welcome to the forum.. you'll get lots of helpful hints from these guys. Many people are away from their computers right now in in Yosemite (dgrin Yosemite shoot out) so it might be a few days before you get a lot of feedback. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.
The photos I think are cute, and I don't see a big problem with the composition. What I am noticing is that they look 'grainy'. I have a feeling that you are using the digital zoom feature of your camera. Turn that feature off and you will have sharper images.
What's your goal with your photos? Are you interested in progressing with your composition skills? Are you just wanting to show cute snaps of your kids (and your kids are cute)?
If it's just to share your kids...you've suceeded splendidly.
Here's a few compositional tips.
In your first photo, the "movement" of the photo is out of the photo. The older child is on the verge of moving out of the frame, and their eyes are looking out of the frame.
Imagine if that child were flipped and was running into the picture, towards the smaller child. Then your eyes would move into the picture and from the oldest to the youngest and would feel more cohesive.
On your second photo
1. You missed focus. It can be difficult keeping focus on a child running toward you.
2. It helps if you shoot children from a lower vantage point so you can see them "eye to eye"
Hopefully these "critique's" will encourage you in your photography. You have lovely kids who'll give you lots of opportunities to practice.
Here's a photo I'm not all that fond of, but it shows the principle I was trying to explain. See how the girl has plenty of room to the right, where she is "looking".
If the composition had her close to the right, with her looking to the right, it wouldn't work.
What I do like about your photos, and this one, is the capturing of kids doing what kids do. Verses the "look at the camera and say cheese" shots. There's a place for those photos as well, but i've moved away from them.
No. I Know about the digital zoom and both of the shots were not taked with the digital zoom both of them were toched up in adobe photoshop cs2 might have over toched them thanks for the advice
The photos I think are cute, and I don't see a big problem with the composition. What I am noticing is that they look 'grainy'. I have a feeling that you are using the digital zoom feature of your camera. Turn that
feature off and you will have sharper images.
Thanks for the advice i wnat to mabye some day go pro i am working on buying my first slr but money is tight thanks for the advice agean and i will be posting more pics up here to thanks
What's your goal with your photos? Are you interested in progressing with your composition skills? Are you just wanting to show cute snaps of your kids (and your kids are cute)?
If it's just to share your kids...you've suceeded splendidly.
Here's a few compositional tips.
In your first photo, the "movement" of the photo is out of the photo. The older child is on the verge of moving out of the frame, and their eyes are looking out of the frame.
Imagine if that child were flipped and was running into the picture, towards the smaller child. Then your eyes would move into the picture and from the oldest to the youngest and would feel more cohesive.
On your second photo
1. You missed focus. It can be difficult keeping focus on a child running toward you.
2. It helps if you shoot children from a lower vantage point so you can see them "eye to eye"
Hopefully these "critique's" will encourage you in your photography. You have lovely kids who'll give you lots of opportunities to practice.
Here's a photo I'm not all that fond of, but it shows the principle I was trying to explain. See how the girl has plenty of room to the right, where she is "looking".
If the composition had her close to the right, with her looking to the right, it wouldn't work.
What I do like about your photos, and this one, is the capturing of kids doing what kids do. Verses the "look at the camera and say cheese" shots. There's a place for those photos as well, but i've moved away from them.
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welcome to the forum.. you'll get lots of helpful hints from these guys. Many people are away from their computers right now in in Yosemite (dgrin Yosemite shoot out) so it might be a few days before you get a lot of feedback. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.
What's your goal with your photos? Are you interested in progressing with your composition skills? Are you just wanting to show cute snaps of your kids (and your kids are cute)?
If it's just to share your kids...you've suceeded splendidly.
Here's a few compositional tips.
In your first photo, the "movement" of the photo is out of the photo. The older child is on the verge of moving out of the frame, and their eyes are looking out of the frame.
Imagine if that child were flipped and was running into the picture, towards the smaller child. Then your eyes would move into the picture and from the oldest to the youngest and would feel more cohesive.
On your second photo
1. You missed focus. It can be difficult keeping focus on a child running toward you.
2. It helps if you shoot children from a lower vantage point so you can see them "eye to eye"
Hopefully these "critique's" will encourage you in your photography. You have lovely kids who'll give you lots of opportunities to practice.
Here's a photo I'm not all that fond of, but it shows the principle I was trying to explain. See how the girl has plenty of room to the right, where she is "looking".
If the composition had her close to the right, with her looking to the right, it wouldn't work.
What I do like about your photos, and this one, is the capturing of kids doing what kids do. Verses the "look at the camera and say cheese" shots. There's a place for those photos as well, but i've moved away from them.
Lee