Amy McVaugh, 4.28.13, Images for Critique

      Continuing with Brian Ulrich as my artist to emulate (http://notifbutwhen.com/) proved  challenging this week for several reasons.
      I've posted the best images that fit within his themes but am not exactly thrilled with all of them. I'm having a hard time overcoming the challenges of aperture vs. shutter speed vs. low light.
     The first image spawned from his series 'Wright'.
I was overall happy with this image and liked the focus and light cascading from the overhead lamps on the set.
     The second, third and fourth images were inspired by  his 'Dark Stores' series. My favorite of the three is the third picture. I like the shadows and highlight contrast in the empty building and the feeling of abandonment of the store. I also like the visual effect of the lights and lines on the floor, almost as if I was moving.
     The final image is of my grandson in a store that you pay to 'make' a stuffed animal.   After the child selects the toy, the attendant takes it over to a 'fluffing' machine, fills it with stuffing and then proceeds to put the animal in a little beauty salon type chair where you then cut the animals hair, brush it, put cologne on it and can even dress it if you choose to. I selected this picture as it represents 'Retail' in the sense that he really didn't give a hoot if he made an animal or not, it was really his Mom who was excited. He did, however, fall in love with his $24 giraffe that he didn't need when the whole production was over and I'm sure it's crammed in his toy box with all the other junk I've bought him.