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@tashavk, have you considered a firmware upgrade?

You’ll have to do a bit of research to find out if there is one for your particular model, or if your camera already has the latest firmware, and more research to find out how to do it, but the jist of it is like a “software update” for your camera. That could help your ‘slow-and-unresponsive’…[Read more]

Hmm…
Other than that the watermarked image has a bit more jpeg compression, I can’t say I see any difference between the two.
Sorry for being rather un-helpful!

Having said that, a thought just struck me.
@ernestf-lloyd said:

what I’m referring to is the different layers of color and lightness on the edges of the black. [emphasis mine]

What q…[Read more]

Can you post a screenshot of what it looks like in the Develop module in Lightroom? That might help us see the difference between the two.
-William

Good eye for detail, @peanut! Not everyone would have seen a feather just lying there as a photographic opportunity.

One thing might be to try experimenting with a lower, more eye-level angle, to include a bit more background, and look more artistic.

Hope this helps,
William

Hi @erambeck!
If you’re a Pro member, you’ll have access to the Pro Posing Database, which includes a wedding section: https://www.lenspiration.com/proposing/ I don’t know if that is what you were referring to by “James’s portfolio,” but actually any Pro member can contribute to it.

James’s actual portfolio I assume is actually what you’ve…[Read more]

Hi @tashavk,
Good job on the nice background bokeh. In all your pictures, that is a really nice element. Well done!
@timtam said:

3. Adjust your color balance…The images are too warm

I agree. They mostly look as though they were taken in candle-light. Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea, to put one in! But still, do your white balance corrections very…[Read more]

One thing I forgot to mention was that good artist are usually good at borrowing from other people’s ideas.

I don’t know of very many professional real-estate photographer’s portfolios, but here’s one which displays a high quality of work. 😉

As with any art, spend a bit of time analysing why you like/don’t like certain photos, and, especially,…[Read more]

Hi loganlamar, here are a few links that might be helpful to you:

Real-Estate Photography

Real-estate Photography

What It Takes To Be a Real Estate Photographer

4 Steps to Photographing Beautiful Architecture Interiors

Happy Reading!
William

Hey, @jamesstaddon,

Yes, I do think mirrorless will eventually replace the DSLR.

I’m curious if, in consequence of that, you’ve considered going mirrorless yourself? Or are the sensors just not quite big enough yet?

Just curious,
William

Hi Joshua,
Yes, absolutely. You’ve achieved a very powerful example of leading lines. The lines, since they converge going up, tend to lead the eye upwards rather than downwards.

Having said that, though the picture makes a great illustration of the concept, the leading lines are so powerful that they lead my eye right out of the picture!

So if…[Read more]

Welcome to the forums, @zclark!

At a significant risk of redundancy, that’s something you’ll find is frequently true with snow pictures. They’ll usually end up underexposed if you’re not careful. As a rule of thumb to avoid this, I often jack up my exposure compensation 2/3rds of a stop in-the-field, whenever I’m taking pictures of snow. It just…[Read more]

Welcome to the forums, @zclark!

At a significant risk of redundancy, that’s something you’ll find is frequently true with snow pictures. They’ll usually end up underexposed if you’re not careful. As a rule of thumb to avoid this, I often jack up my exposure compensation 2/3rds of a stop in-the-field, whenever I’m taking pictures of snow. It just…[Read more]

Thanks @jamesstaddon, for the great ideas!
In fact, I did take a brief look online to see what European scenery looks like, and what I noticed most predominantly was the topography. There seems to be a lot of hills, mountains, etc. there.

Browsing through my archives, I found a few pictures that immediately struck my eye as ‘peaceful’. I tried for a bit of variety this time, as the topic allowed.
Being a North American, I did find it a little difficult to visualize what European scenery would look like.
William

Hey @alightforhim, welcome to the forums!

That is a great shot; those are some really dramatic clouds, and the contrast in the colour of the sky really adds a lot to the picture.

I feel like the shot needs a few tweaks in post-processing, though.
The first thing I noticed was the horizon. It’s almost straight. Take a good hard look at your…[Read more]

Hi @kazuki-maeda, The software I’ve used and enjoyed the most is Darktable. It is free, and I find it very powerful. It’s available for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Here is a link, where someone else asked a similar question, and it was answered in some detail:

Photo editing?

Hope this helps!
William Frazer

I definitely like the first shot, D2F35309-4260-4683-981C-1EA73C3DF1E1.jpeg, best, because there’s more open space in the sky. You could use this kind of picture for almost anything!

I tweaked it a bit, cropping out the deck chair on the left, which seems to draw one’s eye off the picture instead of towards the subject, and also cropped out the…[Read more]

That’s great @dfrazer. I love how you said “simple trigonometry”. I have forgotten most of the trigonometry I ever learned, but I would have fun studying out the formulas if I had the time. I think that realistically I would use your field trick. I assume that it is for crop frame?

Another thing: I noticed in the link that you sent for the…[Read more]

Winter is on its way, and our rain barrel valves were starting to freeze so I had already put most of them away for the winter. The hose was the same story… But we do have a rather picturesque/gross pond at our place. I wasn’t sure how to make it look really gross, so I tried getting a glassful of the water. I found that shooting nearly…[Read more]