Some of my photography

[Game Girl]

As a budding photographer, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of my work. I've selected my best photos. If there are any other photographers here, I would love to hear from you. Maybe even give me a few tips!

1st) I took this one when I was in Edinburgh last year. There was an anti-fascist demonstration going on at that time and saw a bunch of these posters lying all over the place. I really love how it turned out.

2nd) This one was taken at the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. It was kinda annoying getting this shot, because of the humidity in the room. So I had to clear my lense every so often. But I eventually got the shot I wanted.

3rd) In the original photo, it was pretty bland. The sky was completely grey. Just a grey mass of nothing. So, I darkened the sky using Adobe Photoshop and brought out the clouds more. I think it came out really well.

4th) Same story with this one. The sky was completely bland and one colour. So I used the same technique as before and brightened up the sky. I also brought out the detail of the castle and lake more.

So. What do you guys think? Any tips you wanna give me? As an amateur, I'd be SO grateful.

[Honggweilo]

it has nice ambience, looks pretty good. Like the first one, it really sets a mood and tells a story.

But seriously photography is really not my speciality though :p.

Maybe try some daring perspectives and play a bit more with focus and depth of field. Also the contrast is a bit dim (understable when its rainy and gray), you should turn to exposure/ambience up a bit.

[Game Girl]

it has nice ambience, looks pretty good. Like the first one, it really sets a mood and tells a story.

But seriously photography is really not my speciality though :p.

Maybe try some daring perspectives and play a bit more with focus and depth of field. Also the contrast is a bit dim (understable when its rainy and gray), you should turn to exposure/ambience up a bit.

I agree. It would be fun to try out different perspectives and I could use more practise playing around with depth of field. and yeah, the contrast is kinda...ehh...Ah well. Just gotta keep trying! Thats why I'm going back to college. (2nd year of Photography classes. YAY!)

[Game Girl]

I wanted to share two photos I did. Both heavily edited, but I think they came out really well.

[Smyg]

All very nice - especially the flower. As weird as it might be, photographing flowers have always beens omething I've enjoyed. :ohmy:

[Game Girl]

All very nice - especially the flower. As weird as it might be, photographing flowers have always beens omething I've enjoyed. :ohmy:

Yeah. I've taken photos of lots of flowers and they've all turned out spectacular. That one was a bit of a problem because the greenhouse had to be a certain humidity for the flower to grow. So it got steamy in there, meaning I had to constantly wipe the lens of my camera.

[Smyg]

Hah, yeah... It's the little struggles of art that makes it all worth it, in my opinion. :D

[Game Girl]

Hah, yeah... It's the little struggles of art that makes it all worth it, in my opinion. :D

Yup! An artist must struggle for perfection in their work.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

I know it's a little late for replies, but I definitely like them.

Some pointers:

Black and white photos taken with a digital camera, bump up the contrast during post processing. Black and white film is very contrasty. Are you shooting RAW or JPEG? If JPEG, go RAW and process it into a TIFF or some other high-quality format. JPEG is too lossy. A good photo lab can print TIFFs. JPEGs are good for the web, though.

For outdoor photos where the sky is showing, or where there may be light reflection from water or maybe shiny paint on a car, look into getting a circular polarizing filter. It'll cut glare and deepen the sky and other colors.

What camera/lens are you using? I'm not a brand-nazi, I'm just curious.

For some great RAW image processing software, look into UFRaw and GIMP. GIMP is like photoshop but open-source and free. UFRAW is like Adobe Lightroom but open-source and free. Rawstudio is good, too, but I think it's only available for Linux. Maybe Mac. UFRaw and GIMP are Windows, Linux, and Mac.

[Sputnik_1]

they are not particularly original to be honest

[Game Girl]

I know it's a little late for replies, but I definitely like them.

Some pointers:

Black and white photos taken with a digital camera, bump up the contrast during post processing. Black and white film is very contrasty. Are you shooting RAW or JPEG? If JPEG, go RAW and process it into a TIFF or some other high-quality format. JPEG is too lossy. A good photo lab can print TIFFs. JPEGs are good for the web, though.

For outdoor photos where the sky is showing, or where there may be light reflection from water or maybe shiny paint on a car, look into getting a circular polarizing filter. It'll cut glare and deepen the sky and other colors.

What camera/lens are you using? I'm not a brand-nazi, I'm just curious.

For some great RAW image processing software, look into UFRaw and GIMP. GIMP is like photoshop but open-source and free. UFRAW is like Adobe Lightroom but open-source and free. Rawstudio is good, too, but I think it's only available for Linux. Maybe Mac. UFRaw and GIMP are Windows, Linux, and Mac.

Thanks for the advise!

Currently, I'm using a Canon EOS 1000D Digital Camera, with an 18-55mm lens and UV filter. The camera was recommended to me when I first started college.

I used to use Adobe Photoshop during my time at college, but now I use GIMP after it was recommended to me by another photographer.

I'm actually trying to get into the Undergraduate Photography Course at Edinburgh College of Art and Design. Anymore tips you could give me when applying?

[aristos]

The black and white one looks really nice, although the ghost/spectre could be better integrated (or maybe omitted in favour of something else?)

"The long walk", also looks good - if you have the opportunity, it would lend itself nicely to be reworked into a photographic version of a Shan Shui painting.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Thanks for the advise!

Currently, I'm using a Canon EOS 1000D Digital Camera, with an 18-55mm lens and UV filter. The camera was recommended to me when I first started college.

I used to use Adobe Photoshop during my time at college, but now I use GIMP after it was recommended to me by another photographer.

I'm actually trying to get into the Undergraduate Photography Course at Edinburgh College of Art and Design. Anymore tips you could give me when applying?
I've never been to photography school, so, unfortunately, I probably couldn't unless it's regarding taking technically correct photos (which unlike what some people say isn't necessary for taking a powerful photo) or otherwise directly regarding photography. I just don't know about photography schools' admissions processes.

But, just FYI, the UV filter on a digital camera is useless except for protecting the lens against accidental bumps. Its only real use is for film. I'd leave it on just in case something crazy happens, or a car throws a rock up at you, or something.

Do you know about aperture (and the f-stop 16 rule) and its relation to depth-of-field and exposure time, white balance, ISO/ASA, etc?

[MarxSchmarx]

I actually thought the first one was kinda depressing - an anti-fascist flier on the ground as if it were a piece of discarded lottery ticket - but in its own way it speaks to the apathy of too many people and raises questions about how it was precisely the sort of poo-pooing of warnings in the 1920s and 30s of the Fascist threat that caused so much destruction. So I think it is very poignant and powerful. Good job even for a veteran, much less a novice!

[Game Girl]

I actually thought the first one was kinda depressing - an anti-fascist flier on the ground as if it were a piece of discarded lottery ticket - but in its own way it speaks to the apathy of too many people and raises questions about how it was precisely the sort of poo-pooing of warnings in the 1920s and 30s of the Fascist threat that caused so much destruction. So I think it is very poignant and powerful. Good job even for a veteran, much less a novice!

Thank you! One of my teachers at college actually commented that it was a powerful image and one of the best photos I had ever taken.

I'm going to be working on another project soon. I'm going to make a few posters for a gay rights website. My plan was to have the images in black and white, but still have splashes of colour in them. I know what I want, I just need models.