Been addicted to people photography lately

[yoman]

Hi guys,
i just upgraded my camera into a full frame camera
and it's been..... OUTSTANDING ! and since i got the new camera i now am addicted to people photography, i really am !

Here are couple of photos that i would like to share with you guys !


A Family Trip 3 - Sydney Mid City by wahablukman, on Flickr


My Older Sister and Brother - Port Stephens by wahablukman, on Flickr


Street Dancer 2 (Sydney CBD) by wahablukman, on Flickr


A Family Trip (Sydney CBD) by wahablukman, on Flickr

Critiques and feedback are very welcomed !

 

[Forkie]

A few too many chopped feet for my taste, but I love your processing.

 

[The_Traveler]

Of these four pictures, only the third has interest that draws my eye
You caught the right instant and good looks on the spectators faces.
The amount of heavy processing really detracts even from that image.

The subjects are all centered and then the periphery is heavily vignetted.
1,2 & 4 seem like sort of arbitrary crops with no meaning or intent.
The heavy processing has produced sharpening (?) halos on lots of the margins.

Back off a bit on the processing and don't use processing as a tool to try and make an image interesting.

 

[yoman]

A few too many chopped feet for my taste, but I love your processing.

Thanks for the feedback, i might try to take a full body photo from top to the bottom

Of these four pictures, only the third has interest that draws my eye
You caught the right instant and good looks on the spectators faces.
The amount of heavy processing really detracts even from that image.

The subjects are all centered and then the periphery is heavily vignetted.
1,2 & 4 seem like sort of arbitrary crops with no meaning or intent.
The heavy processing has produced sharpening (?) halos on lots of the margins.

Back off a bit on the processing and don't use processing as a tool to try and make an image interesting.

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Yeah i'm still on my way to learn to do a smooth post processing
i'm gonna try to avoid post processing for now
well, thanks a lot for the feedback, i've been learning a lot from this forum

 

[bingbang]

I agree about the 3rd one being the only one which looks interesting to me, except for the processing on the other ones, though I don't like very much the second one. Looks kinda excessive to me. Is this heavily processed for that one ?

 

[jowensphoto]

First thing I thought, "Wow nice post production."

That's a good thing and a bad thing. The editing/post shouldn't be what is seen first. When I saw the third, I saw feltthe actual photo before I noticed anything else. Good news is you have some pretty solid editing skills. Constructive suggestion is work on composition and capture something that evokes emotion.

 

[DiskoJoe]

Watch your framing. Lots of chopping going on here and just poor framing. Duck down some and get at a better angle. Dont just shoot standing straight up. But the post is pretty good. Nice style there but it outshines the actual photography.

 

[Mully]

When you shoot subjects full figure you can choose to crop later.

 

[sactown024]

Rule of thirds... Use it, love it, it's your best friend.

 

[GrahamPhisher]

Rule of thirds... Use it, love it, it's your best friend.

yeap,

the pics have really great emotion though, i think the first one is funny.

 

[yoman]

I agree about the 3rd one being the only one which looks interesting to me, except for the processing on the other ones, though I don't like very much the second one. Looks kinda excessive to me. Is this heavily processed for that one ?

it wasn't heavily processed but there is a software that i use to make it look "hard"
well, i've actually been arguing with myself whether i like the "hard" look or not, it's sometimes interesting it's sometimes not

anyway, thanks for the feedback

First thing I thought, "Wow nice post production."

That's a good thing and a bad thing. The editing/post shouldn't be what is seen first. When I saw the third, I saw feltthe actual photo before I noticed anything else. Good news is you have some pretty solid editing skills. Constructive suggestion is work on composition and capture something that evokes emotion.

i'll try to work on my composition ! yeah, honestly i don't know why it sometimes is pretty hard for me to get the emotion out of the pictures i took
thanks for the feedback !

Watch your framing. Lots of chopping going on here and just poor framing. Duck down some and get at a better angle. Dont just shoot standing straight up. But the post is pretty good. Nice style there but it outshines the actual photography.

yes actually, it's been bugging me too !
i've always said to myself before going out to shoot some photos outside that "i will not just stand up straight and take pictures, i'll play around from some other angles" but in the end all the picture that i've taken is just the result of me taking them from standing straight up.
Thanks for the feedback !

When you shoot subjects full figure you can choose to crop later.

i applied your feedback just now,
i just took some shots and most of them are full figure, so that i can choose whether to crop them or not later.

Thanks for the feedback !

Rule of thirds... Use it, love it, it's your best friend.

will doooo ! thanks for the feedback

Rule of thirds... Use it, love it, it's your best friend.

yeap,

the pics have really great emotion though, i think the first one is funny.

haha the first one actually after taking the photo he came up to me (he saw me taking a photo of him because my lens was not long enough) i thought he was gonna be mad but he just wanted to look at it and then give me permission to put it up
thanks for the feedback !

 

[DiskoJoe]

Shoot from the perspective of someone that would be about 5 ft tall.