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ParticipantOldclicks I’m new here but I think you need to get off this idea that only expert photographers can critique your work. You’re trying to sell your services to non-photographers and trust me, they can tell good professional photography from generic iphone stuff – even if they can’t break it down into exposure, lighting, composition, white balance, etc. If someone offers an opinion on your photos, it’s valid regardless of whether they’re a pro or not, and regardless of what they themselves are actually capable of producing. I don’t think you should be posting your stuff asking for C&C if you’re not willing to accept it at face value.
ParticipantThanks everyone!
Nesgran, thanks for the tips. I’ll work on framing people / not cutting off feet and double check for level horizons (with the film stuff I did no post – not even levelling/cropping).
Stillthere, I did some minor adjustments in aperture to that photo with the light trails but the sky was kind of lucky timing, it was right at dusk so the 5s exposure got quite a bit of light.
I’ll also think about changing the cover picture – for some reason I really like that shot with the fisherman silhouetted… hadn’t really paid much attention to the bin (and certainly hadn’t thought about it looking like he’s fishing from it!) but now that you guys have raised it I see how dominant it is! If I was a photoshop savant maybe I could remove it.
Also per your comments, I’ll probably fold the “cycle” shots in to the NYC galleries, I agree they’re probably not worthy of their own set. And probably do some general culling, particularly in the film galleries. Again I’m not trying to sell anything here, just share some of my favorites. There’s probably something to be said for really making it a “best of the best” selection.
Thanks again!!
ParticipantI’m not a wedding/event/portrait photographer so take my advice with a grain of salt! But here are my suggestions.
I think one the biggest issues with your event photography is your use of DOF – everything seems done with a very tight aperture so your subjects aren’t isolated. Shallower DOF would make your photos seem much more professional and less like they’ve been done by someone with a point & shoot on auto.
Also your framing – here’s an example of a shot that’s (a) way too wide and (b) has way too deep DOF so your eye really isn’t drawn to the subject of the shot. Most photographers would crop this way tighter and use a much shallower DOF.
Also looks like you were stuck shooting in some pretty harsh mid-day light – but there’s still some pretty hardcore blown-out / overexposed shots like these ones:
I would consider culling the shots you share on facebook a bit – not many people are going to want to pay for the kind of shots i’m highlighting (I wouldn’t).
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