The Sepia Saturday suggestion this week reminds me of the seven common mistakes in amateur photography (...well, some professionals too...)
If you hadn't thought about it before, here's a list:
1.) The Shadow of the photographer is in the frame, sometimes ON the subject.
2.) Double exposures: The photographer forgot to advance the film between shots.
3.) A finger or something blocking the lens.
4.) Camera or subject is in motion when the shutter is snapped. (Dogs and children don't understand: "Hold Still.")
5.) Composition: camera not level, not framed right, missing heads, feet, and too far away or too close.
6.) Film is over-exposed/under-exposed because of improper lighting conditions or perhaps the flash didn't fire.
And last,
7.) There's a light leak in the camera because the photographer was using the camera to drive tent pegs. Or perhaps he just didn't load the camera properly, resulting in fogged film. (And really moody pictures...)
The Shadow of your ... Photographer
Double Exposure: More pictures to a roll!
Blocked Lens.
A finger or a tie or a hat
Camera or Subject in Motion
Framing - Off With Their Heads!
Tilted
Improper Exposure - Too Light, Too Dark. Lighting Conditions
Fogged Film - Light Leak, Improper Loading
This is a part of a series looking at a few examples from Lost Gallery of the seven most common problems of the amateur photographer.
1.) The photographer's own shadow is in the picture.
2.) Forgot to advance the film: The Double Exposure
3.) Blocked the lens with a finger or a thumb or something
4.) Somebody moved, either the subject or the photographer
5.) Not framed right, Missing heads, feet, people
6.) Improper lighting (Overexposed, Underexposed)
7.) Fogged negative from miss-loaded film or a damaged camera.
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A fun selection. I especially like the maids in a row and the men with the cutoff heads.
ReplyDeleteThanks Postcardy. Those are my favorites too.
DeleteDigital cameras have eliminated a lot of these problems but not all by any means - shadows and camera straps are what get into mine.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob Scotney. You are right. And I still cut off heads and feet sometimes.
DeleteWhat a huge collection! Mistakes yes but still quite a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jackie van Bergen. Yes, the double exposures are especially interesting.
DeleteOh dear I recognise my own failings here - especially the shadow of the photographer falling on his/her subjects - I still do that!
ReplyDeleteYou, and I too. My "fool proof" camera only proves I'm a fool.
DeleteMy current digital camera is smarter than my first computer, (and me too). It certainly stores more photos than my first three hard drives. But it will happily make all of these mistakes with the exception of the double exposure. That's an effect that I'd have to deliberately do with PhotoShop.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike Brubaker. I know what you mean. My first computer had no hard drive and had 64K memory. Everything was stored on 8" floppies. The smallest SD card I have for the camera is 16 Meg. And it will dutifully record any and all the mistakes I regularly make. I do a lot in PhotoShop but it is most often to correct the mistakes the camera recorded for me.
DeleteGosh, you have the best photo collection ever!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen S. I am glad you like it.
DeleteI love looking at these sort of photos but in this digital age it's too easy to hit the delete button as you view the photos you've just downloaded.
ReplyDeleteThanks Boobook. Yes, the digital age has changed photography. I always keep my goofs just to help me learn and improve. So far it hasn't worked.
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