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@jamesstaddon Do you have any specific types of upward looking photos such as buildings, trees (all the trees where I live don’t have leaves anymore) or just the sky with cool clouds, etc?
@jamesstaddon – What a lovely hymn! I don’t believe I’ve heard that one before. Would a picture of a person looking/pointing/reaching upward work? Or something more simple because of the text that will be overlaying the image?
@elianafranzenburg, try using trees even without leaves! Not buildings. I think there needs to be more than just clouds. Something in the foreground pointing upward. Perhaps pine trees? Even tall grass in a field might work.
@creative-click-photography, yes! Having a person looking upward would work. Maybe from the back or side? Maybe not pointing. Rather, looking or reaching. A not-intentional-looking reaching.Thank you, photographers!!
Thanks, @jamesstaddon.
A not-intentional-looking reaching.
Hmm… what do you mean by that? 🙂 Do you mean not really posed looking? I’ve attached a photo – would you class this as intentional reaching?
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Wow, what beautiful lighting! Hmm, I guess reaching isn’t really the word I was looking for….more like a humble, lifting of the hands perhaps (instead of the whole arm). Like, instead of an erect back with worshipfully outstretched arms, I’m thinking a posture that speaks “I am so incapable of being like you”, without strength, almost afraid to look up.
Kinda like this or this, though that last example is from the wrong angle, and should be looking up more.
Also, be sure to leave plenty of space to one side of the subject (and even around the subject if you don’t mind) so I can crop in post to make the text fit around the subject.
I’m thinking a posture that speaks “I am so incapable of being like you”, without strength, almost afraid to look up.
That sounds great. I’ll give it a shot!
Thanks for those examples. That reminds me of a photo I’ve already taken, though I’ll probably take some more that are specifically for this assignment. Would that photo possibly work?
Also, be sure to leave plenty of space to one side of the subject
So, do you want the person to be either on one of the left or right thirds, not in the middle?
Oh, that’s a great picture! It could definitely work if there are no other submissions. If you do re-shoot, I would have the subject looking up more and perhaps less of a contrasty background (so text overlays well in the negative space). Yes, the person off to either the left or right third and not in the middle. Thanks @creative-click-photography!
Okay, not a person, but a looking up shot.
I think it might work if you don’t want any people in the picture.
@jamesstaddon, I uploaded the .CR2 file and a original size JPEG of my edit. I use Luminar, so no DNGs from me, unfortunately.
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Thank you @loganlamar! It’s really nice to have the .CR2 file for actual experimenting during the webinar!
Here are some submissions! I didn’t crop any of the photos to allow for more flexibility 🙂
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I’m still planning to take others, but in case I run out of time I’m submitting these ones! 🙂
I know that pic #2 wasn’t quite what you had in mind, but looking back over my portfolio that was the only other picture that really has the feel of beseeching God for strength/I can’t do this alone. Not sure if it’ll work though!
Picture #3 – I had a lot of lens flare in this shot (possibly because of some unwanted smudges on my lens!), so I did the best I could to edit it out, but I was disappointed with how it turned out. Maybe it was more of Photoshop job than a Lightroom one.
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Wow, thank you everyone for taking the time to brainstorm and shoot for this request! When the winner is chosen, it will be announced here (with a debut announcement hopefully tonight). Can’t wait to talk about all these submissions tonight on the webinar! You can register for it here: https://www.lenspiration.com/photo-critique-with-lenspiration-dec-11/
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