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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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What is the one photography assignment that taught you the most? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by AlistairInIreland@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I am looking for structured assignments which will help me improve my photography. I'm an experienced enthusiast - over 20 years of shooting - but I feel a bit stale recently like I've not learned anything new or looked at anything differently. Is there any assignment you have done which you felt moved the dial for you?

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[–] FMAGF@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Street photography wasn’t really getting me anywhere (personally) either did landscapes. Tried portrait photography and just found what i’m good at. I’m good at, you guessed it, taking portraits of people.

Started by walking around school campus one day and asked people if they want me to take portraits of them for ₱5.

I love using full manual, so manually focusing on fast moving subjects is hard. But in portraits they are very still which gives me enough time to properly focus. And you can’t forget about the beautiful BOKEH. Using an ND filter is a game changer to me. Even for my clients. Gives my photos some vibe to it that everyone agrees they like.