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helloo i've been working with darkroom black and white photography for a while now and i'm looking for constructive criticism, what i can do better and what you like. i'm going into color this summer so i'd like to know what i should maybe start doing to make my photos more interesting and better, if anything. i'm sorry these are all photos of
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That said - and maybe your pictures just scanned in funny - but if I you and looking for a facet of my photography to improve on, it would definitely be your printing. To my eyes, every shot except for 2 has areas where the highlights have washed out and every shot except 9 has areas where the blacks are so black that you lose detail and it just looks like solid black.
Highlight-washing-out can sometimes be a nice effect, but sometimes you're just losing detail (like in #'s 1 and 4). Rarely have I seen photos where the blacks are so black as to lose any detail that I've liked.
There are a couple of ways you can address this - and forgive me if this is too basic! - 1) use a lower contrast filter (your photos on the whole are bit contrasty); or 2) dodging and burning images. What would happen if you burned in the washed-out part of the painting in print #7? Or dodged the woman's hair in print #3?
A little extra time in the darkroom experimenting with this stuff, and you'll be amazed at the results.
P.S. It probably wouldn't hurt to clean off your negatives either. Dust is a big no-no, and I can see some on pictures 8, 7, 5, 3, 2, and 1.
P.P.S. I would have loved to see a shorter depth of field on picture 10.
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