Some of my work....

[Samnooshka]

Over the past few months i have been working on other peoples photo's and sorting out everything to go pro and start my own business. Here is some of the work i have done for people (it is mainly dogs as this is where i get most of my requests from). Let me know what you think especially the photo bods out there as this is a dream of mine to go pro :)

http://static.flickr.com/1176/755881049_d45ad3b082_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/755881049)
Inca (i also took this picture using a cannon 400D and a 50mm lense)

http://static.flickr.com/1191/760929745_9d6776cd40_d.jpg ('http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/760929745')
Ranger (left) and Ria (right)

http://static.flickr.com/1108/761787576_5d75d0ba81_d.jpg ('http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/761787576')
Smelly bum... oh i mean Lupo

http://static.flickr.com/1027/715607359_941526e21e_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/715607359)
This is a forum signature at the bottom of posts he saw my one and wanted one.

http://static.flickr.com/1018/706975900_8975baf55b_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/706975900)
This is my one

http://static.flickr.com/1236/707371326_63f4ecd5e3_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/707371326)
This is a tyre cover for the back of a friends 4x4 spare tyre. I did it a few weeks ago and it was a big secret surprise for his birthday on friday but i can now show it off :D

http://static.flickr.com/1107/706708507_5b68c512b9_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/706708507)
My sister and her daughter taken by me

http://static.flickr.com/238/518347961_284ffe516d_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/518347961)
Syler and his breeder

http://static.flickr.com/229/518317044_0acf7e4c77_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/518317044)
A friends daughter.

http://static.flickr.com/243/517732531_7fcd84b06e_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/517732531)
Me, my brother Craig and my sister Charmaine at my uncles wedding in May

The following are other ieces that i have worked on/created

http://static.flickr.com/1047/547802624_02f95a25d8_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/547802624)
I did this from a tutorial took me ages to do.

http://static.flickr.com/1424/548664273_a7ebdc3c95_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/548664273)
Me with Lupo in the reflection of my sunnies

http://static.flickr.com/1316/752967139_a5535a51e3_d.jpg ('http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/752967139')

[dirtydog]

Excellent work there Sam :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft:

[Tara]

stunning!

[markmoto]

Excellent work

[kwak zzr]

dont know what to say sam, thats excellent work! you have a talent.

[Ollie_07]

Awesome!!!:)

[falc]

Awesome work Sam, really good pics there :D

[Samnooshka]

Thanks guys :) it means a lot to have your opinions :) as i said i really want to go pro, so any advice would be great :D

[kwak zzr]

i cant give you any advise on that stuff, you seem to be doing pretty well as your are:)

[StreetHawk]

Some amazing pics there... You should definately go professional.. The pro's will have to get to your standard now! :-)

[gettin2dizzy]

poor effort....
http://circadianshift.net/images/2006-05-02b.gif
(now thats photoshop skills ;) )

[hovis]

My sister and her daughter taken by me

http://static.flickr.com/238/518347961_284ffe516d_d.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/52837090@N00/518347961)

:smt107







:D cool piccys

[Spiderman]

Great work as always hun but heres an observations to help you out a bit.

The type of shots you take of the dogs means you cant always compose the shot as well as you like, ive noticed you go for very shallow depth of focus in these situations to blur the background out of focus. Thats definately one way to do it, however i find my eyes drawn to the out of focus items as they intrigue me tryingt o figure them out. The 2nd pic is a perfect exapmle. Clearly its some guy looking towards camera and its very distracting to the eye. I'd suggest getting him out of there altogether even if its just using the clone tool to cover him with the othe background items.
Same goes for some of the other shots, the soft focus of the background items makes it a busy pic to look at and takes away from the main subject of the shot. Eliminate those but not to the point where the background is entirely gone..unless thats what you aim to achieve.

Other than that nothing else i can comment on, so great work again and good luck with it hun.

[Samnooshka]

Great work as always hun but heres an observations to help you out a bit.

The type of shots you take of the dogs means you cant always compose the shot as well as you like, ive noticed you go for very shallow depth of focus in these situations to blur the background out of focus. Thats definately one way to do it, however i find my eyes drawn to the out of focus items as they intrigue me tryingt o figure them out. The 2nd pic is a perfect exapmle. Clearly its some guy looking towards camera and its very distracting to the eye. I'd suggest getting him out of there altogether even if its just using the clone tool to cover him with the othe background items.
Same goes for some of the other shots, the soft focus of the background items makes it a busy pic to look at and takes away from the main subject of the shot. Eliminate those but not to the point where the background is entirely gone..unless thats what you aim to achieve.

Other than that nothing else i can comment on, so great work again and good luck with it hun.

Thank You!!! :D gives me some pointers to look out for :)

[zunkus]

You have what it takes Sam, I've been in the business for 19 years now and seen a lot of stuff. Your efforts are creative, you may have gone overboard sometimes but more experience through more work will tune you more so persevere. Be carefull not to overdo effects. Spidey gave some good points too.

[RhythmJunkie]

Yep excellent work! Should earn you lots of petrol money Sam!:smt023

[Quiff Wichard]

the last one is ace..


I draw and paint and write poetry - a lot- !.. similar.. in terms of knowing when to stop.. when a thing is finished-- usually it tells me its finished itself-
like spidey says and zunkus- with age and experience it comes and you get to know when less is more -
however- you have it girl in spades- ..

and of course- pro- you will be working to a spec and remit by your client and will have to produce items for discussion and proof.. so theres loads o scope to add in or take out-..

right that said - tell me more about your sister..:smt055

[Samnooshka]

Thanks guys for all your advice :) my best piece so far is the tyre cover which my friend unvailed to her husband for his birthday present :) it involved a couple of weeks of secret quirrel operations lol so he didn't find out. I actually saw the finished product last night as i was over there for his bbq birthday :D and just to see his face when he thanked me and the reactions of everyone it gave me such a good feeling. But that was very much a brief to follow and then consulting with the client to find out what she wanted added and taken out :D It feels strange that i am going to have a piece of art on display at all the Malmaute meets and Rallies :D

I just love doing this work :) and learning from what people say :D, it is so adictive though, and i do need to find the point to walk away and leave it alone.

[trickywoos]

Sammy, as I've said before, I absolutely love your work, I really do! It's fantastic- and because of it, I have got photoshop!! LOL!! If I can do only something that's slightly of the same quality of yours, I'll be happy!

If you need any pics of dogs, let me know, got one or two!

[MeridiaNx]

I am not a photo bod myself so couldn't possibly give any tips or such like, though I can echo what others have said in that you've obviously got a talent there :smt023 Not a fan of dogs per se so the subject matter isn't my thing but that's by the by...

If you haven't come across it though, have a look at www.caedes.net (http://forums.sv650.org/www.caedes.net) and see if anything on there is any help. It's a massive photo site with some very very professional looking work (some not so), covering all sorts of topics, landscape, nature, portraits etc. etc. and it has a photoshopped section as well. I use the site mainly to see how much I could learn about photography when I get round to it and for setting my desktop backgrounds. It has a forum with lots of photo minded people for tips and such.

HTH

[Law]

Great work Sam. You should go pro, is there a discount for org members? ;)

[TC3]

I think u need to be careful with the blown high lights which are mainly on the dogs faces. They lack detail and distract. I also think the backgrounds need to be less distracting. You could either use a larger aperture to blur back ground more or use Photoshop to try blurring back ground. You might also want to change the colour of some of the items in the back grounds which draw attention from the subject.
Good luck with the venture and ignore my comments if you want as it is my own personnel view

[Samnooshka]

I think u need to be careful with the blown high lights which are mainly on the dogs faces. They lack detail and distract. I also think the backgrounds need to be less distracting. You could either use a larger aperture to blur back ground more or use Photoshop to try blurring back ground. You might also want to change the colour of some of the items in the back grounds which draw attention from the subject.
Good luck with the venture and ignore my comments if you want as it is my own personnel view

No i think you are right :) i can go overboard with the highlighting, will take your advice on board and give it a go :D still got loads to learn but having fun with it all the time :D

[_Stretchie_]

Great pics, I like those ones where you have them jumping out of the frame and things, very clever

I draw and paint and write poetry - a lot- !..

Yeah, he's been published and eveything, you may have seen them...

"If I were a bubble in your bath
I'd tickle your bum, and make you laugh"

:D

[stewie]

Hi Sam, I think your standard of work is at pro level so good luck, just dont forget why you love photography when it becomes a buisness and not a hobby any more.
Again good luck :smt023

[Quiff Wichard]

yea but your experience of pro's is somwhat different stew.

[stewie]

yea but your experience of pro's is somwhat different stew.

Damn my drunken bragging at the AR ;)