>>2858036>The photography isn't lackingAlmost all photography is "lacking" in some way. I don't mean that every photographer is shit, I mean that everyone has room to improve or make something better, at least I would encourage them to do so because it pushes their craft which leads to more enjoyment if handled correctly.
Some of the shots are pleasantly processed and composed, they feel like something taken by somebody who contemplated the shot and made a reasonable composition before pressing the shutter button, for example
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kylesipple/24862210810/in/dateposted/But then you have shots like this one
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kylesipple/23354316542/in/dateposted/ and I can't understand the motivation behind shooting it. You were in a mountain town in the snow, OK, but when i open the photo my eye immediately goes to the Honda SUV in the front left because it's dominating the frame. Then my eye darts around the image only to be disappointed because nothing is happening.
Otherwise you have shots like
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kylesipple/24365796799/in/dateposted/ where I can see what he was going for, but the wide angle distortion is too much and the positioning is kind of awkward. This feels very hastily composed and shot. He could've used the roadway to lead us in and the mountain as a nice backdrop but this is getting too "snapshotty" for me and I don't even like using that word often.
There's just little nitpicks I have about most of the images on there, and that's based on what I've learned about light, composition, etc. photographic fundamentals. A lot of these feel hastily shot, and leave me with the impression that photography wasn't really the aim of this trip. It was more "I'm bringing my camera with me to take photos of our trip, gonna put them online so they can see them later and maybe somebody else will like them too". There is *nothing* wrong with that, but there's room for improvement.
