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sarah5string
ParticipantI hate birds generally, they freak me out. But I do love that photo. Shame it looks like it wants to eat your soul though… :/
ParticipantI’ve had a rejig and uploaded some new images if anyone else wants to offer their opinions 🙂 Still working at removing/adding stuff though so it’s by no means finished yet lol
ParticipantI really like this natural lighting of this one. Also the stripes in her jumper and in the reflections really make it interesting and draws me in. The only things that let it down are the focus not being totally sharp and the fact she’s got her phone in her hand! Unless the phone is on purpose? If so it needs to be made more obvious as otherwise it makes it look more like a snapshot of someone on their lunch break 😉
ParticipantThanks! That’s a really good point about not dropping below 1/400. Will have to remember that one for future 🙂
Participantlol.. just read back a few pages and seen that someone’s already beaten me to it! That’s what I get for not reading 75 pages of thread 😉
ParticipantI’m all for plus size models, but how on EARTH can poses like this seem flattering? It’s just making the poor girl look bigger!
ParticipantThis is hilarious.
Love how someone in the album comments tells her they’re way too dark, but she blames his screen and phone rather than the fact it’s just god awful.
ParticipantWhat in god’s name is on this poor baby’s head??
ParticipantI do like elements, it’s certainly and upgrade and much easier to use and get decent quality than the old free software I had. Still trying to get my head around it though and seem to just be fiddling with things to try and work stuff out! Applying layers for example still confuses the hell out of me!
Bring me back my darkroom! lol!
ParticipantThat video is hilarious! ‘Photographers’ with that kind of attitude shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near weddings!
ParticipantI can understand the comment about school. I did photography at college, left, and went into a totally different career. Going to school/college/uni for years doesn’t help you become a good photographer IMHO, it makes you good at taking pictures. Photography for me is about the artistic creative element and making a picture come to life, rather than just pressing a button whilst stood in front of something that looks pretty. I think you have to have a natural flair for art and creativity to become a truly successful photographer.
Just my humble opinion though 🙂
ParticipantI’m loving the EVF. Once I got used to it I actually find it much faster and easier to use. My a390 was very hit and miss with exposures some times, the a65 is 10x better and was definitely worth the investment. I was tempted by the a77 but after reading and comparing there was little difference between them that could justify the cost.
Better glass is next on my list. I’ve currently got a 18-70mm f/3.8 kit zoom, sony prime 50m f/1.8 (gorgeous lens that), and a tamron 70-300m f/4.5 telephoto macro which is decent enough but sluggish. Currently on the hunt for a decent prime 18mm but am on a limited budget!
As for lighting I don’t have any off camera lighting at the mo, another thing on the shopping list. For indoor stuff I’m currently using some bendable desk lamps as daft as that sounds! But they were cheap and workable until I can get something better. I have hired studio lighting/backdrops from a friend of mine before now though so if it’s a paid shoot I can hire some decent light/flash units.
I’m finding photoshop a bit awkward to learn and get rid. I’ve only had elements 11 a couple of months and before that was using paint.net which was ok for minor adjustments but nowhere near as good as elements. I did a trial of lightroom and it gave me a headache with the complexity, hence why I went for elements 11 when I upgraded to an imac for editing. Doing everything one bit at a time as budget allows! 🙂
ParticipantThanks guys. Some great advice there. Some of the photos are quite old back in the days when I was shooting in Jpeg (I know I know…). I started shooting in digital last year and prior to that all my experience was 35mm. I’m still getting the hang of photoshop (I recently bought elements 11 and started shooting in RAW which has helped a LOT and made my life so much easier). I’m trying to bulk up my portfolio now that I’m getting higher quality shots and getting the hang of photoshop.
As for what I do, well I do a mix of shooting for pleasure and business (I’ve had to register as a business as started taking on a small amount of paid work, weddings for example). I work full time in another industry so what I do is restricted photography to evenings/weekends and days off but then I also have 2 children and am a single parent which restricts it even more! My partner also runs a community website and so I do photography for that which is mostly press/events. I’m still trying to find my ‘niche’ in all honesty. I also love shooting bands and have very recently upgraded my camera to an SLT which should vastly improve my low light shots. I was previously using a sony A390 which REALLY struggled with low light. I’m now using a Sony a65 SLT.
I love landscape work but don’t get change to get out so am a bit stuck with that. In fairness I tend to shoot whatever comes my way, hopefully I’ll one day find something that I love!
Keep it coming. Really appreciate the advice! totally agree with the snapshot look. Will trim it down and hunt for some better quality stuff to add, or just use it as an excuse to get out and do more! 🙂
ParticipantLiking the concept. Have you tried getting closer into your subject? Quite a few of them would benefit from getting tighter in to bring out the detail in the model rather than a big blank wall. Negative space is great sometimes but if the background is too busy is distracts from the subject. 🙂
As the others have said some of them need straightening out. Takes two second in photoshop or similar.
What camera are you using? Some have an inbuilt level which you can use as a guide.
ParticipantThe word ‘sexy’ just makes me cringe generally. It’s tacky and should be reserved for the likes of top shelf magazines and other smut.
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