While I’m pretty marginal as a photographer, I remember similar cases when I was co ing up as a musician. I would play along side my teacher, and he would always sound great, whether it was in an Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, or the crummiest little band – it didn’t matter to him, he just always sounded top notch.

This gives me something to think about in my picture taking.
Great job.

I might add two other pieces of advice, given to me by my first photography instructor:

1. Take detailed notes. You can’t learn from what you’ve done if you can’t remember all the settings that led to the photo. I have trouble following this as it requires taking the time to pause.

2. “You’re lucky if you can get 1 excellent photo from each roll of film”. Looking at professional photographers’ contact sheets show you that even with all the pre-planning most of their shots are not of the same caliber if their famous, widely seen photos. We see the great images and imagine that all of their photos are. More often than not, this is not the case.

Thanks, again!

Great work thanks a lot

I have several hobbyist photographer friends and what often holds their shots back is the lack of post skills, especially with regards to contrast.

And yes, there is nothing like getting close for portraits. I find the above mentioned friends are also hesitant to crop off the top of someone's head.

I'd like to add that reading will get you part way there. You need to get out and shoot as much as possible. Nothing takes the place of hands on trial and error.