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lightworks
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"How can I get better at my Instagram pics?"


          

I don't have a real camera I just use my iphone.

Please critique my pics, specifically these three I took this morning:

http://instagram.com/p/xhBbcREwnP/


http://instagram.com/p/xhADBPkwko/


http://instagram.com/p/xhIxktEwin/

Please and thanks.

  

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Equipment doesn't matter. A good photographer is a good photographer
Jan 06th 2015
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Thanks!
Jan 06th 2015
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i think your framing is pretty good
Jan 06th 2015
2
think about the composition
Jan 06th 2015
3
Ah interesting critique.
Jan 06th 2015
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      that's an interesting photo
Jan 06th 2015
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      Also, in the first stair picture
Jan 06th 2015
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      thank you!
Jan 06th 2015
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      this is better. with this subject, your lines are more important.
Jan 06th 2015
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study The Rule of Thirds
Jan 06th 2015
4
step your hashtag game up
Jan 06th 2015
6
#Negro #please.
Jan 06th 2015
9
i really like the first one. nice pic!
Jan 06th 2015
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Thanks!
Jan 06th 2015
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50% of being a good Photographer is just know WHAT to shoot
Jan 06th 2015
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This is one of the better pics I've taken:
Jan 06th 2015
12
great photo
Jan 06th 2015
13
nice!!!
Jan 06th 2015
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this isn't on sysmetry enough to be striking.
Jan 06th 2015
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      Good thoughts. Thanks. What about this one?
Jan 06th 2015
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you've got some nice shots
Jan 06th 2015
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Thanks!
Jan 06th 2015
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Stop taking photos of that same subway tunnel...
Jan 06th 2015
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lol ok.
Jan 06th 2015
20
mostly all the tunnels look a like.
Jan 06th 2015
23
good pics... I second the rule of thirds
Jan 06th 2015
25
Thanks!
Jan 06th 2015
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dope, I need to start taking more artsy pics, my instagram is all...
Jan 06th 2015
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I like this one
Jan 06th 2015
29
Yeah the reason I focused so much on the street was I liked
Jan 06th 2015
30
      You're already applying the Rule of Thirds and didn't even know it.
Jan 06th 2015
31
           This one's pretty cool.
Jan 06th 2015
32
           Awww thanks!
Jan 06th 2015
33
Aww you guys are being nice in here.
Jan 06th 2015
34
No selfies.
Jan 06th 2015
35
Here's the B Side of the escalator pic. Posted after reading yall commen...
Jan 07th 2015
36

Chanson
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Tue Jan-06-15 11:19 AM

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1. "Equipment doesn't matter. A good photographer is a good photographer"
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You have to get better at photography to take better Instagram pics.

Judging by the pics you posted though you have a good eye.

mind
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matter

  

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lightworks
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Tue Jan-06-15 12:17 PM

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21. "Thanks!"
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veritas
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Tue Jan-06-15 11:23 AM

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2. "i think your framing is pretty good"
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i'm not an accomplished photographer or anything, but the framing looks okay to me.

how are you changing your levels? are you using filters or using the different tools?

i still blame hip-hop.

  

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luminous
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3. "think about the composition"
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Tue Jan-06-15 11:33 AM by luminous

  

          

what's the subject? How can you make the subject standout?

i think, you could have used the rule of thirds in a couple of those photos to lay it out better. especially in the photo of the escalators. the escalators could have been 2/3 of the photo instead of most of the photo.

I think with the street photos, play around with where you place the camera. try a couple photos with the camera close to the ground to change the perspective a little bit. Also, i would crop out some of the street or lower the horizon... i would also use rule of thirds here, or place the focus off center...

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lightworks
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5. "Ah interesting critique."
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Yeah the escalator photo is interesting because its a huge escalator and I tried to show the scale of if by having it take up the entire photo but I get your point.

Here's another pic I took a while ago of the same escalator but I don't like it as much:

http://instagram.com/p/wtqQ9kEwtO/

  

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luminous
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10. "that's an interesting photo"
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what stands out to me are the grassy patches on the side... i would include more of that in the shot to provide some kind of contrast.

i would be kinda particular about how the stairs line up with the edges of the photo, because the stairs are so linear.

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luminous
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11. "Also, in the first stair picture"
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i love the pop of color with the mother and child in the red and blue coat.

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lightworks
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14. "thank you!"
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Thanks for your good points too.

Very helpful.

  

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Deadzombie
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22. "this is better. with this subject, your lines are more important."
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Tue Jan-06-15 02:30 PM by Deadzombie

          

using the lines of the escalator and having them straight up and down/left to right as possible (or some other deliberate use).

it would take some practive with holding the ca.... i mean phone.

actually, fuck this thread - its about camera phones.

  

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initiationofplato
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4. "study The Rule of Thirds"
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6. "step your hashtag game up"
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i dunno what any of that shit means

  

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lightworks
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9. "#Negro #please."
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7. "i really like the first one. nice pic!"
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lightworks
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16. "Thanks!"
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8. "50% of being a good Photographer is just know WHAT to shoot"
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that's my theory anyway

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lightworks
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12. "This is one of the better pics I've taken: "
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http://instagram.com/p/xcO_VCEwpS/

Any critiques on this one?

  

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luminous
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13. "great photo"
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15. "nice!!!"
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24. "this isn't on sysmetry enough to be striking."
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Tue Jan-06-15 02:22 PM by Deadzombie

          

and it's too close to symmetry to have real/exaggerated motion.

it should be either or.

the walls of the tunnel provides enough texture to make an interesting phote, but the geometry has to come into play.

also, stop standing straight up.

your vantage point looks like tourists snapshots when you do.

bend down.

put the camera to the ground.

place the camera in a place that will let the viewer look at an old scene (like metro tunnels), in a new way.

  

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lightworks
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27. "Good thoughts. Thanks. What about this one?"
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http://instagram.com/p/xNwI23kwup/

  

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17. "you've got some nice shots"
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18. "Thanks!"
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19. "Stop taking photos of that same subway tunnel..."
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I think everyone who's been to dc has seen it or one like it...

The first six times cool. After that it's overkill.

  

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lightworks
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20. "lol ok."
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Tue Jan-06-15 12:10 PM by lightworks

          

It's like 3 different stations that I seem to rotate between but if you think they are all the same one I guess that's evidence enough of a point lol.

  

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23. "mostly all the tunnels look a like."
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but im still on your side.

  

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25. "good pics... I second the rule of thirds "
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and I actually like the escalator photo that takes up the whole frame.

Pretty good eye.

Keep shooting.

  

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lightworks
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26. "Thanks!"
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28. "dope, I need to start taking more artsy pics, my instagram is all..."
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basically pictures of food and drinks and me and my friends being drunk, lol

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29. "I like this one"
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>http://instagram.com/p/xhIxktEwin/

One way you can apply the Rule of Thirds here is on the horizontal.

1/3 street, 1/3 building, 1/3 sky

or (my fav)

2/3 street, 1/3 building

Try enabling the grid on your camera.
I should use it more, too. heh.

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30. "Yeah the reason I focused so much on the street was I liked "
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the tire marks in the center--it helped to divide the pic.

But not everyone sees it like that lol

Good advice!

  

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31. "You're already applying the Rule of Thirds and didn't even know it."
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Tue Jan-06-15 05:49 PM by MiQL

  

          

http://instagram.com/p/xDbfTTEwlQ

You have a good eye.

>the tire marks in the center--it helped to divide the pic.

That's exactly why I dig it.
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>But not everyone sees it like that lol

Fugg 'em.

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>Good advice!



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32. "This one's pretty cool."
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33. "Awww thanks!"
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34. "Aww you guys are being nice in here. "
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35. "No selfies."
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36. "Here's the B Side of the escalator pic. Posted after reading yall commen..."
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http://instagram.com/p/xh-yokkwtg/

  

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