photography question.!?

Question

how do you get that effect in pictures that makes the whole picture look bright and pro and different from average pictures?
is it a program like photoshop, or is it the camera that you have to work with to get that look?

for example, this would be an ordinary, any other day picture:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g44/hmsxoxhick/8ddc5753.jpg

but these look pro....:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g44/hmsxoxhick/boyyyjumphigh.jpg

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g44/hmsxoxhick/pretty.jpg

Answer 1

i have no idea i have wondered that for like ever i know this doesn't help ya but i get what ur saying. good luck i hope someone explains i to ya!!

Answer 2

A good pro can make professional images using virtually anything. For example, see Robert Clark's work in the Image America gallery:

http://www.robertclarkphoto.com/

That's all camera phone.

There is also a lot of great stuff using pinhole cameras, camera obscura, Holga cameras, old Kodak Brownies, etc.

Everything starts with the photographer and their imagination. Through learning, experience (literally thousands of pictures) and training (however that is gotten), that imagination is refined, expanded and combined with an understanding of the equiptment and techniques. All of that comes together and is the reason for pressing the shutter.

It's not just professionals who can do this. There are a tremendous number of amateurs that are as good as any pro and better than most. The get the same kind of results because the images come from the same place.

A very young photographer that I am hot about and hope to watch her work evolve over time is Bailey Drake, 15. Her website (and I encourage everyone to take a look) is at:

web.mac.com/baileydrake (without the www)

I think you will find that pro quality (a result of her imagination and some technique) you are seeing elsewhere. Is she a pro? Nope, has a way to go yet, but she is starting from a great place.

It's not equiptment, or being professional that matters. It's seeing in interesting ways and knowing how to make an image that shares that with a viewer.

Vance

Answer 3

Go to you local library and find a book
on "photographic techniques" or similar subjects.

For the record, turning an ordinary picture into an
extraordinary one is not always just lining up the picture.
Sometimes, it's a matter of luck (proper lighting, background,
foreground, color balance, focus, etc, etc, etc).

A professional photographer considers himself lucky
if he gets 5 "good" shots out of a roll of 36
(yes, that's for film; don't hate me because I'm "old school"!). ;)
An amateur is usually far less concerned about the quality.

To give you a simple example, my friend and I were at an amusement park, where we were in a "parachute" ride, seated in different "units" across each other. We each took a picture of the other. Mine was aimed directly at my friend (i.e., the camera and subject level with the ground), his was aimed at an angle because we were "launched" separately (I was first). His picture showed me, sky, and the parachute; anyone looking at the picture knew instantly what it was about. Mine showed only him and the "cabin" he was standing in; anyone looking at it would be hard-pressed to figure out what the pic was about. Guess which was better!

Answer 4

you can do it on your camera, its takes some practice though. getting the angle, cropping, lighting right does come with time, but you can change any normal picture into something better with photoshop. there are so many things you can do. also using filters on your actual camera can help, and help you get different results. have a play around and find something you like.

Answer 5

saturate the image enough so it still looks real but the color pops