How Can An Intermediate Photographer Best Advance Their Skills To The Next Level (Page 18): Gessman, please give it a break.. enough of it already. we're all entitled to our own...

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

gessman wrote:

Be careful Peter. I don't whip real easy. I try my best to be a gentleman but I'm often more comfortable as a rogue. This is all I shall have to say about this so you take your best shot.

Gessman, please give it a break.. enough of it already. we're all entitled to our own opinions.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Thank you Marilyn! I think you said what you had to, to him and it should be done with that! But it was a very nice picture.:):):)

colo43 wrote:

Gessman, please give it a break.. enough of it already. we're all entitled to our own opinions.

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

Erv wrote:

Thank you Marilyn! I think you said what you had to, to him and it should be done with that! But it was a very nice picture.:):):)

Thank you, Erv..

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

gessman wrote:

Be careful Peter. I don't whip real easy. I try my best to be a gentleman but I'm often more comfortable as a rogue. This is all I shall have to say about this so you take your best shot.

Sir, this is neither the time, nor the place, nor the appropriate context. There are Ladies present. PM me if you wish to have a feud, take it off line or stand down.

Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE

Most cities have adult schools that teach "PhotoShop". Also clubs allow competition and advise. They also have "walk tour days" where they take in museums and parks ect. I also recommend posting here and asking for advice on every post. This is the place to teach and to learn. David

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Meives wrote:

Most cities have adult schools that teach "PhotoShop". Also clubs allow competition and advise. They also have "walk tour days" where they take in museums and parks ect. I also recommend posting here and asking for advice on every post. This is the place to teach and to learn. David

And I recommend that members read the entire thread before posting. Anything and everything has been said by now, wouldn't you think? Not to mention that the OP posted a picture that wasn't even his, but claimed it so.

I wonder if you only watch the first 2 minutes of your favorite tv shows and express your opinion of the episode based on just the beginning. Where is the smily for shaking one's head?

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Meives wrote:

Most cities have adult schools that teach "PhotoShop". Also clubs allow competition and advise. They also have "walk tour days" where they take in museums and parks ect. I also recommend posting here and asking for advice on every post. This is the place to teach and to learn. David

Are you one of those "I didn't read the entire thread, but ..." guys?? The only lessons the OP needs are in morality, with special attention to a lab!!

bigdukeor

What really shows how far you have come, is to go back and review photos taken 1,2,3 or more years ago. You'll be surprised at some and wonder about others, on why you kept them.
But like others have said, keep taking them, lots of them.
At least you don't have the expense of film, development, etc these days of digital.

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

Create a project and go shoot it. My project is to shoot gravestones , I look at the date of demise and try to get all years that I can. I'vegotten back into the 1600's
I still haven't found 1952. As I take each pic, I'm looking more at lighting and positioning then when I started. In just a year I can see how my photos have changed and gotten better.
There is a website where you can post grave photos for people researching families etc.

Make a project, go shoot it, see your errors, and correct it on tyhe next shoot. Its working for me.

canon Lee

bkellyusa wrote:

I'm an intermediate photographer and probably not ... (show quote)

Your next step-up toward being a better photographer is to put down your books & attending seminars, for a while, and learn to apply what you have learned. Tie together the little bits of information you have learned and make them into experience. The best way to elevate your talents is to seek out paid shoots. It's not so much the money, but the idea of satisfying the customer with good shots. Weddings for instance will call upon you to make faster decisions, to be faced with situations you have never encountered, from motion, low light, being in the right place at the right time, anticipate, compose, become of aware of subject matter. Its easy to sit in a comfortable chair and read or join a class, but you need to be challenged. learn the dynamics of camera settings as light changes and movements!

tdekany Loc: Oregon

canon Lee wrote:

Your next step-up toward being a better photograph... (show quote)

Please read page 2/3/4?

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

bkellyusa wrote:

I'm an intermediate photographer and probably not ... (show quote)

You are in a very large metropolitan area.
Find yourself a JC, College or University or Art School with a very good Photography curriculum and jump in!
In a few years you will be at a lower professional level or extremely advanced amateur.
NOTHING, can take the place of one-on-one and face to face with top level professionals with a bent for teaching.
But easy it will not be!!!
Good luck
SS

tdekany Loc: Oregon

SharpShooter wrote:

You are in a very large metropolitan area.
Find yourself a JC, College or University or Art School with a very good Photography curriculum and jump in!
In a few years you will be at a lower professional level or extremely advanced amateur.
NOTHING, can take the place of one-on-one and face to face with top level professionals with a bent for teaching.
But easy it will not be!!!
Good luck
SS

DUDE! Read pages 2/3/4 will you?

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

tdekany wrote:

DUDE! Read pages 2/3/4 will you?

Seriously suggest that ALL who have responded in the last 2 days follow this advice. PLEASE !!

tdekany Loc: Oregon

MadMikeOne wrote:

Seriously suggest that ALL who have responded in the last 2 days follow this advice. PLEASE !!