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Advice To Photo 1:

If you’re in Photo 1 and you’re reading this, keep reading. I’ve been looking at all your guys’ photos, and don’t get me wrong, a lot of them are really sweet pictures.

But I’ve noticed a few things that you guys should stop doing, because they are not making your photos any better:

a. don’t grab stuff, position stuff, and just take a snapshot of it and call it a done deal. Look around, look for things out of the ordinary. Take pictures the way the scene was when you found it.

b. Follow the guidelines, but do NOT be afraid to put a twist in em, make the picture. don’t just take it.

c. Do your assignments. They are most of your grade. Just do your work!

I’m telling you guys these things because i was in YOUR position last year, I know some things are hard to do. Trust me. I STILL hardly know PhotoShop. But since my grade depends on it, I try as hard as I can to do a good job, and get the job done. It’s not that hard.

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  2. 3M!LY B@SS3TT Avatar
    3M!LY B@SS3TT

    I read your blog and I completely agree with you. I will openly admit that I am one of the people who will position things to get a picture. I need to work on that. I guess my problem is that I don’t see things out of the ordinary. I like things organized and neat. That might also be why I don’t ‘twist’ the picture. I will try to remember this advise. Thank you.

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  3. Chelsea McNee Avatar
    Chelsea McNee

    She had a lot of good and helpful advice! I am glad she decided to make that blog(: Im glad that I’m not the only one who photoshop goes completely over my head! Ha ha, I now see that you don’t have to be an expert to take good photos, you just need to try.

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  4. J04@_H@r:P3r Avatar
    J04@_H@r:P3r

    Thanks for the advice. I think it is a good idea to just take the picture of how you found it. If you move objects around it’s not as good. It’s also good advice to do your assignments. Doing assignments is most of your grade. Once again thanks for your advice!

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  5. br@dsh3p@rd Avatar
    br@dsh3p@rd

    Thank you for the information but what if their is something in the photo that should not be their, is it ok to remove it? My biggest trouble is saving the photo in the right file. I can never seem to save in in the right file, I do the work but then when I think that it is in the right file it really isn’t.

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    1. kermit94 Avatar
      kermit94

      No, if you think you need to remove something, just shoot at a different angle! :)

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  6. Ci-ir!5 Fo@Ie Avatar
    Ci-ir!5 Fo@Ie

    She is right that somethings are hard to get and others are really easy to get but the main majority of photos are hard to get because they are sometimes just really hard to find and to get to. At other times though they are quite easy to get but hard to find. Which leads me to saying that some are also easy to find and get. The photos that we have gotten so far in my opinion are hard to get and to set up to get and to find the right angle and to get the right exposer and settings and to get it in rule of thirds or natural framing and stuff like that and to find that right color balance so that is will make the picture look good.

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  7. H3a+h3r G. Avatar
    H3a+h3r G.

    I agree with you. I may have positioned photos once or twice, but usually I like to find cool things the way they are. I have to say that I don’t really ‘twist’ things either, and I’ll try to work on that. Thanks a lot!

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  8. N!c_k L3v! Avatar
    N!c_k L3v!

    I think it is nice that a person who is more experienced than us at photography is trying to help us out. Her tips are helpful and I will take them into consideration. Its nice to see that people have gone through the same thing as us for years and they get to be really good. Photoshop is a complicated thing to use and I do not think anyone could become a master at it unless if they used it 24/7.

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  9. K3R3N4 5CH4R05CH Avatar
    K3R3N4 5CH4R05CH

    I think that was very helpful actually. Although, i always try and take photographs that are “out of the ordinary”, but a little advice will always help. And it’s always nice to know someone wants to help you become a better photographer, or better at anything else.

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  10. Ph!ll1p W3i$+ Avatar
    Ph!ll1p W3i$+

    I think those are great rules to go by in photography. I know some people like to move things in a photo and make them look natural, and a lot of the times you can tell it was moved and not natural. I think that finding stuff thats natural is a lot better because the photos generally look cooler.

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  11. jAZm!nE/nEls0n Avatar
    jAZm!nE/nEls0n

    Thank you so much for the advice. I think that it was really nice of you to give us the advice. I guess that most people would just think that since they had to go through it, we should have to learn the same way. I’m grateful for the advice!D

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  12. Teresa Chapin Avatar
    Teresa Chapin

    I read your blog and I think that the advice was really really good. I will admit that I have done some of these to try to make my photos better but knowing that they actually don’t make my photos any better makes me not wanna do any of these any more. In the past I’m not gonna lie that I have positioned stuff and moved it around but I do know that it wont make my photo’s any better then they are. It does make sense that you should take pictures of the things that are in your photos rather than the things you positioned there. So thanks for the advice! I definitely will be using in it to take my pictures and make them a lot better than they already are.

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  13. Sar_ah LaP_oll@ Avatar
    Sar_ah LaP_oll@

    Well, dear friend. I think that is some pretttty spiffy advice there. I will surely follow it. It inspired me to do greater things in life, take better pictures. Do something beautiful. :D Your advice makes me wanna learn how to bake a cake then balance it on my head. (: No but really. I love what you had to say. Thank you ma’am. (:

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    1. kermit94 Avatar
      kermit94

      Dude, I can do that! the cake thing! if.. it’s in a pan.. but still! I’ll show you. I’ll just make my hands invisible :)

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  14. Emilee Nelson Avatar
    Emilee Nelson

    Hmmm, I guess all a I can say is thanks. You took the time to give us this advice so thank you. Thats good advice and it’s actually very helpful. I’m not quite sure why but I feel like its good advice, also its useful advice. I really like what it says in letter “b”. I really hope that I will be able to apply them to photography this year. Also thanks again.

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  15. M0r_@n L3!f3R Avatar
    M0r_@n L3!f3R

    Thanks for the advice! I found your tips helpful, and after reading them I did recognize them as things that I myself do; and that I have seen some other classmates do. I also found it helpful that you were once in our position and you gave us this advice. I also found it nice to know that you do not fully understand photoshop yet either; because I did not think I would be able to understand all photoshop anytime soon! Thank you for the advice!!

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  16. Mackenzie Phillips Avatar
    Mackenzie Phillips

    I agree with you. And now that you have mentioned those things about taking a picture and just calling it a done deal. I have been doing that. I need to not do that anymore. I need to be more natural when I’m taking my photos for a grade. I need to make the picture more of something and not just take a picture. With your blog it’s helped me realize these things and now I can try and fix those things. I have never really noticed my major mistakes now till you noticed them and spoke out to us.

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  17. @l3x@ t0ff3y Avatar
    @l3x@ t0ff3y

    I must say i think that she is definitely right. because, photography is supposed to be about capturing a vision of how you see things not just putting an apple on a piece of paper and taking a picture of it , and she is also most definitely truthful when she says that we need to do are work, its easy work and its stupid when we just don’t do it, for any class. So thanks for the tips anonymous gal! (:

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  18. Carley Knoblich Avatar
    Carley Knoblich

    Thanks for the Nifty tips. (: Much appreciated. Shooting the natural beauty of things will be a heck of a lot better then if you try to make things look natural. Spiffy stuff. (: again, Thanks!

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  19. M3g@n_j_Dd Avatar
    M3g@n_j_Dd

    Thanks for the advise(: I never really thought about it that way, but its totally true. If you make a photo look the way you want by moving things around, then its not a natural picture. I have to admit, i am one of those people that will make a mistake like putting things in places they shouldn’t be and calling it a photo. I don’t know why, but it makes me think that the picture looks better that way. Its something I’m going to try to work on.

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  20. B0bb1 P@!!0tt@ Avatar
    B0bb1 P@!!0tt@

    Thank you! That really does help a lot. I think your tip on changing things up and adding a twist to photos is definitely something I will try to do. Its really nice to be getting advice from someone more experienced. I agree the assignments are very important. The advice makes me realize that I should try my best on every photo project and add creativity and make it into something I like!

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  21. Brittany Tackett Avatar
    Brittany Tackett

    I agree with the part A. How you said ‘don’t grab stuff, position stuff, and just take a snapshot of it and call it a done deal.’ I never really noticed, but I have done that with my photos, and your right. I take snapshots of things and call it good. I’m not looking around for random things, and taking them the way I see it the first time. I need to start doing that and just take the photo the way I see it. You are also right on the make the photo, don’t just take it. You want to make the photo yours, and maybe tweak it up a little. I totally agree!

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  22. carl! Rosent_hal Avatar
    carl! Rosent_hal

    I think she had really good points. But it kinda seems like I keep hearing the same advice every time we read one of those lists, it seems like the same things repeating themselves. Yes, you always have to do your work and try your hardest even though your not an expert. But don’t you have to do these things at everything you do?But anyways, I think thats cool that she’s writing a blog for us photo 1 students. That’s really nice.

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  23. 3rik@ Ru$$e11 Avatar
    3rik@ Ru$$e11

    Looking back at the photos, I completely agree. Don’t get me wrong, some of the photos are great, but a lot of them…not so much. I think its really awesome that she would take the time out of her day to write this to people she doesn’t even know. I’m definitely going to use this advice further on down the road. Thanks so much for posting this blog:)

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  24. Kiana Young Avatar
    Kiana Young

    I totally agree, taking pictures is about capturing to moment, keeping memories. But by setting a picture up to be taken it doesnt mean as much ! and it doesnt turn out as good either. Soo about the homework i totally agree. I have a pretty bad grade in this class and i need to get it up. I just have not been turning in all of my weekend assignments. Which is bad cause they are my main grade. But hey thank you for the advice and writing to us. Hopefully people will listen to you instead. Thank You…!

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  25. J*dy M@yer Avatar
    J*dy M@yer

    I think that is very true that you have to leave things the way you found them. Sometimes things can look cheesy if they are posed and sometimes they can look collected when they are posed. When pictures and just found and taken, they look more natural. I believe that “Just do your work” is a good piece of advice because a lot of people in my class procrastinate and do not do assignments. It is really not that difficult to press a button on a camera of a family member. :P

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  26. |V|()RG@|\| @TH@ Avatar
    |V|()RG@|\| @TH@

    Reading this advice makes me think I should take It Into consideration and do It, Only because this person has done this class before and she knows what she’s talking about. Even though I hate listening to people I’m gonna take there advice because to tell you the truth, Before I started this class I never took any pictures of anything except myself so I really have no clue what I’m doing! Haha. So thanks.

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  27. Brittian n011 Avatar
    Brittian n011

    I can see what she is saying. Not that I completely agree with this statement. I think if you do nothing but take picture how the are they get boring. So I believe you have to have a mixture of photos,

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    1. kermit94 Avatar
      kermit94

      I’m talking about just random objects in your yard or bedroom or something. Like, when I say that, people are an exception, because sometimes your ‘model’ doesn’t exactly know how to pose and feel comfortable at the same time. If you’re photographing people, you have to make them feel comfortable with the situation. but random plastic things, don’t position them, most people can tell when you do it.

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  28. Mary Vetsch Avatar
    Mary Vetsch

    I read your blog post and found it very helpful so thank you very much! I myself make most of the mistakes you listed and now I know I should probably work on them to keep my grade up. Mr. Twitchell already told us about most the mistakes but its nice to be reminded. Its always nice to know that you were once in my position not knowing how to do anything. I’m also glad that you don’t know much about photoshop because I think it is really confusing and I don’t plan on getting it anytime soon. I really need to work on turning in assignments on time and putting more thought into them. Thanks again for making this blog, it was really helpful.

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  29. K@y!@ $t0Ry Avatar
    K@y!@ $t0Ry

    Thank you for the advice. It does have good points in it. It is good to hear from someone who was in our position last year. I like how she randomly gave us some advice that will help us. I like the the first point were she says for us to not mess with they objects in the picture just try and leave it in the scene that it was found in.

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  30. w!n+er $p#n(er Avatar
    w!n+er $p#n(er

    Thank you for the wonderful advice. I agree with all of these 100 percent. It is not that hard just to do your work! When you are doing your homework do not just take a picture. Make a picture your own. Thanks for the advice!:)

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  31. K!r$+! @pp|by Avatar
    K!r$+! @pp|by

    After reading your blog I’d have to say that I totally agree with you. I tend to go both ways; sometimes I position things and sometimes I just leave it the way it is. Sometimes I have a picture in my mind and to get it I have to position things to make it look the way I want. However, I will look around to see what else I can take a picture of. I totally agree with you on the assignments. Our grade totally depends on if we do our assignments or not.

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  32. Jessica Tanya Avatar
    Jessica Tanya

    I found your blog helpful. I agree on what you are saying. I admit that I sometimes just take a picture of a random thing and call it good. I should put more effort and maybe be more creative with my photos. I found photoshop very confusing at first and I still do, I guess it’s just a complex tool to get used to. The more time i spend with it, the better I will understand it. Thanks for taking the time to try to help our class become better photographers with your advice.

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  33. Valschwaderer Avatar
    Valschwaderer

    Thanks for the advice. It was really good. I like all the points that you made for it and I agree with all of them. I think that we do position things too much and so therfore it doesn’t look natural. I like having the idea of looking for something unique and out of the ordinary.

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  34. @!3x@ H@!!i:D@y Avatar
    @!3x@ H@!!i:D@y

    Thanks for this advise. I totally agree with you. I know that I need to think more outside the box on my photography pictures, and so something out of the ordinary. Instead of setting up a shot, I know I need to find something that is already different and set up. I really liked your advise and think that it is helpful advise that I would use from now on. The only way to get better is to make mistakes, learn, ad fix what you did wrong. You also have to try different things to expand what you can do. I hope to hear more advise like yours in the future. Thank you for this.

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  35. Gr@nt C@nery Avatar
    Gr@nt C@nery

    I think she had some good points, I will use them. I have been trying to take pictures with similar rules. She is right about not just pushing the stutter button: you have to think about what is in the picture, the angle and the lighting. It was very nice of her to give advise to us strangers. Look forward to more advise so I can get better at photography.

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  36. B0nn!3 Gri_M&M Avatar
    B0nn!3 Gri_M&M

    Ok. Well, I think this is some dang-good advice for a young, inexperienced photography 1 student like myself. (P.S.: I like this list better than the other ones Mr. Twitchell makes us read because it’s shorter and easier to understand. And I can relate more.) Anywho, it was super-duper of you to write us little students a nice list of advice. I especially took a liking to the last one, the one about doing the assignments, because that is just some good, common-sense, down-to-earth type of a maxim. Some people just don’t get it, bless their hearts. The other points were just as nice and helpful, and I will be sure to take them to heart. Thank you kindly, y’all.

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  37. T!M M0rr!SS3tt3 Avatar
    T!M M0rr!SS3tt3

    Thanks for the great advice! I like the idea about how we should just capture the moment. Whenever I see professional photography they usually capture a moment not a scene set up by man. I don’t understand “b” though. And “c” is pretty ridiculous. Psh… work… useless. Im kidding when I say that. But thanks for the advice.

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  38. M!tch Little Avatar
    M!tch Little

    Wow, that is really deep! I think that all the advice she gave is very important and useful. That is very nice of her to share that information with us, and I 100% agree with it. I think most of us have the problem of just taking snapshots, but now that I’m aware of that I will try not to do it anymore.

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  39. @U$T!N Co0N$ Avatar
    @U$T!N Co0N$

    I think she had some really good points. But, it seems like we keep hearing the same advice every time we read one of those lists, it seems like the same things are repeating themselves. I do appreciate the advice and the time she took to give us beginners some advice. Well I don’t have much to say except thank you.

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  40. D3s-!ny Duv3r-@y Avatar
    D3s-!ny Duv3r-@y

    Thank you for the tips, I’m glad one of my peers took the time to help me and my fellow students. I appreciate the tips and I understand what your saying and thank you for saying it. I do understand what your saying about taking a snapshot and not just setting up a photo yourself. I think thats one of the things I personally need to work on, along with other things.

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  41. Kalyn Avatar
    Kalyn

    I found this blog very helpful, because I completely agree with what you are saying. I think that I need to take the time to look for interesting things to capture, instead of trying to just grab stuff, position stuff, and just take a snapshot of it, i need to find something out of the ordinary. I also think that I should work on just turning my assignments in, because that would definitely help my grade.

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  42. Courtney Bissell Avatar
    Courtney Bissell

    After reading her advice, I agree with everything she said. I think I need to take more time to find things to take photos of in their natural positions. I could also get more creative with my photos and ideas.

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  43. Kayla Albertson Avatar
    Kayla Albertson

    Thanks for the information. I will do my best to do all of these things you said. I hope i become a better photographer from your information. Thank you , I appreciate it.I will also take the time to get pictures out of our weekend assignments.

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  44. t@r@ lyl3$ Avatar
    t@r@ lyl3$

    I think that was really good advice. I will admit that my pictures aren’t that good and I really can’t think of anything creative, but this actually helped a lot. So, thanks for the advice, I will use it to get a better grade in this class.

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  45. K@YL! M@th3son Avatar
    K@YL! M@th3son

    Thank you for the advise. I think it would help everyone else out on what they do in this class. I agree with taking pictures without positioning them. It makes the photo look more natural. Also, doing assignment will most likely get my grade up a lot.

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  46. Brooke Albertson Avatar
    Brooke Albertson

    Thank you for the advice. It is going to help a lot since we are new at all of this and trying to figure out what and what not to do. I know that I am not supposed to just take the picture really fast and call it good. And the advice I like the most that you gave us was just take the picture how you found it. Thank you

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    \|/@++ D|\/IN3

    I found your tips to be helpful. I think that my biggest problem is that I need to seek a different perspective or subject. I usually don’t find anything that is really groundbreaking to shoot at. Also, I pretty much just follow the guidelines in the assignments. I don’t really know how to twist them.

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  48. Cassidy Porter Avatar
    Cassidy Porter

    its useful to have somebody to understand what were in. It makes every thing alot easier knowing youve been there and done that! Thank you!

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  49. l\/lI$$y Pur_t@ Avatar
    l\/lI$$y Pur_t@

    I agree with you because everyone is photo 1 tries to make a photo. I am one of these people. The bigger problem for me is trying to get the photo assignment done with quality. But most of the time I hate my work and it doesn’t give me a good grade. I do turn in all of my work but it’s more on the effort side that I need to work on in this class.

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  50. Sierra Schoene Avatar
    Sierra Schoene

    After i read the advice i totally agree. I think that seeing one of the students that have been in our position giving us advice could really help us. Thank you so much for the advise.

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  51. K@Y+33_HUN+3R Avatar
    K@Y+33_HUN+3R

    First I want to say thanks for the advice. I really think it will be helpful to a lot of people. I guess how I would take the advice is to actually turn in my assignments. Before I took this class I really didn’t take many photos of other things besides myself and my family or friends. I really need to start paying attention to the other things in life.

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    I agree with what your saying. I really need to take more time in taking my pictures and creating them instead of just shooting things just to get the assignment done. Thank you for taking the time to tell us this because every single one of us needs the most help me can get!

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  53. M@CK3NZ!3 R!CH@RD5 Avatar
    M@CK3NZ!3 R!CH@RD5

    I agree completely with you on just about all of it. The only problem, for me, is that I always feel like my photos aren’t the right color or position or object so moving things around makes me think I can get a better picture. But I have noticed that my pictures still aren’t the best when I do that so I definitely need to start looking for things more out of the ordinary.

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  54. K@!tl!n Mot_t Avatar
    K@!tl!n Mot_t

    I think that this blog is very helpful because you are telling mistakes that a lot of people are making. You also helped by letting us know how not to make the mistakes any more. For me one of the hardest things is finding something to take a picture of so most of the time I position things to take a picture of

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  55. jA-tripleX-ON $u++13myre Avatar
    jA-tripleX-ON $u++13myre

    I agree with her 100%. We need to quit taking half-hearted photos and accepting bad grades. Like she said, put some quality effort into the assignments and you will succeed and be happy with yourself and your projects. When you take quality photos you may notice stuff you have never seen or realized before.

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  56. J03 T.ff3y Avatar
    J03 T.ff3y

    I agree with Kermit94 her guidelines were very good. I will follow them and I will strive to achieve the best photos I can. Thank you for helping us out you very cool and I would like to see your photos some time, thanks Home-dog.

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  57. Colleen(: Avatar
    Colleen(:

    I AGREE. I don’t think you should position stuff and take pictures that not natural at all. I really like this blog, it lets us know that since you were in our position you know what’s going on your not just telling us things without knowing what your talking about.

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  58. Ashley Hammons Avatar
    Ashley Hammons

    I think that you supply us with pretty good advice. I espically agree with the part where it says our work is a majority of our grade, because I have done all my work, and I have a good grade in this class. I also agree a lot with A because I have seen pictures that don’t really make sense because of how random and thrown together they are. So, thanks for the advice.

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  59. t3!G@n 1O(kw0oD. Avatar
    t3!G@n 1O(kw0oD.

    I’m really glad & thankful that she decided to do this (: I think all of the information is really helpful & i will be sure to take it all into consideration. Doing my assignments is something i always do, & i think it’s very important. Something i really need to work on is being more creative and getting my into my photos. I shouldn’t just shoot a couple pictures & call it good. Thanks again for the advice & i hope you share more of your wisdom with us in the future!

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  60. j^k3 B@d#^$on Avatar
    j^k3 B@d#^$on

    finally some one that knows what there talking about, to be honest i agree 100% with everything their saying. i wish i would have been able to get in this class last year but oh well… but the whole making the picture and taking the picture is true. i find that my pictures look way better if i leave it alone, and give it a little bit of my own twist.i really hope everyone who reads this really understands what they are saying, and can make their pictures way better.

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  61. $h@n+e! L@r0q-3 Avatar
    $h@n+e! L@r0q-3

    Thanks! I agree with you 100% of the way. I sometimes do that so that I can get it done and just call it good, and don’t really take them time to do it all, but I will be sure to put more effort into taking photos. I thought everything she said was true and was what I actually needed.(=

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  62. mru$$3ll93 Avatar
    mru$$3ll93

    A lot of what you say is very true and I find your blog post to analyzing helpful. Its nice to know that someone else is looking at are pictures, them and giving use back some feedback because with out criticism, how else are we suppose to learn. Thank you for taking the time too look at are work and I am open to any suggestions I can get. What ever gives me the extra edge to get that great shot.

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  63. C@m! Eg@n! Avatar
    C@m! Eg@n!

    Thank you so much for the advice. I just do not think that my pictures are as good as everyone else. I like taking pictures. It really is a lot of fun, but at the same time i really just don’t know what to take pictures of. If my picture is of a pumpkin… is that good or bad? I don’t really know how to tell if they are going to be good in Twitchells Perception.

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