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Another newbie looking for C&C please

  • 05-02-2008 9:28pm
    #1
    ainenic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭


    Hi all. I'm new to photography, been lurking for months reading all the posts and am really envious of you all. I took this pic in Seapoint on Christmas Day and would love to hear what you think of it. Put it on pix.ie because I couldn't figure out how to upload it to boards.ie. Many thanks

    http://pix.ie/ainenic/photos


Comments

  • #2
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    Hi Aine. Welcome to the forum.

    One thing comes to mind when i look at your photo - brrrrrr.....brrrrrr....brrrrrrr... :D

    I think composition wise you may have been better if you switched it into portrait (long rather than wide). I mean that in the top 1/3 of the image there is nothing of note happening and the detail just distracts from the subject that you are trying to isolate.

    One of the general guides when photographing people is to not crop at the limb (hands, elbows, knees, feet). It tends to work far better when you don't. Having said that - as you learn and your skills increase you will find opportunities to creatively ignore such a guide (and many others).

    So if you had the chance to redo it again, i'd suggest turn the camera on its side to achieve portrait mode, and try get the full subject into the frame. If its not possible to fit the subject fully into the take, then try not to chop directly at a limb of the individual.

    I hope this is helpful to you. Its only an opinion and sometimes only pay a little attention to what you'll see here - knowing what you want will be all important in taking advice of others.

    Best wishes.

    EDIT: To include you pic rather than posting a link use the IMG tags which you can insert through the insert picture button in advanced editor (click go advanced)


  • #3
    ainenic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭ainenic


    AnCat Dubh, thanks very much for that comment. Very thoughtful and spot on. Its funny - I'd read the bit about not chopping limbs and didn't realise I had done it myself until you said it.


  • #4
    ShakeyBlakey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭ShakeyBlakey


    i think if u crop it like this it tells a story without the distractions in the background, its a good pic !!



    ainqp2.jpg


  • #5
    ainenic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭ainenic


    Hi ShakeyBlakey. thanks for doing that for me. It looks much better. I must start remembering that I can change pics with a bit of cropping etc:)


  • #6
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    ainenic wrote: »
    Hi ShakeyBlakey. thanks for doing that for me. It looks much better. I must start remembering that I can change pics with a bit of cropping etc:)

    Try to see the photo before taking it though. Place the subject where you want it in the frame, don't rely on cropping afterwards - you're just going to loose photoquality and get into a bad habit.
    Your main mistake in that photo is putting the man's head in the very center of the shot.
    While this might be an important part of a person, it's not the most important part of the photograph.
    Did you take any others on the day?


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  • #7
    ainenic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭ainenic


    Hi Oriel. Thanks for your comment, which I appreciate, and sorry for not replying. Have been really busy. Yes, I took a few, 1 or 2 of which I like but I'm not a good judge yet. Got a whole sequence of my swimmer friend (whoever he is) but nothing interesting:)


  • #8
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Well, don't be afraid to go take some more, and get'em up here :)


  • #9
    ainenic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭ainenic


    Hi Fajitas. Don't be afraid, you say! I'm positively petrified. Tell me please, what age group do you have on your meets. I'm in my 50s and wonder what the age mix is. thanks


  • #10
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Everything from young'uns to 50's, don't worry, we won't judge!

    The best way to get to know what you want from your camera is to keep on taking shots, even about your house - Just go for it!


  • #11
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,185 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Fajitas! wrote: »

    The best way to get to know what you want from your camera is to keep on taking shots, even about your house - Just go for it!

    I also found it to be a great help to look at loads of photographs, find some you like, bookmark them and try to figure out why they work for you.
    Once you know what you like, you can head out and try to get some of your own, don't worry too much about the technicalities, if you make a mistake its not the end of the world.

    As Fajitas says you learn by going out and shooting, keep at it, its a steep learning curve at the start, but perseverance will get you there in the end.


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