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01/29/2004 10:52:12 PM · #1 |
| For the past month and a half, I've been a member of this site, watching forums, participating in a couple challenges and attempting to gain knowledge in how exactly photography works. I came in with the hope that I would receive help in making my photography better. Being a novice in photography, but a life-long "professional" in the arts, I know what makes great art as opposed to a great photo. But thus far, the comments I've received little or minimal help from the comments. I have plenty of "what's wrong" but not alot of what to do that would help the photo. I'm sure I'll learn as I go, not only by example, but by experience.. but it is slightly frustrating when you receive comments like "bad lighting" or "out of focus" And what is even more disconcerting, is out of 142 votes, only 8 comments. |
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01/30/2004 12:11:10 AM · #2 |
Hi, I'm in photography for about a year and member of this site since last november so i'm no expert. I learned a lot from participating in chalenges, from reading comments that people left to me,but most from comments I left to people and from reading tutorial.
Here are some of my observation:
Try not shoot your subject through a window like your "checking the weather" photo. Don't forget about the horizons, unless you want to do some special effect in your photo, tilted photo are often unpleasant to look at. Other things that work for me: I always try to be at same height of my subject that help me for perspective and for composition. If I understand correctly from what I learned here, composition is the way you frame your photo to make your subject obvious with a pleasant foreground or background. Try to read about the rule of third and about depth of field. These are strong tools when it's time to compose a shot. For exemple, I don't find a clear subject in your "5 1/2 minute hallway" is it the window or the candle or the flower? About lighting, tyr to never have a subject that is backlit. If your subject is backlit you may have 2 different problem... 1 your subject is correctly exposed but the light source is over exposed and bleed on your subject or 2 your picture is correctly exposed but your subject is underexposed and we barely see it.
I like myself lighting that come from the side because it had contrast but you'll get more detail if your subject is frontlit. Other things, read, re-read, re-re-read etc. the owners manual that came with your camera. Even if you think you could have write it, believe me you'll still learn something or finally understand why this thing you where doing didn't worked as in the book. Last 2 things, get a tripod and a good digital editing software. I suggest you Adobe photoshop elements because he's not too expansive, he do a good job and because many people here work with some version of adobe photoshop, so if you try to learn reading the forum you'll have a reference given to you with a software you use.
Hope that help.
I've just seen your "Rooster" shot. Last advice, Try not crop too much of a picture as you will often get grainy results that people don't vote high. If you want a close up of somethingm you're better to shoot it this way. Here's the math to understand:
your camera take 2,000,000 pixels a photo
your subject (the rooster) take 15% of the photo.
If you crop around your subject that leave you with 300,000 pixels in your photo and you waste 1,700,000 pixels.
If instead you compose your shot with the rooster taking 85% of the photo you get 1,700,000 pixels in your photo and you waste only 300,000.
Message edited by author 2004-01-30 00:23:47. |
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