Please advice.

[astrayasagiri]

Hello! I am new to photography and I want to grow.
Please help on pointing out what I lack.

Old lay shot using 50mm, F/3.5, ISO 1250

Old man shot using 50mm, F/1.8, ISO 100

Shot using my phone.

Shot using my phone.

 

[The_Traveler]

You are just starting and you would get more and better advice if you post your best single photo and tell us why you think it is good and what you like about it.

#1 why did you take #1 and what do you like about it?

#2 is way out of focus
#3 is waaaay oversaturated
#4 is a picture of nothing in particular that you've tried to make special with selective color. Selective color is the real mark of a novice and is very, very, very rarely a good thing.

 

[astrayasagiri]

Hello The_Traveler,

#1 why did you take #1 and what do you like about it? - I just miss my granny.

The rest are just pics taken out being trigger happy and just made something out of it.
I have a habit of making things somehow special out of nothing special.

Thanks !

 

[astroNikon]

#1 - you have an emotional attachment to the subject. Thus the picture means something to you. To someone that doesn't know that all we see is an out of focus hand right smack in the middle of the image which takes away from the subject's face.

 

[astrayasagiri]

Thank you AstroNikon

 

[The_Traveler]

Everyone, or almost everyone, likes pictures of their own children but it takes exceptional pictures to be of interest to strangers.
One of the real difficulties in photography is making pictures that have enough meaning in them to be appreciated by both the maker (and family) and strangers.

If you don't know why you take a picture, then it will be a failure to other viewers also.
Post pictures you like a lot as a picture.

I'm not saying that pictures of your granny can't be 'goos' pictures but they must be seen and understood and appreciated by people who don't know your granny.

 

[astrayasagiri]

thank you for every advice and I'll take those to learn more.

 

[astrayasagiri]

Here's another try when we are in the mall.
I want to take a pic of people's smile All using Canon EOS 1100D

I used one of my acquaintances' daughter for the trial.
#1

#2 - I saw her doing this and saw this an a opportunity to get a pic of someone's enjoyment on a food.

#3 - I want to try bokeh.

 

[The_Traveler]

I would suggest that you start a new thread for new pictures.