My Photography Hangout

I'll be using my discord hangout for posting many that I've been posting here.

You may choose to join my hangout here -> https://discord.gg/UM4k6QBB

Photo and related topics

1. What can you do with Chachkas?  https://theexit270.blogspot.com/2020/08/photographing-chachkas.html?m=1

2. The following video discussion is getting your Cellphone camera into the Lightroom ecosystem. This video uses iPhone and the technique is the same as Android phones https://youtu.be/QXU98Srh628?si=B9z8uHiXMHBqd5V

3. Next week's photo challenge is to take a new photo(s), up to 3, that creates a visual hook. "The best visual hook is one that resonates with the viewer on a personal level." 

Please put your photos in the folder here -> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16e4L_6TZkiCBVOxHdvKGoqj2mvv_wg-V

4. Using Lightroom Web I created this for a Vermont photography club , https://adobe.ly/42batQ0.

 

Clicking on an individual photo and click the info and comment icons to see the metadata and make comments.

5. A way to get better -> https://www.matiash.com/blog/delete-your-photos

Photograph a sign

After a photography meeting I asked members.

For next week's learning task. Take interesting photographs of a sign, a single sign. Show your best 3 and only 3, for review during next week's meeting.

Use your creative juices to create photos as compelling as possible. Think of color, monochrome, shadows, angles ...

Larry, what's the point of "the sign"? It's not the sign it's about seeing. These links may help.
https://youtu.be/znhXJ-nzogg?si=leyVXhepQZWlbUqA
And
https://theexit270.blogspot.com/?m=1

The Bloody Rules of Composition

 Often I don't explain properly.

Yes I agree that the "rules of composition" are important. 

What I take issue with is the way they are taught. I much prefer to suggest that a photo may look more pleasing if;

You moved ??? right, left, up, down

it would be better if the eyes were ???

Should the ??? have room to move ...

Would it be better if the ??? lead to the ???

Would it be more pleasing if ??? was framed with ???

Would it be better if the ??? was looking/coming toward you 

Does the ??? block the viewer(s) to looking to ???

 

I believe that guiding the photographer to a  better composition is better than quoting a rule. Quoting a rule is easy teaching and understanding is more difficult.

I often prefer to discuss composition issues with the "failures" of  FB and other online photos. This also provides where we can discuss the background, subject size within the frame and distractions in a more non threatening  way.

Several photography videos

Noise that I found very helpful and interesting.

Noise what Noise?? by Simone D'Entremont ->  https://youtu.be/t8XkGix5pzg?si=H4leZ8bk5ImaTr0A

Stop fooling with settings by Simone D'Entremont ->  https://youtu.be/znhXJ-nzogg?si=DfxX94jrSwjGu-4A

Compositioning images in Photoshop by Anthony Morganti -> 

https://youtu.be/p4cE-VaY86s?si=aNO1zWJULfHNHBxI

Using Lightroom Web to share your photos by Brian Matiash -> 

https://youtu.be/CFyFhLJ-Zsg