If you go again, check out Cinque Terre. Man, everyone is so dang nice and the fresh food is so good.
For sure! Having media credentials opens up to so many new vantage points than just shooting in the spectator zone. I’d love to get a media pass for drifting.
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Overall pretty good i like the “shine”, i would suggest maybe trying to put the phone on a tripod and using a blank sheet of paper to cover some of the reflections on the iem. You can clean most of the in post if you don’t mind pixel peeping a bit
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A sheet of paper under the iem?
No, In front its basically to block his own reflection (you can see him holding the phone at the top part of the iem near the tip). a mirror could also work if he can catch more of those lights in the reflection but a sheet of paper is easier than getting a small mirror just right
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Man I take snaps, I’m probably less adept a taking photos than I am than accessing audio products tbh but damn I 
both…Music and Art 
wow, damn.
Its all good man, im the other way around 
i just threw in a rec that might help. a sheet of paper at the end of the day is something small that let you mess around but still enjoy actually taking a picture rather worrying about the technical stuff
ya its little things that help. The good thing is his lighting and the shine from the lights from up top was good so all i had to do was clone a bit from various parts and thats it
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Overall pretty good
The lighting seems great with good contrast and good detail.
The only one that is a bit weaker is the last one with the metal split. mostly because of the composition compared to where the focus is. basically, you set the metal split in the center of the frame to draw the most attention but the focus of the camera is on the cable in front of it - its fine that the main subject of the image isn’t in the center its just that the composition also need to support that.
It makes the image feel like you missed focus even though you didn’t it’s just on another part of the image. focusing on the split would create focus on the “right” part of the image and also create foreground and background
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aa, yes I see what you mean.
Although what I am a bit unsure about when it comes to the other pictures is where I should focus on? With cables, its a pretty big area (with wires up and down) so it makes me unsure where I should focus. Like if I should focus on the overall picture or a specific part that might make the rest unfocused/blurry (think its called the bokeh effect?).
Example:
If I should focus on the top, middle or bottom wire. It looks like the bottom and the middle have pretty good focus but the top cable is blurry.
Before we get into into what to focus on, don’t worry about the Bokeh, its a technical thing basically its the shape and the “type” of blurryness mostly determined by the lens - since you are using a phone (if i remember correctly) you don’t get much choice in the matter.
As far as what to focus on there is a whole theory on that but I’ll boil it down to the basics.
so the first thing is you need to ask yourself what do I want the viewer to look at first, the human eye is normally drawn into things that are in focus, less so on abstract things unless everything is abstract. When it comes to wires i think the weave and the texture are the most important so focusing on that is what matter, now with most images you did just that even if you weren’t fully aware of it. now if you look closely most of the picture have their focus off-center slightly, but the “flow” of the picture draws your eye so it settle on the focused part which make it feel better
Another thing that might come in handy later is that the human eye is normally drawn to three basic things and three other basic “subjects”.
the three basic “things” are :
- Light
- Focus
- Color
The three basic “subjects” -
- Letters
- Faces
- Shapes
Let’s give an example like logos, in most cases, you can recognize a logo by the color and shape before you can actually read it, the same goes with photos. for example, if you showed these picture to people who think a cable as a black piece of plastic they could still appreciate the photos because they have good colors, lighting and overall “flow that feels right”
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Best advice i can give you is, go with your gut then try to analyze it and see “why” you like something then try to improve that something
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Alright, sounds good. Totally a coincidence then, that I managed to get the wire and texture in focus lol. 
Also, yes. I am only using the LG G7 + a macro lens adapter (100% impossible for me to take those pictures without the adapter).
I like how this is more backlit so there’s a shadow under the cable, gives more contrast to the colors “pop” more. Try moving the top light a bit farther behind, currently the highlight is in the upper middle of the braid blocking some of the detail. The focus looks to be more on the table than the cable, loosing some of the detail there too. Good choice on the warmer light, a cooler light might emphasize the blue and overpower the purple.
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I think part of the issue is the “scenario” Rikudou’s were a little more abstract so they were easier to focus on the shape and color. This is a bit too grounded, you can see the fibers of the matt that the wire is sitting on. maybe try a smooth white surface to make it “lighter” so to speak or more “dreamlike/abstract” .
When you are shooting something like a wire you want it recognizable but abstract enough to be interesting , as far as the lighting, try switching the surface first then pay around with the light see what works. i do like the shine and the contrast of the wire but the shadow below is a bit distracting, but that might be solved with a change of surfaces since it will bounce some of the light back.
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