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Hi Lydia! Just a little question… Is this assignment being run again? It looks like an assignment from back in April of 2021 to me…
Then the sun really came out, so picture 6 I find has nice lighting, but it also shows that the path is well used!
Finally we crossed a cross-country ski path, and had a bit of a “view”. This is my favourite of the pictures I managed to take. (See picture 7)The more I do photography the more I realise that a good picture doesn’t just “happen”. It takes deliberate thought, forethought and experience! I didn’t get any epic, shots, but at least my sister and I had fun that day! And of course I got some shots of her, too! But those don’t fit in this assignment. 😀
I would be interested in hearing other’s opinions as to whether the pictures have a good white balance or not.
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When I saw this assignment, I thought, I might actually be able to do that one! But the one day that I was driving anywhere pretty… I realized that I had forgot my camera. :(. So, I pulled out my cellphone (a 2016 model with not a great camera…) The road certainly was pretty, but the camera doesn’t do it justice. (See 1st picture.)
Then I saw a snowmobile track, (see 2nd picture) but again, that camera just doesn’t cut the mustard. If you look really close, you can see the path goes all the way to the edge of the woods.
A couple days later, I figured, “Well, I could at the least take a picture of our driveway.” (See pictures 3 & 4)
Then later that day, my little sister and I went snowshoeing. This time I remembered my camera! But paths in the woods are difficult to capture, I find. (See picture 5)(to be continued)
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It’s amazing to me to see so much green in everyone else’s submissions!!!
Here is my submission.
“March – Still Winter”
by Evelyn with some help from William“Still winter” we call it up here in Quebec;
Yes, March is still winter with plenty of snow.
I put on my boots and my hat and my mitts,
And put on my snowshoes, with camera in tow.I open the door and see snow flying ‘round,
Then outside I go with one phrase in my mind,
“I must find a subject that tells me of March.”
But other than snowflakes, what else can I find?Then flittery-flutter, he catches my eye:
A chickadee lands with a whir and a whiz.
An emblem of March, on a snowy brown limb;
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@warrior-princess, thanks for your feedback. I have desaturated the greens a bit, which gives it more of a “rainy day” feel in my mind. Which do you like better? The before or after?
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Good, I like it when people are critical.
I have rotated it exactly 2 degrees, does that look better?
Any other ways I could improve the shot are welcome.
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Here are my pictures. Thank you, William, for letting me borrow your camera & lens!
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These are a couple of photos that I took. I noticed that although I “copied” one of the pictures that was given as an example, in the description Bethany asked for square or slightly vertical. So I also made a cropped version that is slightly vertical.
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@esther, if you read the fine print on the assignment, you’ll notice that (as usual) there is a limit of 10 pictures per photographer.
• 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 favorites can be real hard! I know the feeling!Hey @jamesstaddon,
I’m curious. What is a gray layer, and how do you use one?I like the results, that’s for sure.
I endlessly tweak my designs, and even then am hardly ever completely satisfied with them.
I agree entirely!
Something I learned from @dfrazer is to save copies progressively, so that you can go back to a previous version that you worked on (say the day before yesterday) and glean ideas from the progress you’ve made. It can be encouraging. WARNING: This can be annoying if you’re a real ‘neat bug,’ because you’ll end up having like 20 versions of your file:
file00.svg
file01.svg
file02.svg…
You get the point 😉Another thing that might be helpful is to completely restart the project from scratch (again, keep the design you’ve worked on, it’s very good).
What that does is to help you to think COMPLETELY outside any mental box that the current project might have gotten you into. Do this two or three times, to stretch your creativity.Have fun,
WilliamAnother thought:
How could I improve the graphic design?
Find a businessman, or several, that you know well, and ask them to lend you all the business cards in their wallet. Typically, you’ll get a VERY wide selection, and a lot of ideas!
Lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.
~PicassoWilliam
Two thoughts.
Unless you’ve actually done the calculations and found it to be cheaper at home, I suspect that it will be more worthwhile to get a professional to print these for you. You’ll gain three things:
#1, time. Printing and cutting out a hundred business cards (or more as need requires!), with a professional-looking result, doesn’t sound like much, until you try it.
#2, experience printing things commercially. You’ll need to learn about bleeds, etc.
#3. Knowledge on what printers in your area are good and which ones aren’t. You don’t want to wait til you have a client waiting for a printed product before find that out! Many printers will give out free sample packages.Secondly,
Unless you’re planning on giving this exclusively to people who know you personally, (and I assume that’s not the case), you’ll want your name on there somewhere, especially since you’re putting your phone number on there.Hope this helps,
William
