Review Criteria

When reviewing photos and providing feedback to your classmates, consider the following attributes of photography. While you need not exhaust this list, choosing a few specifics from the list below and specifying how the photo address those attributes, will be much more useful than a general supporting response.

Content
  • Meaning
  • Subject
  • Emotion/Empathy
  • Mood/Atmosphere
  • Symbolism, Irony, Resonance
  • Timing
  • Truthfulness or Authenticity
  • Uniqueness (does it conform to or break a stereotype?)
Composition
  • Point of View
  • Framing
  • Background/Foreground
  • Design
  • Visual impact
Technique
  • Exposure
  • Depth of field
  • Focus
  • Clarity/sharpness
  • Color & tones
  • Contrast
  • Lighting
Aesthetics
  • Creativity
  • Originality
  • Special effects—natural or digital
  • (smoke, night, fog, movement etc)