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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But that's kind of what I think some of us are saying: you wanted to convey an impression of your dad - and that's why those ones work.

No 1 - is it the sign that you are taking the photo of, if so you should have been closer.

No 2 - The angle you have taken it from, makes the yellow garden wall look as if it belongs to a different house and not the yellow/ house.

No 3 - what were you taking the photo of - the view on the distance ? would it have been clearer / better if you had walked nearer to it as that huge bush does distract from the view in the distance.

No 4 - It's a bus stop. Was it a hazy day weather wise as i would expect the back ground scenery to be a bit clearer / sharper. Maybe it's just your phone and needs a wee wipe ?

No 5 - Nice normal holiday snap of a lighthouse.

Umm they’re nothing special I’m afraid

I like your second set of photos better than the first OP. They seem better composed and are more interesting to me. I think saying you're not going to pursue photography on the basis of the opinions of randoms on here not being what you wanted to hear is kind of odd. If you enjoy something, why wouldn't you want to learn more and improve? Anything you do which is in any way, shape or form artistic is going to attract differing opinions and won't appeal to everyone.

I sing in a choir. I can hold a tune and be expressive. Would you want to listen to an evening of just me singing? Probably not as I'm no Adele. Am I practising and always learning how to improve my singing? Yes I am. Because I enjoy it. I am my own harshest critic.

It’s tough because sometimes I obviously have time to do things like that, sometimes I just want to take stunning pictures of the countryside

but more of the shed is attached because now I’m second guessing whether the camera is just set up wrong in the film simulations

I feel as though you didn't show these ones at first op because they revealed something about things that were meaningful to you.

I think you ARE quite sensitive - which isn't the insult some of these posters have tried to make it - and I think originally you posted photos that meant less to you. They seemed staid and detached and it showed that your connection wasn't there in the same way.

ETA I hope that helps and you know what I'm getting at.

You know The Beatles were rejected by every record company they approached because those people thought they were shit. But they didn’t give up.

The second load of pictures you posted are actually really lovely! Much prefer them to the first. From the second batch, I can tell you have some background in photography.

I showed my husband the first pictures and he said that he liked them a lot, to him they look professional and like they’re intentionally made to look 20+ years old.

I didn’t post them because I thought going and taking photos of my dad’s shed was a little bit weird 🤣

Very good, its a good habit you have.

No it isn't. Its the whole point. It's what makes it photography and not a holiday snap. And I'm glad I mentioned the table - because that could also sound weird. But it wasn't.

@Calliopespait does make sense, and I am in general a very emotional person!

also, I don’t know why Mumsnet are taking so long to approve the pictures. It’s a shed door! The shed is a tip but it’s not explicit!

Don't let anyone shame you for being emotional. Everybody is; they just let it out in different ways.

I haven't read the whole thread, but assuming you took those in manual mode, I don't think they're half bad. It's hard to get all the settings right.

This professor from Stanford put his digital photography lessons on YouTube for free:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ddpXYvFXspUN0N-gObF1GXoCA-DA-7i&si=3NRQKm9fvbxbn3kl

All photos uploaded have to go through filtering checks because of someone uploading images of child sexual abuse a few weeks ago. It's not just yours or your content.

That second set of photos are way better. From your first set I actually liked the first one. The others weren't terrible, just not original or interestingly composed. The second set look like they were done by someone else entirely.

Don't be silly.
Take a course
Learn the basics

I think people start these threads just looking for compliments and ignore any negative comments.. the photos are ok but nothing special, there are lots of courses you could go on to improve

Years ago, OP, i used my manual Canon SLR on a trip to New York at uni and got a few good pics with it. I loved trying to get the composition right, adjusting the aperture etc. As I said, it was a good learning curve.

I definitely not a pro or expert, but these are a few that I've taken just on old camera phones over the years. It's good to experiment even with a basic camera as it forces you to think more about subject matter and composition etc

So just ignore them. Name one person in the public eye (ever) who hasn’t had similar comments aimed at them. Just name one.

These are nice and the shed ones tell a story
Do more of these

For me op, I feel as though for a photo to be meaningful, it has to show something beyond that which the eye sees. It might be by honing in on a detail, or by being black and white, but there isn't, to me, much point in a photo that reproduces exactly what your average Joe would see if he looked at the scene. That doesn't tell you much about the subject matter. Its why I don't like those "whole family looking straight at the camera smiling" shots.

Join photocrowd.com it’s a great free site to look at photos around the world, upload and share your work and join and rate crowd rated and judged competitions.

Remember that a lot of photos we see have been 'enhanced' though a computer!

The second set of photos feel as if you were connecting more with the subject matter, and it was clear what the main focus of the image was. Maybe that is because of what you were taking and the connection to your Dad.

I think for these the black and white has worked, but if you don't want to only take in black and white, try taking the same images in colour, maybe at different times of day to play with different light levels.

Is there a subject matter that specifically interests you, that you will relate to when taking photos?

That is something a group may help with. Some will have themes for the images to be taken. Not all themes will be of interest initially, but there may be something you hadn't thought of that sparks an interest - either subject matter or technique.

For me it is nature- closer images of plants, animals etc, but not discounting landscapes. Some are bright images, but some are more neutrals. The subject matter allows for both.

Also, play around with your composition etc (see what I did with the bench one here lol 😆)

Ah, I found the other pics from New York on my dad's old Canon SLR. Film photos are amazing if you have the inclination to faff about 😅