My very first photos (after learning about rules of 3rd) Would love some C&C please!

[IndieAnnaJones]

Please be as detailed as you want to be in the C&C. I am still new and learning and any input is appreciated.

 

[Malone]

Keep in mind that you can also turn your camera vertically.

 

[IndieAnnaJones]

Yeah, I know. But I never seem to find the right time to take pictures vertically. Is there a certain rule for vertical pictures?

 

[LaFoto]

There are no "rules" in art, and most of what is called a "rule" (such as the "Rule of Thirds") are more or less guidelines which to follow can, however, be quite, quite helpful. A guideline to when to turn the camera by 90 degrees is: the subject to be photographed is oblong, so the frame should be, too. This applies to faces, for example. Which is why using the vertical orientation is often also called Portrait Mode, whereas landscapes, e.g., stretch out to the sides, so you'd prefer to keep the camera in the horizontal orientation, often also referred to as Landscape Mode.

 

[DennyCrane]

In the first shot, the white balance is really really off. It's WAY too cold. Correct that and your subject will "pop" more. As for the rest, I'd zoom out, take a step or 2 back, something so you're not so tight into the subject. It's like clipping fingernails... too close and you're out of luck. You can always crop IN a little later, but if you zoom in too much, you have no recourse.

 

[D-B-J]

In alot of the photo's you cut parts off. Parts of heads, faces, etc. Like DennyCrane said, take a step back or zoom out. And the rule of thirds is not a rule. It is a guideline