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Anonymous
/p/.

i have a problem.

all my pictures suck.

Try as hard as i can, i just can't seem to take a picture that anyone likes or has any artistic merit. I just want to take a good picture.

How did you go about learning, /p/?

picture unrelated.
>> Anonymous
Get the book Understanding Exposure. Give it a good look. Also, just keep shooting. Figure out what works best for you, eg landscapes, portraits, architecture, etc.
>> Anonymous
i know all the technical stuff, just not the composition stuff.
>> Anonymous
Maybe take a course on photography or art.
>> Anonymous
I'm a photo major, and the course of study tends to begin people by emulating older styles, until they work their way up to emulating current styles and then developing their own.

Buy some books on photography. Make yourself try to take pictures based completely on form, and start working content into it once you can get the technical side down. Yes, composition is technical.

A photo becomes more interesting when the technical side is near perfect, and the content is intriguing as well.
>> Anonymous
I kinda like the OP pic.
>> Anonymous
the art of any field is to push limits to new heights while still being within the accepted boundaries.technicalities being used like a knifes edge.
>> OiD
Whas reading some books in some shops yesterday, there are so many different types for all sorts of tastes, i recomend you visit a library
>> Anonymous
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i fixed OP's picture.

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>> ­
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saturation and vignette

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>> Anonymous
Take pictures all the time.
Look at other pictures and look at other forms of art.
Most importantly take pictures all the time. You will figure out what looks good.
>> Anonymous
>>200617
>>200624

reason why photoshop is ruining true photography;

take crappy picture
fuck with image on photoshop
result is mediocre photo

no photographic talent needed
>> Pentard !pjwjmEQ1RM
>>202053

Someone should save this into a text file to copy-pasta into every DC thread.
>> Depressed Cheesecake !wFh1Fw9wBU
>>202058
>Bawwwww I got proven wrong in another thread so now I'm going to be a bitter dick sucker.
>> Anonymous
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fixed

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>> Anonymous
>>202053


needs moar sense of humor
>> Anonymous
OP here

visited my regional library today and got the books Practical Photography and John Hedgecoe's Photography.
>> Anonymous
>>202064

humor wasn't exactly the main intent but i'll work on it
>> Pentard !pjwjmEQ1RM
>>202059

I have a hard time believing that the real DC is this blatant of a troll.
Has your account been hijacked?

As far as being proven wrong is concerned, that's a bit difficult for you to do when we're both talking about totally different things. As I've already stated, LRN2READINGCOMPREHENSION. We aren't talking about the same things in the other thread at all.

Sage for more DC faggotry and baiting.
>> Anonymous
PROTIP(s): Start with a basic film SLR, such as an old Nikon FM10 or whatever. Start with B&W film, develop, process & print manually. KEEP TAKING PICTURES, get critique. Move up from there. For OP, focus on composition.

ALSO, destroy any zoom lens you own. Stick to primes 85mm and below.
>> NatureGuy !se3A3TwzdY
Exposure

Really just look at photos. Pick a few photo websites you enjoy, set up an account and browse photos, everyday. Part of it is equipment, part of it post processing, and part of it is knowing what you want to shoot.

Take a look at Photo.net, Flickr, and deviantart. Like all online communities they are plagued by excessive ass patting and seemingly arbritrary popular based on it. Try to avoid the people who ass pat too much. Photo.net has the least problem in this area, deviantart the most. Flickr has other, more serious problems with it. Look around for others if you want, but pick a few and start browsing.

When you watch a movie, do you appreciate the cinematography? Do you ever want to see that scene with a different dof? A different type of light? A wider lens? A different view point? Ask the same questions when you look at a photo. Like the one presented needs a different light type of light from a different angle.

Do you want to hunt for photos on the street or do you want control everything in the photo like light and DOF with still lifes and portraits?
>> Anonymous
>>202106
Every time flickr comes up, you mention that it has some sort of giant problems with it.

I might have missed it, but can you elaborate?
Or do you just hate flickr for no reason?
>> Anonymous
>>202087
This anon speaks the truth. Losing the instant gratification of digital and zooms improved my composition by leaps and bounds.
>> Anonymous
dude

1. Find a nice interesting view and remember rule of thirds
2. try make there be stuff infront of you before the image t enhance other than making it look lonely
3. Get a good angle
4. set up your camera for the best result
5. click
6. edit it in photoshop
>> Anonymous
>>202087
>>202087
>>202087

Start with the hardest/most tedious method first; traditional photography.

Also, don't rely on zoom lenses, YOUR FEET ARE YOUR BEST ZOOM.
>> Anonymous
fixed

>1. Find a nice interesting view and remember rule of thirds
2. try make there be stuff infront of you before the image t enhance other than making it look lonely
3. Get a good angle
4. set up your camera for the best result
5. click
6. leave photo as is; no photoshop fuckery. you won't learn anything by editing your mistakes
>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
>>202289
Eh, if you just use photoshop to cover for mistakes, that's true.
If you use it to figure out how you should've exposed it, you can learn to do better next time.
>> Anonymous
>>202289
If you're using it to hide mistakes I agree, but I wouldn't discount post-processing altogether - I'm no puritan.

So re-fixed.

1. Find a nice interesting view and remember rule of thirds
2. Try make there be stuff in front of you before the image to enhance other than making it look lonely
3. Get a good angle
4. Forget the rule of thirds
5. Set up your camera for the best result
6. Click
7. Edit it in Photoshop, unless you have no clue what you are doing.
>> Anonymous
>>202320

leave post-processing for the darkroom, usually looks better
>> Anonymous
>>202428
>leave post-processing for the darkroom, usually looks better
>leave post-processing for the RAW file editor and photoshop, usually looks better