I am taking a photography class!!!

[mostlysunny]

Ok, books didn't work for me. I took my first photography class yesterday. I have been playing around with my camera in M- I felt a little overwhelmed in class yesterday.. But came home from work and took pictures.

When I get a photo worthy of this forum.. I will post!!!

 

[BrickHouse]

Good luck! Can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

[vintagesnaps]

Have fun with your class and if you ask questions on here you could get some ideas and suggestions.

 

[dennybeall]

I think all photos are worthy of posting. All have something to teach us if we're willing to listen.......................
Post a photo, honestly ask for comment and accept that all comments are valuable. And, don't do like some folks and ask for comments and THEN argue about it.

 

[Designer]

When I get a photo worthy of this forum.. I will post!!!

Hey, don't worry about trying to meet some imaginary threshold of acceptance. Often you can learn more by posting a photograph that is less than stellar. The important thing is to learn from whatever you post.

 

[TCampbell]

No no no! None of this "when I get photo-worthy" nonsense. This is all about learning! If you don't post and you don't ask... you won't learn so much.

Take advantage of the fact that you can post, ask for critique, and get free advice (I wish we had the internet and photography forums when I was starting.)

Promise not to melt when the critiques point out flaws... getting negative critique isn't going to kill you -- it's there to help you. You'll get better. Everybody's first images are rubbish. In the words of Henri Cartier-Bresson "Your first 10,000 images are your worst."

But two bits of advice:

1) Posts that only contain ONE shot tend to get more useful advice than posts that contain every shot a person took that day. It's tough to give a critique on two dozen images at the same time. When there's just one image, then our attention is fixed on that one image. Even if we gave detailed critique on two dozen images, it's not like you'd actually be able to remember everything in those critiques.... you'll have much better odds of remember what you can do to improve just ONE image.

2) It helps to post the shooting information (what ISO, f-stop, and shutter speed did you use, etc.) This is all contained in the image meta-data (EXIF data). But some photo programs give you the option to strip out that data. Don't strip it out... leave it in. Because often the exposure information data is helpful to a reviewer who can often spot why you ended up with a particular result.

 

[chuasam]

When I get a photo worthy of this forum.. I will post!!!

Hey, don't worry about trying to meet some imaginary threshold of acceptance. Often you can learn more by posting a photograph that is less than stellar. The important thing is to learn from whatever you post.

yeah dude, I get away with using an iPhone4s half of the time.

 

[mostlysunny]

Well, I had my second class.. By george, I think I am getting it.. But and this is the silly question.. I took some pictures that I am going to post.. But why are they blurry?

Keep in mind- I went out to try and find really dark area to take photos. I got scared.. So the location I am shooting is my front yard.

 

[Overread16 4]

Post them up along with the shutter speed, aperture and ISO as well as the detail of how you took them (eg on a tripod - leaning on something - hand holding etc...). There are a range of potential sources of blur and any one of a number could be individually or as part of a group, contributing to the blur you're seeing - so without an example we can't say.