Sorry for my lame pictures, I suck at this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't be. Practice makes perfect and we all have our own unique styles. This is a great community, I'm sure everyone will give advice if you need it.

You've got some really cool stuff...take it out into your back yard and shoot the pictures. Load the stuff up into your car and go for a drive to someplace just outside of town and shott pictures.

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Some people, when trying to avoid thinking about those things that cause them pain, turn to drink, or perhaps food, or drugs... I turn not to any of those... I collect action figures, turning my mind to the hunt, so that I might find a mote of peace... Over the years, I've found that alcoholism is much more socially acceptable by far.

yeah all ya need to do is take time and patience and they're come right. as the others said you got some awesome stuff. I love those choppers . and that tank rocks

You'll get there. Consider that you use decent figures, you can pose them well enough and you tend to have your stuff in focus. I think you're only problem is WHERE you shoot. ie; settings and backgrounds. It takes a certain creativity and I admit, I don't always have it. But things have changed a bit for me so I'm able to see cool spots in both nature and the city better now. I mean, I used to have a really good eye but it disappeared.

If it counts for anything, I've done 4 shoots in the last 4 days and I'm finding that I'm having to RELEARN how to frame a shot! Sure, I'm used to heavy cropping stuff from doing months indoors. Outdoors is like a different game.

Stick with it, you'll get there.




That reminds me, I once did a shot with Mindbender in a microwave, saying that it was his new torture chamber or something. I mean, talk about pathetic! lol

Not bad at all. Practice makes perfect. Look at my pictures over the past 3 years. They have gotten alot better mainly from reading this forum and taking all that advice in. I still don't think mine are on par with most the people here. But, when I post a pic, it is usually one of 20 or 30. I figure, the more I take the better i will get.
Just keep shooting. You can also join some of the Groups on flickr.com. there are alot of pros on there that will happily share advice. I have joined about 20 in the past 3 months.

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Go through the old photos here and try and get ideas for indoor and outdoor shots. Your figures and vehicles are awesome, so just keep trying! You're better than me already, I'm the king of "flash" Keep trying and post no matter what!

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Actually, you don't.


All you need to do is practice. You've got a knack for set up and sense of action...you just have to work on lighting with alternate sources and pulling back when trying to focus......I stated as much when I commented on your latest pics.


Believe me Russ........you are WORLDS BETTER than some.......

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Don't say that man

I really was bad for the longest time until I upgraded my camera, now look I'm OK, sorry about the over exageration everyone

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