted the girl with the knife and was in a softbox and metered. The second was a bare strobe. I knew I should have run down to the basement to get another softbox but the ladies were impatient and it was late at night. This was the only photo submitted tonight with people in it.

Goodnight Mommy

Here are a couple of photos that I took that I didn't enter into the contest.

Forks Reflected

Chopsticks