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Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

How Do My Photos Look

Can I get some hints on how to fix errors if needed for the pictures that I posted . I use lightroom and Photoshop

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Betty Depee

9 Years Ago

The photos that you are uploading are way too small. They are blurry.

 

Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

Not in focus is a bad way to start. Photoshop, Lightroom, PSE, Gimp, Picasa.... none of them fix OOF. And then we can talk about sizes -- I typically sell nothing smaller than a 11X14 -- and your prices. On one of your 8X5s, you seem to have a 55 dollar mark-up which, shall we say, is very optimistic.

 

Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

Ok so if I'm using photoshop, what size should I be posting pictures .i was also told that in my pictures that they were blurry or did not have enough sharpness in them so for that sort of thing , do I make the contrast 100%

 

Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

I went by what art of America wanted for size

 

Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

I suspect the issues are coming in before you ever get to Photoshop. What kind of camera are you using?

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

they seem to be totally invisible - or are people seeing them and i'm not?

---Mike Savad

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

whatever it was you uploaded - upload the size the camera made - not what this site wants. this site doesn't want a size, it wants clear images.

---Mike Savad

 

Roseann Caputo

9 Years Ago

I have some questions.

What are you doing in Lightroom and Photoshop? Are you reducing the size of the images? Or are the images at the size they are taken?

When I take my pictures the only time I alter the size is to even it out.

The bigger problem is that you have some good compositions but they are all blurry. I'm not sure they will print. What lens were you using?

 

Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

I'm using a Nikon D3000 camera when shooting pictures

 

Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

Generally speaking, you want your camera set up to saze the image at the higest resolution and size possible. This helps with cropping and processing later. And you can't size anything up; you can only size down. My camera outputs images at roughly 5100X3400 which allows me to crop, level and do whatever I need to do to get them looking pretty (decent.)

 

Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

Ok first of all , the school that I go to known as art institute said those are the only two softwares I can use; this schools requires me to use a digital camera which I have and those two softwares.however, when I photograph at a higher resolution from my camera I should have to fix the photo with that certain software is that correct?

 

Roseann Caputo

9 Years Ago

No, the goal is to take the picture correctly so that you have very little work you need to do in Lighroom or Photoshop. These images are out of focus. You should start there.

I started at the Art Institute and wound up leaving because I felt that it was not a good school.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

i can't see anything, can the link be posted here? i see no images uploaded.


---Mike Savad

 

Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

You mean to tell me , I could have in focus pictures when they said they were not in focused?

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

ok i'm looking at googles cached versions.

very blurry looks like the camera didn't focus on anything and the crop is too tight. on top of that the camera's setting is set to the lowest quality, smallest size, and it was probably saved for web. mostly though it looks like your not focusing at all. make sure the lens is set to focus and that it does. look at the preview on the camera to make sure its clear. software can only fix minor things. the camera does the rest.


---Mike Savad

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

are you letting the camera do the focusing - or are you trying to do it free hand?

because if its free hand you have to make sure the diopter in the view finder is in focus. and that your eyes are also in check. otherwise let the camera choose the focus, you just aim what to focus on. this stuff should have been covered in class, i'm pretty sure of it (not being sarcastic). the camera will tell you if its in focus usually by a green dot or whatever your camera does. mine flashes a red square briefly. others beep. i also assigned another button to lock the focus, i don't use the main button for that.

---Mike Savad

 

Robert Frank Gabriel

9 Years Ago

Is this a put on?

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

she erased the images, you can find them in google. each was blurred like if you dipped inkjet prints in water. it was more than compression it was out of focus.


---Mike Savad

 

Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

My camera doesn't show a focus light , the only time I can see the light is either inside or outside and it has to be really dark to see the focus light

 

Floyd Snyder

9 Years Ago

" when I photograph at a higher resolution from my camera I should have to fix the photo with that certain software is that correct?"

This sounds like there a bit too much reliability on the software.

If you shot in RAW, and take the very best photograph you can, you will get as large a picture that you camera will take. And you will need less help from your software.

Once you have made the adjustments in Photoshop, save in JPEG and that will give you plenty of size for FAA, too much in some case because they have 25 meg limit.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

then turn the beep on and make sure the lens is set to autofocus. or there won't be a light.

i'm still a little confused at the lessons you've gotten thus far. the other day you went into making a stage set, which is quite advanced. i assume your also going to a class to know how to use the camera, along with composition and such? the first thing about photography, before anything else is to know how to use the camera you have. know how to focus with it etc. not being snide, but its important to know this, makes it easier to diagnose whats going on.

check the settings first:

resolution quality and size
beep when in focus
make sure the lens is clean front and back
make sure the eye piece is clean and adjusted (look through it, the little i guess there must be squares somewhere in there, are they in focus?) mine was quite off once.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3000/af-settings.htm this page has the focus settings for your camera. this should hopefully point you in the right direction.

---Mike Savad

 

Floyd Snyder

9 Years Ago

Robert... I get it... I see why you would ask that. lol

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

oh and don't use auto focus. make sure you control where it focuses. use center or something like that. because otherwise it may lock onto something in the foreground or with better contrast.


---Mike Savad

 
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Bradford Martin

9 Years Ago

The focus light is visible in the viewfinder in any light. Try using the viewfinder. You should be able to tell if it is in focus without it. Also if you are using autofocus you should learn ways to lock the focus so you can change composition without having the camera refocus.

Set you camera on the highest amount of pixels. . If an image is not in focus you will not be able to makes a salable print that looks in focus.
Normal workflow for uploading here is to not increase the pixel size. No information can be added by up-sizing. Its an illusion and often results in poor image quality. The printers here set the DPI according to the print size so you can leave that alone.

 

Sybil D'Amico

9 Years Ago

So when I photo shoot a subject, point the camera towards the person ,or item? What happens if I want to shoot far in a distance and shoot photos of deer,or trees or thing like that?

 

Heather Applegate

9 Years Ago

point the camera that the deer...

 

Heather Applegate

9 Years Ago

Try this.

Put an object or 2 on a table in front of you.
Try to focus on it.
Change your settings, try different focal lengths, different lighting... everything.

Just start there. See if you can get a sharp focus on something.

 

Heather Applegate

9 Years Ago

http://youtu.be/irsjsN8HUtI

There are many many tutorials and such online. If you can't find someone nearby to actually help.

 

Barbara Leigh Art

9 Years Ago

I see only one. Are there more?. Looks like an out of focus back yard shot. Hhmmmm! :(

 

Barbara Leigh Art

9 Years Ago

I see only one. Are there more?. Looks like an out of focus back yard shot. Hhmmmm! :(

 

Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

If you use AF, you could also try to focus on something you know the camera won't actually be able to focus on. Maybe a dark subject in a dimly lit room. The lens will try and try before giving up. At least then you'd know the AF was trying to work.

 

Barbara Leigh Art

9 Years Ago

Did you say you were in school? So why the questions here? Why not seek out your teachers for this? I am confused why your doing your learning here. yeah! is thisa put on?

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

two things that popped into my mind.

when you shoot something, are you holding onto the focusing ring? - you may be preventing it from moving or maybe moving it out of focus.

and when you shoot do you wait for the camera to finish focusing, or are you just hitting the button?


as for the other question, if you shoot a person, shoot them in the eye, just like a gun. and same with the deer, you have to focus on the thing you want in focus.

---Mike Savad

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

i'm thinking she's asking here, because her photo teacher doesn't know how to use a camera. the teacher seemed more into building sets.

some art schools also tend to assume you know how to use a camera, because i don't know if they are beginner classes. usually that stuff is taught in a junior type college or night class.

---Mike Savad

 

Abbie Shores

9 Years Ago

Please can everyone try and be a little more patient? Even I have trouble when lots of people throw different answers at me when not knowing about cameras etc. It is very easy when you know what you are talking about and not always when you are trying to learn. Also it is hard to know sometimes to what people refer when it is just in writing. Some people are visual people so would need the camera photos in front of them to see what you mean

The question was probably asked here as we are good to approach... normally



 
 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

i posted her camera up about focus, it's further up the chain, read through that and i think she can get a handle on the focusing system of that camera.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3000/af-settings.htm

here it is again, big skip ate it.

---Mike Savad

 
 

Katrina Dimond

9 Years Ago

I too use this exact camera which is an easy to use entry level DSLR. Like others I suggest you read the manual, take some time to learn the settings and your camera before posting your photos on a site that sells fine art. At the very least take a photo in auto mode so you can be assured your camera is not broken. The advice you have been given above is all you should need to be able to take a clear photo.

 

Katrina Dimond

9 Years Ago

Sybil how long have you had the camera. Have you had a good play with all the different features on it?

 

Louise Reeves

9 Years Ago

"What happens if I want to shoot far in a distance and shoot photos of deer,or trees or thing like that?"

Then it will depend on your lens and aperture settings as to how much you can focus in on the distant object. Shutter speed along with aperture will control the amount of light coming in and is necessary to know in regards to shooting things like deer that won't "pose" for you. Your main point of any image is what you focus on.

I am curious as to why, with the length of time you have been taking these classes, you don't know this? Aperture, shutter speed and focus were the first things taught at the school I was in.

 

Mark Papke

9 Years Ago

Nikon cameras also have an AF/M switch on the body. Maybe she has the AF on on the lens but accidentally turned it off on the camera. If it is on M the camera will not auto focus even if it is on AF on the lens.

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

i took the liberty of looking at your facebook images. i would say about 80% are not in focus. 10% showed heavy motion blur taken in doors, 5% showed low light focus issues, and the rest were in focus. that was back in 2013 at a wedding where i would not call it sharp, its more in focus. so a switch was bumped. and an fyi since i couldn't mention it there. if you take a picture that's backlit - natural light only works when it's shining on a face, you always need fill flash or the image will be underexposed, even outside it softens the shadows and makes it more pleasing. the camera will cycle the flashes power down for you.


---Mike Savad

 

Barbara Leigh Art

9 Years Ago

Be careful where you go to school. Select a fully accredited college with award winning professors that put you through a foundation program to be sure that you know the basics fisrts before they put you in your focus such as 2D, sculpting, interdisciplinary etc....sectioned as such. You want the equivalent to west point but for the arts thats my 2 cents

 

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

there might be one other possibility - if you are composing the scene, and locking the focus, then stepping back or forward before you hit the shutter, that would make it totally of focus like that. in otherwords, instead of composing the shot and focusing. you may be doing it backwards.


---Mike Savad

 

Kevin Annala

9 Years Ago

Seriously, get off of this thread and read the manual and ask your instructor. The people just tossing up hail maries will only add to your confusion, you need to start from step 1 with 1 person working you through it.

 

Floyd Snyder

9 Years Ago

Kevin!!

Best advice yet!

 

Lonnie Christopher

9 Years Ago

You are getting way ahead of yourself. My suggestion would be to wait until you learn to use the camera, and after you finish your first photography class before you start posting to FAA. You will learn all the basics in the class. Such as how to use the camera's focus, and the software for re-sizing and editing.

You can also Google search digital camera basics and watch how-to Youtube videos on how to use a digital camera. That should get you started if you don't want to wait to learn.

 

David Bridburg

9 Years Ago

My nephew is not an artist, but to change the topic.....LOL

He got a 57 on his first year four weeks in Physics exam at MIT. His grade was the second highest in the class.
The prof expected no one to get over 50. Yeah I am the proud uncle.

He is trying to get invited to pledge a frat. They dont drink. They just study. Sounds cool.

I hope no one wants to get back to the old topic on this thread. Give the young woman a brake.

Better yet young lady stop reading this stuff. They know and they dont know.

Dave

 

David Bridburg

9 Years Ago

there might be one other possibility - if you are composing the scene, and locking the focus, then stepping back or forward before you hit the shutter, that would make it totally of focus like that. in otherwords, instead of composing the shot and focusing. you may be doing it backwards.


Mike,

I thought you were dead on earlier when you said the camera had been in a lake. LMAO

Dave

 

Abbie Shores

9 Years Ago

I agree with everyone who says you need to get one on one help. Nobody here can really help for the reasons I mentioned earlier :).

Good luck

 

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