Re: Re: Lesson 1

#21290
Duncan Rawlinson
Keymaster

Thank you for submitting your first assignment to the Icon Photography School.

First here is the EXIF data of your images.

[attachment=1:2d4pvhq8]Toys EXIF.png[/attachment:2d4pvhq8]
Date Time Original: 2013:08:18 19:25:42
Exposure Time: 1/60
F Number: f / 4
Exposure Program: Normal program
ISO Speed Ratings: 800
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length: 25mm
White Balance: Auto white balance
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS REBEL T3
LensInfo: 4
LensModel: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
LensSerialNumber: 000032275c

[attachment=0:2d4pvhq8]Toys 2 EXIF.png[/attachment:2d4pvhq8]
Date Time Original: 2013:08:18 19:24:27
Exposure Time: 1/60
F Number: f / 5
Exposure Program: Normal program
ISO Speed Ratings: 800
Metering Mode: Pattern
Flash: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length: 43mm
White Balance: Auto white balance
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS REBEL T3
LensInfo: 4
LensModel: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
LensSerialNumber: 000032275c

There are a few great things about your assignment.

The main one is that you are well on your way down the path of learning photography and you have already taken you first few steps.

Don’t worry about all the EXIF data (goobelygoop of numbers) above. That stuff is just the settings your camera used to make those photos. Over time and as you improve you will learn to control these settings to make photos look the way you want.

Now with these two photos in particular you’ve done what most people do in their first assignment. Most people look at what other people have done and do something similar. It’s ok to do that but I would highly recommend only looking at other student postings after you have submitted yours. You will get way more out of it. There is no right or wrong around here it’s just about having fun and learning.

Now what really works about your images is that it encapsulates one of the most common mistakes people make when they take a photo. When they go to take a photograph of something (say a group of people) they take a step back, when they should take a step forward.

Getting close in photography is one of the simplest things you can to to immediately improve your photos and you’ve done that here! So that’s great.

Getting close is really just a simpler way of saying fill your frame. Throughout photography you can almost always see that the best photos have the most interesting thing taking up almost the whole frame. This is not a rule and you should always follow strong composition but when you go to take a photo one of the little things in the back of your mind should be, can I get closer? am I filling the frame? Little questions like this will become almost automatic as you improve.

I also like your sense of play here in setting up a scene with the toys and making something out of that! Using a sense of play and experimentation will certainly help your photography learning.

Thanks for submitting your assignment!!! Way to go!!!

The Icon Photography School will be going on break starting August 25 until right around September 10th. So your assignments will not be graded during that time. (If they are count yourself as one of the lucky ones)

During this period we encourage you work with a theme in practicing your photography and to get out shooting every single day.

Here is a list of things to shoot or photography themes.

See you after the break.

Please practice every day!!!!