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with comments from Philip Grosset "Hi. I have been perusing your web site for the last hour or so and am very impressed. Thank you for this service. I love photography, I could pour over coffee-table books and such for hours. I would like to gain some skills in the area of my own photography. I can see a moment photogenically, but somehow my output doesn’t often cut it. I know my knowledge of aperture and focal length requirements is weak. I am mailing two photos now for criticism and tips and will mail 2 more after I return from Kenya. These are two that I feel aren’t bad. I love child-photography and was trying to capture a bit of the personality of these children. They are two children I had the privilege of getting to know while I was volunteering in Kyrgyzstan. In the photo of the girl the door itself is actually crooked (as opposed to me tilting the camera….which I sometimes do.) I’m not sure how much that distracts from the photo. I appreciate any advice you can give. I am from B.C. Canada Thank you." (Denise Faccini) |
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| Your photo on the left is under exposed, so on the right I've lightened it up. This brings out the dramatic lighting which is quite effective. This makes a fine bold close-up. |
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| I think your photo on the left works well and the crooked door helps set the scene. On the right, I've tried reversing the picture and coming in a fraction closer. This allows me to leave slightly more space for her to look into and adds further emphasis to the door so making the background appear even more run-down. It looks as though you are building up a really interesting set of pictures. Reply from Denise Faccini: "Thank you so much for your quick response. I will be trying to find some resources to help me learn how to get more accurate exposure. The photo of the boy was greatly improved once you corrected this. It took me a while to get used to the flipped photo of Jenna as I am so familiar with the way it was....however I do believe that the way you have it now does draw you into her gaze even more. I will keep your advice on positioning of eyes and gaze direction in mind as I continue to take photos. I am looking forward to picking out 2 photos more from my up-coming Kenya trip for you to comment on. I appreciate the contributions you are making for us amature but enthusiastic shutterbugs." |
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| "I'm from Missouri, and everyone here has pictures taken their senior year. The pictures are usually taken by a professional, and cost loads of money. My sister just bought a Canon EOS Rebel 2000, and convinced me to at least let her try taking my Senior pics. Surprisingly some of them turned out excellent. We are going to retake them in hopes of finding some worth keeping. Give us some hints on how we can correct these pictures. My sister also enjoys taking floral pictures, and I thought this was one of her best, but hopefully you can give her some advice on how to help her up close pictures. Thanks much." (Joni Lee) |
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| You've got some effective photos here, but the one on the left might be made more interesting by moving you away from the middle of the picture, and coming in a little closer, as I have done on the right. |
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| If you're going to go in for back-lighting as on the left, you really need to use either fill-in flash or some form of reflector, or you will underexpose the face, which is what has happened on the left here. On the right, I've lightened up the face and, to make it more of a picture of you, I've moved in much closer,and once again moved you away from being right in the middle of the picture. |
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| The same things have happened in your photo on the left. On the right, I've reduced the shadow on your face, come in closer and moved you slightly to one side. |
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| Flower pictures really need color to look their most attractive. The one on the left looks oddly composed because the upper halves of the two top flowers have been cut off. Also, it's not quite in focus. On the right, I've tried sharpening it up, and moved in closer, but it might be an idea to include just a little bit of the stalk below it so that we can recognise immediately what it is. | |||||||||||||||||||
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