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Hello guys so I am working on getting better photography gear, shout out to Zef for helping me select the best options for me and my budget! First off like the title says criticism is accept and actually in need of sorta the point of feedback is to improve off imperfections. So first to start out is a picture of my buddies 2007 Subaru WRX out at the dam by the lake I live at.

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Second edit is going to be of a wheel while detailing

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3rd edit is just a random picture of my buddies car

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Thank you I hope to hear some feedback!
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The first thing I noticed was these photos were all massively over edited. All of them look like they went trough the ringer of photo filters. A good photo (with some exceptions like conceptual photos) should look like as if that were the way they were taken. In photography editing is mostly to restore the picture to the way you saw it the day you snapped the picture. So some color editing to take out some sepia or balance some of the tones, perhaps a partial vignette depending on the circumstance. It is key not to over edit work as that is a huge difference between amateur work and pro (or semi-pro) work. Secondly there is a concept in art that transfers over to photography massively, it is called the rule of thirds. Essentially your frame is split into thirds both vertically and horizontally. I've noticed you have a case of centeritus (the nact to keep everything centered). Try expanding your variety of types of shots, as you have two long shots and a medium shot shown here. It is key to work with the car instead of forcing it to be a subject. Observe the body lines and pieces that overlap nicley in a composure, and use those to frame a nice unique shot. Remember the entire car does not HAVE to be in the picture but obviously for some shots you want it to be. Beyond that keep practicing and you're likely to get better pictures the more you take in a session. I have this really lucky ha bit of nailing the picture first try most of the time but other times it takes me 10-20 shots to get it right. So if you keep prescribing and changing up what you shoot it'll show!
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Zef wrote The first thing I noticed was these photos were all massively over edited. All of them look like they went trough the ringer of photo filters. A good photo (with some exceptions like conceptual photos) should look like as if that were the way they were taken. In photography editing is mostly to restore the picture to the way you saw it the day you snapped the picture. So some color editing to take out some sepia or balance some of the tones, perhaps a partial vignette depending on the circumstance. It is key not to over edit work as that is a huge difference between amateur work and pro (or semi-pro) work. Secondly there is a concept in art that transfers over to photography massively, it is called the rule of thirds. Essentially your frame is split into thirds both vertically and horizontally. I've noticed you have a case of centeritus (the nact to keep everything centered). Try expanding your variety of types of shots, as you have two long shots and a medium shot shown here. It is key to work with the car instead of forcing it to be a subject. Observe the body lines and pieces that overlap nicley in a composure, and use those to frame a nice unique shot. Remember the entire car does not HAVE to be in the picture but obviously for some shots you want it to be. Beyond that keep practicing and you're likely to get better pictures the more you take in a session. I have this really lucky ha bit of nailing the picture first try most of the time but other times it takes me 10-20 shots to get it right. So if you keep prescribing and changing up what you shoot it'll show!


Thank you so much Zef, I really appreciate all the knowledge you have been passing to me! Once I get new gear they will be better but for now I will practice with what I have thank you again!
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The original photos looks nice but as Zef has said the picture is over edited which makes the photo over used kinda thing. They're just too bright for my eyes, have a look at Zef's pictures and his steps he knows what he's doing. Practice makes perfect for sure you'll get there one day.
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Your subject alignment needs some work.
The first one isn't bad,
(You should crop off the bottom a little)
but the other ones really need some work.


Edit:
never mind, the edited version for the first version didn't appear for some reason.
now that I see the edited version. don't crop it as much. bring down the crop a little.
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dah wrote The original photos looks nice but as Zef has said the picture is over edited which makes the photo over used kinda thing. They're just too bright for my eyes, have a look at Zef's pictures and his steps he knows what he's doing. Practice makes perfect for sure you'll get there one day.



thank you, for your feed back! I have a good ways to go
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CriticaI wrote
Your subject alignment needs some work.
The first one isn't bad,
(You should crop off the bottom a little)
but the other ones really need some work.


Edit:
never mind, the edited version for the first version didn't appear for some reason.
now that I see the edited version. don't crop it as much. bring down the crop a little.



The reason it is cropped like such is that's for a facebook banner for my buddies detailing business
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Breweerr wrote
CriticaI wrote
Your subject alignment needs some work.
The first one isn't bad,
(You should crop off the bottom a little)
but the other ones really need some work.


Edit:
never mind, the edited version for the first version didn't appear for some reason.
now that I see the edited version. don't crop it as much. bring down the crop a little.



The reason it is cropped like such is that's for a facebook banner for my buddies detailing business


Then you should have cropped the top or the sides too.
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