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hobby photographer looking for help in making my images stronger Jul 08 05 03:47 am Link Over all I would say nice work. One way you make your images stronger is by removing the duplicates and the shots with blown out spots. Less is always better then more. What I remember now as I write ithis is the severely blown out white... Jul 08 05 07:46 am Link thanks fred, i'll do that. Jul 09 05 02:26 am Link more color would be nice Jul 09 05 05:01 am Link Do you want to be known only as someone that photographs nude females? If that is the market you desire, great. However your portfolio as it stands now is going to scare any many fine atractive models who prefer not to do nude poses. A little variety of styles would be nice. Charlie Jul 09 05 05:18 am Link do you mean more color images or are my images lacking enough color? Jul 10 05 02:13 am Link charlie, i really have no desire to do anything but nudes, i dont get to shoot often (about 4-5 times a year) so i try and make the most of it, i get so frustrated not knowing how to light the image that i have in my mind. i will shoot fashion as a favor to the models who work with me, but its really not worth my time to look for more fashion work. thanks for the insight on the business side of things though, you make a srong point for other photographers out there. Jul 10 05 02:20 am Link Posted by robert christopher: You need more vibrant colors in your images to make them *pop*! Jul 10 05 03:29 am Link I would agree but that is the way I see things. I think Robert likes earth tones and nudes. Good for him. Jul 10 05 03:35 am Link Posted by robert christopher: Stronger in what sense? Jul 10 05 03:36 am Link every once in a while i see an image that just takes my breath away, not sure what it is, apnea has a few (mm#7339), so i guess that i am looking for something that tugs at an emotion, i havent tried to market any of my images yet, not sure that i have really found my style yet. thanks for such an insightful question, it will help me look at my shoots a little differently. i'll try to add some more color at my next shoot, see where it takes me. Jul 10 05 04:09 pm Link I havta agree on the blowen out whites kinda makes me look away so bright! The color shots are real bleedy on a couple.. You got a good Eye.. My advice shoot way more!! Jul 10 05 04:26 pm Link Posted by robert christopher: Try "Lighting the Nude:Top Photography Professionals Share Their Secrets" The amazon.com link is here: Jul 10 05 09:25 pm Link Composition. Work on framing your subject so it appeals on its own without any trick of Photoshop or color. That's what will make your images stand out. Jul 11 05 01:05 am Link will order lighting the nude tonight.(love your sepia of tyler) framing, wow where/what do i ask to help me with this? do you have some simple rules or do you just feel when it is right?(jade yellow wall is wonderful image) Jul 11 05 02:10 am Link Posted by Hugh Jorgen: Jul 11 05 04:09 am Link Posted by Hugh Jorgen: not sure what you mean by bleedy and how i should fix it, i am shooting with hot lights, some old smith victors, and need to shoot at pretty slow speeds. Jul 11 05 04:11 am Link Posted by robert christopher: Any good book on photography or art will have a chapter on the rule of thirds. I have an older book on my shelf called (oddly enough) Photographic Composition by Tom Grill & Mark Scanlon. It's still in print. Flipping through it, I see it has some good advice. Jul 11 05 05:11 am Link The shot "victoria" is quite nice. I'd like to see it without the diffuse glow which makes it hard to look at for any length of time. The nipples are very arresting, and therefore the focal point of the shot: the left one pulls the eye into the picture and the right is nicely profiled against the background. Jul 11 05 05:27 am Link Posted by robert christopher: I'm too lazy to type and think about it. Jul 11 05 09:56 pm Link thanks everyone for such wonderful advice, i admire all of your work, so i will take your advice to heart Jul 12 05 05:19 am Link Posted by brokenhorse: Posted by robert christopher: I'm too lazy to type and think about it. I checked and there's some good info in these few pages. Jul 12 05 05:27 am Link |
