Pro or Amateur?

[tmjjk]

Looking to go pro... need some advice.... please critique

 

[mwcfarms]

I think you lost some detail in the hat. At least 75% of it. I would try and bring some of those back. I suck at B&W conversions myself so thats the only thing I noticed. That and I would change the composition.

 

[HughGuessWho101 16]

I have a front row seat for this show.

 

[cgipson1]

based on the framing, lighting, and the somewhat muddy looking B&W conversion, I would say amateur!

Focus and DOF are ok.. even good.

The bright highlights on the subjects left cheek / face are too much.. as is the blown out area in the background. The blacks lack detail. Need to even out the lighting quite a bit.

Black and white conversion needs work also... IMO.. although I am on a laptop right now, not my calibrated monitor.

Framing.. most pros shoot portrait type shots vertically for a reason... and seldom chop off parts of the head, or other body parts.

 

[mjhoward]

Looks better than 90% of what I see on here. If it were my kid, I'd be happy to frame it up and display it in my home. With that said, I probably would have cropped or shot in portrait instead. Theres a lot of dead space particularly to the left.

 

[BlueMeanieTSi]

You lose his nose in the photo.

 

[tmjjk]

Thank you for the constructive criticism... I am looking to get better and improve as much as possible. I come here to get true honest input on how to get better. I am not going to argue back with anyones opinion... That's what I came here for. So I will not be putting on any kind of show for anyones entertainment, sorry to disappoint. I know I need to get better... I have no "brag images".. only "what can I do better images"... thanks for those helping me become better! I will be better... I have only been trying this for about two months now... and I learn something every single day and today I am sure I will learn quite a few things... its not easy to put myself out there..

 

[mwcfarms]

based on the framing, lighting, and the somewhat muddy looking B&W conversion, I would say amateur!

Focus and DOF are ok.. even good.

The bright highlights on the subjects left cheek / face are too much.. as is the blown out area in the background. The blacks lack detail. Need to even out the lighting quite a bit.
Black and white conversion needs work also... IMO..

O although I am on a laptop right now, not my calibrated monitor.

Framing.. most pros shoot portrait type shots vertically for a reason... and seldom chop off parts of the head, or other body parts.

Im going to say that for the most part I agree with everything but the horizontal vs portrait framing rule can be broken and successfully. I quite often will shoot something horizontally leaving dead space left or right and that while yes I agree portrait framing is desirable for a lot of reasons I wouldnt be afraid to shoot both aspects because sometimes I like horizontal better.

 

[o hey tyler]

Thank you for the constructive criticism... I am looking to get better and improve as much as possible. I come here to get true honest input on how to get better. I am not going to argue back with anyones opinion... That's what I came here for. So I will not be putting on any kind of show for anyones entertainment, sorry to disappoint. I know I need to get better... I have no "brag images".. only "what can I do better images"... thanks for those helping me become better! I will be better... I have only been trying this for about two months now... and I learn something every single day and today I am sure I will learn quite a few things... its not easy to put myself out there..

If you've only been at it for two months, you've got a long upward slope before you shoot on a professional level. I'm not trying to discourage you, but it's very odd to expect to become a pro photographer over the course of a few months.

 

[gsgary]

That is black and white and not much in between

 

[Robin Usagani]

for this pose and orientation, I think the subject is too centered. It needs to be a little to the right.

 

[Josh66]

Are you asking us if we think you are ready to "go pro" based on this one picture, or if we think it was taken by a pro or not, or ... what?

Don't really understand the title...

 

[Trever1t]

Thank you for the constructive criticism... I am looking to get better and improve as much as possible. I come here to get true honest input on how to get better. I am not going to argue back with anyones opinion... That's what I came here for. So I will not be putting on any kind of show for anyones entertainment, sorry to disappoint. I know I need to get better... I have no "brag images".. only "what can I do better images"... thanks for those helping me become better! I will be better... I have only been trying this for about two months now... and I learn something every single day and today I am sure I will learn quite a few things... its not easy to put myself out there..

If you've only been at it for two months, you've got a long upward slope before you shoot on a professional level. I'm not trying to discourage you, but it's very odd to expect to become a pro photographer over the course of a few months.

This.

What about your experience tells you you need to be considering going "pro"?

I hate these kind of threads. Do you read the forum at all? Don't you see what happens when a member posts "I just got a camera and I want to go pro now" threads?

Here's my take...if you have to ask---->> you are far from ready!

 

[2WheelPhoto]

BestBuy/Amazon makes everyone a pro.

They should start selling medical supplies and spacecraft tools too

 

[Tkaczuk]

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