c&c please? Portrait style and up-close style photos

[kundalini]

I have that book But i find it hard to remember everything

Q: How do you eat an elephant?
A: One bite at a time.

(this is from memory because I've given my book to someone else)
Read one chapter and only shoot what the one chapter discusses for a week.
If you're not clocking on to the message, reread the chapter and spend another week shooting what that chapter is discussing.
Read the next chapter and only shoot what the one chapter discusses for a week.
Rinse and repeat.

 

[new photographer]

the baby has beautiful blue eyes. I would love to have that as the focal point. Shots are way too over exposed for my taste. Details are gone forever. Enable your highlight alert. If it blinks, shots are blown out. Keep adjusting until there are no blinking lights.

Just my suggestion

Hi,
thanks for the input this is the orginal:

 

[new photographer]

I have that book But i find it hard to remember everything

Q: How do you eat an elephant?
A: One bite at a time.

(this is from memory because I've given my book to someone else)
Read one chapter and only shoot what the one chapter discusses for a week.
If you're not clocking on to the message, reread the chapter and spend another week shooting what that chapter is discussing.
Read the next chapter and only shoot what the one chapter discusses for a week.
Rinse and repeat.

Okay thanks heaps

 

[Brenda Lee]

You're struggling with exposure issues. This may help.

Amazon.com: Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera (9780817439392): Bryan Peterson: Books

I have that book But i find it hard to remember everything

Bryan Peterson has a series of very helpful videos on Youtube, too.

 

[new photographer]

You're struggling with exposure issues. This may help.

Amazon.com: Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera (9780817439392): Bryan Peterson: Books

I have that book But i find it hard to remember everything

Bryan Peterson has a series of very helpful videos on Youtube, too.

Ohhhhh cool!!!! Thanks!!!!

 

[new photographer]

This is embarrassing to ask, but ive been re-reading the bryan peterson book and ive been watching the youtube videos but I don't know how to set the aperture so that it automatically pops up with the shutter speed can anyone give me an idiots version of how to do this. I understand that I have to set my camera to aperture priority mode which is (A) but then what to do LMAO Im an idiot

 

[new photographer]

This is embarrassing to ask, but ive been re-reading the bryan peterson book and ive been watching the youtube videos but I don't know how to set the aperture so that it automatically pops up with the shutter speed can anyone give me an idiots version of how to do this. I understand that I have to set my camera to aperture priority mode which is (A) but then what to do LMAO Im an idiot

there is a wonderful setting on my camera which lets me choose the aperture in a kind of automatic way but It doesn't always produce the photos in excellent quality

 

[RockstarPhotography]

You will never get a firm grasp on the exposure triangle using any type of program mode, be it program, shutter, or aperture. You have to learn your camera, that's your tool. A welder cannot make a good weld without knowing how to set up his welder. Its the same for the photographer. put your camera in manual mode and learn it. After you understand your camera, then you can switch to other more convenient modes.

 

[new photographer]

You will never get a firm grasp on the exposure triangle using any type of program mode, be it program, shutter, or aperture. You have to learn your camera, that's your tool. A welder cannot make a good weld without knowing how to set up his welder. Its the same for the photographer. put your camera in manual mode and learn it. After you understand your camera, then you can switch to other more convenient modes.

ok cheers

 

[new photographer]

Hi,
Im trying to take on board everything at once, while also trying minimalistic approach.
I know I cut of part of her hand a BIG no no, but ignoring that major flaw what do you think.
Thanks muchly, xx

 

[new photographer]

anyone ? lol

 

[OrionsByte]

Well, if you'd aimed the camera a bit to the left, you not only would have avoided cutting off the hand, but you would have also put the baby's head off-center, which is generally a more pleasing composition. However, there are bigger fish to fry:

The background is out-of-focus, which is a good thing, but even so, the TV is so bright that it kind of commands attention and pulls my eye away. Always try to look IN to the viewfinder instead of THROUGH the viewfinder - it's so easy to concentrate on your subject to the exclusion of everything else, but our brains are good at doing that, and the camera is not. Learn to pay attention to what's behind and around the subject as well as the subject itself.

I would have rotated the photo a bit in post so that the table edge is level and the bookshelf in the back is vertical. Sometimes angled shots work well, but when it's close enough to level to look accidental it takes away from the shot.

This is another shot where it's cute, and it will be treasured forever, but it's still just a snapshot as opposed to a deliberate photograph. Your daughter is beautiful, and as a man with a beautiful daughter of my own I know how fun it is to get them in front of the camera, but for working on your photography I'd really recommend you find something else to practice on. I'm not saying to stop taking pictures of your daughter, but when you're emotionally attached to the subject it's really easy to just go, "Awwwww!" and completely miss all the technical things that are wrong. Practice on some fruit or dolls or landscapes or something, and then when you go to take pictures of your daughter you'll have the benefit of the experience from all those other shots.

 

[Speckles]

It's hard when you want stunning photos of your kids. I was/am in your same boat. My meager suggestion would be to do some shooting with a plain background. That can help you figure out focus and composition. Also, I'd look into metering. Good luck and keep shooting that cute kiddo of yours.

 

[new photographer]

aw thanks, they were both such nicely and well-worded suggestions. I think I will do that. I get my studio backdrop tomorrow so I will practice ALOT there but I will stop "practicing" with Akaia from now on! LOL then I'll go back just like you both said Thanks alot!

 

[new photographer]

Hi Ive been doing photography for two months now,
I just want to know if Im going in the right direction ???
c&c please thanks so much!!
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