Improving One's Photography

[Mad Aussie]

Barefoot's 'Doris Jean' photo just reminded me of something I do to improve.

If I see a photo online that I'd realy like to be to take myself I save that photo into a folder called 'Photos to do'
Then I slowly delete the photos from that folder as I manage to satisfactorily achieve similar photos of my own. It helps to push me and keep me focused.

[jjeling]

Barefoot's 'Doris Jean' photo just reminded me of something I do to improve.

If I see a photo online that I'd realy like to be to take myself I save that photo into a folder called 'Photos to do'
Then I slowly delete the photos from that folder as I manage to satisfactorily achieve similar photos of my own. It helps to push me and keep me focused.

Ditto! I usually do this in my head though.

[Mad Aussie]

Ditto! I usually do this in my head though.

Gigabytes of room in there I'm sure!

[Gem]

I've got a book going where I paste in pictures that I like and try to critique them--what makes them good? What could have been better? How might I have done it differently?

Then I put in my pictures and and compare them--How are they different? How are they the same?

Photos from National Geographic (my brother was kind enough to let me cut his up ) work particularly well!

[kat]

I've got a book going where I paste in pictures that I like and try to critique them--what makes them good? What could have been better? How might I have done it differently?

Then I put in my pictures and and compare them--How are they different? How are they the same?

Photos from National Geographic (my brother was kind enough to let me cut his up ) work particularly well!

I do the same thing! From day one till now!! It's funny what little time can do for changes and I can't wait to see how much better it all is when I review my book come this time next year!!

[AcadieLibre]

I never even look at the White Balance, for me personally it is a useless function. If I am shooting in good light conditions the auto works perfectly. When I am shooting in low light conditions I do all my adjustments in post processing because I know before I take the shot what the final look will be and never does the white balance matter.

[Gem]

Lol, I had a funny result when my white balance was off one time....

[kat]

Ha ha ha..all I see is a woman balancing a light and holding a knife who is coming to get me!!!!!!!!

[jjeling]

I never even look at the White Balance, for me personally it is a useless function. If I am shooting in good light conditions the auto works perfectly. When I am shooting in low light conditions I do all my adjustments in post processing because I know before I take the shot what the final look will be and never does the white balance matter.

I agree with this to a certain extent. Its not a huge deal. Normally, if it is off a little I do not mind too much. It is the real dramatic differences, but as we said before, I like to try and get as close to perfect as possible in camera to avoid less work later in PP.

[GregL]

....If I see a photo online that I'd realy like to be to take myself I save that photo into a folder called 'Photos to do'
Then I slowly delete the photos from that folder as I manage to satisfactorily achieve similar photos of my own. It helps to push me and keep me focused.

That sounds like a great idea... I'll just put it into my Photos to do folder and give it ago. Sounds like a good exercise to help me improve.