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edit:  pics aren’t working for me.

[simoncookerussell]

i Hate Fauxtography, one thing I will reply is that you are very very good at how you just get what to say and how you should say it, regardless of the situation.

i and everyone else here should learn to do so also, including you alarnold, so not a good way to handle anyone with depression.

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And heres a tip for the Forum owner/admin and members, how about you spend more of your energy into making a website that only shows off the best photographers out there trying to make a living amoungst all the Fauxtogs. Because all you are showing the public here is the bad, if you start showing off the good instead, at least the to soon be married couple who are looking for a photographer will get a better idea of what looks good so they at least have the knowledge base to pick out the bad.

But like I said before, psycology is an wonderful thing, negative sites are created by negative people. if you google the top 50 of the best of the best photographers in the world, you’ll never ever see them doing what you guys do here.

think about it

Because when I feel down and depressed, I want others to be so as well.

 

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All I asked was very simple, “Am I OK for a “Beginner”? And beginner is the key word.

What I got was critisimsm as if I was a pro, or someone that should know better, or someone like a real being paid to work Fauxtog.

Deep down I know I’m doing ok for a beginner, being as I’m on IG a lot, I see other beginners, and well you don’t need to be explained my point there.

Brownie’s original post set me off simply because his critiques were based more on his taste than anything else. I, like other photographers like Serge Ramelli, who in his last few videos mentions a lot that he loves over saturation. I love bright and colorful pics. I don’t care if you don’t, I thought I would care, but after this experience here, I actually don’t give a fuck what others think about what Simon Cooke-Russell likes.

Brownies first comment was in regards to how much he dislikes some of the edits I do, his words “bizarre edits that I rarely find interesting” these pictures are funny little artworks I make in snapseed from really badly exposed pictures. They are not to be taken seriously, I just like making them, for my own enjoyment. its the attitude within those types of comments that set me off. Do you understand this? My Flickr account was set up as a place for me to put all my fav pics away from the 1000 odd on IG that is a mess of everything, I never thought that I would be here, and for them to be looked upon as a whole, it was my bad.

And then he goes on about my Flickr organization, come on man, it’s it really that fucking relavent?

And even after numerous times I explained the 1×1 IG issue, people still go on about the composition in those pics. I got it, I understood the first time, and I explained the reason, stop retelling me. For every 1×1 picture, there is a “as shot” original. But no one after I mentioned this, asked to see the original composition! I even mentioned that I’d repost one of the originals to be redone if some one was to pic one.

And now, after the shit this thread has turned into, you are now saying, your doing ok, you need some work still, and you may be a good photographer, well that’s kinda how you all could have started. and now my camera is packed away because I simply don’t like it at the moment, simply because I have no confidence, and this thread has yet proven to me that I still have big issues dealing with people.

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I simply lol, when I read your posts. You surely are whiny little ass clown, aren’t you? It’s like you expect us to coddle you because your a beginner with a piss poor attitude. Generally people with half a brain and a little bit of gumption can decipher these posts. It’s not Enochian text here.  I have a question.. You were handed everything in life, weren’t you (rhetoric).  A 7D ($1,300+/-), 100mm f2.8L ($1,000+/-), 150-500 ($1,000+/-)  is not something a typical beginner runs out and buys. So, I’m assuming you’re probably better off than most financially to be able to afford such things (as you’ve said you’ll be trading the 150-500 for a 70-200 2.8 II for personal uses).. That leads me to deduce that you probably have been handed praise and compliment for everything even when undeserved. In short, you act like a spoiled brat throwing a tantrum on a forum geared toward exposing bad photographers that charge money for professional services. I think you should seek out a new tribe of Indians to cry to. I hardly think you’ll find much sympathy here.

 
The biggest Lols, and your defending someone who accused me of making ass umptions!!
You wanna know the truth?
I’m unemployed, have been for well over two years.
I suffer from sever depression, severe mood swings and surprisingly enough, I don’t deal with people at all, hence why I don’t work.  Am I disfunctional, he’ll yes, do I like it, no I don’t. I can’t even deal with people on the Internet, how well do you think I deal in real life.
I live in a very big caravan I bought when I had to sell my house, I left my current partner two years ago for another woman, one who completely destroyed my life which inturn caused a severe breakdown, and that persons new partner after me killed himself two years later, she’s a very nasty woman.
My current partner took me back, and have pretty much only dealt with her and no one else for the last two years. It was her who bought me the camera and the lenses, not me. And is it good stuff for a beginner, your right, but I’ve never been one to buy shit (except the sigma) we have money because our cost of living is exceptionally low, and believe me, it’s a better way to live, no debt.
I’m not a happy person, photography helped me to stop thinking about the shit that goes on in my head, and for the first time, this place told me that I was shit, and I didn’t take it to well. Once I realized I had been a dick and this thread was kinda moving on, others then came in late and told me again was being a dick, so I argued with them, and then my arguing gets attention and its around in circles again.
I read the ‘Meh, Nevermind” as someone else chipping in their opinions of me and just changed their minds, assumption, yes, but just like your assuming things about me, we all do it and we are all usually wrong.
I’m sorry for being a dick, but your the group of people who created and joined in a forum the spends 90% of the time telling everybody else that they are shit as well, and there’s one hell of a lot of psychology going on there people.
Sorry I wasted your time, thanks to the people who did help, and I did learn a lot, and I’ll leave you in peace, so feel free to continue your aggression towards many other people your just making assumptions about.
Are they shit photographers, hell yes, but what are you doing in photography that makes you way better than them. Not much I “assume”

Good day.

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Yup, my fault and yours for leaving a comment that can lead to a wrong conclusion instead of taking a few more seconds to say something like ” had to edit as I’ve missed some further information” But “Meh, nevermind” can lead to all sorts of conclusions.

 

You know what they say about text on the screen, it’s up to you to make sure your text on screen is understood.

 

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I love the Ferris wheel pic 🙂

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Thanks for the responses, very helpful indeed, and thanks cameraclicker for the re-edits, but just remember, I started photography because of Instagram (I know it’s a dirty word in photography circles) so all my editing is done specifically for IG and I never saved the “as shot” aspect, only the 1×1. Not an excuse, just a fact,  but tbh I’m getting over the IG thing and wanna start taking it a bit more seriously. Some point this week, I will reorganize my Flickr account, delete all pics and re-edit “as shot” ratios, and they will only be what I consider to be my best, and pay the pro fee so it’s a bit more user friendly.

What I have to accept to my self is that all that I have been taking recently are pictures that help me work things out. How my camera works, how PP works, and if I enjoy the process as a whole. My 7D has only taken 3500 pics, still 146500 to go before the shutter shits itself 😉  plenty of time to get things right.

Thanks I hate Fauxtogs for all your patience, and again, sorry to Brownie, you broke my criticism cheery unfortunately, so you were not going to get it without a fight, peace mate.

But it has taken a toll, I havnt for the first time, taken any photos for a couple of days, lost my mojo, so I hope it comes back.

In regards to printing and saturation, I don’t nor ever plan to print, I don’t have the space to hang stuff for my own use, so I edit to my liking for viewing on my ipad/iphone. But my flowers pics will always look like that are now, I love it and I like to make them look better or more colorful than in reality, my choice, my opinion, it makes me smile, and I shouldn’t worry if others don’t.

 

Ill take on board everything that has been said here, I’ll go out and take a shot, think about it it a bit more, PP it, and I’ll get you lot to say how it is, whether I like it or not 😉

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Re: intuition “meh, nevermind”  do you really think at this point your going to make a difference, this thread will only ever move on and improve if everyone, including myself, moves on and behaves.

i get it, I need a lot of work to improve my photography, the point is well and truely taken, so you can either assist or repeat pushing the already proved point.

 

Have a nice day.

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Thanks for that, perfect response to what I wanted.

And as for composition, as I said earlier, all my pics are generally cropped 1×1 for IG, being as IG and my iPhone got me interested in photography, and working in a 1×1 environment is harder than full frame.

As for the blurred background pics, i did those before I read the book, Understanding Exposuer, and I had no idea what DOF and a apertures were about, I only ever shot on full auto, CA and P.  it’s a very frustrating hobby to have, especially when I have no other outlet to get info apart from the Internet, were you see what you want to accomplish, but are mostly left with the “how the f#%* did he do that” feeling.

I like that pic also that you posted with the drain pipe, funnily though, it’s over saturated to the hilt, that drain ain’t blue 😉 and I get what you mean about the lines in the photo, but that was taken way back when I just started, wasn’t thinking about lines and so forth. I will from this day forward post all my pics, IG and Flickr in full as shot aspects, at least then I can’t hide behind the 1×1

If you really want to see where I started and where I have ended up in this hobby, go through my IG account from begging tomost recent, and the first pic will tell you exactly when I started this hobby. At least you may get an idea on any improvements.

thanks for your time and help I hate Fauxtography. I’ll have another attempt at that Pic and see what I can do with it now.

 

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Ok. I guess you won’t be participating any further.

 

Cheers mate.

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Don’t. care, we have sorted this shit out already, move on please.

 

i get it, I was an ass, ok?????

 

And I apologize to Brownie, he was the first to say bad stuff about my photography, and it did hurt, but the saturation comments I’m still defensive about, because at some point, personal colour preference is important, professionally no, as a hobby, yes.

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Attitude, yes, but as you can see, I think Brownie and I have resolved it, so we can move on.

Thanks for the tip about the DNG files, like I said before, I have no idea how these programs work and never for one second saw the DNG or Copy option which I have just found now, but will the differences between a DNG and RAW file make any differences in PP? But after selecting Copy, I now have cr2 files, so thanks for that. I do use Av and Tv mode at times, but I use manual to make me think about what I’m doing more.

Ok, here’s a thing we can try, out of any of the pics on my flickr that you don’t like for all the above PP reasons mentioned, pick one and I’ll post it’s DNG original file (only from this point on will they be CR2) and we can start from there. Tell me if that pic in its raw state is a good picture exposure and I’ll edit it with some guidance if you feel like you may want to participate.

And I promiss, no more attitude.

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Well I did,  but it was the comments about saturation that bothered me the most. It seems that there are rules in photography that have to be followed or youll be shunned. Believe me, I get what has been said about saturation, but I still like the way I do the pics, especially the flower and sunset shots. Look at my Flickr feed again, and see the last flower pic, te yellow one with the blade of grass running through it, to “me” this is exactly how I like that photo to look.

The latest sunset pic I took I don’t like, it is too saturated even for me, and thought that at time in pp, but even the RAW pic was hard to deal with in that area.

My biggest problem I think is that I have no clue as to the technique of getting a picture to work “properly” and that is in the PP and camera setup. I know how to get the correct exposure in theory, but it doesn’t always work in reality. I NEED someone in person as a mentor, being as I learn 100x faster being shown than I do any other way. I know that I can be a good photographer, but I need to know the tools to get the most of of my pictures I take.

And if you want to see another reason why I might over saturate, my LR4 tutorial experience was from a guy on YouTube called Serge Ramelli, have a look at his tutorials, might be rather telling, but I do like his style.

Peace.

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Others tried to help, you just critisized. I’m as new to this as I can be at this stage, you first reply made name wanna quit.

You  may be a photography student, but IMO, you’ll never be a teacher.

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