Photography

[PhillyB]

good stuff sports talk. i've always hated centered-subject photography. positioning is an art form and it's what makes photography fun for me.

[charlotte49er]

The photo with Jenni and the dog. It MIGHT have looked better if she was in front of the fence. The fence is rather distracting to her and the dog. Or maybe better yet, of she was sitting on the fence and the dog had his paws on the top of the fence looking at her. Professional photographers will take rolls and rolls of shots and look for the best one.

Have you ever seen a movie/TV show of a photographer working with models? They Will say, now smile, hold it, OK give me flirty, give me pouty, give me a look like you don't give a D***. on and on and on. Then they pick the best/favorite ones to put into magazines, ads, etc.

I throw away probably twice as many shots as I keep. That includes digital now.

Tell him don't be afraid to back up on his photos. The shots of the dog/dogs herding (Tell him that there is no "a' in herding) he could stand to have backed up the shot and show more back ground rather than just concentrating on the action. He can always crop out later, but the back ground that he didn't show looked good from what I could see.

Kind of refer to the girl in the pool.

The Dog with it's tongue hanging out, might look better as a close up of the dog's face with his tongue hanging out. Again, cropping can make a BIG difference.

[natty]

I thought the rule of 3rds was to not put subjects in the center.

[TheSaint]

poo i probably "keep" 1 in 100 now with digital.

im going through pics i took sunday and they all suck for some reason. cant even make them good with Lightroom, found maybe two.

[charlotte49er]

good stuff sports talk. I've always hated centered-subject photography. positioning is an art form and it's what makes photography fun for me.

Every photography course I have ever taken, has always taught that. "Your subject should be centered all at times." That is such BS! You've seen one blade of grass or piece of dirt, you've seen them all!

Let me see if I can find a few more examples.

In Scan57, it was more interesting to put the train in top portion of the shot, as what was below it was more interesting.

In the case of my shot of the Viper, I used a 28mm wide angle to get it's "smile". I took this shot sitting on the ground with the wide angle so it would turn out the way I wanted it to.

With the C-130, who wants to see the tarmac?

But with the English WWII command car, it looked better framed. The photo might have stood to go up, just a touch looking at it now.

[natty]

I don't know anything about photography, but it seems you were taught the rule of thirds wrong(I only know it from web design).

The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.

http://www.google.com/images?q=rule+of+3rds&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=tinTTKf9EcK88gbZg-CRAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQsAQwAg&biw=1440&bih=787

[charlotte49er]

Let me see if I can show any of my portrait work. (Most I can't because the models are in various stages of dress, or undress.)

In scan 305 & 319, here is basically the same shot, just minute change. You have to decide which looks better between the two.

With scan 890, tell your Brother, don't be afraid to use props. What about a partially nude girl with a big pumpkin in her lap?

I can't get the photos of what I thought would be perfect for the Arts & Science counsel to use.

[charlotte49er]

Charlotte Arts Counsel always puts out posters during their fund drive. I thought that these pics would be a good way at attracting donations. (I could get only one to load.) The counsel didn't think so.

(I will delete the post if the Mods think it's too revealing.)

[charlotte49er]

I don't know anything about photography, but it seems you were taught the rule of thirds wrong(I only know it from web design).

http://www.google.com/images?q=rule+of+3rds&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=tinTTKf9EcK88gbZg-CRAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQsAQwAg&biw=1440&bih=787

Could be. I like your explanation much better!

[charlotte49er]

I have a few more, if I can fine them, then I will shut up. (Yeah!)

Here's an example of just shooting and shooting. I shot endless rolls of B & W film on her. These were shot with a Medium Format Mamiya 120 film. My partner reloaded the camera as I was done with it and I would switch to my other Mamiya. We kept this tag team up for about a dozen rolls. (144+/- shots)

[Zod]

It's awesome you are so proud and supportive of your bro, JOAT. Didn't I meet him at camp?

Anyways, tell him to keep plugging away. Its a craft that takes plenty of dedication and self determination to develop.

[Happy Panther]

good thread.

Once i learned about negative space it helped me understand photography so much better.

Zod is the pro

[Zod]

I don't know anything about photography, but it seems you were taught the rule of thirds wrong(I only know it from web design).

http://www.google.com/images?q=rule+of+3rds&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=tinTTKf9EcK88gbZg-CRAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQsAQwAg&biw=1440&bih=787

Many of the compositional techniques in photography are the exact same as any other 2d art form. Some photographers would benefit greatly from just taking a humanities or art history course.

[Matt Foley]

Zod, do they tell you in photography school that photography was invented for men to stare at boobs?