Griffew, Lee, Chuck and Dave... thank you for you comments... maybe i shouldn't start by saying feeling inferior then i start to feel i get pity votes.. oh well.. nvm me... anyway... i'm working on her birthday set that i would love to get your inputs from when i'm done with them
Chuck... i agree with you... but to tell you the truth, if i dont compare myself to you guys, then i'll be stagnant... you personally is the one that inspired me with the fpj idea about a year or so ago... and i tried to keep developing my skills in this area... i understand that these images are somewhat random and there's no story in these... i tried to avoid posting while developing my technical skills... now i'm quite pleased with the technicals skill i'm at but i'm seriously finding lacking in the vision department... hence why i want to post more now to get feedback from great fpj-ers here...
a little back story on each:
#1 actually she isn't sad, she just look that way some times... she's actually the one that wants to get her picture taken and told me to go up the stairs... after she hear the shutter click, she's all smiley and tell me to go show it to her... but no matter how many times i told her to smile before the click, she'll just freeze with that gaze up at me..
#2 you got me thinking... i think i'm going to borrow your concept i did shoot her mommy from behind as a test shot, but the result isn't good at all... so i ditch that idea before it even started, but you made some great points here... her size is the contrast that can create that photo to work..
#3
that's just a snap... but i rarely got her smiling like that before it just makes me smile to see it...
#4
agree that i need to remember to do a wide shot...
#5 thank you... i actually am happy that she threw all those things on the floor and tried to hide from me when i told her not to do that..
anyway... thank you so much for the cc, and i would obviously like to see more examples as well...
tyasa81 wrote:
Griffew, Lee, Chuck and Dave... thank you for you comments... maybe i shouldn't start by saying feeling inferior then i start to feel i get pity votes.. oh well.. nvm me... anyway... i'm working on her birthday set that i would love to get your inputs from when i'm done with them
Chuck... i agree with you... but to tell you the truth, if i dont compare myself to you guys, then i'll be stagnant... you personally is the one that inspired me with the fpj idea about a year or so ago... and i tried to keep developing my skills in this area... i understand that these images are somewhat random and there's no story in these... i tried to avoid posting while developing my technical skills... now i'm quite pleased with the technicals skill i'm at but i'm seriously finding lacking in the vision department... hence why i want to post more now to get feedback from great fpj-ers here...
a little back story on each:
#1 actually she isn't sad, she just look that way some times... she's actually the one that wants to get her picture taken and told me to go up the stairs... after she hear the shutter click, she's all smiley and tell me to go show it to her... but no matter how many times i told her to smile before the click, she'll just freeze with that gaze up at me..
#2 you got me thinking... i think i'm going to borrow your concept i did shoot her mommy from behind as a test shot, but the result isn't good at all... so i ditch that idea before it even started, but you made some great points here... her size is the contrast that can create that photo to work..
#3
that's just a snap... but i rarely got her smiling like that before it just makes me smile to see it...
#4
agree that i need to remember to do a wide shot...
#5 thank you... i actually am happy that she threw all those things on the floor and tried to hide from me when i told her not to do that..
anyway... thank you so much for the cc, and i would obviously like to see more examples as well... ...Show more →
thanks for the kind words! i can appreciate where you are coming from. i'm glad you responded in detail. it gave me some insight into how you approach your subjects. photography for me isnt something that i drag out and do...it has become part of my life and now part of my children's life. so i never get 'dad, put the camera away' from them because i very very rarely (almost never) ask them to smile, or stop doing what they are doing. my advice would be to just interact with your daughter as you would, naturally, without the camera. just fold it into whatever you would normally do with her.
also, its not a huge deal that the photos that you posted are random. for me, an individual photo should tell a story. you'll see that the images i post below are random, but i hope they convey a story of sorts.
for #1, I wasnt suggesting that she should be smiling. many many many of my shots do not reflect happy times! i was simply posing the question 'why is she expressing an emotion?' that will add another dimension to your photography and help with your story telling. above perspectives are often my favorite ways to shoot and gives me an opportunity to 'tell a story':
thank you for the in depth crit and example... i love your wide shots... #1 is especially 'wow'... i have no idea when i would get the eye to see such wide shots yet... right now i'm still in the minimize clutter stage...
strangely... your last shot, shows such an authentic house... there's stuff everywhere... but somehow it doesn't seem to distract... how does that happened? you seem to be able to balance the size of the people in that last pic well... the 2 boys watching horror film i imagine given their expression... the mom at the back folding laundry... the tree that doesn't dominate the pic more than it should... is there a process to this man? is it even learn-able?
anyway thanx again man... for spending the time explaining this... i really appreciate it
oh well.. nvm me... anyway... i'm working on her birthday set that i would love to get your inputs from when i'm done with them
i did shoot her mommy from behind as a test shot, but the result isn't good at all... so i ditch that idea before it even started, but you made some great points here... her size is the contrast that can create that photo to work..