Photography Critique

Photography Critique

Photography Critique at Camera Dates teaches you to look at photographs more carefully, understand what works, recognize what weakens the frame, and use feedback without giving away your own judgment. These lessons explore self-critique, outside opinions, technical mistakes, personal preference, composition, intention, and the decisions that help you make stronger photographs with more confidence.
26
Aug

Make It Yours

This guided Camera Date helps you make a photograph with intention, review it honestly, separate real mistakes from personal preference, and choose a Keeper that feels like yours.
16 min read
24
Aug

Did Picasso Need Your Approval? ‹› Issue V

Not everyone has to like your photographs. Issue V looks at criticism, artistic intent, personal taste, social media approval, and how to tell the difference between useful feedback and someone else’s preference.
12 min read
05
Jul

Did I Use the Right Aperture?

The question that has taught me the most about photography does not happen before I press the shutter. It happens after. Not was this a good photograph. Just one simple thing. Did I use the right aperture? It sounds technical. It is really a storytelling question.
4 min read
19
Mar

The One Habit That Will Make You a Better Photographer Overnight

Keeping everything is not careful. It is avoidance. Your best work is already in there, it is just buried under every almost, every just in case, and every not quite but maybe. The delete button is not the enemy of your photography. It is one of its most useful tools with digital photography.
5 min read