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p p
{K:1765} 2/1/2007
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Hi! Amanda
I've been reading the comments that people have made you, to be honest i can't stop laughing.
1º I don't understand what Sergio Viera is saying and the drawing that he made was realy bad, he must go back to Art school or something(sorry sergio).
2ºthe others crops suggets by other people, i don't see nothing special in it, all that they are doing is make it look worst.
3º your photo is great and i see nothing rong with it.
7+++++++++++++++++++++++++ for you ^_^
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Rafael Le Masson
{K:1593} 8/26/2005
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Hello Amanda,
I love photographers self portraits! This on is very special and beautiful!
[]s
Rafa
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Mystic 7
{K:124} 6/15/2004
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Another take.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 5/6/2004
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nice one.. nice self portrait!
have many friends... now also me!!!
if a pleasure..
but stop at the words.. our friends have already explained all!
in my friends-list
roby
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Mystic 7
{K:124} 4/26/2004
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It captures the intensity with which you approach your craft. And, yer cute ;-)
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Igor Gatnik
{K:2300} 4/26/2004
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I like your original composition and I agree with coments of Segio. Anyway is a good portrait.
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Amanda Hensley
{K:360} 4/22/2004
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Thank you all for your comments and suggestions! I've learned a lot from this. I can't say I thought a lot about the lighting when taking this picture, just about framing. I did it for a personal photo essay I'm doing for school.(I'm shy and I like being "Behind The Camera." I hate getting my picture taken.) I appreciate it :) Thanks again
Amanda
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Brian T. Ach
{K:1742} 4/22/2004
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Nice idea...just wondering, if instead of the exposure being off- Did you scan this print on a flatbed scanner? If so, I think it is just a matter of the Levels being off (low). just an idea, but that is what it looks like to me.
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Drew Brashler
{K:750} 4/22/2004
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I like the composition that you had with this picture. I'm also kinda new to photography. I started photography in November of last year, and i'm just loving it. I'm going to add you to my friends list, just to see your next pictures that you post. Keep shooting.
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Bad Site
{K:979} 4/22/2004
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Brendon Cordero
{K:3524} 4/22/2004
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Amanda,
I got into photography just as you did, in high school photojournalism. Unfortunately, I pursued another career after school.
You are starting in the right direction by learning photography by manual settings. In my opinion, this is the mechanics and art of photography. It is more fun to take pictures.
Journalism, as for me, was the boring because of the writing. You will find later on, writing will become important for several reasons. Journalism will open a door to a more promising career in news media or in magazines. There is a sense of adventure in these fields. Photojournalism tells a story about a photo. If you like to travel, this field in photography is a great opportunity. Also, archiving your prints for future generations to read and see is a another reason. My downloads are old.
I shoot manual eighty percent of the time. There are times I will shoot in auto; being in shutter priority, aperture priority, or in program. In photojournalism, there will be times when you don't have the time to handle the camera's controls. The important aspect is to get a shot of the event to tell the story. This could be a pose shot, but most likely a candid shot. During a ceremony in a wedding, I find automation is more handy. Again, you don't want missed a certain event. Later, you can do pose shots; such as the family, bride and groom in manual settings.
I hope this helps.
Also, the corrections that the other raters are excellent.
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 4/22/2004
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This is my rendition of the change possible.
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Phil M
{K:11526} 4/21/2004
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Good idea, I tired something similar myself :)
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Dany danY
{K:1062} 4/21/2004
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It's really a beautiful selfportrait, and a nice idea!
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Timothy R
{K:3028} 4/21/2004
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First off, I like the idea of your photo. I did something like this and posted it as my portfolio photo. I think you had all the right ideas here and the photo has all the right elements.
I don't think your exposure setting was all that bad. The over bright window did cause it the automatic exposure to soften out the contast of the photo, which flattened the image. I agree with Sérgio and his final exposure sample as shown. I think it looks much better that way, higher contrast and shows off your beauty much better.
You might find it fun to try this again, and bracket the shot by adjusting the aperture at each stop in each direction and note what you do. Then, tell your processor to note make an adjustment from your first setting, which should be your metered shot.
This would help you get some idea what the relationship is between exposure setting.
I hope you keep on shooting, you really have something there!
Regards,
Tim
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Sérgio Vieira
{K:3384} 4/21/2004
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Here it goes the other one with (+/-) a correct light in you and no cast. It would look really cool if you dodged the rest of the background. Although I like the composition with the background a lot.
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Sérgio Vieira
{K:3384} 4/21/2004
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Amanda,
This is a very original self-portrait. Well seen and composed and I really liked it a lot.
But you really got yourself in a tricky light situation there in two aspects:
1. The dark tones of your clothes against the strong light from the window.
2. The white cast from the light from the direct reflection from the mirror.
The first one is good if you want to highlight the background until it has no detail. But then you have to do this:
1. Focus your camera to the subject (light measuring is afected by the focus distance).
2. Put your hand or a medium-grey card filling all your centerweight meter.
3. Adjust the camera to 0 (or level the needle).
The other one, the cast, is like having your camera pointing to the sun. The cast can be fixed after and is good if you want high key, it will give a difuse look to your photo.
What happened IMreallyHO, is that you measured your camera to the correct light situation. And I believe it has center-weightned metering, wich means it will evaluate the light more in the center and a litle percentage on the rest of the frame. So has your clothes where not only dark but with the light from behind, even if you compensated the meter, it would still be a tricky measure.
I don't know if you understand this (maybe you already do) but I drew this anyway (ops! yes over your photo :)) so I could explain better.
I also made another version with the correct metering in you (and no cast). I will post it after.
If you have any doubts or reclamations :) please feel free to let me know.
Congratulations on a very original portfolio!
Best regards,
Sérgio
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Ray Heath
{K:4559} 4/21/2004
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t camera Amanda, good idea for a self portrait, unfortunately not enough light on face and overall image lacks contrast
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