r/PhotographyAdvice

Hi all,

I’ve been actively shooting and learning to edit from RAW for the past few months. Absolutely loving it and just want to do more! I would love to share some of my shots and get your thoughts on them, in terms of their style and character. I’ve been very open to shooting anything that draws my attention but it has left me wondering how to describe my work.

Please take a look and offer up any thoughts on what my style could be.

Thanks!

Here are two photos i practiced editing on, any advice on my shooting/editing
Also, whats ip with black and white, when do the pros use b&w over color, maybe ive just been a huge color nut but i feel my eyes favor color,

I kind of feel like the image doesn't quite pop. But I'm not sure what it needs.

Edit: watermark was for reddit only. It will be removed later.

Sorry if this post is too long!

I recently bought a Nikon D610 and 50mm Lens and would love any critiques and advice you can provide! This was my first outing with a camera and actually taking photos.

Specific question regarding these photos:

Would I be better off with another lenses for landscape photography? or at least in the scenario of photos 1 & 2?

Photos 3-6, I like the color contrasts in these photos but noticed that the colors change with different aperture settings. Does this have to do with exposure? My hunch is that the camera automatically changed ISO and Shutter Speed to compensate in different aperture values leading to the difference in color (exposure?)

Photo 7; This is more about composition. I tried to make the man with a guitar the subject, what should I have done to compose this photo better?

Photos 10-12; I can't decide which photo looks better, and I've used different settings to change the look between each shot.

Some of the other photos I believe would look better with a different lens, maybe suggestions would help?

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Camera settings for each photo -

Aperture priority mode
Jpeg Fine
White Balance Auto
Auto ISO
Minimum ISO 100
Max ISO 1600
Minimum shutter speed 1/100
sRGB
Picture Control (SD)
AF 39 points
Center weighted area 20mm
Majority are Matrix Metering

1.)1/400 F5.6 100ISO

2.)1/160 F5.6 100ISO

3.)1/800 F1.8 100ISO

4.)1/100 F16 320ISO

5.)1/250 F5.6 100ISO

6.)1/250 F5.6 100ISO

7.)1/160 F5.6 100ISO

8.)1/500 F5.6 100ISO

9.)1/4000 F1.8 100ISO

10.)1/100 F16 320ISO (.) Spot metering +/- 0.7 (? not sure what this does, but it changed exposure somehow?)

11.)1/1600 1.8 100ISO (.) Spot metering

12.)1/2500 1.8 100ISO

13.)1/500 5.6 100ISO

14.)1/2500 1.8 100ISO

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Thanks again for any feedback.

Some of my fave shots from a recent holiday to Alaska. The coolest part was watching a baby learn whale stuff (breaching, lunge feeding, diving etc) which I have some shots from at the beginning (I don’t have the pixels to fully crop in on the whales, so I’m struggling a bit with the crop on those) but I tried to include a wide variety of shots (hard to pick 20 out of 5000!)

Shot on iPhone 17 and an old Canon Powershot SX40. Would love any advice on composition, lighting (esp. editing the forest shots), or gear! Just don’t be mean abt my last photo I know it looks like garbage but I am very proud of it :)

Just getting into masking and local adjustments on Lightroom as well but most of these are totally unedited or just global adjustments on iPhone. I might post the fully edited shots later idk.

Thanks for your time!

Hey! I’m trying to figure out what attachment to get. It’ll primarily be for live band/ crowd pictures. I do have an evening wedding I’m booked for in October that I’d like to also use it for. I have a canon EOS 2000D. Here’s some examples of what I want the pictures to look like

And which vibe do you prefer?

Really open to any feedback on this. Skies maybe overbaked? Too dark? I like how it looks but wouldn’t mind external input

hi, how can i get the results shown in first pic, using second pic. i know it more of an editing question rather than photography but i would appreciate the help. thanks. for refrence i am using affinity photo. everything i have tried makes it worse somehow.

I’m a photographer that shoots small businesses, families, and now I’m expanding into restaurant photography. I got my first paid shoot for a local restaurant and I was excited to share the gallery because I was pretty proud of my work, but when I heard back (after 3 follow ups and after they posted one of my photos on their IG story) I got called the worst photographer they have ever seen and that my work is absolutely terrible. I don’t believe that, but I do know there’s opportunity to improve, but would love some genuine thoughts on these photos. Would also like to gauge what you think I should have charged for this shoot. Curious how it compares with what I actually charged. I delivered 28 images in the final gallery. For context- I have been a professional photographer for about a year and have focused mainly on families/couples/maternity but have recently started shooting coffee shops, wine bars, local jewelry makers, etc. I’m not brand new to photography but it is a fairly new business for me.

i have been interested in photography for a while and have been saving up for a camera, and would like to ask how i would achieve this style of photo, would it be using a old camera or specific editing techniques. i have a image of what im talking about attached above

1st pic is edited, 2nd unedited

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I’ve been doing macro photography with my phone for about a year, using an Apexel 100mm macro lens. I really enjoy it and want to take the next step, but I’m not sure what I should do to improve.

I’m considering buying a dedicated camera, but I’m wondering if I’m actually ready for that yet.

Based on my photos, do you think I have enough potential to invest in a camera, or would you recommend that I keep practicing with my phone and macro lens for a while longer?

I’d really appreciate honest opinions and advice from people who have more experience with macro photography.

Hello! New photographer here. I love taking my camera everywhere and just shooting whatever/wherever I can. This is probably not important at all but based on these photos, is there something I should lean more into? Are any of these different types of photos more appealing than the others? I understand the whole "shoot for fun" but I guess aesthetically I'm trying to build an instagram around something and I just wonder if I'm headed into any promising direction with these. I hope I'm wording this correctly. Any and all input is appreciated!

Balearica regulorum!

Nikon D5300 + Nikkor AF-S 300mm F4D ED IF.

ISO 100 | F4.5 | T-Exp:1/400s.

No se usó trípode | No tripod was used.

Iluminación | Lighting:

Sol | Sun

Flash: No.

05 May 2026 | 14:59 PM

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