Don't put yourself down. People aren't going to love what you do if you don't love it. Try having a bit more self confidence. People are not going to leave you comments if you've already put yourself down!
The camera you've got is irrelevant. It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it.
Do you want to do your project as a daily journal or do you want to improve your photography skills?
@amyamoeba I want to do both, I want a daily journal (even though I couldn't take photos for almost two weeks due to being grounded...) and I want to improve even in the slightest....
You're doing fine. The camera doesn't make any difference to your skill. Remember, EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT NEVER MADE ANYONE A BETTER PHOTOGRAPHER. In fact, in my experience it's the people with all the lenses and gadgets that take the worst photographs.
@pistonbroke But with crappy equipment... you take crappier low quality photos. You know?
Everyone on this site has really professional amazing photos and mine seem like... snap shots?
Take a bit more time, compose yourself, look in the monitor/viewfinder and ask yourself would it be better this way? that way? then take the pic and study it on the screen. Critique yourself and don't be afraid to experiment. Above all enjoy.
I think that first shot is a pretty good start. I find the missing fingers more troublesome than the missing feet, to be honest, because most of my interest is in the upper two thirds of the shot anyway. You could crop that shot, but then you'd lose that nice light-shadow thing you've got going in the bottom left corner. I agree with the general opinion - you need to take your time more, think about what you're doing more. It's my main fault, too.
Try going back with your friend at roughly the same time of day with similar weather, and taking that first shot again, this time keeping in mind what you've been told, and see what you can come up with. That will give you the chance to see the difference. Oh, and I'd say keep the wall edge straight, but I'm a freak like that, a lot of other people like some tilt in their photos.
And hey, don't compare yourself with anyone else on here. Firstly, a lot of people have been doing this a long time. Secondly, it doesn't matter. What anyone else is doing is completely irrelevant to how good you become or how much you enjoy your photography.
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Don't put yourself down. People aren't going to love what you do if you don't love it. Try having a bit more self confidence. People are not going to leave you comments if you've already put yourself down!
The camera you've got is irrelevant. It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it.
Do you want to do your project as a daily journal or do you want to improve your photography skills?
A couple of points..
Try not to cut off limbs and if you do dont cut them off at the joints.
For me a photo has to tell a story, what story are you trying to tell?
I son't know the story hmm... I wonder.
Everyone on this site has really professional amazing photos and mine seem like... snap shots?
Try going back with your friend at roughly the same time of day with similar weather, and taking that first shot again, this time keeping in mind what you've been told, and see what you can come up with. That will give you the chance to see the difference. Oh, and I'd say keep the wall edge straight, but I'm a freak like that, a lot of other people like some tilt in their photos.
And hey, don't compare yourself with anyone else on here. Firstly, a lot of people have been doing this a long time. Secondly, it doesn't matter. What anyone else is doing is completely irrelevant to how good you become or how much you enjoy your photography.