Photography

[tommydh12]

delete please

[cellardoor]

Do you want constructive critisism?

[dj739]

Pretty nice, I especially like the composition and soft tones of the third one

[robmundall]

What year are you in?
TBH the first two are crap, the third is Ok but that is just my oppinon so don't get offended.
keep practacing though.

[tonas]

I couldn't take a decent shot if my life depended on it but... they didn't ring my bell.
Now this is a photo - http://www.fitbikeco.com/uploaded_images/Owain-735159.jpg :)

Andy.

[tassiehardtail]

is photography a thing that u can get better at by practice?

or is it a natural born talent?

or can it be both?

because some peoples photos just like strike me as being pathetic, others are awe inspiring sort of thing....

[t]

^^^ I think it's a bit of both, really understanding how a camera works makes a big difference.

[cellardoor]

is photography a thing that u can get better at by practice?

or is it a natural born talent?

or can it be both?

because some peoples photos just like strike me as being pathetic, others are awe inspiring sort of thing....

Opinion comes into play. I cant think of anything more boring then landscape or nature photos. But that dont mean they are not well executed photos. They just dont do it for me. I like a photo with concept and purpose and fore thought. I dont really like 'pretty' pictures. They are a waste of time.

[Xmetal]

is photography a thing that u can get better at by practice?

Apply yourself and you'll make a superb photographer.

I've been shooting for around 5 years on both film and digital - still practicing!


As for our little High Schooler: Dude, Keep shooting and don't stop regardless of what others say. :)
Stick to film while you can and while you've got access to a dark room at school because you'll miss it later down the track.
Also I find it's easier to learn how to use an SLR camera with a 50mm F1.8 prime lens rather than a zoom lens - teaches you more about composition and depth of field. :)

[davo taft]

is photography a thing that u can get better at by practice?

or is it a natural born talent?

or can it be both?

because some peoples photos just like strike me as being pathetic, others are awe inspiring sort of thing....


I once heard that the difference between a good photographer and a bad photographer is that the good photographer keeps only his best shot whereas a bad photographer keeps them all.....

[tommydh12]

lol yer i no there not very good just thought i could post them and get other photographers as i no farkins has alot of them could give me some tips.
yer this is my first year of photography so i didnt expect any of my shots to be good

hopefull next year im going to do digital photography which should be mad. But i think will still be working in darks rooms and with film cameras occansionaly.

Just thinking, why are we getting tought how to use film cameras in high school these days. because all the up comming professional photographers use digital cameras now. So whats the point of using dark rooms and film because in 5 year they pretty much be none existent.

cheers tom

[Xmetal]

I'm guessing they're still using film because the cameras are less expensive to buy over digital cameras and it teaches you not to fire off shots at will and waste your film whereas digital shows you the result straight away. Personally i'd like to go back to shooting film because my current D-SLR isn't a full-frame camera whereas a normal 35mm Film SLR is, plus the high-end Canon EOS film SLR's are cheap as chips and if you can get a Canon EOS-1v - you've landed yourself a camera that shoots at 10 frames-per-second (perfect for mountain bike photography) and has full-frame rather than APS-C cropping. :)

[Martin.au]

I always thought the art of photography wasn't dependant on the equipment used, but on the subject and composition of the photo. Having a background in film photography is never a bad thing, for the reasons mentioned above.

Personally, I think photography is something that can be learnt, but only to a certain degree. A good photograph you can learn to take, a great photograph you have to feel, at least with shots that rely heavily on composition, rather than action.

My Flickr library is interesting. When my girlfriend and I started taking photos we found it easy to spot the shot we were after. The early ones in my library are examples of that.
See here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/56999492@N00/page3/

Lately though, it's been really hard to see the shot and we're relying more on taking lots of shots and throwing 90% of them out.
See here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/56999492@N00/

I'm hoping I can find my the right mindset so I can see the shot I want before I take it soon.

[Dougy]

You're still being taught to use film because it's still a viable and widely used medium. Yes, a lot of commercial work is done on digital but a lot is also still done on film. Many pro shooters, guys like Sterling Lorence for example, will shoot film for some clients and digital for others depending on the requirements of the shoot. Film still out-performs digital in some situations especially when you need to deal with extremely wide dynamic range and extremes of contrast. My kit includes a Canon EOS 1D DSLR and an EOS 1nRS SLR and I swap between bodies depending on the situation. The B+W shot below was taken with the 1nRS and a 50/1.4 lens. If you look closely, it's difficult to see due to digitising and compression for the web, you can see the rider is wearing Hawaiian flowered shorts. With digital much of this detail would be lost especially in a shot this dark. Digital tends to make the extremes of contrast either muddy (dark end) or blown out (highlights) whereas film can better retain detail in these areas. Digital has gotten a lot better, my 1D is the 1st gen so not as good as what's available now, and a lot cheaper but it's still just another tool. It's like long travel trail bikes the old FSRs were great bikes and still to a great job but the new Enduros do it better and easier. You wouldn't ride a DH bike up a technical climb just as you wouldn't ride a an XC bike down a DH race course. Both bikes can do both but one does it better than the other. It's the same for film and digital.

[tommydh12]

You're still being taught to use film because it's still a viable and widely used medium. Yes, a lot of commercial work is done on digital but a lot is also still done on film. Many pro shooters, guys like Sterling Lorence for example, will shoot film for some clients and digital for others depending on the requirements of the shoot. Film still out-performs digital in some situations especially when you need to deal with extremely wide dynamic range and extremes of contrast. My kit includes a Canon EOS 1D DSLR and an EOS 1nRS SLR and I swap between bodies depending on the situation. The B+W shot below was taken with the 1nRS and a 50/1.4 lens. If you look closely, it's difficult to see due to digitising and compression for the web, you can see the rider is wearing Hawaiian flowered shorts. With digital much of this detail would be lost especially in a shot this dark. Digital tends to make the extremes of contrast either muddy (dark end) or blown out (highlights) whereas film can better retain detail in these areas. Digital has gotten a lot better, my 1D is the 1st gen so not as good as what's available now, and a lot cheaper but it's still just another tool. It's like long travel trail bikes the old FSRs were great bikes and still to a great job but the new Enduros do it better and easier. You wouldn't ride a DH bike up a technical climb just as you wouldn't ride a an XC bike down a DH race course. Both bikes can do both but one does it better than the other. It's the same for film and digital.

ok cheers:) thanks for the feedback

[Xmetal]

Personally, I think photography is something that can be learnt, but only to a certain degree.

The camera can not see the human soul....the photographer can.