help!

[Daniel Del Cid]

hi, my names daniel and i sort of have taken a big dive into photography.
Anyyways, I recently went out and took some pictures of my neighborhood, and I'm looking for some feed back.

for example, are there any techniques you recommend to further improve my photo taking abilities?
I used lightroom 1.3 to edit and process all these pictures.

any tips or suggestions would be highly appreciated!!
thank you!
ISO 1600 26MM F/13 1/250

ISO640 18MM F/11 1/500

all of these pictures are post processing.

Daniel Del Cid

 

[Kathy Rappaport]

Hi Daniel,

Welcome to OPF.

I see that you are in Sherman Oaks. There are some very good classes at Pierce College you might look at taking or David Skernik teaches at the Learning Annex in Chatsworth. There are some great books on composition. I can hear David (I took Beginning Photography from him about 7 years ago) saying "What is that a picture of?" I am not sure what the sujbect is. The traffic signals are just cut off.


My first question would be what are you using for camera and lenses?
Second is Practice, Practice and more practice.

 

[Daniel Del Cid]

i'm using a D80 with a 18-135mm. f/3.5..'
the subject of that paticular picture was the clouds. i was just trying to show how violent the winds were.

how did you figure out sherman oaks?

 

[Kathy Rappaport]

Sherman Oaks

The telltale street sign was a part of the composition. I know the Valley well having lived in Sherman Oaks for some part of my childhood and in Encino/Tarzana for 20 + years of my adult life.