Went on a photodate with my husband and sister-in-law Lauren. We went to the train yard in Orem...it was fun. Sooo...I have some pictures:) I think this has been the best that I've done so far. I've been doing some studying and have tried to put what I've learned into my pictures...hopefully it shows. Anyway, here we go!
Okay...my pictures are showing up in HTML style in my blog where I'm typing. I assume they'll show up as pictures as soon as I post this sucker, but I can't make comments on the pictures because I'm not sure which picture is which. Sooo...go ahead, make critiques.
4 comments:
hurray! you're a blogger! I've been waiting for this. I love married blogs :) Now you can start putting up your awesome photos!
Molly those pictures look amazing!! We need to have another Sunday afternoon photo shoot asap!
Molly, that's a whole lot of Fotitos. So, I'll try to do a few tonight and maybe some more tomorrow. Bueno?
Serioulsy they're all really, reall good and these are definitely your best. I love the graffiti train as the background. It's sweet.
So, some of my faves are:
The first one of Lauren, the one of Lauren and her arms spread out, the one of Lauren and Andrew looking opposite directions, black and white pumpkin one (probably my most favorite), and the other pumpkin one (probably my 2nd most favorite). The pumpkin ones are awesome because that pumpkin is freakin' sweet.
Ok, so for some critique.
Pic 1: This one is really good because the pictures totally has background texture so it's not boring, but it's not distracting at all so Lauren is definitely the subject. Like the color.
Pic 2: Cute picture, interesting background, Lauren's colors go well with the background in that she stands out because she's standing on the dark spots. I'm noticing rule of thirds. Good work.
Pic 3: Another good interesting one because of Andrew's pose, the background and the camera angle.
Pic 4: Cute close up one of Andrew, although in this one the arm up looks a bit unnatural.
Pic 5:Love this one. Love the pose, the white sleeves draw attention to her face because of the line it creates and her expression is good. I like the legs crossed too. Again, her clothes make it so the background is not distracting, because her clothes are white and busy so it demands the attention.
Pic 6: This one is cute because it captures the moment. It's nice to mix it up and do the subjects in the middles sometimes (same for previous pic).
Pic 7: I prefer the lesser angle of the previous one. Slight angles make it interesting, drastic angles make it distracting.
Pic 8: this one is good because the background is fuzzy enough that it's not distracting, but the color and lines still make it interesting. Maybe a little too much negative space though.
Pic 9: I like this one too, but the train and colors are a little bit close to taking over the picture. The white word/letters in the corner is kind of distracting.
Pic 10: This one is really cute, but you know I love the train track ones. Maybe make the sky a little darker, especially where it turns white in the corner because it's kind of bright.
Ok, the rest I'll save for another comment. Maybe tomorrow...if you're lucky.
Whew...deep breath...here goes round two.
Pic 11: I really like this one because I like how fuzzy the background is. The angle is kind of obvious, so it's almost too much maybe. But, I still like the placement and such. I really notice that his eyebrow is cut off though. Weird I know. I would just move the camera up a bit because who cares about his shirt (except it's really cool because I bought it for him) and include more face.
Pic 12: This one is better in terms of more face. This one is good too with background and lines. I do like the angle too, but again it's an obvious angle. Not necessarily a bad thing depending on the look you're going for.
Pic 13: I love train tracks ones (have you heard this before?) and really like the pose and look it's got going on.
Pic 14: This one is really cute. Like the colors. Placement is good. I'd like to see another one like this only with a little bit less shoulder/shirt and bit higher on the forehead just to compare, not that it would be a better photo. I'd have to look at them side by side to see which one I liked better.
Pic 15: This one is good, but kind of a lot of negative space. Just a tad less maybe. It's semi interesting space, but then the other semi is boring. Know what I mean? I like though.
Pic 16: Similar to the one of Lauren (I realize most of them are). I like this one and for some reason the graffiti isn't as distracting here. Maybe Andrew's blue shirt contrasts enough to draw all the attention. And, I think there's more balance between Andrew and graffiti as opposed to the Lauren shot.
Pic 17: This one is cute, but I'm not sure I'm into the composition. Andrew is kind of small. There's equal parts train, Andrew and gravel, so I don't feel like there's one predominant subject (except that Andrew is a person).
Pic 18: I LOVE this picture. The contrast is sweet with the black ground and the white wall and the pumpkin is right where the lines meet kind of horizontally and vertically because of the door frame (or gutter or whatever it is). So eyes are drawn to the pumpkin. Plus, the dirty part of the wall kind of balances it out since the pumpkin area would be heavy without it. It's just perfect and I love that pumpkin.
Pic 19: Love this one too. Love that sweet pumpkin face, the angle, the colors, it's all fitting for your rotting pumpkin. There's just enough negative space that the it accentuates the pumpkin (I don't know if that was the word I was looking for, but hopefully you get my point). Plus, the background is autumn-ish which is necessary for a pumpkin picture.
Pic 20: This is a fun different angle. Not my favorite though. Not sure what more to say about this one.
Ok, so there you have it. The rest of the comments. Oh, and to make it so you can see your pics and not the HTML codes, there are two tabs above the editing bar in the compose box that you're typing in. Click "compose" instead of "Edit HTML". That should give you what you're looking for.
Ok, the hand is cramping. Love you lots!!!
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