Ryan Madaris

Thanks everyone… Here’s the photo with some of the suggested edits.

@loganlamar, thank you! Those are some good ideas.

Wow! That’s an awesome idea! In the first photo of the spider the leg is out of focus in front of the spiders eyes, so I’m not a fan of that photo. I really like the second photo, but I would crop out the area around the edge of the photo that’s kind of foggy, and on the third photo, I would clean off the glass to get rid of the dust, as it’s a…[Read more]

@rachellen, I’m afraid I can’t give much advice on a full frame Canon, because I use a crop-sensor Nikon D7000, but I’ve had good results buying used photography equipment from mbp and KEH. I’ve also heard good things about Adorama.

Hope that helps! 🙂

Thanks everyone! Here’s the edited version with the mud and flowers behind the duckling’s head removed.

@josiahw, thank you!

Thanks! I think the photo is soft because I used f/1.8 since the lighting is kinda dim in our barn. Thanks again! 😀

@loganlamar, that’s a shame! After the Leonids, the Geminids meteor shower is coming up in December, so maybe during one of those. I attempted to get some photos of the shower, but I didn’t get any images either, unfortunately.

Nice! I would suggest making the logo straight on the photo, though, so it’ll look a bit more professional. Just curious, what did you use to make the logo?

Alright. I would suggest using the widest possible aperture without losing sharpness. If the photoshoot is outdoors, try to avoid doing it in the middle of the day, unless it’s overcast outside. Morning or early evening are typically better for lighting.

It sounds like you have the right equipment to me… The 50mm will probably be what you need to shoot the most with. Is it a 50mm F/1.8? I would recommend reading up on baby posing, which is a big element of newborn photography. The reflector will definitely be a good thing to use, especially if you’re doing the photoshoot outside.

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Beautiful job! I’m slowly coming out of the JPEG shooting as well, now that I have Luminar. 🙂 The main things that I see are the lavender sprig sticking out of the frame in the upper right corner, and the sprig in the background crossing behind the stem of the left-most flower. Awesome shot!

Cool! The only thing I really see is that the photo is overexposed. I’d use a shutter speed of 1/200 or 1/250 next time. I don’t think you’ll be able to rescue those highlights in post-production unless you shot the photo in RAW. Nice composition! I like the open space in this photo.

@loganlamar, you really want the widest aperture you can get, but I don’t think it will be a huge problem to shoot at f/4.5 as long as you use a long enough shutter speed. 10mm is much better than 18mm for astrophotography because you’re a lot more likely to get a meteor in the shot since you have a wider field of view.

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Sorry, I meant use a 30 second shutter speed, not 1/30. 😉

I’ve done a bit of that type of photography, but I’ve never had much luck. I would suggest setting your camera up with the 10-18mm, (you’ll want a wide angle lens no doubt) using a shutter speed of 1/30. Since you don’t have an intervalometer, that’ll make it kinda hard, because you will have to stay with your camera and take a new photo every…[Read more]

@creative-click-photography, we really didn’t know about the tornado until the next day, but when we realized that it had come within less than a mile of our house, we were amazed! If you know what exactly you’re looking for, it’s still possible to very faintly see the tornado’s path along some parts of the ridge. Ringgold Tornado