Thanks, don't have a lot of extra time these days, but I always want to try and keep in touch when I can.

OMG! Not exactly what I was thinking, but I guess it will do when your having a "where dat" moment! :lol:

We're be da saints fans? I looking for fellow "who dats".

Okay all gulf coast recipients it would be fun to meet up and take pictures of our famous cemetery's, please respond.

http://lakesidecameraphotoworks.cmail2.com/t/ViewEmail/r/3802B5FC0CA007C22540EF23F30FEDED/D8BBDD1D7812E49DFCACEB58A033025D

Wow, I'm so ADD! Lol, yeah it's on Sunday the 29th, I looked at the wrong class. Seemed a bit odd to me the day and time. :roll: good thing I'm a red head, otherwise y'all would be giving me a lot of flack! :lol: :oops:

I love photo's like this. Reminds me of my mother who was an artist, and would create an oil painting using scenes from a junkyard.

Just goes to show you how their is beauty and art in almost everything you see, it just depends on how you interpret it. :thumbup:

Nice yard, and even nicer pictures. The dragonfly is my favorite.

Hello to everyone from the greater New Orleans areas, including our Gulf Coast friends.

Is their anyone interested in getting together for a cemetery tour on Friday, September 27 from 7-9pm. It will be hosted by Lakeside camera and will feature two professional photographers to guide you with photo tips and ideas. The cost is $25.00 and it will take place in some of New Orleans most famous cemeteries.

PM me if you're interested and I' ll send you the link to register.
Hope to see some of ya there.

Also, please acknowledge on the site if your coming so everyone can see, and to keep the thread alive.

Cheers,
Rach

I don't know anything about portrait photography, I do feel that the lighting seem just a bit harsh.

Second, tell her that that she need to see a makeup artist. The fault is in her makeup. She needs to have someone help her with her eyebrows, and drop the over done fake eyelashes. It's just awful. She needs to use BB cream on her face and neck to reduce the inconsistency of her skin.
The biggest thing is those awful fake drawn in eyebrows. They are just over the top.

A more natural look, would have given the picture a less posed look and she would have look beautiful. She's pretty, put fake over the top and stiff is not at the height of fashion currently.

I just feel the picture is outdated, and not glamorize enough, it just looks like something out of the 70's or 80's.

Follow your heart, and stick to your feeling. You need to understand your camera, but never forget that sometimes you just have to go for it.

Always when you are not using your camera, put it in auto..........because.......
Some of the most incredible shots ever taken, were not composed and planed. They just happen, and you don't have time to adjusted your camera.

Learn your camera and take lots of pictures. The more pictures you take, the more you will understand your camera and the better the outcome you will produce.....and the more likely you are to get an incredible photo.

Good luck, and please show some of your pictures.

Cheers,
Rachel

I LOVE your direction, you clearly have an eye for the unique, and you are creative. Yes, there is still work to be done, but with a different eye, and a unique point of view. I personally feel you will be successful as a photographer, because, mundane, typical, everyday, is boring, and you clearly don't seem to relate to the above sentence.

You are a person of feeling with a sense of art, this cannot be taught. It's something you have, or don't.

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Best regards,
Rachel

Other photographers!

I'm terribly competitive, and I can't stop comparing myself to others. I always try to find what they did right, then I find what I felt they did wrong. The Photographers I can't find anything wrong with, are the ones I admire, watch, and listen too.

The photographers who works is less then desirable I stop and look at there work and wonder what direction they are coming from. Even if they don't know how to take a great picture, it doesn't mean they do not have a good eye. It may be they are just inexperience with their camera's, but not with incredible photography.

Here are the re-edited pictures, if anyone is interested.

Sure glad Naw'len's wasn't in that group. :thumbup: :-D