Photography/ what can I improve on?

[Mark]

Good that someone knows how to ask respectfully and be modest about their skills.

Let's have a look. I'll take some of the more interesting shots.

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Interesting pose. The photo seems underexposed and rather lacking in contrast, and her face (which should be the focal point) is dark. The eyes will see her elbows first, which probably isn't what you had in mind!

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The white balance here seems rather yellowish. Set the camera to the suitable WB setting when shooting, or shoot RAW and adjust it afterwards. It is an interesting idea for a pose, although
I think it needs refining.


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Side pose makes a change. Looks like the focus is off or blurred. Make sure the camera is stable before shooting. Also watch out for distracting elements in the background: it looks like she's smoking a pipe :-)


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This one works because of the light top she's wearing. It draws the eye to the subject immediately. The arrow and the two poles are used well to frame the subject. If you re-took this with a better camera, you could have a really interesting shot. It looks like it was shot with an iPhone or a very basic camera.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...=3&theater

The hidden eye is interesting, and I like the way this one is composed. It might not have been intentional, but it's essentially composed in a diagonal, which is one way of making a strong composition. Only issue: the light at the top left is distracting. I would darken it a bit and lighten up the subject's face to make it clearer what we're looking at.


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I like this one. You moved the subject off the center, the direction of her gaze gives it a slightly mysterious feel. It seems to be much higher in image quality too. Good stuff.


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Good idea with the light. Two issues: it's not straight, and there is something blurry in the front right side of the picture which is distracting.


What you need next is the skill of editing. By this I mean learning to tell your good shots from your bad shots. While there are some promising pictures in there, there are also pictures which should have been deleted as soon as you took them - blurred, out of focus, meaningless pictures.

One of the best rules to live by, photographically speaking, is "only show your best stuff". At the moment, you are showing everything, and the bad stuff drags down the overall level. It also takes longer to find the good pictures in among the bad ones.

Keep shooting and aim at higher image quality, if you're using a phone, stop and get a proper camera. Practice, learn, and be tough on yourself when you choose which pictures to keep an d which to delete. And enjoy the process of taking pictures. If it isn't fun, don't do it.