OMG, Not another rate my photos thread. #2

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zbphoto

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So its been a year since I got my Canon XSi and 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS lens. Since then i've added a 24mm F2.8 and 50mm F1.8 to my lens quiver. A while ago when I was just getting started I posted a thread asking for feedback. I got a lot of "rule of thirds" "work on composure" and "look for more interesting subjects".

I just uploaded a TON (like 70) pics to my Flickr and I'm looking for some feedback. I'm mainly looking to see how much you guys thing i've improved and if theres anything else I should work on. Everything down to "New Lens, Canon 50mm F1.8" which is a pic of my dog, was taken recently.

OG Thread: https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/545779/

My Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zackbarwin/

Thanks,

Zack.
 
Oh, and I'm getting an old Canon AE1 film SLR with a couple lenses, stoked on the 50mm F1.4, to start shooting film with. Any good 35mm films that I should look for and that are available in most places?
 
KKEK10036U.jpg
 
Just regular colour negative. To my knowledge theres no where in my area that processes b&w or slide films.
 
Some of it is the lighting you were dealing with, but your colors look almost flat in a lot of your newest stuff. Photoshop shouldnt be used to completely destroy a photo, but some color correction isn't a bad thing.

You are definitely headed in the right direction, a lot of them just lack... idk how to put it. emotion?

Its not bad work, just not particularly inspiring, its kind of bland. I dont mean that to sound harsh i swear haha. You definitely have some good fundamentals. Just think more about really capturing the moment and the feelings in a scene, if that makes sense.
 
I know what you mean about subject matter, the past two months has been the first time I've really tried to shoot real portraits, so I'm still working on it. I'd really like to get some studio time soon with external lights and stuff, that would be sick.

It was NYC so the lighting was always changing, which made it hard to expose properly. I generally try to not reck a photo's colours in photoshop, I'll only do it if the composure is really good.

oh and thanks +k.
 
i feel you, i hate overly shopped stuff too. but so often what you get out of the camera just isnt the same colors that you actually get in real life. at that point photoshop is definitely a great option for getting proper colors. its all about walking that line.

and street portraits are tough. its definitely something that takes a long time to really "get". i still dont haha, im jealous of people that do.
 
I have to agree with Ben. Some of the colors were a bit flat. I liked the flower one you had but I think it would have looked even better with a really low f-stop. around 1.8 or 2.
I really like how you got out and shot everything you could. not just one simple subject. Maybe try working on a few more interesting angles. Maybe use things in frame out of focus to highlight the main part of the picture.
Example:
nurseryface.100-300x199.jpg

But great work so far. Just have to keep on shooting as much as possible an things only start to get better. also look at as much work of others as possible too,

 
Which specific pics is the colour flat in? For the flower, I was using my 24mm F2.8, I tried my 50mm F1.8 (bokeh is so much better) but 50mm was just too tight for the space. And I'll deff try that out of focus framing, its looks super sick. Thanks, +K.
 
Bump, probably ordering 2-3 rolls each of both the ekatar and portra, searched around on flickr and colours look so sick.
 
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