I’m a high school student and interested in photography.
This was part of an assignment on aperture and shutter speed.
I want to improve and thought this could be a good way, so be please be brutally honest in what ways this could be better. Thank you.
Hi Kimberly, good luck wherever your photography interests take you!
Quick basic answer, this a good starter shot. Good focus on main subject, good separation between foreground background, however, the background pieces may be a bit too blurred for me in this shot and is almost too distracting, I would try just a little less blurred out by increasing your depth of field a little bit, that is personal preference.
There's quite a bit more I and others on this site could say to offer suggestion, but as a basic product shot it is headed in the right direction.
Do you do any post processing work yet, such as Photoshop or other software, apps, etc. ?
If you would like to hear more suggestions on how to finish this image let me know :)
Hope you don't mind, I was liking the idea of this image B&W with a slight warm tone added in, plus I straightened it a tad, maybe food for thought for one possible option on how how to finish a shot like this.
Thank you for you’re suggestions, I think I agree, for a stand alone shot the background might be too blurred (this was part of three, explaining aperture). I edited this slightly but I like the take on black and white, definitely gives it a classic feel. I appreciate your help, thanks :)