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[tirediron]

Some New Photos For You To Pick On Me About..

I haven't seen anyone picking on you; I have seen some very good, albeit blunt critique. This set is definitely the best of the lot; technically they're acceptable, lighting and focus is not bad, 'though composition and cropping could use some work. You need to remember that there's a whole different level of expectation placed on a photographer when he is charging for his or her work, and you will be judged accordingly.

 

[CapturedFoto]

Hi ShooterJ,

I'm very sorry that I came off like that.
but these people were not being Helpful, nor trying to lead me in a better way.

they were flat out being rude and mean.

 

[ShooterJ]

If someone is abusing you in PM, you can report that.

No need to apologize. Just take a few deep breaths, reset yourself and remember there are people here willing to help you.

 

[Dinardy]

Just passing on a favor that another TPF member sent to me.

Teachers in a book:​

How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business, 6th (Home-Based Business Series)
The Business of Studio Photography: How to Start and Run a Successful Photography Studio
Photography Business Secrets: The Savvy Photographer's Guide to Sales, Marketing, and More

Doug Box's Guide to Posing for Portrait Photographers
500 Poses for Photographing Women: A Visual Sourcebook for Portrait Photographers
500 Poses for Photographing Men: A Visual Sourcebook for Digital Portrait Photographers
The Best of Family Portrait Photography: Professional Techniques and Images
The Design Aglow Posing Guide for Family Portrait Photography: 100 Modern Ideas for Photographing Newborns, Babies, Children, and Families

My photography has grown substantially since I joined this forum.

Open up... Grow a thick skin and a sense of humor. A lot of these guys/gals know their chit.

 

[CapturedFoto]

Hi tirediron

What is it that these ones lack per say when it comes to the composition & crop

 

[tirediron]

If someone is abusing you in PM, you can report that...

Yes, I missed that. If you receive any PMs that you feel are inappropriate in nature, please use the 'Report' feature (the small triangle with the exclamation mark inside it below the profile information).

 

[texkam]

am wondering if I have done something wrong as I get no email or phone calls.

maybe you think my photos are bad but I personally do not think so.

You don't think your photos are bad, but apparently many do. This should be a pretty big clue that something is wrong. My advice is to be humble, hang out here and be willing to learn. Also, explore YouTube for tons of informative tutorial content. Improvement is a long process. Good luck.

 

[DanOstergren]

Maybe I am not the worlds best in photoshop or Lightroom, But at least I tried.

I am not a web designer nor a graphic artist so if anyone knows of someone that can help me with making a nice site that would also be helpful

Like anything we do, skill comes with practice. It's going to take time, and receiving feedback is a part of the process. Even in the most harsh and seemingly spiteful feedback you can find a piece of gold. You can't take any of it personally, and you have to have a desire to learn from all of it, which you seem to have. Haters are going to be there no matter what; trust me, I've dealt with MANY of them, yet here I am still doing what I love to do. You just can't expect success to happen right away just because you have the camera and a passion. You need practice, bottom line. Keep going, you'll get there. And let the haters do their thing, just don't ever let them discourage you from doing what you love. Clearly they love to hate, which is a big shame because it will only ever bring them the same thing in return. Keep going, just know that success is the result of hard work, a lot of time invested, and dedication. If you have the dream and the optimism, then there is nothing standing in your way other than self doubt.

 

[CapturedFoto]

Do any of you know places online I can go and truly learn stuff from and mean this.
Youtube Videos, Websites anything.

I use 2 Nikon D600 cameras

 

[DanOstergren]

Hi ShooterJ,

I'm very sorry that I came off like that.
but these people were not being Helpful, nor trying to lead me in a better way.

they were flat out being rude and mean.

This is SO untrue, but if you truly feel that all of the feedback given to you here has been rude and mean, then this process is going to take you a reeeeaaaally long time. I have not said a single dishonest or spiteful thing to you here, but if you want to take it that way then it's your problem. I wont try to help any more.

I'm cancelling my subscription to your issues.

 

[tirediron]

Since you've not numbered them, please read as L-R, top - bottom.
1. Fence growing out his head, fill light required image left on woman.

2. Cropped right arm on man, raccoon eyes.

3. Cropped right arm on woman image left.

4. Bisected hand on woman in orange shirt, left arm cropped at elbow.

5. Both too tight to edges of frame.

6. Cropped head, cropped right arm.

7. --

8. Cropped sleeve, left arm of man.

9. Cropped hands on both.

10. Cropped hands on both.

While you may see these issues as minor, they are the sorts of things that should NOT be present in professional work. It's acceptable to crop limbs IF necessary, but never at/near joints, along lateral axis, and NEVER crop bits of limbs/digits.

 

[ShooterJ]

Hi ShooterJ,

I'm very sorry that I came off like that.
but these people were not being Helpful, nor trying to lead me in a better way.

they were flat out being rude and mean.

This is SO untrue, but if you truly feel that all of the feedback given to you here has been rude and mean, then this process is going to take you a reeeeaaaally long time. I have not said a single dishonest or spiteful thing to you here, but if you want to take it that way then it's your problem. I wont try to help any more.

I'm cancelling my subscription to your issues.

I believe that was in reference to PMs, not to anything in this thread Dan. If I understood correctly.

 

[texkam]

Do any of you know places online I can go and truly learn stuff from and mean this.
Youtube Videos, Websites anything.

FroKnowsPhoto.com - YouTube

I use 2 Nikon D600 cameras

 

[Granddad]

One thing to develop is an eye for what is a good photo with life in it and what needs to be consigned to the trash. The last batch you posted are MUCH better than the originals! Technical issues aside they show expression in the faces and something of the couples' feelings for each other.

Rude PM's are the stuff of trolls, ignore what they say and report them, if they can't say it in the open they're probably trying to wind you up in a way they'd be trashed for if they dared do it in the forum. On the forum people are usually honest in a helpful way, even when they're painfully blunt. Stick with it and learn, the people on this forum taught me most of what I know.

 

[The_Traveler]

There is very little connection between the subjects in these pictures - and there is lots of extra space that contributes nothing.
The centers of interest should dominate the frame.

For example:
Why is all the important stuff up in one corner - and on a slant?
You need to do some very basic work on composition.