then and now

[88jbody]

how has your work improved over the years?

so I decided to look at mine.
I havent been at this long but my first time with a dSLR was I borrowed a friends he gave me a quick 10 minute lesson on using the camera and came up with this:

This photo was taken on August 3, 2009 using a Canon EOS 20D.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/3916627858_ce41db17cd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobygordo/3916627858/)
IMG_4245 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobygordo/3916627858/) by fotosbygordo (http://www.flickr.com/people/fotobygordo/), on Flickr


Now I have gone from that to shots like these

This photo was taken on September 5, 2010 using a Canon EOS 30D.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/4973385888_4b221454f6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobygordo/4973385888/)
Havocskies (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobygordo/4973385888/) by fotosbygordo (http://www.flickr.com/people/fotobygordo/), on Flickr


it is really cool to see how I have improved in only a year.
Bought my first dslr (rebel XT) late september 2009
and look forward to improving even more over the next year

[Luang]

GORD GORD GORD!!!!

[88jbody]

No one want to show where they started and where they are now?

or have you all been pro's from day 1?

[Melinda]

Originally posted by 88jbody
No one want to show where they started and where they are now?

or have you all been pro's from day 1?
I'll post mine tomorrow when I have more time to go through and find a really terrible one that I used to think looked amazing. Quite a dramatic difference, I assure you. Nice progress for you though, good job!

[88jbody]

thank you melinda.

I think its neat to see how we progress.

[ex1z7]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2775994367_8fb45c1ae3_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/2781525411_6116d35680_b.jpg
2008
http://toexistphoto.com/offroad/images/alb1.jpg
http://toexistphoto.com/offroad/images/james5.jpg
2010

I like to think I got better.

[van]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/3594379786_6c4cee5e31_b.jpg
2009

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5029934233_01e426ed26_b.jpg
2010

[Go4Long]

First race weekend 2008:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v275/225/12/802285654/n802285654_3652328_6554.jpg

Last race weekend 2010:

http://stevenszabo.smugmug.com/photos/1025933555_SKUHb-L.jpg

First:

http://www.stevenszabophoto.com/photos/1025935234_bhzvs-L.jpg

Last:

http://www.stevenszabophoto.com/photos/1025935511_4rc2F-L.jpg

[quazimoto]

LOL does Kristy know about this? You are still breathing? LOL.

[Go4Long]

yup...she's seen em all...

[quazimoto]

You have the worlds most interesting Fiancee this is official.

[Go4Long]

she is pretty amazing.
the last shot was actually just before we got engaged.

[quazimoto]

Originally posted by van
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/3594379786_6c4cee5e31_b.jpg
2009

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5029934233_01e426ed26_b.jpg
2010

For the record I love both :)

[Melinda]

Originally posted by 88jbody
thank you melinda.

I think its neat to see how we progress.
Agreed!

Okay, as promised, here goes.

Baby shot then: (I think this was about 7 years ago?)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Syryda/BenLeaves.jpg


And baby shot now:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Syryda/Jacob12-1.jpg



And family shot then: (4 years ago)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Syryda/Tholenar18.jpg


And family shot now:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Syryda/GrahamTwo22small.jpg

[88jbody]

it is amazing how we progress!
I hope to have improved that amount in a couple years.

[AccentAE86]

1999:
I'm almost embarrassed to post something from the first wedding. It is so horrible. Shot on Ilford Delta.
-Terrible light, needed some serious flash to get rid of the splotchy exposures on the faces, or chould have turned them around and put the sun to their backs
-Terrible groom posing - hand not engaged, head cocked too much, foot position not properly set
-Terrible bride posing - holding flowers way too high, dress left randomly strewn about
-There is half a bridesmaid on the right... WTF?
-Camera position is terrible, shooting at eye height
I could go on and on and on.
On top of that, I rented another camera from Vistek for the shoot because I only had one at the time (Manual focus Canon AE-1, still use it). I rented a Pentax autofocus camera. The stupid AF was so poor half the photos were OOF. Turned me off of AF for years until I finally went digital.

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/tanisJames1999.jpg

2008:
This was the year I finally felt like I was doing something half decent.

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/155343_1615.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/161414_1841.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/170257_8959.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/245249_5869.jpg

2009:
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/175525_9696.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/142404_5703.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/164221_3140.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/125548_4347.jpg

2010:
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/181707_8239.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/161809_7627.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/171844_9285.jpg

http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/175639_9079.jpg


And now to the point where people are approaching me for bigger profile commercial work, like photographing the Premier El Stelmach and all the opposition leaders
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/191459_3224.jpg

Or larger scale federal level projects... this is for a national campaign for the RCMP on electrical safety
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/09143844_6956.jpg

It was crazy, we pulled police, fire, ambulance resources for the shoot
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/10160750_9002.jpg

And I had some heavy duty tools at my disposal... hahaha
http://www.nightanddayphoto.ca/misc/forumpics/beyond/thenNow/10133719_7036.jpg

[ZorroAMG]

Nice improvement! Although a lot of the pics here have improved mostly due to equipment changes as well.

Keep moving forward, people!

[mb3k]

July 13, 2007 first model shoot
http://www.mb3kPhoto.com/hosted/forums2/before.jpg

August 21, 2010
http://www.mb3kPhoto.com/hosted/forums2/after.jpg

[88jbody]

Originally posted by mb3k
July 13, 2007 first model shoot
http://www.mb3kPhoto.com/hosted/forums2/before.jpg

August 21, 2010
http://www.mb3kPhoto.com/hosted/forums2/after.jpg

amazing transformation from a snap shot to an great photograph!

If you ever feel like have someone come along and learn some lighting and posing I'd love to.

[Bukka]

Well I never shoot too much these days, but here we go.

Shot May 4th 2007

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs17/f/2007/124/b/6/Bad_weather__by_Bukka.jpg


the last time I shot anything out on the frontlines.

Shot Oct 2009
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/3991988871_d583929cf8_o.jpg


Shot 2008
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2620108153_4978ccc6a6_o.jpg

Shot 2009

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3650086696_bb3698b15e_o.jpg


august 2007

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1298/1365000726_19066356b4_o.jpg

in 2009
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3905703117_0f1594ce52_o.jpg


Main thing I've learned is how to get in close to my subjects.