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  What in the world is wrong with this photo as a profile photo or avatar in Y/A?

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  There should be nothing wrong with that photo.

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  My friend is new to photography and he decided to take a picture of my hand. How is the shot?

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  do most photographers start out like this?

  i can take hundreds of photos before i hit one that i really do like most of my photos turn out to be flops

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  What kind of photo do you call this?

  Hello, so I am trying to figure out what kind kind of photo this is so I can edit my photos like this in photoshop. 

  6 Answers3 weeks ago
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  Why can't DSLRs do HDR as well as phones can?

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  UPDATE:  I rethought my answer and deleted and replaced my original answer with the following (there was one thumbs up for the old answer):

  Pentax does in camera HDR, and I'll put those results up against any phone any day of the week and twice on Sunday.  The images from phones look good because you're looking at them on a small LCD screen.  This is far too small for the human eye to see any defects due to poor lens design or the horrendous amount of noise that phones produce even at base ISO.  You don't know what you are giving up for the convenience of a phone.  I think if more people did, there would be a lot more people using actual dedicated cameras instead of phones.

  Your question is obviously based upon your personal experience of the major DSLR brands, namely Canon and Nikon, which is understandable.  However, Pentax DSLR bodies do a lot of things that Canon & Nikon bodies don't such as in-body image stabilization (IBIS), astrotracer, and pixel shift are all things in most Pentax bodies (even the entry level ones) but not in any Nikon or Canon DSLR.  Why?  Because Canon and Nikon know that don't have to.  They know consumers will buy their cameras because of the name.  Pentax, on the other hand, doesn't have that name recognition and therefore, they have to put more tech in their cameras to entice people to even consider them over Canon or Nikon.  Have you ever considered Pentax?  Probably not because of the fantastic marketing of Canon & Nikon that promotes the idea that if you want great pictures, then you have to be using a Canon or Nikon, which is simply BS; just ask any Holga owner.  I know, I bought into the marketing BS, too.  I used to be a Canon and Holga shooter and had you told me that one day I would be shooting Pentax and loving it, I'd think you're crazy.

  So, you see, DSLRs do, do the things that phones do and a lot better, too.

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  there is no right or wrong in photography composition, just a matter of taste and preference?

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  Sure, as long as you are the only person that is going to look at the pictures, but if you want others to see them and like them then its a false statement. 

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  Is it acceptable or rude to send my photographer some examples of photos I'd like at our wedding?

  I don't want my photographer to think she doesn't know how to do her job if I send her some photos of poses I'd really like her to capture for me. But at the same time I'd really like to have certain photos! Is it acceptable to email her 4-5 photos of specific shots I'd really like her to take of my soon-to-be husband & I or would that just be rude? Thanks!

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  I have the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mk III. It has a crop sensor in it, but I can't help but feel like my images are the same as my phone?

  What's the deal with that?? Why does the quality feel the same on my crop sensor as it is on my tiny phone camera (Note 10)?

  Shooting during the day, good 👍

  Shooting in low light, 👎 forget about it... it's garbage.

  Same as my phone's camera...

  I used to have the 70d and the 80d, and and I never felt like the quality of those crop sensors were garbage in low light, so what's the deal with this crop sensor sized point and shoot being so bad?

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  Who is the top professional photo editing service in the USA?

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  When and by whom was photography invented?

  I think it was invented in the 19th century in Italy, but I do not know the exact year or the name of the inventor.

  I understand that before the photographic camera there was a device called a 'camera obscura' [Italian for 'dark room'] which projected an image, it need a means to fix the image.

  A camera obscura was used by artists to help with perspective etc.

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  What to do if I know conpositions and I can't still apply them in my photos?

  Can it also be because of boring locations? How should I start to compose trully?

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  Which of these four girls look the prettiest?

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  is it always a bad idea in photography to put your horizen center frame?

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  are professional photographers just using their phones nowadays?

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  how can you stop getting lens flares in your sun photos?

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  Why are my flaws exaggerated when taking a photo?

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  The problem is that you're using a phone with a wide lens.  If you want to avoid looking bad in photos, only use a lens with a focal length of at least 50mm (35mm format).  You can see just how bad people look when their photo is taken with a wide lens in this link (for reference, your phone has a 28mm lens): http://www.stepheneastwood.com/tutorials/lensdisto...

  If you want to look great in shots, use a long focal length of 85-200mm.  Focal lengths of this type will have the opposite effect on the perspective.  IOW, these lenses compress the perspective making people look more attractive than they do in real life.  No phone has this capability.  NO photographer would ever use a phone for portraits, and your photos of yourself prove why.

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  why do photographers still take black and white photos?

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  Black and white snapshots get rid of any distraction of coloration and assist the viewer's core of interest on exceptional factors of the photo, such as the subject, the textures, shapes and patterns, and the composition. So, you can use all the equal composition techniques like the rule of thirds that you would use in color photography.

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  Should I Find a small space to create a studio?

  I’m not a professional photographer but I have much knowledge in photography. Would it be a smart idea to lease a small space to make a studio. I currently have no place to shoot in a studio and I’m tired of paying someone for their space  for my photo shoots.

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  Photographers, What cheap camera do you recommend starting off with for photography?

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  Which is the best photography for a pre-wedding shoot?

  I'm searching for pre-wedding photography. Still, I couldn't able to find the right one. Can anyone help me with it?

  4 Answers1 month ago