A Photograph Recap (Warning: Photo Heavy)

[LGM]

Well, it's been at least 4-5 months since I've posted any of my photo work.. So I decided I should put up a few I've taken with my new Canon EOS 350D a.k.a. Digital Rebel XT.

I'll start with the first few I took, and some of the latest. Most recently I've been doing band photography, as I have been "hired" as the band photographer for The Metrolites.

So here they are:



One of the first photos I took. I was milling about downtown and entered a very old thrift store. This is the exit sign above the entrance.



One of the first pics I took of the Metrolites with my new camera. I still didn't know what I was doing then.



This one's been quite popular. I just got lucky with a sunset.



Here's my mug.



A mere one from the plethora of shots I took of my school's production of Arsenic and Old Lace.



This started merely as a candid shot, but I photoshopped it to hell to make it look like some kind of modeling ad.



Here's a 20-second exposure of the I-74 bridge crossing the great Mississippi river.



The first pic I took with my new 50mm lens. The detail is astounding.



My latest outing with a fantabulous model.



Here's Devin Alexander from the Post Mortems, another local band, tuning his guitar before he plays.



I took this while driving. Probably wasn't smart.



And here's the last one. I took this two nights ago. It's a bit dark, but I like it.

If you want to see more, check out my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilgryphmaster

[Chicky]

Love them! They scream professionalism.

[DoorKnobHandle]

Absolutely amazing, man! Those are really great pictures, I have nothing left to say! :o

[LGM]

Here's one more I just took today:

[Andail]

You're progressing nicely, LGM.
Many of these pics convey much more maturity and confidence than your earlier.

#1. It's technically good but too uninteresting. It would have totally rocked with a part of a human included somehow.
#2. I like this. It's full of motion and feeling; the guitarist wiping his sweat may not be functional portrait-wise, but gives a great sense of action, so to speak. The sense of depth would have been perfect if the drummer had been visible in the back.
#3. This is maybe your best. This shot has near-perfect proportions. The big metallic machine-like back side of the train (with its knife-edge focus) works
great with the soft sunset. The colours are honey. It's close to being a bit sweet (shooting sunsets is risky in this way) but still works.
#4. Not a very good one. You don't make very good use of the space, and there is a black tone on your shirt at the bottom of the picture which looks unprofessional.
#5. This is great, it's another as-it-happens portrait with motion and genuineness to it. However, it may lack some detail in the bottom-left corner (which is now just a dark sweater).
#6. I don't normally fancy this kind of modelling pics. For them to work, the models need to be 100% super-photogenic. And they're still hard to get right.
#7. A bit unoriginal. It's a scene you see in every postcard stand.
#8. Perhaps your most original shot. It works well thanks to the crisp details. It also looks like the Swedish flag which is a plus.
#9. This works suprisingly well, considering what you've tried to pull off. I would have cropped it before the trunk gets too shaded.
If you want to sell it to fashion magazines etc, she might need to work on her manicure.
#10. Good. He has a great model appearance. You should have captured a part of his guitar though. It lacks that kind of little balancing detail which would make it a bit more interesting.
#11. Too boring.
#12. Good, but a bit dark, as you say yourself.
#13 (second post). I like it. It's a functional portrait. As a piece of art, it's a bit stiff and unexciting. Very nice depth.

[Helm]

#9. This works suprisingly well, considering what you've tried to pull off. I would have cropped it before the trunk gets too shaded.

Agree. Another reason to cut off the excess bark. Right now the middle of the picture is exactly the cheek-on-bark cut, and any teacher of composition will tell you things are more interesting if you avoid perfect centering. Go towards the golden mean.

[LGM]

I agree also, I wasn't too happy with that composition. Too focused on lighting and color and forgot to crop. I shall fix 'er up.

As for #10, here is a larger crop. I only took out the ugly mic stand to his right:



Also, the last one of the korean girl IS a portrait, so it was meant to be more formal and less artisitc.