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#123 2007-06-17 19:20 GMT |
I looked at the first two pics. The second one is all right, nothing spectacular, but the first one is a mediocre snapshot with a distracting background that is not enough out of focus, and the end of her feet are cut off! The third one says it has errors (I'm sure!) and won't load.
The short answer is you have to have a good capture in the first place. All the photoshop work in the world won't turn a poor to middling snapshot into a "professional" image.
www.kodak.com has some good basic photography tutorials, also www.betterphoto.com. Learn how your camera works and what the settings do and how that affects your picture. Read the camera manual and refer to it as necessary. Practice good technique. Learn some photography basics and practice practice practice. That is how to improve your photography.
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#195 2007-06-19 16:57 GMT |
Thank you for the links, thats actually something I was getting ready to post and ask about. Sometimes I am too quick to snap, if that makes sense, so sometimes it takes me afew times to get 'that one' picture. 
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#1219 2007-11-03 19:42 GMT |
You should not think of photoshop as a means of rescuing mediocre images. Get a well exposed and decently composed image in the the camera and then use photoshop to enhance what is already there.As you become more experienced you eye for a photograph will develop and that combined with photoshop will leave you limited only by your imagination.
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#1246 2007-11-05 20:29 GMT |
Hi Anna, can I ask if the model in the photos is you?
WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE OVERCOMES THE LOVE OF POWER,THEN THE WORLD WILL KNOW PEACE.
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#1252 2007-11-06 20:08 GMT |
Thats an awful question.
You should never turn a photo into a pro-looking thing, rather Take a pro-looking or pro picture - works out best that way.
Anyway, for a picture like this -- http://pyomore13.clubeshop.co.kr/bis_article/upload/20_1.jpg
I don't think they used point and shoot camera, even if they did, they probably used blur and then sharp it again in photoshop. not the way I like things to be done.
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#1261 2007-11-08 17:59 GMT |
prizewinning photos generally can't be made, any more then reliably making blockbuster movies. It helps if you have a good director and a huge sfx budget but in the end it's about story and emotion. There are thousands of movies that were made in spite of the establishment which became all-time classics. Just like some of the most famous and respected photographs are mostly part luck and trial and error.
Shoot, shoot, and them... ummm... shoot! The difference between a professional photographer is the connection that develops between the artistic eye and the gear. Moving the vision to film is the trick. Dont fixate on gear, but don't expect to do some things with some gear. I mean, printing an image on a billboard taken with a $100 digital camera will likely get you fired, but on the other hand, some images are actually better due to a rangefinder's chameleon-like presence.
So, start posting and getting feedback, and start learning from there.
good luck
"help, help, I got ions all over me!"
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#1509 2008-01-11 15:09 GMT |
Well I see things like this. All the post editing in in the world won't make a bad image good. Like Ionclad said, just shoot,shoot,and shoot!Then shoot some more from different angles. It's not the digital manipulation that makes the pic, it's the person behind the camera. The composition, lighting and, mostly, pure luck make an exellent picture, not the photo editing program. This is why I didn't spend hundreds of $$ on a program like Photoshop. I use a simple image editor only when I need to, or when I want to make a fanciful abstract image.
My advice would be to shoot and post on websites like these, then learn from the comments or critiques.That's the best way to go.
Tony
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but I can change,
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#1511 2008-01-11 15:48 GMT |
I agree Moxy,you should always shoot just as you would with a film camera loaded with slide film which gives you no second chance. I firmly believe that I need to capture something worthwhile in the first place before I go on to turn my efforts into minor works of art.Incidentally you do not need to spend hundreds of pounds on the full version of Photoshop as Adobe Elements 6 is now available for around £ 70 and it now has everything most if us will ever need.
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#1515 2008-01-12 18:14 GMT |
You can also got to www.hponline.com and they have free course that start with the basics and go on up. It helps you to understand your camera, what the each functions does and how to use it, and so on. I have done several and it has helped. I have a new Olympus E-510 and I am having to relearn alot of stuff. The online helps some and the Olympus site also has lessons.
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#1666 2008-04-17 19:01 GMT |
very niggerish
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