My Photography .. Take a look!

[tabitha 10]

Lovely photos, I think you definitely have an eye for a good shot and with some development you could go far!

[KeeleyF 10]

Lovely photos, I think you definitely have an eye for a good shot and with some development you could go far!

 

Thanks Have you got any tips for me as I really want to be able to take really good photographs as i would love to do it as a job or something like that so its more than just me that can enjoy my photos!

 

Thankyou again

 

Keeley

[Bunderson 10]

Your eye for composition, depth of field, use of thirds and colour is very good indeed. Keep your mind open to different types of photography although there is nothing wrong with specialising in a particular area. The professional photography world is a tough one to crack but keep your portfolio up to date and think about uploading your images to stock photography websites. This is great for publicity if nothing else. You may find yourself doing a lot of work for free or very cheap to start with but this will improve if you stay competitive. Get yourself on twitter and create a facebook group to promote your work. Word of mouth is the best way to make yourself known so keep in touch with your clients and keep them happy. If you would like any more advice please feel free to get in touch.

[KeeleyF 10]

Hi Bunderson,

 

Thankyou and i will do i used to do a lot of landscapes but at the moment i love doing macro shots as i think they show the true beauty of things that people would often take no notice on. I also like doing photography of people i prefer the natural shots when people don't play up for the camera I think these make the best photo's. Well I thought it would be tough that's why I thought I would do a different course at college one with more jobs at the end of it. What are stock photo websites? and thanks a place where I volunteer now know I do photograph and think I am quite good at it and they was on about me doing the shots for there publicity. and thanks any advice you can give me will be appreciated as you have to learn from somebody and nobody has taught me anything apart from the rule of thirds. As one day I would love to do it as a job if i could find somewhere that would have me.

 

Thanks

Keeley

[Bunderson 10]

Hi Keeley.

 

Stock photography websites are a place where you can upload your photographs, give them meaningful names so people can find them using a search (tags) and then you can sell copies of them or rights to use them. http://www.istockphoto.com/ is the major site where you can upload your work. Take an hour to browse the site to get a feel for what sort of images sell. Corporate and outdoor ones seem to work the best (people in meetings, sat at their desk on the phone and people walking through fields etc) so do nature and wildlife. You have a few of these types of images already so get them categorized and uploaded. Also take a while to read up on image copyrighting and transfer of ownership of photographs (search on google) to save you headaches in the long run.

 

If you are struggling for corporate photographs, approach some small to medium sized businesses and offer to take their corporate photographs free of charge for them to use on their website and corporate material. You maintain copyright to your work so you can use them elsewhere as long as you have a model release form from the person you photographed (I have a template you can have if you want it). The model release basically states that the person you took the shots of is allowing you to use the image wherever you desire. Some models may want to add clauses to the form, such as they do not wish the image to be used in advertisements for contraception, drug awareness, etc etc. Normally however this is not an issue.

[spuggy1 10]

WOW they are very good Keeley,my fav's are the black and white whitby photo's

well done

[KeeleyF 10]

Bunderson,

 

Thanks for explaining it to me I will do I will have to think of some names then. I'll think about it. and thanks again And if i do decide to do those photographs can i still ask you for that template?

 

Spuggy1

thankyou i love black and white photographs too esp the whitby one on the first page.

 

Thanks

 

Keeley

[KeeleyF 10]

Hi,

Just to let everybody know I've updated these with some I've took over the past few days.

 

Thanks again

 

Keeley

[Number Six 10]

You can keep detail in the sky without using ND grads if you are happy to do a bit of post-processing and create a tone-mapped or HDR image.

 

The best way to do this is to bracket your exposures - so you take 5 pictures at 2 stop intervals (-4, -2, 0, +2, +4) and blend them together.

 

So faced with a sunny scene you might shoot

 

1/2000 f16 (4 stops under)

1/500 f16 (2 stops under)

1/125 f16 ('correct')

1/30 f16 (2 stops over)

1/8 f16 (4 stops over)

 

you can get software to blend them for you (HDRtist for Mac is good, as is gtpsfgui - there will be windows versions) or you can do it yourself in Photoshop. I believe the newer versions have automated tools to do it for you.

 

If you shoot RAW files you can get a decent result from a single image, which is obviously useful if you are shooting a moving subject or portrait.

 

EDIT - meant to say you can see the effect here (not my pictures, sadly!)

[ginger bimbo 10]

there really lovely chick id be very proud if i was you to say you haven't been taught in photography, your eye for colour is fab loving the depth of field aswell its nice that you have the option to be a photographer aswell as having knowledge in travel and tourism why not do what ive done and blend the both im 18 and will be starting my new job as a cruise ship photographer next month that way you can improve on your photography skills and get to travel and get great shots of the world ... all the best anyway chick keep up the good work (Y) .

 

nat.

[KeeleyF 10]

Thanks Love No I haven't had any help never been taught anything to do with photography. Thankyou again Thats kind of what i want to do to be honest as i really want to travel the world while earning money and also take photographs. Where about are you going then? and what type of photos will you have to take?

Thanks Will do!!!

 

Keeley

[ginger bimbo 10]

they look professional so be proud chuck .. wish i started off with that talent yeah thats what ill be doing travelling while earning good money and experience .. its with a company called the ships photographer, i just sent them a cv and with in a few weeks i had an interview (if thats what you could call it .. it was me asking all the questions) then got offered a job with p&o cruises with a 5 month contract easy peasy ill be going all around the west med with this contract a mixture of passengers and destinations really ... and everything u take, u own the copy right so you can sell the images as stock and get some extra cash for that no worries i wish some 1 had given me advice when i was 17 x

 

nat .