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Participantnot my missed opportunity. The photog really fucked this up, so i guess a it’s a real photographers opportunity, or the wedding guests.
ParticipantWall of text = ignore. ALL CAPS posts = ignore Naked pictures of attractive women = ingo… opps. pay very close attention.
ParticipantParticipantthe wedding shot by photographybymiked with the selective coloring of the bride, groom, and random point&shoot camera off to the side
ParticipantParticipantParticipantI’ve read several interviews where portrait pros prefer telephoto prime lenses no less than 85mm for the limited lens distortion. It will act like a 135mm or so due to your asp-c sensor, so you’ll need to be a bit further back. I have the Canon 85mm f/1.8 and I like it. It’s a touch softer than my L lenses, but that’s not a bad thing for portraits.
ParticipantShelby, did your receive permission from the artist to use her image as your FB cover photo? Or was it just stolen? Don’t try the Fair Use argument either. The image is there because it looks nice, to entice people to explore your site and generate sales, or some other related reason. Use your own images for that, get permission and/or pay to use others’ images, or use a true “Copy Left” or similar picture.
Additionally. I hope for your great success in your endeavor, but refrain from posting the images in a public forum until your skill improves, and you need much improvement in both the technical and ascetic. If you advertise, make money from your actions, or other similar actions, you are assuming a role as a professional. This is not just for photography, but for most any activity. Carry a sense of professionalism throughout your process, and try to maintain that professionalism even if other get nasty towards you.Participantsailgal625: yes I do know about M, but my execution is often wrong.
Stef: thanks for the input. I felt I should offer my stuff up for this if I was going to comment on others. Offering advise isn’t really that different than charging money when it comes to this site.
I had a local small band use one of my concert pics without letting me know and my knee-jerk reaction was a blanket obstructive watermark. Thanks for the idea on limiting the size.
I’m going to defend some HDR use for anyone else that may read this, since you brought it up. I turn a vast amount of things I take into HDR, but I don’t post many of them. Not because I like it, or I think I’m good at it, but the exact opposite. I recognize how valuable a tool it can be, and need to be able to ignore the “That looks cool” feeling you get sometimes, so I can apply that tool where it works best.
That’s her nose…mostly.
I have told people “No, hire _______” for that. One thing I will beat myself up on is only put out your good stuff. I put out some stuff that know isn’t good, but there is something in it or about it that I like.
Example: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=414555888573584&set=a.414555685240271.112622.245289475500227&type=3
This picture is Horrible! And I know it is. But for some reason, that brown leaf that is not much bigger than that water drop makes me want to wave this picture around and yell “Look at this!”ParticipantI stand by my advise to avoid the “M” for now. Here is why.
Manual mode is good for learning. But, there is more to it than just “Put it on M”, but no one explains that. At least no one here has. In part, you need to study various aspects of photography then use manual mode to explore each of those aspects in a variety of situations.But you won’t do that. You will read some, maybe a lot. Maybe even the manual for your Powershot SX30 IS. Then the next time you are out with your camera you will make sure you get the picture you want by using the method you are comfortable with. After that you will try out those things you remember from your reading. You won’t keep notes (or even what to keep notes of) when you are trying out different things, so you won’t remember what you did once you get home and look at them on the computer. And that 2.7″ screen on the back of the camera is too small to notice many of the differences. If you do remember, because you did keep notes or only took a few shots and only changed one or two things just a little, you will use those same settings the next time you go out, and not understand why the results are so different.
ParticipantAre you saying that quote is me expressing wishful thinking? Or that I will never be good enough to make a living at photography?
ParticipantThe guy’s name on here is doisuck. OP is not the one that took the pictures.
ParticipantWhy you have no customers is simple: your attitude and your photography.
This one post is all you need. Without even looking at your pictures I knew they would be bad. Even your friends don’t like your pictures. You didn’t say they went someplace cheaper. They just went someplace else. You are not here to get encouragement, you thought you would get validation of your skill so you could tell yourself that your lack of customers is based on them not knowing how good you are.
“I’d love to have my images critiqued by someone who knows what makes a great photograph.” Sounds like a kid in grade school telling his teacher he wants a college professor to grade his science project, because they would understand it more.
Buy a tripod, maybe you can get a level picture then.
ParticipantYou need a stronger base of the technical side of photography and how light acts.
First: Read your camera manual!
For further explanations of things covered there go to http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/ there is more information here than you need, but make sure you bookmark it for later.
Stay the hell away from Manual mode (M). It will make your pictures look different from each other, but it won’t help you learn. Yet. -
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