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your pictures seem to have a central theme: medium-shallow depth of field with focusing on the center. maybe try a bit off to the side, play withthe edges, play with the background? anyway it's good to start with DOF, i myself started out with composition!!!Originally Posted by JPioneer
Rookie is back once again...
I need to start studying PS...
Any C&C is Greatly appreciated!
i like this. seems just about perfect for this type of photograph (club, concert, etc), not overly harsh with flash and seems very natural with agreat action pose; the angle of the shot is really awesome too, i just really like everything about this picture (except for the corny RNA tag on the bottom!Originally Posted by BayEST
A picture I pulled up from the July show in SF
the first picture could probably do with some PS/LR by recovering some of that whiteness, it's very harsh to my eyes and takes away from thesoftness of the picture. i really like the composition, i take a lot of these types of shots at weddings, with similar composition. background is placed verywell too, i would have to add. only other tiny tidbit i would add is that maybe she should be smiling! or looking forlongingly into the distance, instead ofthat look she has on her face right now. pickiness notwithstanding, good job!Originally Posted by keepitgully
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old school polaroid going with old school car close-up? perfectOriginally Posted by BayEST
There's application on the iphone I copped where it turns any photo in your phone into old styles such as medium format/polaroid/cinema..fisheye...infrared. the ones that seem to be the coolest is medium format and polaroid
Originally Posted by yamakazi18
speedlights are for when you don't have the option of umbrella/studio lighting, it's either one or the other for me. the studios that i've worked with have never used speedlights with umbrellas. speedlights are expensive, and i'd buy just one for fill lighting, and spend the rest on a decent system of novatron 250W/s for under $100 each for studio use.Originally Posted by alljayevryjay
Hey Quickster (sorry, its just easier to remember/type lol), how much off-camera lighting are you working with? I'm thinking about getting an umbrella type thing for my speedlight, or even another speedlight for fun.
Just one.
I be comparing my work to people with lots of experience, maybe that's why I have so high hopes and be so let down. LOL ....Originally Posted by yamakazi18
don't be too hard on yourself, everyone has to start somewhere! when i started out i definitely did NOT know what the hell i was doingOriginally Posted by elboricua 6
yamakazi18 wrote:
elboricua 6 wrote:
So the weather has been really crappy here in nyc, but not as crappy as my pictures .. But hey - Still trying .. Sorry if I have ruined some of ya appetite!!!
to suggest some things: try not to use the flash so harshly, in that picture with the girl. i personally am not a big flash fan, and the harshness of it takes away from the "softness" a girl provides in that "skyline of the night" photo. in the pic above that i quoted, i really like the framing of the V and upside down V, utilizing that great rule of thirdsthe rocks on the left provide a great depth contrast, which is one of my pet peeves (that people don't leave enough sense of depth in their composition). i like also how the rocks "melt" into the reflection of the bridge lights, providing an undistracting, easy transition. there are the 3 minimum layers i usually try for in "landscape type" pictures: background city lights, middle bridge, and just a small touch of foreground provided by the rocks. nice composition!
your night skyline pictures aren't half bad, at least deserving to be on a postcard! i had a period about a year and a half back when i was really into night skylines, it at first frustrated me because i didn't really understand why my pictures looked so "postcard generic," but i just kept on visiting the same places over and over again until i ended up with different shots from different angles that i thought were more original and fit my style. long exposure stuff is fun, keep at it!
bulb is just a manual way to set exposure time. it allows you to open the shutter and control it remotely (or until you stop pressing theshutter), so you can keep your shutter open for as long as you want. it's meant for shooting star trails and ansel-style night photos with everything infocus, but there are easier (but not necessarily "better") ways to do both.Originally Posted by i just got lucky
Nice pictures BTW. I like the shot with the bridge/skyline, but I am also a big fanatic on long exposures. I'm not a pro but its one of favorite things to shoot. One thing that I noticed though is that autofocus sucks at night for some reason, so I usually use manual focus when I'm shooting at night. Quick question though, what ISO did you use when you shot that picture? as far as you mentioning the fog IMO it gives this picture a different feel, instead of the usual clear black skies at night. I like how its not too saturated and bright.
One thing that I am still trying to learn is shooting "bulb" i dont really know what the hell that means but I've tried looking and reading about it but I'm having a hard time understanding what it suppose to do and difference between shooting 'bulb' and just shooting in aperture priority or shutter priority at night. I always shoot using shutter and aperture, just easier to do at night IMO. (this is a question BTW...can someone please explain in a n00b way about shooting in 'bulb'?)
Originally Posted by ebayologist
^that your Yashica?
Originally Posted by BayEST
Originally Posted by ebayologist
^that your Yashica?
Yep. The lens is kind of dirty to a point where it's slightly blurry.