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BRAND NEW to photography. Thoughts & honest CC please.

Started Dec 17, 2015 | Questions thread
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Re: BRAND NEW to photography. Thoughts & honest CC please.

mjlapon wrote:

I am brand new to photography. Just a hobbyist.

You seem to know what you're doing.

i shoot with a T5 75-300mm lens.

You don't need the "best" camera and the "best" lens to create interesting photographs.

The included photograph is generally good in terms of subject, background and colors. The vertical orientation gives a sense of height relative to the trees, contrasting a sense of depth relative to the path. I like the overall composition -- the only one thing I would adjust during shooting is to have the subject take a couple of steps backward (toward the right edge of the frame) so that, first, her head will be against a brighter background and not the darker trees and, second, she is off to one side and not in the middle of the image.

With your zoom lens (say, between 150 and 300mm), come closer, try different portrait styles: half body, shoulder, face, cropped face...

Keep shooting every day. Good luck.

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