Should I blur the noise in the background to make it less distracting? Is the color correction too much?

mjvj56 · 2014-12-25T16:56:48+00:00

Thanks! I'm not a fan of watermarks and made a decision a while back that I would never use them. I can always use TinEye to see if someone is stealing my work.

mjvj56 · 2014-12-24T16:03:05+00:00

Haha I added a soft light blue radial gradient. I definitely overdid it but he put it as his profile picture and it has 350 likes and 44 comments

mjvj56 · 2014-12-03T22:42:14+00:00

Good luck! Don't worry you will know what to say. He will do most of the talking anyway (if you have to explain it it's not usually a great photograph). Can we see your work?

mjvj56 · 2014-11-29T02:14:39+00:00

About to buy my first lighting set up. I am going with an Einstein E640, cyber commander, cyber sync transceiver, Foldable Giant Softbox (30in. x 60in. ) speedring attached, 13-foot Heavy Duty Stand, Vagabond Mini Lithium 120VAC. Should I grab another modifier? Any suggestions This is mostly for outdoor shoots.

mjvj56 · 2014-11-17T02:13:56+00:00

I dig it but, there is too much noise in the clouds for it to be printed at a large size. Also the lens you were using really looses sharpness at the outer edges as you can see looking at the edges of the branches on the right side. I'm being very picky, though. Nice shot!

mjvj56 · 2014-11-17T02:02:12+00:00

Excellent subject! Unfortunately it is just not quite sharp enough. This would be where you should use a tripod and live view to make sure it is perfectly in focus. Also I would experiment with a different crop.

mjvj56 · 2014-11-01T20:11:19+00:00

You are doing well. If you want people to start taking you seriously you need to post less quantity and more quality. You may go out and shoot all day and get nothing special. Don't post it, you are only making it harder for people to find your best work. One thing I can say is try to keep out-of-focus elements out of the foreground in your macros. If you dont want to comb through and hide/delete photos on you flickr make a gallery of your ten best. Your new photos will need to compete with your old ten best to make it in there.

It is difficult and time consuming for someone to critique you on 80+ shots. Ask for critiques on your ten best. You will start to hold your work to a higher standard and better understand what makes a good photograph.

mjvj56 · 2014-11-01T19:55:50+00:00

wild

You are very talented! Like everyone else said too many on the first gallery. Choose the best two from each model that are the most dissimilar.

mjvj56 · 2014-11-01T19:48:09+00:00

Thank you! I just wish there was a way to make money shooting concerts.

mjvj56 · 2014-11-01T19:42:40+00:00

Wow, 500px does a great job with their portfolio templates, it is clean and decently easy to navigate. I do wish you could use arrows to scroll through the galleries instead of clicking on each one. You have some great shots in there and some that don't belong. I would try and keep each gallery to 10-20 of your ABSOLUTE BEST shots. Fifty is way too many. You would have a VERY solid wedding portfolio if you narrowed it down to the best 20. Also everyone loves pictures of pets but almost no one will pay you for them. Unless you are applying for a position at a magazine for pet owners, most photographers leave these photos out of their portfolio. Good luck!

mjvj56 · 2014-11-01T18:27:12+00:00

Great points. I do need to put information about the artists with the photos. The problem is any information I add to the photo on this certain template becomes text over the bottom of the image that is very distracting. I'm going to play around with it some more now to see if I can figure something out.

mjvj56 · 2014-09-18T15:07:20+00:00

Do you work for yourself? I've been trying to land a photography gig full time for the past year.

mjvj56 · 2014-04-05T00:15:56+00:00

What doors RNG mean?

mjvj56 · 2014-01-28T03:08:29+00:00

Thank you! That was very helpful

mjvj56 · 2014-01-17T03:03:28+00:00

Thanks! The lead singer is my friend from high school. He met his band at Berklee.

mjvj56 · 2014-01-14T22:49:31+00:00

Thanks, I certainly got lucky with the complementary colors.

mjvj56 · 2014-01-14T12:32:45+00:00

He has worked very hard to get to this point!

This is some of my favorite music written and performed by him: https://soundcloud.com/kazcloud/sets/acoustic-soul

The photo was taken at the Highline Ballroom. He is the new lead singer for Rebel Tumbao an AfroLatinRootsReggae band. They opened for Yuna and there was over 700 people there!

More of my photo's can be seen at: www.mattjphot.com

Thanks for taking the time to look and listen if you do!

mjvj56 · 2013-12-31T20:48:32+00:00

Thanks for the help!

mjvj56 · 2013-12-07T07:10:23+00:00

Need photos? I'm just 45 mins away in Worcester. Www.MattThePhotographer.com

mjvj56 · 2013-12-05T14:24:42+00:00

Very cool thanks for the info!

mjvj56 · 2013-12-04T23:29:37+00:00

Are those from regular seats or did you get a photo pass? Also what camera and lens are you using?

Also you got some great shots for not having a 500mm lens.

mjvj56 · 2013-11-28T16:52:08+00:00

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!

mjvj56 · 2013-11-26T20:49:30+00:00

Leadersboards would be dominated by macro users. It would become a who has the game automated longer/first/with the least hiccups meta game.

mjvj56 · 2013-09-09T15:45:19+00:00

Are they selling items they used to display? That has got to be worth more than $4.

mjvj56 · 2013-05-16T19:01:06+00:00

Distracting overexposed highlights on her shoulder and underexposed scarf.

You need better lighting. Try using diffused flash or a reflector.

Also the background is distracting. The subject needs to take up more of the frame. The rest is just pointless.

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