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First Try! Anonymous
So.. Fresher's Fair at my local Uni, thought id cover it, been wanting to try out Documentery style photography for awhile...

How dose /p/ think i did?

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>> Anonymous
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(Had to get at least one insta-art in there)

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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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Wish i never cut his foot of, but was a "blink and you miss it" moment... No one elts jumped that far out all day

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>> Anonymous
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Stupid rodeo surfboard....

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>> Anonymous
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Fave of the day for me i think.

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>> Anonymous
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Moar Insta-art

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>> Anonymous
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They ofc had a stall for the tarts doing hair and beauty

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>> Anonymous
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last one!

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>> Anonymous
Thats all of them!

So what do you think? good or bad for a first attempt?
>> Anonymous
Bump for feedback
>> Anonymous
PROTIP: If nobody replies it means the pictures are boring as shit.
>> Anonymous
>>258484

I personally like this one. Good perspective.

The other ones are decent, too, but nothing special. Try to play with perspectives a bit more.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>258543
> PROTIP: If nobody replies it means the pictures are boring as shit.
Naw, it's just that /p/ haets picture threads.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
>>258491
It's certainly not bad. You're better than a lot of the tryouts we had this time around. With a little bit of practice and cutting out a few bad habits (and trying some new things) you could be pretty awesome.
>>258481
I know I'm one to talk, and as I say this, I'm thinking in my own head "I should do this less also...", but for a shot like this that doesn't really have much going on (the moving cars on the track, one hand placing a car) can't stand to have identity removed, especially for a college paper where part of the goal is to connect to the student body with your photos. Can't do that without faces and names. If you're going to anonymize, do so for a reason. Good composition though. Tight frame, good leading line out of the bottom right.
>>258482
Not a bad blog shot or detail, but it would never run so dark, and the human element isn't good enough. If you're going to silhouette, it has to be a better silhouette than that. Again, cutting off the head. It'd be a whole lot better if you had a whole human shape in the frame.
>>258483
Something like this is tough because of the relatively few shooting positions and your inherent limitations. It's hard to shoot. This one didn't work out.
>>258485
>>258484
Difficult to read, don't make the cut.
>> heavyweather !4AIf7oXcbA
>>258486
Good, faces are good. Wish you'd gotten the whole gunbarrel in there (and kept it as tight as it currently is).
>>258487
Good, you're getting lower, getting some face in there, excellent. Now wait for a moment. Wait for each girl to be doing something at least mildly interesting. See if you can get every face and expression clearly.
>>258489
Decent detail shot, but I doubt this was the best thing there. Feels kind of lazy. Also, would only work as a detail shot in a photo story... this couldn't run DOM.

Shoot every assignment like a photo story. Run through a little mental checklist and see if you've gotten a photo for each category.

Good job shooting, keep working it man. You're doing great, and have a big capacity for improvement. Keep it up. :)
>> Anonymous
>>258570
>>258571

Thanks for the input heavy, :) ill take all this into account next time i try this