School assignment need help

SandyG

Hello all,

My beginner photography class requires I take, process and develop the following subjects. Portrait ( outdoor), building (entire building), human interest ( tells a story), action, close-up,indoor, self portrait & student choice. I'm having trouble choosing which photos to turn in for some of the assignments. Below are a few I still need to develop in class and make any changes that need to be made. Can you all take a look at them and tell me if any pics below have potential. I also forgot to mention we are required to use 400 ISO film.

p.s. can someone tell me how to post more than one pic at a time. I have several...

~ Sandy

gmonkeh

Well the pic above, could have worked better if you underexposed it a little. And looks like the focus is a little off, but that might just be the B+W conversion. I suggest a high contrast B+W for that one. If you have the original would you mind posting it I wouldn't mind showing you some post processing tips.

Lex

SandyG wrote:

Hello all,

My beginner photography class requires I take, process and develop the following subjects. Portrait ( outdoor), building (entire building), human interest ( tells a story), action, close-up,indoor, self portrait & student choice. I'm having trouble choosing which photos to turn in for some of the assignments. Below are a few I still need to develop in class and make any changes that need to be made. Can you all take a look at them and tell me if any pics below have potential. I also forgot to mention we are required to use 400 ISO film.

p.s. can someone tell me how to post more than one pic at a time. I have several...

~ Sandy

saurora

Sandy, unless you have a Smugmug account, I don't think you can post more than one at a time. Take your time...this thread won't go away!

Rhuarc

You can post more than one without a smugmug account, but you have to have the pictures hosted somewhere (like smugmug! ) and then use the images tag to add the image links into the post. The post will then grab the pictures from the link and display them.

Photog

I work in a medium (TV) where I don't have the luxury to crop after the shot so what's in the frame is what airs...so I have to nail composition, which means I tend to urge folks to take another second to look before they fire off a frame. This may run contrary to what you are being taught so take it with a grain of salt and I'll defer to your instructors.

What you might want to try doing is after you've composed your shot is look alllllll the way around the frame, since people tend to "bullseye" composition when they start out and then fall back on "I'll crop later". If you rocked even slightly from side-to-side (literally shifting from one foot to another) before hitting the shutter to check out what happens at the edges of your frame, you might see the lamp post move to a less obtrusive area. Of all the tools in your toolkit sometimes your feet are the best.

I concur that a bit more contrast would help, though the original exposure and processing may need to be addressed first. Don't stress it...this is all about learning and it's all good.

Welcome aboard. I look forward to seeing how you look at the world!