what chance do i have of being a good photographer?

Question

now these pics were taken as i was walking my neighborhood all completley random and just happened to be happening while i was walking tell what chance i have becoming a photographer and how good they are or bad be critical

http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa316/ibrake4rappers13/

this is just ameture are they good photos and if i really wanted to go to photoschool or whatever would i become proffesional just based off that

and yes it did compose all of them myself

Answer 1

I like them all. They are all very good and you seem to have your own style. The only one i'm iffy about is the second too last one. but i think you have a good shot.

Answer 2

Who can tell? The pictures in your album look like many. many snapper's photos, with no attention to composition, lighting, or exposure, but that doesn't mean you can't learn photography if it appeals to you.

I agree with the suggestions to find books on beginning photography and study lighting and composition in all sorts of art, photography as well as paintings and what not. It is not necessary to do your own darkroom work to learn the fundamentals of photography, although darkroom work is fun and will give you an appreciation of the art of b&w. You can use the camera you have to begin learning, the basics are the same using a $150 camera as they are with a $5000 camera.

Join a camera club, if you have a local group, and see what art or photography classes are offered at your school or community college or other local resource. Summer is beginning, and many organizations offer programs, such as the YMCA, Boy's and Girl's Club, or youth center. Call a local photographer, maybe he/she could use an assistant for a shoot who wants to learn.

If you want to be a good photographer, you can be. It will take some effort on your part, but the effort is fun and the hobby rewarding. Good luck!

Answer 3

I'm not a professional photographer, but I'm going to college for photography next semester. If you want to see my artwork, feel free to check out my gallery. http://reinah.deviantart.com/gallery/

That's a very small amount of work to base something off of, and your question isn't clear enough. Are you asking if you'll get accepted to art schools with that? The answer is probably not. Are you asking if you can skip college and go straight for the professional photography? The answer is definitely not.

Have you ever taken a photography course? Not digital photography, I mean, old-school black and white photography? Have you learned how to use the enlargers, mix the chemicals, the time you need to add or subtract per degree higher or lower than 68(F) when developing negatives? Do you know how a camera works? Do you know about Depth of Field, Contrast, etc?

I suggest starting with a B&W photography course.

However, that's only the technical points. I can't talk about your artistic abilities. I can, however, from the point of view of an artist who has experimented in many mediums, tell you that what you learn in many art fields can be applied to other art fields, and not even within visual arts. For instance, I learned a lot about lighting from Technical Theater that I found could be applied a lot within photography, drawing, and painting.

You asked for criticism, and I gave it to you.

Answer 4

Go for it!
You've got a good eye (I won't comment on the self-portraits since you didn't really compose them, did you?) for composition (eg: just enough sky visible to give us a sense, most of the frame is filled with interesting detail). I like the fact that you try to "fill the frame" and leave out distracting clutter. Seems to me you might have the knack for commercial photography.

There are all kinds of professional photographers, and all kinds of markets for photographs, so if you keep at it I'm sure you'll find yourself working professionally some day. And don't feel that you have to do it full-time -- you can have a different day-job but do photography on the side -- less pressure on you that way.

At the very least you can enjoy photography for its own sake the rest of your life.

Answer 5

This is a broad generalization, but a generalization which you will find quite true. There are two types of artists, those who are born with a natural artistic talent to paint, sculp or even photograph. Such photographers as Jacques Henri Latrigue as well as the prolific painter Picasso fall into this category. It seems almost right from birth, without any training these people had an eye for aesthetics. These gifted artists perhaps represent as little as .1% of the artistic profession. 99.9% of most artist fall into that latter category, those who need training, who have raw talent, but need it molded.
Without going into detail, let me say that you fall into that 99.9% category of artists which is not a terrible thing. Perhaps you dont have the natural talent of say Latrigue or Picasso, but that is not a requirement to become a good or great artists. What is necessary to become a good or great artists is interest in your field, and ambition. In all honesty there are a lot of really bad artists out in the market these days who are making a fair living off the bad work they produce, and an awful lot of great artists who sit at home on their hands and do nothing to promote their work, or to improve,and are wasting away.
If you want to improve, first thing you should do is go to the library and just spend hours looking through all the art and photo books. Find something that really interests you, and try to replicate it. This is not a horrible thing to do, some may call it copying, but a lot of artists mold their own artistic persona out of copying other peoples work. Of course not having a professional camera may limit what you can do, but it should not limit your creativity. A good photographer is not defined by expensive cameras, but instead by his or her creativity.
Because photography is somewhat technical I would suggest you perhaps check out from the library a beggining photography book. Learn as much as you can technically, but just remember that these are not rules you are learning so much as they are suggestions. Sometimes in photography it is good to break these rules or suggestions as I said.
Anyhow, I hope this interest of yours grows, perhaps in a few years you will take the route of a university or art school, and really begin to develop your talent.

Answer 6

I so much pick to view pictures that aren't relocating in order that I might research them and hyperlink again to exact pictures I am relating to. Most of those pictures look to be the identical ones within the first video. I see compositional and white steadiness problems. Also, whilst a horizon is integrated you have got to maintain it stage. You have a best dream nevertheless it takes plenty of research, rough paintings and the capacity to receive and act on feedback with a purpose to develop to arrive that target.It all is determined by you.Might I advise that you just become a member of a neighborhood digicam membership with judged competitions so that you are going to recognize what a professional is watching for in an snapshot. Best of good fortune!

Answer 7

Best thing to join Photographic Society and learning some techniques of photography there,also having some titles like ARPS,APSNY,Bachelor of Arts in Photography of London.

Answer 8

just do one thing and you'll be fine...


"BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHER"

don't let mistakes, negativity and criticism to block your path. use these to your advantage and become better in what you do.

as the Hill guy said...(you know... king of the hill?)


He says: "BELIVE TO ACHIEVE" no go out there and do what my shirt says..

haha..