Comments on: 10 Ways to Top Your Best 2008 Photographs

By: wedding photographer denver

wedding photographer denver — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:38:12 +0000

Lots of truth that will help you get to the next level. Practice Practice, is the best.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:49:41 +0000

Print your photos. They don’t alway look as good on paper. You can see your weaknesses more clearly.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:52:52 +0000

Thank you for your helpful advise. I planned on working to improve my photography and now I have some
goals to work on. In 2009, I shall improve. Thank you, Gerry

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:42:22 +0000

Great post! Thanks for sharing. I seriously need consider these when taking photos.
I live by #10!

By: gina

gina — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:03:14 +0000

Thank you, i loved the eye popper, and you sent it just in time. I’m Adobing my sisters photo I took for a book that she just got published, and they need a nice photo of her for the cover. I get credit…WOO-HOO!
I used your technique for the eyes to pop out, and i loved it. you are brilliant!! It helped me make her photo look a lot better. She has beautiful eyes, so I needed to do that.
Thank you for all your time and effort. :)

By: Mark K.

Mark K. — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:08:19 +0000

Thanks for this informative and inspirational post. Ironically, in the last week of 2008, I did go through my images to try to determine my 2009 portfolio. And now, from this portfolio, I’m trying to determine which two to submit for an small exhibition – on Monday no less.

It’s driving me crazy as to which I should go with – people or landscape. If anyone would like to offer their their thoughts, you can see what I’m working with here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_k_nj/3144841559/

I think I have two in mind but I just can’t settle on it. Any thoughts woudl be appreciated.

And to all readers of DPS…have a great 2009 behind the lens!

By: Lilia

Lilia — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:30:24 +0000

Nice! I like the idea of looking up the photographers that inspire you. I’ll be taking that tip onboard for sure!

By: Tanya Plonka

Tanya Plonka — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:40:00 +0000

One thing I found has really helped my work is to go through my raw images of old shoots I haven’t looked at in a while, and reassess what I would pick as my “final cut”… it is very often different than what I had originally picked. This is a great starting point in discovering WHY they hadn’t made the cut the first time, and looking at what could improve them in a similar situation.

#7 is one of the most important points on here. Use friends/family as models so you are shooting every week!

By: Michael Warf

Michael Warf — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:01:07 +0000

A couple of additional thoughts:
Join online photo communities, participate in discussion groups and actively comment & critique. Follow the photo streams of those who’s work you admire, find out what groups they participate in and join in the discussion directly. Participate in online discussions with some of your favourite “all star” photographers through twitter – you can often bypass unanswered emails with direct messages on twitter.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:37:33 +0000

Very nice post Jim.

One thing that I would like to add is to set some goals for next year…with all the learnings, findings, fun of 2008. That would be specific to areas of improvements, new techniques, gear to buy etc etc…

- Sam
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saternal