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holy crap, “I hate fauxtography”! Is that really yours? you do pretty damn good for just an enthusiast. Compliments all around, good sir/mam.

Vampire ketsuki, I have to say, you seem rather ungrateful to all the critiquing. I’m actually starting to wonder if you are some sort of troll. You’ve gotten SO much good advice on here as to how not only improve on your actual “photography” but on how to improve your “candid” shots as well. You keep making excuses for EVERYTHING. In fact, the only time you said thank you for the critique was when it complimented your work. Heck, someone even went through the trouble of viewing your ENTIRE DA just to find examples and give you a fair chance and all you did was basically say : oh, well you can’t chose that one because other people are to blame.

I suggest stopping the excuses, they are NOT helping your photography. It seems as though you were fishing for compliments by posting your *unorganized* portfolio and were shocked when that didn’t happen. For now, you ARE a fauxtographer.

As for the wedding you shot and the dispute with the bride: Please consider refunding her money. You said it yourself, weddings are *hopefully* a one time event, you can’t go back and shoot those again. Even if she was a b***h to everyone, or whatever you said, she was STILL the bride, that was HER big day (not yours) and your skills honestly didn’t capture it in any special way. I’m not trying to be harsh, I PROMISE. I’m being reasonable.

So, your assignment: go back and reread the extremely well thought out comments that everyone else has left and look at the pictures in reference. Recreate these pictures at home or wherever (no costumes necessary) and recreate the lighting situation. Figure out HOW your camera works so you can change the settings and WORK with the lighting situation. If you can’t figure it out, then now you know that you are not meant to photograph in that environment. I’m being serious.

Good luck with your photography, man.

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