Jeff's Project 365

[Mad Aussie]

I'm an amateur beginner photographer

If that's true ... your photography is not showing it. Very good compositions, an HDR, interesting POV's, good processing, sharpness, and good flash control also.
It's actually difficult to suggest improvements with these. Day 5 and 7 could both use a boost to the midtones I think to make the car pop a bit more.
Great job on that self portrait also ... B&W doesn't get much better than that. It looks like you've used some external flash and placed it very nicely.
Pretty little model you have there too, she'll be very helpful to your progress I'm sure.

I'd also like to compliment and encourage this idea of showing us a week worth of shots rather than doing it daily. It's too hard to follow someone daily, and often gets a bit boring on projects like this for the followers. But checking out the latest week of effort is much more interesting I feel.

Good work!

[Bucky]

Wow, thanks for the great feedback. While I have been shooting for a while, I have only recently "applied" myself to learning better technique
and post processing skills. I truly consider myself a beginner.

Day 5 and 7, agreed. I should have made the car a bit more exposed. As it is now, the car blends into the background too much. Lesson learned on that one.

Thanks again for the nice comments.

-- Jeff

[Mad Aussie]

Happy to help Bucky.

I'd also like to compliment and encourage this idea of showing us a week worth of shots rather than doing it daily. It's too hard to follow someone daily, and often gets a bit boring on projects like this for the followers. But checking out the latest week of effort is much more interesting I feel.

I just want to clarify this for the other members of the forum. I was talking about this type of thread where someone is posting a multitude of shots as a project for a year etc. I don't want anyone thinking I don't like seeing their work on a daily basis.

[Doug L]

Welcome! Terrific set of images. Love how you've attempted to tell a story and/or create a mood with your auto images. Enjoy how you've framed the girl's head, focusing on the eyes and great smile - wonder if some of her hair at top should be cropped out also? I like the composition of the monopoly board - do you think seeing a few hands of some players would add to the shot? As for your self- portrait, I'm blown away! In my amateur opinion, it's flawless and of professional quality. Thanks for posting. Looking forward to seeing more.

[JAS_Photo]

Great set! I would be interested to see this thread continue for sure!

[Bucky]

Thanks guys.

Next update will be later next week.

[ewaizel]

Jeff
Excellent shots and great project. Everybody should have one of these.
-That lovely smile and eyes of day #2 are great.
-Day #5 may seem dark for for some people but I really like the low key feeling.
-Day #4 has nice reflections on the car.

[Runmonty]

Nice set Bucky. I am looking forward to following this thread.

[Bucky]

Thanks guys. Still going strong.

[Bucky]

Hey guys,

Time for another update. It is more challenging then I thought it would be to capture a shot a day, as you want to make sure every shot is as good as you can make it. Anyway, this is what I have so far.

Day 8 / 365 - December 8th, 2012



This is a shot of Silo 13, located in Montreal. The shot was the best of what I took, but I'm not too pleased with it.

Day 9 / 365, December 9th, 2012



Time to try some sports photography. This was shot at an indoor soccer field, and it was dark. I mean dark. Shot at 1/800sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400.

Day 10 / 365, December 10th, 2012



I went to my daughters hip-hop dance class and took close to 400 shots. While I got some really good actions shots. I felt this one expressed the most attitude. I find it very amusing watching a tiny eight year old girl try to look tough. Shot at ISO 2500. Love full frame.

Day 11 / 365, December 11th, 2012



An impromptu portrait shot of Haley. She really is helping me get shots for this project. Was shot using bounce flash.

Day 12 / 365, December 12th, 2012



As you can tell from the number of shots, I'm trying to work on my Automotive photography. Here is a shot that I took under an expressway. The center composition is questionable, but truthfully I was unsure how to compose the shot. I did figure that columns worked in a reverse leading lines type of way.

Day 13 / 365, December 13th, 2012



I was away in Philly today and did not have a chance to take any pics. I grabbed this shot on the way to my car when I got back home. It was taken with my P7100. As you can see I HEAVILY processed it and played with some textures for fun.