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/p/, I am new to photography and I took some pictures. They were all taken with a Pentax K1000 and a Tokina 28MM lens using Kodak Gold 200 speed film on a very overcast day.

I will post all three of the semi-good pictures that came out well. Please, I am encouraging critique. Thank you.
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>> Anonymous
they all suck. lulz.
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the fuck is that shit?
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>>72621

oh wow.
>> Anonymous
Practice more
maybe get a digital camera.. much easier to practice with.

You were right to take pictures on an overcast day (thats when lighting is usually best) but you were very wrong to have the sky in any of the pictures. Needs more composition. All three subjects were just in the middle of the picture.

The second one isn't too horrible.. but the subject (the lock) is not in focus, part of the fence is.
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>>72626
>maybe get a digital camera.. much easier to practice with.
Agreed, but in before film vs. digital shitstorm.

>but you were very wrong to have the sky in any of the pictures.
Disagreed. A lot of pictures the sky -makes-, if composed right, which the OP didn't.

Keep practicing, OP. Look at master photographer's works- there's a website called "Masters of Photography" that has a good selection, and Magnum Photo's gallery of their photographers (pretty much the best documentary photographers in the world) is great to learn from, too.
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>>72672
>Disagreed. A lot of pictures the sky -makes-, if composed right, which the OP didn't.
I believe the guy you were responding to meant it was a mistake to put the dull, uniformly boring overcast sky in the pictures, not that it's always a mistake to have sky in the picture.
>> Anonymous
OP here, as far as I know, digital cameras are expensive and I got a good deal on this film camera. I have a decent digital camera but it's not a fancy SLR with lenses or anything.

As for composition, I learned this trick called the two thirds rule or something when I took a film class where you're supposed to use one of the thirds of the picture to have the main subject. What do you all suggest as far as composition?
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>>72699
>digital cameras are expensive and I got a good deal on this film camera. I have a decent digital camera but it's not a fancy SLR with lenses or anything.

But SD cards are cheap compared to film. If you shoot a reasonable amount, the difference between that and an entry-level DSLR or high-end point-and-shoot will pay for itself in a year.

What digital camera do you have? If it has a manual mode, you're really as good to as with an SLR for everything but low-light and action photography within the focal lengths the lens has. And some of the highest end point and shoots are responsive enough to do action photography with, provided you set the camera to manual focus.

The Rule of Thirds is what you're talking about. It's a guideline, and like most artistic guidelines, to be internalized as "this generally looks best" and then totally disregarded. Other things like it are that groups of three things generally look the best, landscapes are to be done with wide angle and portraits with telephoto, “When you photograph people in color, you are photographing their clothes. When you photograph them in black-and-white, you photograph their souls” (Ted Grant), etc. Be aware of it and realize it's just there to stop people from making sucky photographs and get them to mediocre ones, and is totally tentative.
>> Anonymous
Uh.. what is the point of these pictures, OP?

A fence and a sign, both of which we see every day. At least make them look interesting.
>> Anonymous
>>72677
Right, I was trying to say that overcast provides the best lighting but looks awful if it actual gets in the picture.

>>72699
I wouldn't worry about your digital camera not being fancy now. You could have a really good DSLR when you took those three pictures but it wouldn't make them any less sucky. You need to practice and I have no clue how you can practice with a film camera. The instant feedback on a digital camera is what makes them great for learning. Whip out your cheap digital and get to it.