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Now, would you recommend picking up a macro in the future if I’m only planning on shooting portraits?

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Beautiful! Now, what do you shoot with? And what lens was this shot taken with?

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Would you mind sharing it?

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Would you happen to have the image unedited?

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Looks like it could be an ad for something 🙂

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Do you do a lot of work for advertising?

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Sorry..the first link didn’t work.  Very cool shot.  It’s pretty amazing

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What’s that? haha

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Ok, thank you.  I thought that about the second one as well,  but the first one she’s looking towards the light and the second one she is backlit with a reflector, so it was more challenging.  Thank you!

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Ok guys.  I’ve been working on focus(mainly the eyes).  I know these images are not composed right, and you can see the windows in her eyes in one, but I worked on focus on the apples and better focus on the eyes.  Let me know what you think:

 

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Came across this one today:  https://www.facebook.com/BareFootPhotosBySheryl?fref=ts

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Thank you! The cropping rules are great.  Definitely will be thinking about it every time I shoot now

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Thanks again for the advice and constructive criticism.    I  haven’t had time yet to play around with that raw file, but I will take a look later and play around with your directions.    Again, I appreciate all of this, but I just have to rant for a moment.  I know it’s easy to rant online, but since this is the medium we’re choosing, I’ll go with it.  I  believe this forum to be extremely helpful and really gives photographers(aspiring, amateur, pro, etc) a place to share, get some tips, offer critiques, and so forth.  However, I’m pretty sure every photographer started somewhere, and those that actually became pro, should be humble about their beginnings.  The photos on the front page of this website are obviously horrific, and I just encountered someone who directed me to another facebook page of a “photographer” whose pictures looked like they were taken with a cell phone.  But, someone like that doesn’t even look like they’re even making ANY effort to better themselves or the art they claim to love.  I love the art of photography.  I can’t picture myself doing anything else.  The reason it even took me so long to further it this much was mostly due to being sucked in to working at a 9 to 5 corporate job, which, thankfully, I left and decided to follow my passion.  I feel like I’m making much more of an effort than some people, time wise and financial wise, so while yes, I want the advice and criticism, for this to turn into a war of words is kinda silly.  We should just appreciate each other for what we are trying to do and talk about what we love doing.  I have been told to not let the equipment be the only thing that I feel is keeping me down.  And I thank you for that advice.  But then in the next breath, my equipment that right now is the only thing I can afford gets laughed at.  I’m 100% aware that the t4 is not professional grade quality by any means, but I am working hard at learning this camera and photography in general, and then I feel like once I have the money, I should go out there and buy the more expensive camera and learn with that one.  So, the ones that are charging people or even having the balls to put up a website under a photography “name” and are shooting with a $100 point and shoot should be embarrassed and insulted, but there are legitimate people out there, like myself, while I may  not have the BEST photos out there just yet, I am working really hard at improving that, and frankly, some of my photos are not all that bad.  I would never advertise myself as professional, but I think credit should be given where credit’s due.  That’s all..let this be a positive forum and not turn into “i’m better than you”(unless you’re talking to those people I just mentioned”.  Thanks again. 🙂

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Thank you both.  I do have the tendency to focus solely on DOF because I’m going for that beautiful bokeh that I love.  I also have to lose the fear of backing away from the subject and still getting a nice photo.  I tend to come in too close.  Also, thanks for the cropping tips.  The picture with the puddle was intended to not have a head artistically, but maybe I should have just focused on the feet then? The picture of the three of us was kind of a goof.  I’m going to try and get some pictures later with eye focus outside.  I also have found photographing somebody in the snow to be challenging.

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Also, do you think this image is better as far as eye focus?  http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e286/Stefany0219/Winter.jpg

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