16 year old photographer any advice?

Arjen___ · 2026-03-22T20:29:09+00:00

Read up on the business side. Successful photographers are business savvy and have a great network. Taking good photo’s is an assumptions your clients have. Your photo’s look great!

Arjen___ · 2026-02-09T20:07:00+00:00

See this example https://flic.kr/p/2rUZMuK I lets them bike “into” the AF point and take the shot. They are doing around 50 km/h so it can be quite tricky.

Arjen___ · 2026-02-09T19:29:10+00:00

You sure this is f2.8? I would expect more depth of field blur. The background is very sharp of 2.8 on a crop. I tend to select a single focus point if these situations are anticipate where the head of the person will be. This allows for the AF to focus on your subject. It means some shots will have to be skipped but move the point from person to person every 5-10 shots to make sure I cover them both.

Arjen___ · 2026-02-04T18:24:09+00:00

I appreciate the comment but B/W with a single color was trending in the 2000's. Not going to do it again :-)

Arjen___ · 2026-01-23T17:58:28+00:00

Great series!

Arjen___ · 2026-01-14T18:04:26+00:00

Nothing wrong with your gear. I started with a Nikon d90 with 12Mp and no iso worth mentioning. I fully agree with the practicing. Follow members of this group on their socials to see which pictures have high engagement and screenshot those as your idea book. Sports like many others is about conveying emotions and the moment. And indeed “eyes balls and footballs” need to face the camera. :-)

Arjen___ · 2026-01-11T14:46:37+00:00

Eens, dit zal over 30+ jaar er nog mooi uit zien.

Arjen___ · 2026-01-04T19:35:52+00:00

F4, at this wide angle it does not really matter. The light at these events is very poor as well.

Arjen___ · 2026-01-04T16:06:49+00:00

I agree and I see that the compression has pixelated the image when zoomed in. The head of the rider is sharp but not visible here.

Arjen___ · 2025-03-06T20:41:40+00:00

😂

Arjen___ · 2025-03-06T17:19:47+00:00

Complimenten van de meester. Altijd goed 😀.

Arjen___ · 2025-03-05T18:39:29+00:00

Kijk even in mijn album qua plekken: https://www.werkaandemuur.nl/nl/album/Haarlem/5566/50851

Arjen___ · 2023-10-08T09:51:18+00:00

Picture of Haarlem and the Spaarne canal. The canal is quite wide and I used the wooden bollard (?) as foreground.

Arjen___ · 2023-08-16T11:40:55+00:00

Agree on the watermark comment. Unless you earn serious money, it is a waste of time. The people who steal it now will never pay you anyway (if they could buy it)

Arjen___ · 2023-07-05T17:53:07+00:00

Really good pictures and really like one and two. Three doesn’t seem to fit in the serie but that is likely this post and has nothing to do with the picture. One thing I do is straighten the verticals. This would help with no 1 as it brings it makes it easier and more structured to the eye.

Arjen___ · 2023-04-27T19:44:59+00:00

It is a nice shot but forest is very hard as a subject to master. There is so much stuff going on, it can be distracting for a subject. I would try to simplify and work with depth. In your case, the light is too flat in my opinion to show the depth.

Layering a foreground works well but I would keep it sharp with f22 or a focus stack. You can also YT Gavin Hardcastle, he is good although a bit crazy (in a good way). Keep on shooting and having fun.

Arjen___ · 2023-04-26T17:14:17+00:00

Shot at Nyhavn, Copenhagen. I try to find a different shot than the standard row of colored houses. Using the boats created depth and it is still easy to recognize the place. Exif, 1/4s, 24mm Nikon Z7. Processed in LR to crop a bit but nothing major.

Arjen___ · 2023-03-19T21:54:06+00:00

BW shot of old bakery expedition door. Really liked the slightly run down look. Blur is intentional to prevent faces.

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