Carl Root Photography

Breath taking!

much, much better than most "famous" photographers. do a book. have your eyeballs cloned.

Carl, I've tried to stay away from your work, but keep coming back for more of a beating. Your prints are more beautiful every visit. Thanks for all your lessons. Sincerely,

Carl, for some reason I had never seen your portfolio as a whole so far - only one or two pictures, casually found among those submitted for critique or just by surfing this site. Now that I see all of your photos together I am deeply impressed. Some of them are much like pictures I wish I had taken myself, but never dared... and many more are beyond my power of imagination. By far the most striking portfolio I have seen here, both for overall quality and for the variety of themes. You seem quite at ease with such different themas as close ups, portraits, street photos and about everything. As I have some time, I will try to stop on individual photos and to say something more specific (but only when I feel I do have something sensible to say). I would be honored if you wished to stop by a couple of my own photos (your choice!) and comment on them - rest assured that, in view of the striking quality of your work, a harsh comment from you will be more welcome than applause from less skilled photographers.

This is probably the best portfolio that I have seen on photo.net. The reason for saying so is that you are equally good at every style of photography right from patterns to people. The sheer versatality of your eye absolutely amazes me. As an amateur (I havent shot more than 20 print rolls in the 24 years of my life, the last 18 being in the past 6 months), I have to ask you a question--- since how many years have you been shooting?

Questions aside, keep up the inspiration.

Excellent use of patterns and repition.

Congratulations on the recognition, Carl. I've always liked your stuff.

Dennis Couvillion

Congratulations!!! Well deserved You have beautiful mind

Oh Great, now Carl is going to be really impossible to live with. ;-)

Here's to one of the best (and sometimes bravest). It's always good to have the praise of your peers but often better to have your customer's cash.

If you publish a book with all of these photos, preferably good size enlargments on high quality paper, I will buy it.

Congratulations of this honor Carl, it's well deserved.

Viewing your portfolio in its entirety is impressive. You show a wonderful diversity in your work, from subtle and delicate, to bold and graphic. This diversity in your work shows a passion for many aspects of photography, and a willingness to stretch in different directions. Even while exploring so many different avenues you've maintained a high level of quality.

A portfolio to be proud of Carl.

Quite ecclectic portfolio. I like particularly some of your rusty and silos serie...

Hard to please and supportive PNetter, can be 2 very good qualities when well-combined.

Congrats Carl for being selected featured portfolio. I also like the chosen front cover - which gives a strong contrast of motion and still and the subject matter for this one is clear (compared with your other style "abstracts"). Thanks again for sharing.

What a portfolio! This has to be the best one I've seen during my (short)time here at photo.net. Absolutely amazing.

Assad

It's good to see you get some recognition for what is a strong and eclectic body of work. I have particularly enjoyed the diner series.

Regards,

Carl,

I have watched you grow as a photographer over the past year or two (however long it has been since the Atget critique circle) Your work and your vision have developed considerably over a relatively short period of time. Your folders (all of them) are impressive. I'm glad I finally got to see more from the diner series...as I recall you had just started that project and showed one or two pieces to the Atget group. Congrats on your featured portfolio. I will enjoy watching you continue to grow in both your vision and your photographic skills. ...and thanks for your contributions to this site.

Scott

Well deserved, no doubt about it. You have an incredible eye for lines and color - an extraordinary talent. One could spend hours browsing through your portfolio and learn much: not just from studying the images, but also by reading your considered & insightful critiques. Thank you for sharing.

I really like your work. Inspiring.

My previous comment above was left just a couple of days before this was selected as "featured portfolio" (have my word for it!) - Now I cannot but warmly congratulate for a well deserved acknowledgement. Nick Name (see previous comment): the arrangement is not chosen by the photographer - I suppose there is some automatic algorithm which takes into account mainly the date of submission...

Carl, I love your work. I am in awe of the breadth of subjects & textures that you work with. My favorite images are the rust and paint series and your portrait of a biker. The light paintings are spectacular! Congratulations on the recognition.

Hey Carl, Congratulations on well deserved recognition of some of the finest work on the site. I have always admired your eye for the sublime and unique found objects. You can find beauty in the middle of a wasteland if you want...like New Jersey for instance :-)) Anyway, thanks for your continued sharing of this fine work. Brad

Excellent portfolio Carl! It has grown well in the half year since I had previously seen it. Have fun.

An impressive portfolio Carl. I especially admire your ability to create abstract extracts.

You are the man! No, Seriously. There are those who have it and there are those who wrote the book. You my friend are most definitely the latter. This is an amazing piece of work and talent.

Hi Carl. I am awestruck by your art. You are amazing. I have to ask you how you learned so many techniques. Did you attend school for photography? I was going to a community college and got my AA, but now I don't know what to do. I don't know if I should go to school for photography or teach myself. It has been my passion for many years now and i'm only 20. What is your advice to me? I can't even imagine ever being as good as you!

Beautiful portfolio, Carl! Real art - so different and very impressive. My congratulation - well deserve and thanks for sharing.

what amazing work, Carl. I like your folder single photos the best. amazing compositions, tremendous eye behind the view finder...even if there is post shot manipulation. Wish, I would ever be able to shoot the way you do.

I started shooting about a year and a half ago. Shortly after I found your portfolio. It has always been a source of inspiration and joy for me. I have learned so much just by looking.

Thanks Carl. You deserve this recognition. It is long over due IMO...

Dave

Beautiful stuff, lots for its simplicity and high impact. Love your eye for color! I'm in awe!

I wish that I was half as good as you

I fell in love with your portfolio because of the abstract feel to it. I especially loved the black and white section. Great job. Sara

Hi Carl, I have to say that your portfolio is wonderful and you have an impressive eye for composition, I'm glad your work was featured, as I hadn't seen it before, and that was my loss. It's good to see someone from MD so honored, you do us all proud. Doug

Stunning, each and every image is a work of fine art!

Carl, Like the comments from many, your work is impressive to say the least. In my eyes your portfolio brings forth your vision and passion. Thanks for allowing all to visit the moments within you...they show us the patience, the dedication...the path to likewise be better at what we love.

These are very nice photos. You have a great eye for finding patterns in everyday objects.

Really great stuff. It's more vibrant and clean than what i am usually interested in. My only complaint is that it doesn't hold together as a portfolio - but you certainly are capible of holding a theme, because of this, it's obvious you can step out of a particular style or subject matter.

You inspire me to be a better photographer.

I'm speechless. One of the most stunning collections of work I've ever seen. Bravo JC

If I'm half as good at eyeballing pictures by the time I'm 50 I'll be thankful. Please...keep taking...pictures!

Thank you for this page.

You have mastered lines and repeating patterns. You remind me of my favorite illustrator MC Escher. I love your portfolio. I would buy your book too.

it sure looks like you having a lot of fun seeing and making imiges in general. Special interest seems to be rhythem and rime or echo of forms and shapes, but contrast, color, line and surface, theme its all there, so going on playing and amaze the audiens. yours, mike.

IT IS ALMOST A NIGHTMARE TO SEE REALIZED THE ART OF PICTURE MAKING LIKE YOU DO. IN MY WILDEST DREAMS I DID NOT KNOW IT COULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR THE INSPIRATION.

Carl your photos are inspirational. I will be telling all my Camera club members to come and see them. I belong to the Tauranga Photographic Society in New Zealand and we have a web site you can go and check out at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tgaphoto/ but our photos won't hold a candle to yours. Truley WOW shots to be proud of. Congratulations Jocelyn Zame

Yes, Inspiring. You have a clever eye and the ability to use the photographers tools to capture what we are inspired by viewing...I chase the art of capturing image with renewed vigor. It is not just the pursuit of beauty, also it is finding art within the beauty! Thank You for Sharing your wonderful work.

Yeh, Carl, I love your photos and all that. I've been here many times, and echo everything everybody above says.

But your contributions to this site have been more than just the images. Hey, everyone, if you are reading this, a suggestion: go to Carl's comments on other people's photos and spend some time reading those comments and looking at the photos. You'll learn something.

Carl, you've said some very insightful and useful things that have, I think, helped many of us develop our skills. Thanks.

What I like in your photos is how you turn normal things into abstract ones, in a rich and colorfull manner. Thanks for sharing. (sorry for my english)

I like your work particularly the night photos. Do you find working with Kodak Ektachrome 160T a bit grainy? Do you find the Fuji Provia 100 F better for this kind of work?

Pennyfield Lock appears to be grainy (Kodak 160T)as to compared to the Stone Bridge (Fuji Provia 100F). I was wondering if you feel that the Fuji provides better results for night photograghy overall. Thanks

Great stuff....

Wonderful photographs! I read the comment you left to the thought I posted... Honest critisism is exactly what I seek. I wasn't just speaking for myself. I just noticed a trend... with others work as well. I was wondering if others had noticed it too. I've noticed it more with other peoples work than with my own because I know I may not be as objective about my photos as others may be. I am here for constuctive critisim and thank you very much for giving it. I hope to learn a lot on this site and your photos are quite an inspiration! You're a wonderfuly talented and imaginative photographer and I hope to see comments from you on how I can improve my art a lot more, if you'd be so kind. That's what I'm here for and again thank you for your candor and honest opinion about my photos. -Lisa

Carl, You almost have more comments about your portfolio than you have pictures in it! I guess that's because your pictures are moving people. I hope to be able to reach your level one day, it's gonna be a long long roaaaad :)

Your work is spectacular, unique, and very much appreciated by those who take the time to look. Trgards, Howard Dion

Impresionante tu trabajo, creo no equivocarme en pensar que todas tus fotos son inmejorables. congratulaciones.

I really can't add anything. However you must feel very happy that you not only have an eye for a photograph but have a talent for execution.

Very well done.

Now THAT is what I call "art". Real art.

What an eye for the finer elements you have - I especially love the way you capture line and repetition. Thanks for the inspiration.

compliment!

nice portfolio carl, hope this time i am just talking about ur portfolio is that fine?, by the way i had mentioned that u had a nice portfolio, thats the heading, if u missed it last time :) cheers

Delightful body of work.

simply wonderful

Carl? you don't feel in heaven, after all the above?What is left is echoing all the others.........Pnina

Great portfolio - your shots are absolutely amazing!

I have marked you as an interesting person in my settings, so I regularly visit your portfolio and today I thought I shall leave a comment letting you know how much I appreciate your work, but after seeing the number of comments on your work, I believe this one shall be lost somewhere...but nevermind...its a priviledge !

I'm compelled to write here, but what am I suppose to say? Is splendid the word? Maybe I can just say that I'm moved. Excellent work, Carl!

Carl, thank you so much for that succint, technical evaluation of the bench image in my portfolio. It was a pleasure. All the more so, coming from someone whose work i truly admire.

You have a beautiful protfolio. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

I LIKE YOUR WORK and style! I lke particoular and reflections!!!

Hi! I love you portfolio! It looks absolutely amaizing, your admiration of architecture is very close to me! All works are very interior perfect.

All the accolades you have received here are well deserved. Viewing your photographs is like savouring good writing. On one hand, there is mastery of the craft; perhaps more importantly, there is what you choose to say. Most important of all, the passion which moves you to make images in the first place.

been a while since I browsed your work. Your 'folio is well rounded and handled extremely well.

I'm in love

This is by far the most eclectic gallery I have seen here so far! You really have an amazing vision. I'll be back!

You have a stunning gallery and body of work, Carl. Awesome color photography! Well done!

really interesting portfolio, many original and creative ideas/photos, well done

It's all been said above, just picture me with my mouth open in awe. Really nice, really nice stuff.

I'm flattered that you took time to comment on my leaf shot.When a genuine talent offers a critique,one pays attention,but now all I can see is that awful pink!Thanks again,Jerry King

Really exceptional portfolio; I especially like the Diners and the Pianos, use of color and light. Best wishes!

Great Pictures!!!

Far ahead!

portfolio!

thx for sharing! regards

i'm really glad that i came across your portfolio -will have to add you to my list of 'interesting friends' - wonderful work, i particularly love your 'single photos' folder - outstanding!

www.charlotteaberg.com

Great portfolio! I particulary like the abstracts. I must come around here more often. And I will!

YOU HAVE HEARD IT ALL, I CAN'T TEAR MYSELF AWAY. THE LINEAR QUALITIES OF YOU WORK ARE SIMPLY BRILLIANT.

just back again for another look at your stunning portfolio. it inspires me....do you exhibit your work? you could get a solo exhibition in a gallery no problem...this is definately the best work to be found on photo.net! :)

you are the master of colours! I like the 'piano' series the most!

Carl,

I am deeply impressed by your portfolio: extensive, of really high quality, various!

I mostly appreciate the rust&paint and the b/w sections, both are genres that i really like and i would love to explore deeper. Obviously you - as many others - did great things but you know how it is said: "ought to climb on giant's shoulders".

thanx for stopping by and giving suggestions to my pics, i will be happy whenever you'll find the time for it

giuseppe

Carl, your work is really impressive, after so many pics you keep a very high standard of quality! Keep'em coming!

kp

Hi Karl,

I love your ability to see the picture within the picture. A great body of work.

Man, this 'folio just gets better and better. Keep up the good work.

Great portfolio...I really like your works. Cheers

Seamlessly fluid design/passion/creativity.

It would take hours to comment all the pictures I like individually. Real high quality, varied portfolio, colorful and dynamic. My favorite folders are 'single photos' and 'local diners'. Wow, you made my day. Keep shooting! Regards, Axel G.

Great, I agree with Axel, this is espectacular. You are a true artist. Congratulations, Carl, it was wonderful to see your pics.

Carl, I'm really glad I stopped by. You've got a great eye for geometry and texture. I'll be back!

Carl,
As you know, I often visit to your portfolio, speaking or silent. You created a great collection of quality and original work, with always well-thought composition and light. Great source of learning for many of us.
With gratitude,
Galina

You've got an awesome portfolio! Congratulations!

Hello, after viewing your portfolio I understand totally why the crop of my image Red Willows works so well, you have a really good eye for what makes a photo work and suggestions like yours are why I'm here. I love bold, saturated color, WOW! Gracias SS

There are advantages and disadvantages to photonet. The good part is the learning and helpful comments. The downside is that every once in awhile I come across a portfolio so far beyond my own abilities that it makes me want to just give up and go back to cateloging toy trucks or whatever I did before photography ate all my spare time. The word awesome is overused but this protfolio truly is. You should be proud.

a refreshing imagination... your images are colorful and fun... you must have a good time reviewing them yourself since every image carries a memory.

Hi Carl, Just ran into your portfolio after seeing one of your critique requests. You have a very impressive body of work, and a great eye for detail. I especially like some of your more graphic images.

Incredible portfolio... truly impressive

They're all the art works .! Thanks for sharing .!My best regards.!

Great eye , A+

Impressive and inpirational work. These images are more than a photographic display - they are truly works of art. Your gallery should be required viewing for all aspiring photographers.

There is rhythm and harmony in your photography that I can only begin to appreciate. Thanks for sharing. Amy H

Thanks to your response in a forum I have found your photos. All of them are really a show of mastership and art. I think that, if the first thing to learn photography is to make photos, the second one is to look at photos like yours (and some more members of this site). As a beginner, I can say that many of yours will be from now a good company. I love those pianos' views. Art and love of art. Congratulations (excuse my English)

Amazing work, Carl.

Wow. wow daer Carl :) I just love your STRONG COLORS and VARIOUS AND DIFFERENT REFLECTIONS and Piano too :)

All my best, Biliana

Carl, What an amazing portfolio. You have a great sense of the abstract and the ability to turn the mundane into works of ART that transends the humble origins of your subject matter. Bravo! Raymond

Carl, unfortunately all the superlatives I could have used to describe your work have been taken up by the commentators above ;) All I can say (once I've picked my jaw back up from the floor) is WOW! Vibrancy of vision is your M.O. You effortlessly turn banality into beauty. Thank you for sharing... Thank you for inspiring...

Best regards from Kenya,

Mark Anthony Kathurima

Carl, your work is a pleasure to discover. The amount of thought and effort given to each image is immediate. While your work is quick to deliver on beauty, color and aesthetics, for me it?s your unparalleled control on its graphic perfection. There is an almost mathematical precision in which you must methodically frame and compose your images. You have a gift and we are the receivers.

A great pleasure to find your porfolio, I spotted the fuji saturation immediately and really love it in the rusty paint abstracts; I'll need a few more return visits to check out the rest of your work; very enjoyable thus far and shall for sure be delving deeper. Greetings!

Carl, having asked you on your most recent upload which your favourite image is, I took a comprehensive look at your portfolio to choose my favourite, and decided I couldn't. Tower Oaks was, I think, the first of yours I commented on and still one of my top choices. The OZ series I like for the cool colours and geometry, and the Star Diner entrance shots for their amorphous design. And then there are the textural images of rust, peeling paint and corrosion. You really do get the best out of colour and light. In fact your whole portfolio is a delight for visual and imaginative exploration.

Very good portfolio, looks like everywhere you look at, you get a good shot! Interesting work on reflections.

It is intristing portfolio, my favorite is album "rust and paint"

blimey! absolutely superb portfolio! wonderful use of colour, light, composition and texture and loads of things really! keep up the good work! su

Really like your various series of reflections, theyd work really well as a set. Also your colors are amazing throughout

awe-some. thanks for sharing your work and continued success to you - chuck

Carl it is almost too much to digest in one feeding. I found this to be a vast haven for inspiration and learning. You can be sure i will visit routinely.

A stunning mix of photographs with some exceptional images amongst them. A truly inspiring and eye-catching collection that was a real pleasure to view!

I especially enjoyed the keyboard shots, the generally vivid colours, and the commitment to high quality work.

Best regards,

Chris

Carl, Let me confess that I have been reading your comments with interest in forum,but never saw your images. They say that it is never too late. When I viewed your portfolio, I am amazed to see such superb array of excellent images. Each image is unique in composition,color and technical excellence. I shall return to your portfolio repetedly. These images will be source of inspiration & education to tyros like us. Best regards.

YOur work is beautiful Carl and they remind to stop, stand still, and look around because beauty is everywhere. Thank you for that. Ester Bevers

A very rich and visually satisfying portfolio!

Carl, thanks for your comment on by photo " Glass ". As a new photographer, I'm learning from accomplished images like yours and encouraged when I receive a critique or comment. Regards. Denise.

Carl, you have a excellent eye for pattern and color that shows all though your portfolio. Thanks for sharing it.

Carl, let me complement you on the quality of your photographic skills. The rust folder is perhaps my favorite, not to undermine the beauty and artistry displayed on every other image here. Congrats, Raphael

Carl, NICE, really nice. Inspiring would be the word. You are quit gifted. Thanks for showing these to us. I can't wait for more!

Berryl

Amazing. I've taken and/or seen lots of reflection shots, but these are the best.

I enjoyed viewing your work; excellent cropping except a few doors and windows that I thought were cut a little short; many other images were a little high intensity on color which tends to cause the image to lose its contact with visual reality; many of your compositions, however, are reminiscent of hard-edge, nonobjective and abstract painting with a bend towards minimalism; overall an impressive portfolio. Thanks for the trip,

Tim

Thank you for sharing your great work and showing the path for young or new photographers to learn and improve and offer more advanced ones to appreciate and enjoy your knowledge of photography.

Your Lancaster County Images are very imaginative, nice to see something so familiar from another artist's perspective!

Carl your portifolio is just wonderful. I tried to choose one of the folders as the best but it was very difficult so I decided to select one of my preference, the piano's photos. Congratulations. 7/7

An Amazing Portfolio..a pleasure to view and learn from.

Bravo, maestro!

...Amen! :)

Mariellen

great photos!

... amazing work. I am simply stunned. Will try to get the courage up to comment on some of the individual shots that particularly caught my eye, but the collection is a treat. For my personal taste, I love your architectural abstracts and enjoyed what you did with the light in the National Cathedral. But your piano and accordian keys, neon signs, all wonderful work. Thanks.

i red this above >> You live in a different world << i think that explains the best my impression also... i admire your work a lot ...kind regards

You have compiled an exceptional portfolio. Although there certainly is diverse subject matter, you seem to have a unique, focused, mature vision that most of us don't have. What a compelling collection!!

Wonderful portfolio! Many kinds of picture styles mastered here. Congrats.

I saw the soccer fans image and it drew me into your port. As a DC United fan and resident of the area, I have to say you did the fans well. Your port is wonderful, keep the shutter clicking. I hope to see more.

A truly excellent portfolio... Very diverse. Each image is, without exception, a work of art. Awesome! Best regards, Frank

i must have viewed your work in my earliest days on site...before i even realized i could leave a comment, because i remember being nothing less than stunned by the excellence of your work...but can find no comment i might have left. i don't believe in comparing photographers in some attempt to determine who is "best"...to do so would be unfair, futile, and ridiculous in concept. but i have to say that of all the fine work i've seen on site... i am most impressed, interested in, "wowed" by.... convetous of (in a non-jealous way) ...the photography of Carl Root. as a photographer... when i grow up...i wanna be like Carl!

Just came across your portfolio after reading a discussion on the rating system. Fantastic Portfolio - one which can inspire me and other photographers.

really quite spectacular. i really admire and enjoyed your work. Very creative! :)

I really like your style and spirit!

and follow your "wake up" remark on the week photo !

c U around

balthazar

I feel so lucky to view your portfolio. You have an amazing body of work...do you ever sleep?

Excellent portfolio. You have a great talent, if it's possible I'd like to buy a book with some of your art work. Best regards, Jose

I just happened upon your portfolio and wanted to say what an amazing collection of photos you have!! Your pictures are crisp and clear and beautiful. I especially like the"Rust and Paint" series as well as your landscapes and reflections!! This community is full of exceptional talent and it's a new discovery every day!! Thanks!!