I really suck at photography: Here it is, a very special occasion; my wife's retirement party. 30 years at the same joint. That is one helluva accomplishment. I took over 300 pictures...

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Here it is, a very special occasion; my wife's retirement party. 30 years at the same joint. That is one helluva accomplishment. I took over 300 pictures and this is the only one that came out halfway decent. To add insult to injury, the stupid cake ends up matching the tablecloth. What are the odds of that happening? Jesus.

Well, at least it is well balanced.

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tresap23 Loc: Texas

You did great!! The cake is in focus. the colors are great. Composition is nice. Not much more you can do when photographing cakes, especially when they match the tablecloth. LOL Don't discard any of your photos just yet. I use my laptop to upload my photos on, and windows 10 has a newly updated (simple) photo editing program, You can simply hit "enhance" button and it will automatically enhance your photo. Also, they have filters, and you can crop, etc. I am terrible in photoshop and lightroom, feel like I need a masters degree to get it. But the simple version in Windows 10 is a lifesaver for me. You can even add clarity to out of focus pictures. Try it! You will be surprised at what you can do! Keep posting!!

tainkc wrote:

Here it is, a very special occasion; my wife's retirement party. 30 years at the same joint. That is one helluva accomplishment. I took over 300 pictures and this is the only one that came out halfway decent. To add insult to injury, the stupid cake ends up matching the tablecloth. What are the odds of that happening? Jesus.

Well, at least it is well balanced.

IBM

tainkc wrote:

Here it is, a very special occasion; my wife's retirement party. 30 years at the same joint. That is one helluva accomplishment. I took over 300 pictures and this is the only one that came out halfway decent. To add insult to injury, the stupid cake ends up matching the tablecloth. What are the odds of that happening? Jesus.

Well, at least it is well balanced.

You mean the other 3oo , you never even got a pic, of your wife blowing out the thirty candles , one for each year ,

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Hey, you made the effort, she is retired successfully, all will be good.

thearborist Loc: Delaware

Iâve faced that kind of problems a lot when trying to just get some family pics for the albums. You donât always have much control over the subject matter, and donât want to be bore by fiddling around too much to get it âjust right.â Are you familiar at all with Photoshop or a similar app? A simple adjustment can make a big difference. Here I selected the red tablecloth and converted it to light blue. Just one idea for fixing this kind of shot. Took all of about 2 minutes. Oh, and congratulations to Julie!

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

It is a fine shot Tom, looks delicious did you have a piece?

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

tresap23 wrote:

You did great!! The cake is in focus. the colors a... (show quote)

Lol. Thank you! I ran an experiment when I should not have. I thought there was enough lighting in the room we rented that I decided not to use a speedlight. I shoot in manual mode, but this time I decided to try auto ISO. big mistake. I hate pp with a passion and now I am stuck using lightroom and photoshop on every one of these pics (except the cake photo) trying to fix them. Good thing I shot in raw. I'm an idiot.

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

IBM wrote:

You mean the other 3oo , you never even got a pic, of your wife blowing out the thirty candles , one for each year ,

No candles. I'm too cheap.

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

robertjerl wrote:

Hey, you made the effort, she is retired successfully, all will be good.

She is already annoying.

angler Loc: StHelens England

At least you got one good shot to remember the occasion Tom.

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

You did great, Tom and wish I had similar photo skills to the ones you posses, and congratulations to your wife!

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

thearborist wrote:

Iâve faced that kind of problems a lot when tryi... (show quote)

Yeah, I am actually pretty good with photoshop. I even have a couple of plugins that I could have used to change the table cloth colour but I thought it funny in an ironic sort of way that the cake was put on this particular tablecloth (not my doing). I like the blue.

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Sylvias wrote:

It is a fine shot Tom, looks delicious did you have a piece?

Several.

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

angler wrote:

At least you got one good shot to remember the occasion Tom.

I do have a few more that are just o.k.. I was experimenting with my A77ll. Thanks for looking, Jim! I do have a 50mm G lens. I should have used it, Huh?

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Swamp-Cork wrote:

You did great, Tom and wish I had similar photo skills to the ones you posses, and congratulations to your wife!

Thanks, Corky! Here is a trick that goes against conventional wisdom; buy the most advanced and expensive camera out there. It doesn't matter what brand. By doing this, even if your pictures are way out of whack, at least they will be the best blurry, off color, wrong WB, out of focus pictures that one could ask for! Lol.