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with comments from Philip Grosset "Started photography about a year ago and have started a course.These are my first go at studio work. Thanks." (Deb Turner) |
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| I like the dramatic lighting, set off by the black background, but your subject's hand and arm are too near the camera so look distorted (were you using a wide angle lens?). The hand also blocks out his mouth and chin. It would be better, too, if the eyes were central so that there was more space for him to look into. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| This time, it's the girl's nose that looks too emphasised, probably because you were looking down on her from above. It's usually much more flattering to look up at your subject from slightly below. It's often better too to have the eyes a third of the way down the picture (rather than half way down it), as I've done on the right. |
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| It's an interesting idea to try to photograph Dickens' characters, but we'd have seen more of the man on the left if he'd been looking, say, half way between his present position and the camera. Aim to get the eyes sharply in focus. Here the front of his hat is sharper than his face. The boy's positioning is much more pleasing, although I don't think the dirt on his face looks any too convincing! But it's a much better composed shot, even if the focus on his face is a bit soft. Studio photography isn't simple - but you've certainly made an ambitious and interesting start! Reply from Deb Turner: "Thanks for your thoughts on my images." "I have been reading with interest your many tips and ideas for photograghy and after buying a Pentax mz-50 have come to the stage off needing comment on how to improve this photo I have tried many diffent camera setting and hope you can advize me on my mistakes. Thank you." (Elaine Wilson) |
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| I think this is quite an attractive photo. My main query is the slightly soft focus. Did you use the Landscape Mode setting? If so, I'd have expected it all to come out a bit sharper. It looks almost as though you may have used Portrait Mode or some other inappropriate setting. But it's nicely composed, and gives a good idea of the place. "I live in Brampton Ontario Canada. I took the following picture last spring and then edited it in photoshop to smear the out of focus images of tree branches against the sky. The title of the photo is "It's In Out Nature". The second photo is one I took at the Tropicana Night Club in Cuba. I put my camera on a mini tripod on the table and set it silhouette the dancers. It is called "Red Haze"." (David Cale) |
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| I'm afraid I can't quite see the point of this photo. Perhaps this is because it doesn't really show anything sufficiently clearly. Sorry! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Your photo on the left has come out quite well in the circumstances, but the dancers seem to be dropping out of the picture. This effect might be lessened if you concentrated on some of them, as I have tried to do on the right. Both versions certainly look arresting! | ||||||||||||||||||||
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