Photography
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- claudschmid
I really want to get my work out there and hopefully, before too very long, go freelance. Anyone have any words of wisdom?
- Llyod0
everyone is either a photographer, a dj, or both
- claudschmid0
Annoyingly, I already knew that little gem...
- moamoa0
sorry... but
your quality/work is not good enough....
looks like pics I am doing with a 99 € digicam.
or is your website just a showcase of your private pic?
I don´t wanna see the beach and holidaypics.. I wanna see some real work..
- Llyod0
no pics of your feet (even though I did that one myself a while back)
- epigraph0
yeah, sorry, but I am tired of seeing these type of shots.
You're shots are pleasing enough, but that doesn't cut through the clutter nowadays.
- moamoa0
I hope my comment was not to harsh :)
but I am working almost every second day with photographers..
so I am talking with some experienceso I would say.. its toooooooo early for you to go freelance..
you should produce some free/personal projects..
- Jnr_Madison0
Comments are harsh but true I'm afraid. You need to set yourself apart, develop a style, at the moment these pics don't do that.
- claudschmid0
No worries, I like to hear the truth. I am a picture researcher for a travel magazine, so I always hope my opionions help others.
- claudschmid0
In fact, from the comments, maybe my job is influencing my work too much!
- Dr_Rand0
go bless you
- mg330
Photography is one of those things that is very difficult to judge IMO. What makes a great photo to the photographer, be it a personal connection, a memory, etc. will to many viewers be something they have seen dozens of times from hundreds of people.
Good, unique photos are the kinds of things that are just so difficult to get. Seems like most budding photographers start off with the same standard themes and images as so many others. It's worse than even aping a web site layout because it's far more wide spread.
That said, you have some nice photos in there in some places. Love the fog photos.
Also, this one is really great:
I wish I'd taken that :) because I can tell it really captured a feeling and an atmosphere when you were there. Really nice.
- claudschmid0
Kind words, many thanks, thought I was just going to have to persevere the severe beating.
- utopian20
please not another blog...
- sikma0
You have an amazing eye. But you need to show that you can shoot other types of photography outside of just travel/landscape.
Do you ever use strobes? If not you should. It will help add a diferent element to your work.
A photographers portfolio really shouldn't have much more than 25 to 30 photos. Too many shots tends to water down the strongest images.
- claudschmid0
Yep, am aiming for that while designing a site. Many thanks.
- mg330
Watered down is a good point. When I'm on vacations, I take hundreds of photos, and when it comes time to put a gallery together of the best ones, man, it takes time.
Ex: At Lollapalooza I took nearly 100 photos of Explosions In The Sky (I was onstage watching them from a platform thanks to VIP guest passes) and it's hard to choose the 10-15 best ones, if I even need that many.
- Jnr_Madison0
Looking at your pics again, I do like some of the compositions, as sikma said, a good eye (which is worth a lot), you just need to expand your subject matter. I'd like to see some shots you have purposely setup to see what you would come up with.
- claudschmid0
I must admit my older work is much better and more inspired, maybe scroll down and look from the bottom first!
- nicnichols0
My best advice would be to focus on one thing.. pick whatever your strongest set of images are, and focus on developing a powerful set of cohesive images. I just did an interview for a girl looking to intern at our firm, and her images were a scattered mess of random ideas- which really didn't give me an idea of what she really was capable of, or really wanted to accomplish.
-- You have some good images, but they are placed among random sub par ones, and therefore don't have the ability to stand out.Pick a subject that you want to be hired for, say portraits, a particular event, city life, ect - and do your best to make a set of 10 really good images. Each time you shoot, think about what the client would want- and do just that.
Our firm has specialties that we are really good at, and we excel at those- but we do many things. Some good, some not as good- but we built our company through our specific strengths.
My personal sites are just that- personal stuff.. I sell prints, have shows ect- but for my own personal benefit. At the office its a whole different world..
Focus on the core elements of creating images, color, composition, subject matter, and simplify the site down to you best images. Less is sometimes more when it comes to presenting images for client consideration--
And good luck!
- claudschmid0
Great words, many thanks!