Thanks again!

“I don’t think that we would choose a black and white photo for the front cover of the book.

Music on the piano might work. I think that if we did that it should be a hymnal and also it would be better not to be able to see what parti piece or hymnal it was.

I don’t think that we…Read more

@elianafranzenburg, yes, it would be best to use a model release for the subjects you photograph. I’ve attached a generic one you can use if you’d like. As for ages of the kids, I do think it best if the mother is holding one (thus a child young enough to be held) and if there is a toddler or two at her side (thus a child young…Read more

On the topic of narrowing photos down I always wait till the next day after shooting so I have a fresh mindset and mark my favorites then just slowly narrow them down depending on how they look after any editing is done.

Good idea! Sometimes I have emotional attachments to images that don’t allow me to objectively ask myself…Read more

Here’s what I would do:

1 – Define “ordinary”. Look it up in the dictionary if you want to. Just get it clear in your head what exactly you’re going to want to convey.

2 – Make a list of anything and everything that you would classify as “ordinary”.

3 – Think of “extraordinary” w…Read more

The darkness of the leaves doesn’t quite seem to match the lighting on the flower. I might try to bring up shadows a bit more on them in post-processing, although I’m not sure how much you’ll be able to do that without creating too much noise. The photo also doesn’t seem like it’s quite tack sharp.

As far as the logo goes, I w…Read more

Hey Aliana!

That’s a nice sunflower!

Couple quick things:

Because the majority of the photo is taken up by the sunflower head bathed in shadow and the exposure is set for the petals and sky, the photo feels a little underexposed. That certainly helps the text stand out, but I do wonder what it would look like if you…Read more

If anyone doesn’t have a picture of a…Read more

I would much prefer to use your work than pictures off some stock site, however, I also need approval from the editing team and sometimes we do lean toward choosing other pictures that we find. Real world competition, right? Though I must say that if I’d seen the edited version of @elianafranzenburg…Read more

It was so neat to see how one of your pictures (once edited) worked well for the assignment in combination with @dan-cope‘s. I’ve attached the merge here for everyone else to see it. Sooooo wish it I had done the merge ONE day earlier….I talked to Esther and she said she…Read more

Glad to hear you’re doing better, Eliana!

I like Lydia’s flower because it is not only partly in focus, but it is also bright. Our pastor sends out a daily verse that he receives from somewhere and my constant complaint about the background photos is that they are sort of muddy in color. I’m sure they are trying to make the verse stand out, but the blah background is dis…

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@creative-click-photography, yes! Having a person looking upward would work. Maybe from the back or side? Maybe not…Read more

Thank you also @dfrazer @rmadaris and @elianafranzenburg. Your thoughts and advice are much appreciated!

I really like what you did with the curved flower garland picture! The stark white background doesn’t bother me personally; I find it “clean” so my focus is drawn more to the flowers and the words. One thing I thought I would point out…Read more

I’m talking with a photographer friend about changing the resolution. She says I may be able to do it in my camera. Anybody know about this?

Like @elianafranzenburg said, I definitely use the remote in situations where I need the shot before 2 seconds go by, like in fireworks or getting just the right placement of waves on the beach.

I also like to use a…Read more

@elianafranzenburg – that looks awesome!

So, what types of situations do you like to use the remote shutter release for? I know it’s purpose, I’m just curious when you tend to like to use it.

It’s something I’d like to get at some point, but I don’t know that I need it right now – I don’t know how much I’d…Read more

Nice shots! The second one is my favourite as I’m rather partial to B&W images!

A few thoughts….

1) Both photos strike me as a bit grainy. I’m guessing you boosted your ISO auto due to poor lighting in your bedroom? (This happens to me all the time!) If possible, maybe try bringing it down a bit and utilize extra lig…Read more

I’d brighten both photos – they strike me as being a bit dark.

I think there is a place for vertical photos of sunsets; I was recently designing a book and was constantly looking for vertical…Read more

did you intend to suggest a contest of sorts between us “lenspirationers” to see who could produce the best photo with a Scripture verse added? If so, I think it’s a great idea.(Especially because I have a few photos of the sort hibernating on backup drives that I haven’t done much with 😛 .)

@theodore @elianafranzenburg @bensharpeningcharacter…Read more

Lenspiration hasn’t been sending me notification emails for some reason, so I hadn’t realized that you had submitted photos! I think I might have messed with something in my profile, so I’ll check that out. In the meantime, I’ll try to check every day till the deadline so I’m not missing…Read more

A few thoughts from the couple times I did photos for friends of mine who have little ones…

-Communicate with the family as far as clothing to wear. I had a situation where I ended up doing impromptu Christmas photos for this family, but the baby and the mama were both wearing light colored clothing, so when mama held…Read more

Perhaps you could explain a bit behind what you were trying to accomplish with this shot?

My initial thought is that the water is so “frozen” in place that it almost looks frozen – glass-like. So if you want it to look more watery, maybe you could slow your shutterspeed down for more flow in the motion of the water.

Again,…Read more

Here are a few thoughts!
Your image is leaning to the left a tad, so I thought you might want to straighten that up. Also, since the fountain is cut off on the right hand side a bit, I thought it’d would look…Read more