Me and my BF :]

These are some pictures I took and edited today. The ones that I'm in I just held the camera out to take them. These weren't really planned, I just happened to have my camera with me, so some of them are pretty amateur looking. ;P

Here's a few that I liked how they turned out..

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#1 is the best of the 3 I think. #2 would benefit more from you possibly turned facing each other and with your eyes meeting I believe. Not bad though, keep posting.

Thorrulz wrote in post #11871396
#1 is the best of the 3 I think. #2 would benefit more from you possibly turned facing each other and with your eyes meeting I believe. Not bad though, keep posting.

Thanks! Yeah I have no idea what I was looking at in the 2nd..I think I saw something cool that I wanted to take a pictures of haha

I like them

Would love to see some more from the set

RichardA wrote in post #11878917
I like them

Would love to see some more from the set

Thanks! I'll try to add some more tonight!

Added 4 more! Some of them are very experimental :P

#6 is very good, I like the composition and is especially well done for my taste anyway. #7 would be perfect except for the cap. Lose the cap and maybe the best shot of all. Overall you did quite well setting the theme for your series of photo's.

These are cool and everything, and when I say this, I don't mean to be harsh...

but buy a tripod please. IMO, I HATE when kids hold a camera out and shooting themselves. It's so myspace-y looking. That's just my opinion though. They are great pics none the less, I just hate that one thing -______-

Andrew.Zerick wrote in post #11884038
These are cool and everything, and when I say this, I don't mean to be harsh...

but buy a tripod please. IMO, I HATE when kids hold a camera out and shooting themselves. It's so myspace-y looking. That's just my opinion though. They are great pics none the less, I just hate that one thing -______-

Haha sorry..:p I tried to make it so that you almost couldn't tell I was doing that in the ones I'm in.
It wasn't really a planned thing though, he just took me to this place and I happened to have my camera with me so I took these pictures. I'll look into a tripod though, for your sake.

Looks like you guys had a fun time. Don't apologize because someone hates something you do or did. Whatever it takes to get the shot counts. Have him chip in if he wants you to have a tripod.

Haha it's no biggie. I couldn't tell at first, its all good You really did do a good set, don't mind my hating

and macro, I want a 5d mk ii... chip in? it wasn't so much hating on her, just saying it looks like a myspace pic when done that way. I was just saying it'd look a lot better with a tripod. Her excuse is valid, just merely telling her it's wise to invest in one

I'll chip in 100.00 bucks man, if I can use it for 6 months

If I may make some general commentary on the photos, and on the discussion that followed...

First of all, I agree with Andrew.Zerick's general disdain for the "hold-out-the-camera" self-portrait. Of course, it had to be done that way due to the limitations of ImSarah's conditions under which these pictures were taken. They're snapshots, and taken without a tripod, and as such, they look like snapshots. And they're good snapshots, but still snapshots nonetheless.

My next opinion (and it should be regarded as an opinion) is that you should probably drop the cross-processing and trying to create a "feel" or "look" in post-processing until you've developed a feel/look with your photography. Photography is a difficult and complex art form, and I think you'd do best to learn the elements one at a time.

Next thing is, I noticed that these crops are very non-standard. (Some are closed to being square, etc.) Undoubtedly, the crops were made in order to exclude some things that you maybe didn't want in the picture (like your own arm.) This kind of cropping ends up being fine for online (ie facebook) purposes, but really is challenging when you try to create prints.

In the end, Sarah, you've got some good looking snapshots here. I think that the criticism is constructive, and it was placed here because you've posted them on a photography forum, and commentary will be focused on the photographic aspects, and therein lies the difference. You could post a picture of a cyclops on PotN, and we'd all comment about how you missed the focus on the eye, rather than what was in the picture.

Facebook: "Sarah! These pictures are great and you two look so cute! <3 "

PotN: "The white balance, crop, composition, tilt, (etc, etc) are all wrong. This is what you should buy and this is what you should do to fix it."

Take it with a grain of salt - if you're happy with snapshots then you've done a GREAT job. If you want to keep your photography growing, then keep posting pictures and people will keep giving you tips on how to improve your art. Whatever you do, keep taking pictures.

DocMike wrote in post #11887476
If I may make some general commentary on the photos, and on the discussion that followed...

First of all, I agree with Andrew.Zerick's general disdain for the "hold-out-the-camera" self-portrait. Of course, it had to be done that way due to the limitations of ImSarah's conditions under which these pictures were taken. They're snapshots, and taken without a tripod, and as such, they look like snapshots. And they're good snapshots, but still snapshots nonetheless.

My next opinion (and it should be regarded as an opinion) is that you should probably drop the cross-processing and trying to create a "feel" or "look" in post-processing until you've developed a feel/look with your photography. Photography is a difficult and complex art form, and I think you'd do best to learn the elements one at a time.

Next thing is, I noticed that these crops are very non-standard. (Some are closed to being square, etc.) Undoubtedly, the crops were made in order to exclude some things that you maybe didn't want in the picture (like your own arm.) This kind of cropping ends up being fine for online (ie facebook) purposes, but really is challenging when you try to create prints.

In the end, Sarah, you've got some good looking snapshots here. I think that the criticism is constructive, and it was placed here because you've posted them on a photography forum, and commentary will be focused on the photographic aspects, and therein lies the difference. You could post a picture of a cyclops on PotN, and we'd all comment about how you missed the focus on the eye, rather than what was in the picture.

Facebook: "Sarah! These pictures are great and you two look so cute! <3 "

PotN: "The white balance, crop, composition, tilt, (etc, etc) are all wrong. This is what you should buy and this is what you should do to fix it."

Take it with a grain of salt - if you're happy with snapshots then you've done a GREAT job. If you want to keep your photography growing, then keep posting pictures and people will keep giving you tips on how to improve your art. Whatever you do, keep taking pictures.

Thanks for the comments! I guess i shouldn't have posted these here then since this wasn't a "set project" or photoshoot I had planned..just some quick pictures I edited and posted. I'll make sure I only post my serious stuff next time..

ImSarah wrote in post #11887560
Thanks for the comments! I guess i shouldn't have posted these here then since this wasn't a "set project" or photoshoot I had planned..just some quick pictures I edited and posted. I'll make sure I only post my serious stuff next time..

Hahahah, that's not what I meant at all! Definitely keep shooting in any way that YOU like, and that suits YOU well. But you'll definitely get comments based on the situation.