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I figured... why not make a thread here, get this guild moving a little bit? My name is Sam. I am 19 years old and studying photography and psychology. I work at Best Buy as a Digital Imaging Specialist and at a restaurant as a waitress. If I had to describe my photographic style, I'd say I do more of a sophisticated version of snapshots (in my personal opinion). The reason I haven't really explored other styles is because I don't really go anywhere interesting ever, so I really just have to work with what I've got.

Anyway, I'm going to shut up now and post some photos in the next post. 4laugh  

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And here are some that I resized wrong and was too lazy to fix:



 

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You have some pretty good stuff. I like your b&ws more than many of your color photos, though. I think the vintage post-processing is kind of hit and miss. I'm also not a big fan of the direct flash photos (the cat and book). They just don't have the general artistic qualities that help to tell a story in my opinion.

The photos of the beach are nice with the vintage look because I think that you were trying to evoke a sense of nostalgia in them. But with the bike shop photo I don't understand the lowered contrast and mute colors.

I know this method isn't what everyone does, but it's just one thing I do when thinking about how to edit a photo. I like to ask why I'm processing a photo this way. If I don't have any good answer then I try to find a way that I feel expresses the photo's aesthetic/message better than any other way.

You know what I think would be really cool; I assume that you lie by the beach...so...if you do it would be pretty safe and easy to do something like this tutorial: http://photoextremist.com/steel-wool-photography-tutorial. I only suggest this because you seem to like the firework abstracts. smile  

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Deice

You have some pretty good stuff. I like your b&ws more than many of your color photos, though. I think the vintage post-processing is kind of hit and miss. I'm also not a big fan of the direct flash photos (the cat and book). They just don't have the general artistic qualities that help to tell a story in my opinion.

The photos of the beach are nice with the vintage look because I think that you were trying to evoke a sense of nostalgia in them. But with the bike shop photo I don't understand the lowered contrast and mute colors.

I know this method isn't what everyone does, but it's just one thing I do when thinking about how to edit a photo. I like to ask why I'm processing a photo this way. If I don't have any good answer then I try to find a way that I feel expresses the photo's aesthetic/message better than any other way.

You know what I think would be really cool; I assume that you lie by the beach...so...if you do it would be pretty safe and easy to do something like this tutorial: http://photoextremist.com/steel-wool-photography-tutorial. I only suggest this because you seem to like the firework abstracts. smile

The lower contrasted ones.. I actually did not like in a high contrast photo. I think the photos of the shop works with low contrast because those buildings are actually very old and have been around for many years. But that's just my opinion. Perhaps I just didn't take the time to play around with different colors with a higher contrast -- when I have some time, I'll give that a try and see if could find something in a higher contrast I like.

Thanks for the comment on the ocean photos, those are probably actually my favorite of the bunch and those photos were actually able to really express how I was feeling. The days I was at the beach and in that area in general were some of the happiest moments in my life, and I think it really shows through the photos I took.

I'm definitely going to check out that tutorial though and see if I can be inspired by it.

Thanks for the tips on color! I'll try to keep that in mind. Tbh color was something that I just started working with this year. I've been doing black and white for many years (I did black and white film photography before I even got a digital camera -- I even knew how to develop my own photos.)

Oh! And one thing about the cat photo... I am still working on having better control of my camera settings. I personally don't like the way that one turned out, but I love the composition of it. I haven't really taken the time to play with my new camera's settings, but it's something that I started doing recently. My outdoor photos are definitely a lot better than my indoor photos for that reason. sad  

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Deice

You have some pretty good stuff. I like your b&ws more than many of your color photos, though. I think the vintage post-processing is kind of hit and miss. I'm also not a big fan of the direct flash photos (the cat and book). They just don't have the general artistic qualities that help to tell a story in my opinion.

The photos of the beach are nice with the vintage look because I think that you were trying to evoke a sense of nostalgia in them. But with the bike shop photo I don't understand the lowered contrast and mute colors.

I know this method isn't what everyone does, but it's just one thing I do when thinking about how to edit a photo. I like to ask why I'm processing a photo this way. If I don't have any good answer then I try to find a way that I feel expresses the photo's aesthetic/message better than any other way.

You know what I think would be really cool; I assume that you lie by the beach...so...if you do it would be pretty safe and easy to do something like this tutorial: http://photoextremist.com/steel-wool-photography-tutorial. I only suggest this because you seem to like the firework abstracts. smile

The lower contrasted ones.. I actually did not like in a high contrast photo. I think the photos of the shop works with low contrast because those buildings are actually very old and have been around for many years. But that's just my opinion. Perhaps I just didn't take the time to play around with different colors with a higher contrast -- when I have some time, I'll give that a try and see if could find something in a higher contrast I like.

Thanks for the comment on the ocean photos, those are probably actually my favorite of the bunch and those photos were actually able to really express how I was feeling. The days I was at the beach and in that area in general were some of the happiest moments in my life, and I think it really shows through the photos I took.

I'm definitely going to check out that tutorial though and see if I can be inspired by it.

Thanks for the tips on color! I'll try to keep that in mind. Tbh color was something that I just started working with this year. I've been doing black and white for many years (I did black and white film photography before I even got a digital camera -- I even knew how to develop my own photos.)

Oh! And one thing about the cat photo... I am still working on having better control of my camera settings. I personally don't like the way that one turned out, but I love the composition of it. I haven't really taken the time to play with my new camera's settings, but it's something that I started doing recently. My outdoor photos are definitely a lot better than my indoor photos for that reason. sad

What really helps with color is if you study a little bit on complementary and analogous colors. They don't necessarily constitute the "rules of color", but they can help you create a very aesthetically pleasing photo if you choose to.