Took Pics today What is wrong????

[blackrose89]

children looking down into the ground.
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I know that YOU did not just say that!!! :lmao:

 

[LightSpeed]

I did, I really did.
lol

 

[Chris Stegner]

Elizabeth30.... Early on in the thread you mentioned not understanding exposure much. Then you really need to get this book and study it. I keep a copy in my bag. It's highly recommended.

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-3rd-Photographs-Camera/dp/0817439390

 

[Bossy]

Chris, she said she can't read books, only forums.

 

[LightSpeed]

Blackrose, here is the prime example I speak of.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...70242_243433982376790_717086_1184324539_n.jpg

And she's trying like HELL to sell this stuff to the unsuspecting who have been misled into thinking she's a professional.
When in fact , she's absolutely NOT.

 

[Elizabeth30]

My point was that we have tried repeatedly to help... and it seems to go nowhere. She thinks that she is talented.. and that talent will make up for a lack of basic skills. I do think my time and energy is better used on others here that need help, primarily those that actually make an effort. The main trouble is that Facebook has told her she is wonderful.. and she could be (future tense), but she isn't (present tense)!

This site isn't about post counts and join date.. but when someone who just joined makes a comment on a ongoing problem that they most likely know nothing about.. it is a little irritating. We see a lot of that, mostly from short lived troll types! (not calling you a troll.. just stating why the irritation is there.) I hope that clarifies the issue a little bit for you.

I guess you don't remember arpanet then?

Have you seen her facebook page by chance?
I don't want to come of as being nasty, but heads chopped off........children looking down into the ground.
Out of focus, high iso shots in program mode. And she's charging friends and family for these.
Hyping herself up on her facebook page to be some high class, seasoned professional photographer.

I have nothing against beginners......really. I mean it, honest.
I do object to beginners acting like professionals, and selling, or trying to sell CRAP to the public as it makes the entire industry look bad.

The sooner Elizabeth faces the fact that she is nowhere near a professional level photographer, and simply at this point, a mom with a camera, who THINKS shes a pro, the better off she will be on this forum.
On the other hand, she is at liberty to disregard all advice on the forum if she so chooses, including this. Which I have no problem with.

Disclaimer : I am not a professional. Nor do I pretend to be one.

You know what F&CK you then!!! My facebook page was made BEFORE I came into this forum and if you remember in my first post I renounced my ability and humbly started learning!!! I also noted that I have not advertised to my family and friends. I hadn't even done any shoots prior to my family comeing to me and asking for a shoot. My first shoot I told my aunt I would do it for free because I'm not professional and she INSISTED on giving me something. Then followed another family asking if I would do photos and offering money. Read the post before this. This forum is a Fing joke!!! Some of you here I belive really do want to help but other are just egotistic bastards!!! I hope your comments give you an fing hard on or it wasn't worht it!! See ya!

 

[MWC2]

Can I ask a question? How does the average member of this forum get this type of attention?

Here I was thinking that 10 helpful C&C replies were wonderful and THIS get's 6 pages?

 

[kundalini]

........ Seriously, it's been 5 freakin days? I am so eager to learn which is partly why I just went out there and did a shoot and totally forgot about shooting wide open and when I did realize this I move it up and then my photos where blurry because the shutter was going so low and I didn't know what was going on during the shoot but after posting these pics and being able to see each photos info I now know what was going on..........

Here's a bit of advice that you probably won't receive to well. If there are issues with your images that you are now able to decipher the error(s), do not post them. Use quiet comtemplation and reshoot with full attention to those errors previously made. Keeping notes really does help while out in the field.... this could also be your kitchen table. We wish to view your best efforts, not the mistakes already known.

Elizabeth,

You have .......

Disregarded - So much time in this forum is spent arguing about the stupidest things! I don't have that kind of time to waste.

This would be YOUR loss, no one elses. The_Traveler (Lew) is a library of information.

 

[jaicatalano]

What was your shutter speed? 1.8 is way to open to shoot that distance and not expect depth of field to work against you. Sharpen them up in post as they are sweet photos.

 

[LightSpeed]

You know what F&CK you then!!! My facebook page was made BEFORE I came into this forum and if you remember in my first post I renounced my ability and humbly started learning!!! I also noted that I have not advertised to my family and friends. I hadn't even done any shoots prior to my family comeing to me and asking for a shoot. My first shoot I told my aunt I would do it for free because I'm not professional and she INSISTED on giving me something. Then followed another family asking if I would do photos and offering money. Read the post before this. This forum is a Fing joke!!! Some of you here I belive really do want to help but other are just egotistic bastards!!! I hope your comments give you an fing hard on or it wasn't worht it!! See ya!

Simmer down sugarbritches.
It wasn't a personal attack. It was insight.
If you stick around long enough, you'll thank me later.

Me? Egotistical? You have got to be kidding.
Time for my afternoon mirror break..........see you later.

 

[GnipGnop]

Dirty mind on that one! If only her pictures aroused me in the same way she assumed we get replying to her...

 

[mishele]

Bahhhhahahaha!!! :lmao:

 

[Tee]

Elizabeth- I'm not being snarky when I say this: I recommend looking at your manual to learn how to use single point focus as well as how to use your in-camera metering while in M. Aside from the 1.8 issue, I truly think learning those basic items will help you immensely. Please consider YouTube for tutorials. Subjects like "how to meter in camera" & "single point focus" are there. Lastly, the next time you shoot, challenge yourself to keep all f/stops between 3.2 and f/8.

 

[bentcountershaft]

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

 

[thinkricky]

So you tried f13, f5 and then with f1.8...??? But why ? Why didn't you tried step by step ? You gotta know and understand exposure first. But I gotta say you really got a very good eye... Go on...

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Don't you think they would understand it better by seeing the differences?