So, congratulations, @warrior-princess, @esther, @ejvanwyk, @samuelwest, @chris1223, @allieworrall, @blessingscaptured, @laura-aome, @sager7, and @musicgal! (Did I get everyone?!) I’ll be in…Read more

Here is my ninth submission, of Mr and Mrs Snow…

@esther Everything is going well over here in South Africa. We are in the peek of the citrus season and very busy!🍊🍋 Everyone is calm and working, and there are no locusts…Read more

@esther, does this forum thread help answer your question?

And you guys submitted some incredible photos. When it comes to a photo of an animal coming to the water to drink, I don’t think anyone could top that elephant photo! You sure you’re the one that took that photo @jemimajvr? 😀 And @esther, that broken handcuff…Read more

Reminder to everyone: Only HORIZONTAL photos will be accepted.

• How to Submit: Members can follow the A, B, C process outlined here. (Instructions for non-members can be viewed here.) You can submit up to 10 photos.

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Yes, narrowing it down to 10 fav…Read more

Can I use a phone or is it not worth it?

Yes, you can use a phone, as long as the photos look high quality on a computer screen and are at least 2000px wide, as stated in the assignment details!

My computer screen for some reason is like pink, so I can’t edit it.

Well, that doesn’t sound good! 🙂 Probably would be worth checking i…Read more

I really like the Joby strap. @esther‘s brother introduced me to it years ago and I was skeptical at first because of the price (like, really, for a strap??), but after he showed me how it worked in-person, I was sold. For some reason, however, they don’t manufacture them any more,…Read more

What version do they want?

Great question @esther! No special requirements on the version, just stay away from paraphrases like “The Message”. 🙂 ESV is fine, @frazer-family.

What version do they want?

That’s a really good question, @esther. I typically use the ESV; is there going to be a problem with that, @jamesstaddon, or should we try to stick to the more traditional (at least in the USA) KJV, which they use on their website? Or it doesn’t make any difference?
-William

The pictures of the squirrel are just too cute! I like both the first and the third… I like the black background contrasted behind its head in the third, but the first one is unique, just being the squirrel all alone.

It looks like you did a great job of working with what you had, as far as…Read more

I’m amazed at how much the color makes a difference, @blessingscaptured! The color green is so stamped on my mind as “the” color for a hose that I’m glad you decided to take pictures of both.

Creative thought, @vincent-charmaingmail-com! Perhaps if the hose was in focus with the leaf-less tree in the background out of…Read more

@esther, is this pond local? the circular shape of the pond in the horizontal photo is almost perfect, just cropped off on the right and left, making it look sorta snapshot-ish….could you shoot it again, only including more room on the right and left? Full sunlight is good, but maybe closer to golden hour,…Read more

I love the rich colors of these fruit spreads! I think if I was arranging this photo, I would’ve tried to put all the jars in an distinct order of darkest color to lightest color. It looks like you generally did, but I think I’d try to get it even a little more…Read more

Much appreciated! 😀 😀

Pertaining to what has been recently discussed in the forms, what was your purpose in taking these photos? Showing variety? Leading lines? Just a stock photo?

I have to admit that I don’t often think of the purpose behind every picture that I take with a camera. Perhaps,…Read more

Thanks for your thoughts.

One thing I aim for when I’m editing is to have the photo leave the editing process looking exactly as the scene looked to me in real life.

I like your point on preserving the originality of the scene. Pictures would look more “real” as opposed to “ideal.”

I’ve always had trouble composing and seeing all…

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or others, do you have any tips to share on how to get real smiles on kids?

That’s a great question, @esther. I think a lot of it has to do with the age and maturity level of the kids, and whether or not they’ll smile “on cue” (i.e. “Hey, so-and-so, can you give me a grin?”). If they’re a little bit older, it can be easier to get this done. If…Read more

So, I played around with the “V shaped pattern”, and came up with a couple that I’ve attached. I’m not quite sure which is best…

Oh that’s hard! Before I give any comments, I’d be interested to know if there’s a crop/edit that you like more than the others at this point since it’s been a few days since you did those crops? Sometimes…Read more

1. Personally, I prefer not to crop my photos a ton since it does affect quality. So, I almost never crop a horizontal photo vertically, or a vertical photo horizontally. It’s just a little bit too big of a crop for me. Now, I believe your camera takes larger pictures than mine in the…Read more

How much of a difference do you do for the exposure? I was doing two pictures like bracketing, changing the shutter speed, like 1/100 sec and 1/400 sec. then merging them in Lightroom.

It depends on the picture, because the more contrast between the exposures, the “higher” the HDR will look. I couldn’t tell you exactly how many…Read more

On the second day I was taking photographing this guy I thought was my brother, and it turned out it wasn’t!

I know – it’s such a weird feeling when you can’t even recognize your own brother!

Yeah, my brother was r…

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As announced in the webinar last night, the winners are: @frazer-family (William), @frazer-family (Evelyn), @esther, and @bennett-family!

And if you’d like to watch a replay of the webinar, here’s the link: https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar49/