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How can I progress in my photography and decide what kind of photographer I should be? |
Please visit my link at http://community.webshots.com/user/wilky... Basically my problem is this: I am taking color and digital photography this spring semester and am halfway through the program. Looking over my pictures, I don't believe I am progressing as much as I would like to, and I don't have a clear area as to what I should focus on. I am not even sure what kind of photographer I should be now. I thought weddings but now I am not sure. Please look at my album on webshots and provide your opinion of what you like or what you think I should focus on (please be nice). The black and white photos are from the fall semester (intermediate black and white photography), and the color ones are just digital photos from before I started school. Thanks for your input! With your question,you're bringing me back some 35 years... When I had the same,very,problem. I did a lot of "random style photos" for a while,looking for what I was looking for. From one day to another,I found myself,thinking in what kind of photografy I was interested to do. In my case,I chosed : reportage(animals,insect,lands... I started perfectioning my technics on those issues.I made mistakes.I made something good. Most important,I put my heart in my images(Whatever it means),and,at the end I realized that the images that I" had suffered "more,were the best.The ones that showed what I wanted,the ones that people liked,despite some little mistakes in the technics. Therefore,I can suggest to you : -To improve your technical skills at first. -Thinking well about the kind of photography you are interested in. -Make mistakes(taking note of them).And don't be worried about critics.Listen to them. -Make experience and use your heart.With photography,as an artist,you want to transmit to other people,feelings,ideas,etc. You do have to be stubborn on this. -All my best wishes... Source(s): Professional photographer ,journalist,for 35 years,almost. (Italy) Looking at your pictures, I see that you have a very artistic mind. You excel at photos with specific subjects like sunsets, water lily. Although "swan lake" was a good idea, the background was too dark, which made it look like a swan floating in the air. You should work on your lighting and angle decisions. Your cloud shots are dark, sometimes, if you wait, the sun will change the lighting (pinks and blues). Your photos, ideally are good, you just have to pick your moments and capture the right atmosphere. Keywords: Lighting and angles. Good luck. Well, not to focus on the negative (and THERE is a photographic joke if there was one), but your work is lacking in two essential elements, to my eye. One is a consistent point of view, or unifying theme. What are you trying to to show? Why? People are, studies show, most interested in people, and the human element or trace is largely absent in most of you work. The second would be a unifying style. Are you trying to be evocative? meditative, documentarian? Look thourhg your woak and deicdee which image gave to the greatest pleasure to make, and try to work within that style. All in all, at the moment, I would say that your work has all the piizzazz or Aunt Mabel's slideshow of her last vacation...that is to say, you have a collection of snapshots, not photographs. I would suggest that, for the time being, you work in black and white, untill you really find your niche, or a subject that demands colour. Photography teacher From what you have posted, you seem to do a lot of traveling and like to shoot landscapes and wildlife. If you are planning on making a career of this you will end up with some very expensive lenses (Super wide for landscapes and super long for wildlife). Before you get too far spending a lot of money, take a look at The Black Book and the images that professional editorial and advertising photographers are using in their portfolios. Once you have had a good look, think about which ones appeal to you most and which ones challenge you as an artist and photographer. Do a few "self-assignments" and then look at all your work. You should see a lot of progress. I am interested in what the assignments are in your classes? Have you had any assignments that used "destructive" photography? Reflections? Double exposures? Shooting a list of subjects supplied by the instructor? Each assignment in class should help you get outside your learning box and explore things that you normally wouldn't. Weddings are a whole different deal. They are more like a movie in that the photographer becomes the "director" so he/she is sure that all the family and relatives get photographed in a certain way. In addition wedding photographers use slightly different equipment and depend a lot on flash ... while some flash is used in editorial and sports photography it is rare. http://www.blackbook.com/ Editorial, sports and glamour photographer |
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