getting a eye

hargi

hargi

hargi

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had my camera fuji 5600zoom for a bit now and just started playing with the A and S settings,sorta know whats going on. getting my macro lense and polorising filter in the next day or to, so will have the kit.
Just how do you go about developing your eye for a picture, its something i want to get good at, but anrt that artistic.
 
Practice! And whilst you're developing your own style, have a look at lots of other people's photography to see what you like and then figure out what they did to achieve it. There's nothing wrong with trying to emulate other people's work when you start out. Once you learn to critically evaluate other people's photos it becomes easy to do so with your own.

I've never been at all artisitc, but have a fairly decent eye for a photo (or so I've been told! :p ) so don't worry about that.
 
yeah i mean id love to be able to draw or paint, but i cant. thought that photography would take out the hard bit of that for me.
im loving massaiahkahns work at the moment, but having trouble finding bugs :( .

Its just the what do i photograph problem at the moment
 
Don't listen to King4aDay, he doesn't know what he's talking about! I mean have you seen his pics. Shoddy doesn't even begin to explain it. (I love you really) :p
 
hargi said:
yeah i mean id love to be able to draw or paint, but i cant. thought that photography would take out the hard bit of that for me.
im loving massaiahkahns work at the moment, but having trouble finding bugs :( .

Its just the what do i photograph problem at the moment
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Everyone can draw, paint and photograph. It just takes some people more practice than others. As King4aDay says, its practice, practice, practice! Also read and study about all aspects of the hobby to give you tips and tricks. Eventually you'll slowly get there. And I don't believe you can't find bugs. You just have to get down lower and move slower.
 
yeah no bugs at all, :( .
getting down and moving slow wont work on the gravel. im supprised that you can find buterflied and other exotic's with the weather we are having.
i think i have understood the depth of feild with the flower i used.

everybody can draw??? you have seen my art work havent you?
 
hargi said:
everybody can draw??? you have seen my art work havent you?
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Can you draw a stickman? If so, then you can draw. However to progress from drawing stickmen you have to practice and learn. Artistic ability doesn't come natural for many people. Most people will take years, if not their entire life to build up knowledge and skill in order to paint, draw or photograph etc.
 
yeah, i get your point.
Would it be worth doing GCSE or a2 Photograph course. or just going on a bog standed course
 
courses are ok, but they can be very boring, and you end up doing a lot of stuff you dont need.

personally... i would buy some very handy photography books, check online on various portfolio's, head over to some photography forums, but best thing you can do.... Get your camera and go outside and take lots of pics!

thats the only way to learn, its just about getting out there playing with ya tools. you'll soon develop your own style, try not get copy other people's, as at the end of the day, you want to show Your work, and once you start enjoying finding your style of shoots, your love it even more ;)

but yea...

play with it ;0
 
hargi said:
yeah, i get your point.
Would it be worth doing GCSE or a2 Photograph course. or just going on a bog standed course
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I would suggest getting out there with the camera first. Courses can be good, but won't tell you much beyond what you can figure out yourself or find out from asking on here/reading articles. If however you still feel you want to go on a course, I would suggest something like a shortish night class might be worth considering. At least that way your not tied down to it for a year.
 
Courses can be good, but won't tell you much beyond what you can figure out yourself or find out from asking on here/reading articles.
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I beg to differ, a decent course will tell a hell of a lot more than you can learn of these forums, or any jo bloggs learn dslr photography book. In so much as these forums are stuck on a one track mind, there are a decent few but advise on here is being pedaled as gospel by very unlearned members imo.
An art is not a technicality even if it does require technology.
 
i still think, and anyone will tell you.

the only way your learn, is by doing it.
you dont need a full time course to help you do that, as they dont teach you what you want to know. they just do little bits, and a lot of pointless things aswell.

yea its good, if you find the right course, and place. but i prefer to learn by myself and actually play about with it, its more fun and rewarding then being told how to do it.
 
ChroniC said:
I beg to differ, a decent course will tell a hell of a lot more than you can learn of these forums, or any jo bloggs learn dslr photography book. In so much as these forums are stuck on a one track mind, there are a decent few but advise on here is being pedaled as gospel by very unlearned members imo.
An art is not a technicality even if it does require technology.
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Same applies to courses as well really though doesn't it. You'll get many where the tutor will be stuck in his ways, and will teach it how he knows best. But if you get a good one, then you can learn a lot. But this is also the case with forums(And when I say forums, I don't just mean ocuk, as there are a lot of others out there). There will be a few really knowledgable people that are well worth listening to. The only difference is that a good course can cost you a lot of money, whereas forums are free.
 
messiah khan said:
Same applies to courses as well really though doesn't it. You'll get many where the tutor will be stuck in his ways, and will teach it how he knows best. But if you get a good one, then you can learn a lot. But this is also the case with forums(And when I say forums, I don't just mean ocuk, as there are a lot of others out there). There will be a few really knowledgable people that are well worth listening to. The only difference is that a good course can cost you a lot of money, whereas forums are free.
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Indeed i suppose cost would be a big justification, i only just consider the actual value of my course worthy because of the piece of paper i get at the end, not £3500 worth of skill and knowledge.
But consider the diversity that should be applied to a course, i would imagine im the only one on this forum that owns "Photography A Cultural History" or "The philosphy of Aesthetic in Photography", but then again maybe these are only worthy aspects for someone considering it professionally!
However they do set aside one type of photography from another, and im tired of people saying and preaching that they are amazing photographers from a single book on how to apply the simplest of rules, and after they bought the most expensive lens.
It reminds me of that website where people were telling a fake photographer who had been posting famous shots that he need to crop or retake the photos, because they had read it in a dslr guide.

Im trying not to be exactly what im describing by preaching, but it does annoy me when i see someone tell someone their work isn't great because it doesn't conform to other examples and rules. I would personal go to say that photography is more about capturing a time, a place, or an essence of something like a feeling than it is about fitting the corner of a flower into the edge of the frame, everyone can learn that but not everyone can find or capture that something extra, those who can are better.
 
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