A comment general to all your work on here. I think you have the eye for an image and that is the main thing. The programmes and techniques to display images are plentiful but will do nothing to make a sad image good. Polishing a turd is the arrse phrase I think? If you accept that, you need input from others who are at a higher or equal level to yourself. People who will suggest "That seagull would be better on the top third" sort of thing and you will experiment after cussing about wtf the position of a bird can make. They may well be right. A web page is great to display but visitors of the sort you need are unlikely to see much of your work through casual visits. You need to get into one of the clubs who display their work for criticism over the web. I'm not going to be specific - you must find what suits you - but have a look at the photographers' groups in Ning.(http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsinikkaprojects.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fphoto-sharing-on-project-ning.html&ei=p2X9Sc3lEIiNjAejtogw&usg=AFQjCNEEEhUfBQtRoSaRDXeQ5o4NU8evDw&sig2=fZd_zmmmBRS96yUF_LVOkA) Oops sorry about that - should have tinyurl'd it) If you have a large number of images in ayour own data bank, join an agency. Getting the first fee cheque makes it all very enjoyable. Anyway - very best of luck but you are going into something where one never stops learning.
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A comment general to all your work on here. I think you have the eye for an image and that is the main thing. The programmes and techniques to display images are plentiful but will do nothing to make a sad image good. Polishing a turd is the arrse phrase I think?
If you accept that, you need input from others who are at a higher or equal level to yourself. People who will suggest "That seagull would be better on the top third" sort of thing and you will experiment after cussing about wtf the position of a bird can make. They may well be right.
A web page is great to display but visitors of the sort you need are unlikely to see much of your work through casual visits. You need to get into one of the clubs who display their work for criticism over the web. I'm not going to be specific - you must find what suits you - but have a look at the photographers' groups in Ning.(http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsinikkaprojects.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fphoto-sharing-on-project-ning.html&ei=p2X9Sc3lEIiNjAejtogw&usg=AFQjCNEEEhUfBQtRoSaRDXeQ5o4NU8evDw&sig2=fZd_zmmmBRS96yUF_LVOkA) Oops sorry about that - should have tinyurl'd it)
If you have a large number of images in ayour own data bank, join an agency. Getting the first fee cheque makes it all very enjoyable. Anyway - very best of luck but you are going into something where one never stops learning.
Cheers John, as they say you are never too old to learn.
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