After the romantic misadventure with the blue-eyed nurse, I decided that spending another week alone at home would certainly bring me on the verge of madness. So I took a deep breath and smashed the piggybank upon the floor, and then collected my savings and purchased what I should have purchased a long time ago: a DSRL camera (to be more exact, a Nikon D3300). Now I have a good excuse to go out almost every day to photograph the world around me.
I know little to nothing about photography. Some of you are talented and experienced photographers – don’t blush, I know it’s true. Could you give me some tips please?
Here are my first tentative photos, taken in the neighbourhood…
boy with a hat 
I think they’re excellent!
I like you eye for detail (the gate/fence pics are awesome. I have never seen such intricate, fantastic woodwork outside before.)
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Nice pictures!
Not much by way of tips needed, you do have a great eye. These are great. Thanks for sharing.
I am no expert, but I like the photos. Some very interesting subjects. And it’s good for you, to get out in the world every day 🙂
That’s some neighborhood , perfect for explorations and photos (: The kitten and the man somehow really tied off the atmosphere of the collage.
They’re all gorgeous!! I specially loved the “yellow leaf resembling an upside down heart”.
Just a small tip: Try to capture “stories” or those scenes which speak worlds.
Good luck!
You capture things with all the beauty they really are. It is amazing 😊 I love to see you photos 😊
You capture things with all the beauty they really are. It is amazing 😊 I love to see you photos 😊
The boy with a hat and a camera now. What next? For an amateur your compositions are really rather nice. You could have a very nice photo blog if you keep doing his.
Keep well.
Awesome, little one! I wrote something about relationships and loneliness here:
http://carmenisabelgonzalez.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/hear-me-out-lonely-people/
Wonderful to see your neighbourhood (and the boy, out and about, in daylight!)
Amazing , wondrous and telling …I’m so happy you now have a camera to see the world around you with ..blessings xx
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I agree with the readers, you have a very good eye for what is pleasing and artistic. I enjoyed them–give us more, more, more! 🙂
Hi Vincent, your first attempts with the DSLR camera are laudable! And welcome to the world of photography! Like you open up a world for us with your words, do try to find a style in your photography. I don’t know if I’m the only one noticing it, but I’m seeing a single-subject being the key for many of your photographs – the sole leaf, the upturned chair , the lone cat etc. Try to develop on it or try the various permutations of subject and background and find something that fits you!
And in the meanwhile, if I may, might I give you some people who defined the art of photography for me – for starters chew on Elliott Erwitt and Steve McCurry.
Wish you good luck in photography and a favourable diagnosis in life!
Thanks Georgie! (or is it Mathew?) I’ll work on it.
Hi, I think you made a promising start. I got a real sense of your neighbourhood. I liked your blue/yellow bridge best and found some of the others to be atmospheric. Don’t always think that the main object of interest has to be in the centre of the photograph. For example, the red chair pic … how would it have looked if the chair was top right, or top left, or bottom right or left? But a lot of it is all about having a good eye for the unusual. I hope you get out a bit more! Cheers
Thanks for your tips Bernard. I’ll put them to good use next time I venture out.
Yes, they’re nice. They made me look for my cranky old camera – maybe I’ll blow the dust off…
Glad you’re out. It’ll do you so much good.
The fresh air, clear spirits, exercise. mind on other things.
Good for you!
Randy