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Steve Wylie wrote:
I would recommend that you diagnose this photo yourself. Look critically at what works for you and what doesn't. Here's what I would look at: do you like the color? Does it look accurate and natural? Do you like the location and depth of the shadows? (These are the topics referenced immediately above.) How would you change/affect these things? Do you like the depth of field in this shot (what's in focus vs. out of focus areas)? Do you like the expression? (I do.)
My point is this: to improve your (our) photography, it's really important to be able to critically evaluate our own work, to look closely at what we've done in the image-creation process, and to see what choices we can make, whether technique or equipment, to make the images we want to make. Asking for comments is certainly helpful, but critical self-evaluation is the truest path to learning and growing as a photographer. So, for example, if you were to say, "I really think this is photo is too warm," or "the shadows around his mouth are too dark; how can I improve there?" you would then know what you need and others can be more helpful as well.
I hope this is helpful to you; it's offered sincerely....Show more →
Thank you very much for the genuine response.
You are the first one to tell me that I should critic my own photo. I haven't really thought about it. Thanks for reminding me.
Actually, I do have a question though, since the photo was shot indoor at night with just regular lighting, some shadows are pretty dark, but some highlights are really bright, if I reveal more shadows, then the highlights will be too bright. I don't really what to do in this scenario.
And I do agree with you. Now I see it's too warm, is this a WB thing?
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