Lenspiration | Jake Harrell | Mentions https://www.lenspiration.com/members/racedude8/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Jake Harrell. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:12:33 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0fe59c8dd8fa398e67c6cc994e94335a Lydia Bennett replied to the topic Finally Found Something in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/finally-found-something/#post-97664 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:23:31 -0400 @racedude8, not sure if you were able to join the recent webinar, but here’s the replay if you’d like to listen to James’ comments on your photos!

]]> c46326d45541f815d101fdb4eaae6e6b Lydia Bennett replied to the topic Finally Found Something in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/finally-found-something/#post-97455 Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:48:54 -0400 Yay, glad the photos came through this time, @racedude8!

That looks like a pretty nice location for taking pictures! And sounds like it was a great time with your cousin.

One thing that I notice compositionally, is that the subject is placed in the center of the frame in each photo. It would be good to think about varying that up a bit – even…Read more

]]> b5ec61d86905e31dc89848bb92c9dc26 Lydia Bennett replied to the topic Finally Found Something in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/finally-found-something/#post-96885 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:43:24 -0400 @racedude8

That’s so great that you were able to go out and take pictures with your cousin, Jake! Could you try resizing the photos to a smaller size, and then upload them again?

If you’re not sure how to do that, this forum thread might be a help.

]]> 271ec9df350a36da523d8387322c1e90 Lydia Bennett replied to the topic Finally Found Something in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/finally-found-something/#post-96884 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:43:22 -0400 @racedude8

That’s so great that you were able to go out and take pictures with your cousin, Jake! Could you try resizing the photos to a smaller size, and then upload them again?

If you’re not sure how to do that, this forum thread might be a help.

]]> 844bfb6f7fcc27164f1d5d5e908cca61 Logan Lamar replied to the topic Inspiration? in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/inspiration-2/#post-95996 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:16:06 -0400 @racedude8 Macro and abstract photography are going to be your friends. For abstract, look for patterns, textures, weird lines/shapes. Macro photography can be great indoors. If you don’t have flowers to shoot, find something else in your house that is interesting or buy flowers from the grocery store. Photographing eyes is something that I find…Read more

]]> 7d04f5612e99967650afe2ad3944dfcb Lydia Bennett replied to the topic Inspiration? in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/inspiration-2/#post-95988 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:16:39 -0400 This is excellent advice, @blessingscaptured! I was thinking along the same lines. 🙂

@racedude8, the example that came to mind for me was from a few years ago, during the month of March. Around where I live, this is a brown, dead-looking time of year. One day I went out and took pictures of dead twigs and branches – but during golden hour, when…Read more

]]> e1fe6f5d8fa203d5d607ebf7842e3f12 Lydia Bennett replied to the topic Inspiration? in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/inspiration-2/#post-95962 Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:58:05 -0400 Welcome to Lenspiration, @racedude8! That’s so great that you enjoyed the photo class at the convention!

This is a neat question. My first thought would be, look right around you for things that catch your eye. If you step outside your house, what things are there you see to photograph? Plants? Animals? Shapes? Textures? Architecture? People?…Read more

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