Photography

[SpontaniousSteve]

ChoupaChups

I lot of them are way too dark. And some are a bit too bright. The ones where you got it right are good though. I would try experementing with photoshop if I were you.

And if you dont have it/can't afford it, just download the trial version.

what can i do with the photoshop?

[lost starlight]

Everything xen0m0rph said is valid and I would have said, but she said it first.

Look. If you want to go from taking everyday snapshots to excelling to any degree in photography you should learn to accept critique about your work.

You need to work on your:
Composition
Lighting
Shutterspeed/settings

All of those are extremely important for taking good quality pictures. Any of these look like they could have been taken mindlessly with a throw-away camera.

And "special light" isn't always good. Sometimes you can capture something with some interesting natural light, but you have to learn how to USE it. Get yourself a light meter if you don't have one and maybe a reflector diffuser. You know, one of those big round foil lookin' things? Yeah, they're for helping capture that "special light" (among other things) in good ways.

[SpontaniousSteve]

lost starlight

Everything xen0m0rph said is valid and I would have said, but she said it first.

Look. If you want to go from taking everyday snapshots to excelling to any degree in photography you should learn to accept critique about your work.

You need to work on your:
Composition
Lighting
Shutterspeed/settings

All of those are extremely important for taking good quality pictures. Any of these look like they could have been taken mindlessly with a throw-away camera.

And "special light" isn't always good. Sometimes you can capture something with some interesting natural light, but you have to learn how to USE it. Get yourself a light meter if you don't have one and maybe a reflector diffuser. You know, one of those big round foil lookin' things? Yeah, they're for helping capture that "special light" (among other things) in good ways.

I know about composition just ignored it for the new pictures. I haven't learned about light much except about the light meter, but my camera doesnt have a light meter V_V so i put it on Auto.


yea... im 15... im def not going to buy like 10 other extra things...

[xen0m0rph]

Thanks for backing me up on this, starlight.

Steve, you need to differentiate between effects that look good, and ones that don't look good.
Even though it was your intention to do certain things, in the end, it just might not turn out to look so good.
You have a lot more to learn before trying different tricks with light.

And even though almost everyone will recommend an SLR camera, a point and shoot is not a valid excuse for bad photos.
They are still good quality cameras and most of them come with at least some manipulable settings (mind you, not as much as an SLR in terms of aperture and shutter speed and such).

But, regardless of what you use, COMPOSITION is key. You can be using a cellphone camera, but still show that you have a good handle of composition.

In this case, I can't say you do. But that's not to discourage you. You just need to practice and work on it.
Look at works of famous photographers. Google them. Look around deviantart and Flickr at professionals' works.
Look up exercises to help you work on composition.

[SpontaniousSteve]

xen0m0rph

Thanks for backing me up on this, starlight.

Steve, you need to differentiate between effects that look good, and ones that don't look good.
Even though it was your intention to do certain things, in the end, it just might not turn out to look so good.
You have a lot more to learn before trying different tricks with light.

And even though almost everyone will recommend an SLR camera, a point and shoot is not a valid excuse for bad photos.
They are still good quality cameras and most of them come with at least some manipulable settings (mind you, not as much as an SLR in terms of aperture and shutter speed and such).

But, regardless of what you use, COMPOSITION is key. You can be using a cellphone camera, but still show that you have a good handle of composition.

In this case, I can't say you do. But that's not to discourage you. You just need to practice and work on it.
Look at works of famous photographers. Google them. Look around deviantart and Flickr at professionals' works.
Look up exercises to help you work on composition.

For composition tell me about the two new pictures I put up. One is slightly blurry xD Im an alcoholic . (JK)

Oh ok ^_^. I'll look for the exercises. My friend is a famous photographer xD. Mykwain.

[SpontaniousSteve]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14996338@N03/3538972385/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14996338@N03/3538971179/in/photostream/

[xen0m0rph]

They're actually both kind of blurry.
For the Kitchen Hang, again, composition. I don't get what the white bar with the flowers and the blue...leaves?...are supposed to be. For something like this, you'll want to get in on a different angle. Don't just take pictures straight on. Experiment with it. Get up close to the subject and explore different angles to shoot from.
Don't just keep your distance. A camera enables you to get closer.

As for Odd Symmetry, the composition is crooked. I understand you wanted it to be symmetrical at the candle holder....it's not. You need a tripod or brighter lighting. Especially with a point and shoot.

[SpontaniousSteve]

Xeno. I played with the lighting ^_^ My camera doesn't say shutternumber but i did it in this order according to the wheel. (Auto, P, S, A, M)(May you tell me what those letters mean?) thats what it says on the wheel....

[xen0m0rph]

Bracketing's a good start.
Yea, point and shoots don't let you change shutter speed as manually as SLRs.
Umm...the letters are different for each camera. You'll have to look at your manual.

And your compositions still need work.

Concentrate on composition FIRST.

[Bhaskara]

→→→→→→you blame your amateur work on a 'nonprofessional' camera. if that's how your're going to look at it than you will never advance. a photographer can take a beautiful photograph using a disposable point-and-shoot.

[SpontaniousSteve]

Bhaskara

→→→→→→you blame your amateur work on a 'nonprofessional' camera. if that's how your're going to look at it than you will never advance. a photographer can take a beautiful photograph using a disposable point-and-shoot.

i did mean it to come out that way xD The other stuff before Tree was snapshots I thought looked nice.

[Miri-love]

Better lightning, better composition. Keep working!

[Miri-love]

P.S. Why the HELL would you "ignore composition" in any shot? What is the point?

Please check your attitude at the door, or you will never improve. When people tell you what you're doing wrong, it's to help you. If you never know where your weaknesses lie, you will never know how to improve. Please, be gracious. Even top-notch photographers start somewhere and had to learn the basics.

[xen0m0rph]

Miri-love

P.S. Why the HELL would you "ignore composition" in any shot? What is the point?

I agree with that.

Before you try to learn anything else, get a GOOD handle on composition. After a while, it will start to come quite naturally.

[SpontaniousSteve]

xen0m0rph

Miri-love

P.S. Why the HELL would you "ignore composition" in any shot? What is the point?

I agree with that.

Before you try to learn anything else, get a GOOD handle on composition. After a while, it will start to come quite naturally.

At the time of the old pictures I didn't learn composition at all of any type. . I don't want to become a professional photographer. I just want to learn. I think I might stick to art studio xD Photography seems too blockish. In art studio you can draw a cow with 20 legs, that is green and a sky that is brown and no one cares. I do a frontal picture of something and it's completely terrible and wrong. I was talking to a professional photographer who does photographry for models of Tyra Banks and he said for the most part my pictures were really nice for amateur and that I can learn more. He also told me to try to replicate another artist's work.