ella's photography!

[Kamilla Lestrange]

Hey. YO Wazz up? (:
So, it's 5 in the morning and I'm still wide awake.
And I was going through my images when I decided that I DO want critiques on my photography!

I've only got a Canon Powershot, it's a digital camera. And maybe, one day, I'll be able to get a nicer camera. But that's only if I deserve it. (: So, TA DAA!

If I suck, PLEASE tell me! (: And if you like it, for some odd reason, please tell me why?

SORRY if it's a bit much. I'm just really excited to get some feed back and hopefully improve. (:

[Molly "Kat" Weasley II]

Oohh PHOTOS! *jumps on that*

*gets distracted by adorable puppy* OMFG CUUUUUTE. *recovers* Well, I like that he's not looking at the camera and it's like his POV, but I'm not sure if I'd like it better without the sun, or if the sun were slightly moved. Something about it bugs me... And just a little clearer and it'd be like stunningly detailed. Like I'd stare at his fur. Not sure why that's important but...

The flower, I like the colors, and contrast. I think I don't like the leaf ontop of the flower. But that's because I'm OCD. Recommend looking up something called the rule of thirds? I can send you a video about it. Or have you heard of it? Not meaning to sound rude, Ella love, just thought you should know of that rule. Little adjustments with that rule would make such a big difference.

I like the abstract of it, but I don't like that I don't know WHAT it is. Driving me crazy. You sure you want an OCD person criticizing you?

I REALLY like how the light from the blinds is stipped across the door. The door and flowers are such interesting eye catchers. Makes me wanta look at it and see what all I'm missing.

The whole world is in motion around them, but they're not like blurry. Only slightly enough so you can see them in motion. I have no clue HOW you did that, but it's awesome. Makes you think of how they're in the moment.

Flags from a citizens point of view. How most of us get to see them. Against the blue sky, and at the right moment we can see both. It makes me think of bittersweet patriotism.

The damage, it's awesome. I think it would have been better in color, because you could see more detail. Black and white kinda blurs the extent of it.

Woo! I've always like the emphasising one color effect. ESPECIALLY red. Not use how to explain that is looks like she's on the outside, but matches the world at the same time?

Interesting angles, I like how nothing is straight, not even the tile lines. Color emphasis <3

A little less wavy blur effect. But the door calls to us to look inside, and I like how there are like TWO fire extinguishers in it. So it reminds me of some scene in a survival horror game.... *watches her brother play them too much*

Now this one is my favorite. I like the details on the building and the old antenna. Then the lamp, there's so much to look at everytime you look at it you see something new. That's what makes great photos. When you don't get sick of looking at them. The blue/brick combo draws you in.

No matter what I say Ella, you do not suck, you show so much promise. Details are just what make the photo. Which is why I'm picky. Because I want you to improve. <3333 Keep posting them, so I can keep looking at them. I enjoy it.

[Kamilla Lestrange]

YES! You, my amazing critique - r, have finally posted! I've been waiting for this. While we were talking about cheating deviriginizers and Numa Numa? o,0

FIRST! Ai. I know what you mean. Stupid, stupid crap camera. *sniffle*
SECOND Court, you're not being rude. (: You're trying to help, there is a difference. xD NOW what the flippity heck is the rule of thirds? And the funniest part is - I JUST noticed that leaf!
THIRD is a picture of a giraffe. My mom has a little glass sculpture of a giraffe that had a wreath on its head for Christmas!
YEAH! I'm glad you liked that one. It reminds me of a little European country barn. I don't know why.
And THAT blurry thingy is what you call "through the glass". When crazy hockey fans want pictures, we'll get through that crap glass barrier and take pictures anyways. Hehe. It looked better on my tiny LCD screen though. Rawr. But yeah. It's just through the glass.
OH I didn't mean to make you sad . . . But I'm glad I got an emotion from you. I don't want to take just "pretty" pictures. I want them to mean something. (:
UHM, Court? The car is a black car. xD
I LOVE color effect too! Red is not only vibrant, it's super easy. And that's actually me. In a Spanish lobby. In Spain, obviously. (: A lot of the pictures you liked are in Spain. Good place for pictures, I see. (:
And YEAH I dislike pictures that are perfectly evened out and centered. :/ Thank you! I was hoping to get a different angle on that. I'm happy you noticed.
The BLUR was taken in a Spanish lobby as well! I was taking a picture of that door when two girls in green came running by. If you look closely enough, you'll see a faint outline of a leg . . . xD
And YO Why do so many people like that one?! xD Hehe. I'm glad that y'all do though, it makes me want to pocket it. I love the contrast too, lovely. Its really stark. And I know what you mean. Every time I look at it, I see more and more and more details. (:

[Luca Lovell]

HI.
xD
Morgan's favorites and why:
1 The third picture... No idea what it is, but that's why I love it. It keeps you guessing, and it's close up and pretty. I think the shot was done really well :] What the hell is it, though? XD My imagination can't comprehend it, Ella! Though that might have been what Court was talking about, and I didn't read it o_o OH IT'S A GIRAFFE. I wouldn't have guessed that XD
2 The tenth one of the broken car lights... Those are car lights, right? Well, I like it because it's broken. I don't know, something about a wreck just gets me... Yes, they're sad, but there's a sad kind of beauty to it... and I'm attracted to it.
3 The one right after the car wreck XD I love it because of the repetition of red. It's a cute picture :]
4 The very last picture. I can't exactly tell you why I like it, I just do. I guess it's because the light is an old-fashioned looking light, and I like old-fashioned stuff :]

NOW. The one picture I'm really not a huge fan of is theee picture right after the suckers. I love you, Ella, xD And for that I'm really actually feeling a little bit guilty because of that picture... I just don't think the black and white with color was done very well x___X I'M SORRY! I LOVE YOU! -whines- SEE. I'm not good with critiquing, because I go on guilt trips XD But, anyway, I think the picture would have looked better if it were just regular in color. Now, however, the one with the pink bag and the one with the lockers were done extremely well, and I love the one of the lockers ;DD That little bit of pink ribbon hanging out of the locker/tied on to the locker really makes the picture pop.

oh. And I love hockey. XD Again, I like the photo, but it's not exactly my favorite either. It's really hard to get in-motion shots, so I'm not going to blame you at all xD It's nice, yeah, but there's just something about it that I'm not very fond of... Maybe it's just because it's hard to get what you want with motion shots. -shrugs-

OKAY.
So that's my two cents.
And I'm so damn sorry XD
I'm going to be apologizing my ass off, just you wait.

[Kamilla Lestrange]

OH Morgan! Why are you apologizing for being honest? Why are you apologizing for HELPING me?! You strange, strange child! (:

The YELLOW FLOWER one! I agree with you. It's sort of faded in and out, it's not as strong as it could be. And the HOCKEY one, goodness! I tried for an hour to get clear pictures. But they're finally learning to check and they're not doing it right. o,0 They're tackling each other left and right, back and forth. And it's blurry. SO I agree with you!

Thank you lovelies!

SO, work on the Rule of Thirds, action shots that aren't blurry, strong colors if I'm going to do color accents?