To ask what you think of these photos?

[WannabePhotographer]

My username says it all, I love photography and would love to be one one day. Please give them a second to
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You asked for honest opinions, you got them and have now thrown a massive strop. Ffs OP next time just ask your Nan or someone who'll lie to you.Think of the drama you'd have spared yourself.

Lots of people have suggested:
Check that the camera is working properly
Join a group for amateurs, so you can learn
Practise

But you're just intent on wanting to hear that your crap pictures are good.

You’ve had lots of suggestions and advice - but you’re choosing to ignore them and go in a strop instead.

I think the bus stop photo really works. The houses are nice but I would have moved it up to lose more of the street.

The problem with the others, to me, is that this sort of sunny day is lovely to be in, but I feel that mood is best captured in paintings.

I think photography needs more dramatic, cloudy stormy conditions.

You've made your point, stop with the bullying eh?

And you’ve been given lots of suggestions. I myself spent ten minutes finding a link to something which I knew would be helpful yet no one who suggests anything gets any response. You are just up in arms. It’s not the actions of a reasonable person or someone who actually does want suggestions!

There are people here who have taken the trouble from their professional experience to give you some constructive ideas..... including me.

I hope that they will help you to progress, which is what we all want to do in our chosen interests.

I don't think that anyone has said they are shit; but some have looked at ways to progress - it is quite kind of them to take that trouble! Please take these ideas on board....... and maybe acknowledge their kindness.

Not many people have any truly natural talents. If you enjoy it, work at it and you will improve.

Might be an idea to also work on how you respond rather than react to feedback esp when you’ve asked for it.

Art is subjective so even if are brilliant you’ll never be to everyone’s taste.

I like the grainy, vintage feel. I have often asked photographers to do this for me on projects and they get very sniffy about it being "out of focus" when in fact that brings a certain vibe I like. I find sharp photography a bit harsh at times.

The lighthouse one I think is really good.

The others still have that nice vintage feel but the subject and composition is a bit meh. I actually thought when I first opened the thread the house one was from a real estate brochure and you wanted to know if you thought they were doing justice to your property.

And I think that's the issue. I feel as though these are not shots of objects or vistas that really moved you and I think that's what is lacking. I think if you really relished the subject matter, you'd find a way of framing it and bringing out the character a bit more in whatever you are photographing. It's lacking connection.

But I genuinely think you can build from here. The lighthouse composition I really like. I do feel as though you wanted to convey something there.

Personally I find the ultra sharp photography too clinical, especially when life is rough around the edges

I think OP really thought they were something fantastic, so it’s a bit of a shock having so many people tell her they’re nothing special. She’s not really interested in well-meaning suggestions on how to improve because she didn’t actually think she needed any hints or advice. That’s my impression.

I really like the houses photo and would've assumed someone with a photographic eye took it. I also like the bus stop picture. The scenery ones are too grainy for my liking, as others have already stated, but I like photos quite sharp!

Your attitude is crappy and to give up on something so easily is absolutely ridiculous! Don't bother trying to take up another hobby if you ar expecting to be an expert from the get go!

Yes, as I said in my post, I really like that feel.

Ignore the shot on a potato thing, That poster's DH sounds full of himself. He probably takes those pedestrian, sharp, bright shots and if they are of people they are all staring straight at the camera and saying "cheese."

I like things a bit moody, or muted and atmospheric. It gives a contemplative feel.

Honestly what did you think would happen on this thread?
Either you're average at photography (and with cameras doing all the work nowadays, and every man and his dog thinking they are a photographer, most people can produce fairly ok photos) so some people say yeah they're fine
Others will say they're a bit crap as they'd expect you to be better than average if you've posted them on a forum for hundreds of people to see
Or you are a bit crap...
Or you're great at photography...unlikely as you're using auto settings and refusing to put the hours/practice in

But you don’t have to show anyone anything yet! You can ask questions and learn first @WannabePhotographer

yeah clinical is it exactly.

When they are of people I actually find them somehow embarrassing.

Good photography is an art. Like any art it takes study and practice. On a good photography course you’d be learning about composition, effects, placement, techniques, different formats etc. I’d imagine you’d also learn about some amazing photographers in the past, their inspiration, reception and the stories they wanted to tell with their pictures.

Would you expect an adult to buy a reasonably expensive violin and pick it up after a very basic course and be able to perform a concerto or lead an orchestra?

(But incidentally in this day and age your chances of making money from photography are incredibly slim).

Don't give up.

I got into photography years ago and I taught myself. I am not in business as I decided to keep it as a hobby. I take portraits.

When I first started my photos were awful. I went through so many different stages whilst finding my own style. Some of those stages I cringe at now. Over smoothed skin, lighting all wrong, too much editing, awful compositions etc.

I have had a few years break from it and only recently picked up my camera again so I'm rusty right now.

I have worked at it for years. I spent hours and hours learning my camera, shooting in manual and RAW. Learning about depth of field, composition and lighting is not something you can learn overnight. It takes many hours of experimenting and getting things wrong. There is still so muchI need to improve on and learn.

People tell me I have a 'natural talent'. Nope, I worked hard, no one would look at the photos I had taken years ago and see any talent there.

I'd start with something you really love op. Your dog? A nephew?

And go with your grainy, artistic vibe and catch them unaware that you are taking the photo. I think it's not the photography as much as you were not connecting with the subject matter.

That's unkind. The OP asked for opinions, not sneery nasty jibes.

OP, I'm pretty sure with practice, you can improve. Your photos have a certain vintage feel to them, and are quite unique in that respect.

With feedback and practice, you can hone your skills and style to work on composition, aperture, exposure, ISO settings etc. Good photographers use the key basic skills and then "bend" the rules at times to get the best photographs from certain scenarios, subjects and the effects they want to achieve.

Do you have any books or magazines on photography? Maybe going back to the basics of the photography skills and image composition will help you. I used an old manual Canon SLR which was a semi automatic and I used it on aperture priority mode as it waa easier to get used to it.

I find studying good photographers and their work helps too, as well as learning digital media skills to help with the processing after in apps like Adobe Photoshop etc

Personally I don't think they're very atmospheric and look like generic pictures you'd find in a list from something someone had googled. On that note ( because you did ask for opinions) if that was me and I enjoyed photography, I would find a photography group and learn from it. Don't give it up because you enjoy it, prove everyone wrong and get better and better. You have the tools, you just need the know how.

Ok. Here's a suggestion. A bus stop sign is never ever going to be interesting unless it has a dismembered head or a nude gilded eunuch draped over it.

HTH

I do have some more that I do genuinely like from my camera, so here they are- it’s a genuinely gorgeous camera

(I’m sure these will take another age to pull through - they’re not rude I promise!)