Nikon SLR Cameras

Constructive Critisism please?

Melanie C
Melanie C

On my photography.

This is my first time owning a DSLR and I've had it for about a month and a half now, maybe two months. It's a Nikon D3100

arrrrr
arrrrr

Your photos look great! Really think about what you are going to photograph because alot of your shots seem random.

I like pi
I like pi

I think your photos of objects are interesting and artistic. But I think your pictures of the lake and the person can be better. With the human picture to make it more interesting you need to make the person less of the focus. You need to have them more involved in the picture and have more scenery around them. Also, if you have them not looking at the camera it shows a more interesting point of view. In your landscape pictures, you may want to put you focus of you photo onto one side or whichever it is facing. It can show more of the surroundings. It is less interesting when your thing is in the middle of the picture. Finally you might want to delete the bird picture. It's kindof boring.

Derail
Derail

I think you're doing quite well in the time you've had to get to know the tool (camera). I noticed right away your knack for using light. Well lit photos. Except for the few that did include shadows, but those shadows were part of the desired effect. And using your camera around 180 degrees from the sun to give blue skies. Less than 45 degrees and skies are white on most days. This lighting ability seems to come naturally for you. Keep doing what you're doing.

Photoprofessionals
Photoprofessionals

You have mastered your camera really well in a short time. Technically, most of the photos are fine. Try to work a bit more with negative space (don't always center the subjects) and learn a bit more about post processing with photoshop to enhance your photos to make them more interesting.

setaian
setaian

Some of your photos are really quite good. I love this photo!

A lot of them are good efforts but they don't really stand out. I guess I would say they are experiments that didn't quite work. That's fine, those experiments are really important in growing as a photographer.

Well done. You have the beginnings of a very nice portfolio.

Hondo
Hondo

Stop using the Auto modes. Learn to use your camera on Manual as it was intended. The entire purpose of having a DSLR is to allow you to control exposure completely. If you use Auto mode you are using your expensive DSLR like a cheap point and shoot. This is why your photos still look like snapshots.