Ahoj! This is Zdenka. You have no idea how happy I am that I'm finally doing a little
bit different video. Techtober was crazy, so many products. So many product reviews.
It was quite intense. I'm really happy that it's over and
I can go back to tutorials and a little bit easy paced videos. Well last round of creative
camera challenge was all about flat lay photography. And I have to thank everybody who submitted.
You did fantastic job, thank you very much for taking your time and participating. It
is hugely appreciated. And if you are new ,here welcome.
My name is Zdenka Darula. If you want to learn how to take better photos and videos with
the latest gear and possibly participate in creative camera challenges like this one,
consider subscribing. Let's start with the disclaimer
before I'm gonna start reviewing your photos. Even though I've been shooting for 15 years,
I don't consider myself the best photographer, absolutely no. Whatever I'm going to say,
I might be wrong, I might be right. I'm going to review your photos based on how I would
done things myself, ,so take it if it's going to help
you, if you feel that some of the things I'm going to say will help you. Leave it if you
think that I'm completely wrong and it's not gonna help you at all. I'm definitely gonna
take in consideration level of photographer as well.
Some of you submitted few photos. I chose only one per person so I can review as many
as I can, so I can talk to as many people as I can.
Photo number one. Rajkumar submitted few photos, here is the photo I chose. Bird watching.
What I really like about this photo is the way you chose and arranged the items. They
are complementary and tell story, so arrangements
are very well done. What I think could make the photo a little bit better is the cropping.
If you crop the image a bit more from left, it
would be a little bit better. Also lighting could be a little bit better. The binoculars
are a bit dark to me. I don't see that much detail. I noticed that you use natural light,
so basically what I would do, I would grab a
white board and simply bounced the light back. So I would bounce it back a little bit from
the bottom left corner, so the darker areas are not
as dark and I could see a little bit more of details. I'm loving the arrangements, that
are really nicely done. This photo has been submitted by this user on Instagram. I am
loving the background, loving the items, choice of color,
everything. It is complementary. The arrangement is beautiful. Simple but it stands out. I'm
loving that you just sprinkled it with something around the flower. That gives that extra texture.
The flower looks like a candle, isn't it? Very cool. I would crop the image a little
bit from the sides but again that's me. And I would
alsom make it a little bit lighter in Lightroom or when you're editing the photo in any program
you are using. The highlights are good, I would play a little bit with these shadows
to see if you can bring them a little bit up just
to lighten up the image a little bit and possibly I would use the texture tool to give it a
little punch, a little bit more structure in the
items. Awesome photo, thank you for submitting photo. Number three is from this instagram
user. You've got some treasure in your house. The retro items, tapes. Do you know how hot
it is right now for stock photography? I would just
grab those tapes and I would be taking photos of them the whole day on bright backgrounds
and different backgrounds and white backgrounds and
I don't know what and then I would upload it to stock and I would keep my fingers crossed
that I can make some money. It is very hot topic so if you have items like this, just
take photos of it and just upload it...pload it
... upload it. I really like that you used the wood, it gives the old look. I like the
way you played with the sun lights and shade, I really
like that you pulled out the tape on the left one on the top. It gives such a great feeling
to it. Very nice touch. This is just interesting shot. I don't know what else I would change,
really nice shot. What I really liked is that especially in this round you showed yourself
and your personality so much through your photos. Some of you have been submitting on
regular basis and I'm getting to know you through
your photos over the time but especially in this round. Aome of you pulled out really
personal or very special items which are saying a lot about
you. For example this one. Comment to this photo submitted by JF is learning leather
work and trying to make watch bands. The photo was taken with canon 6D with manual fill flash.
These are very cool items, obviously very unique
to me because I don't know how to do these things. I love the colors, the background
really pops, good contrast, loving the way you arranged it.
I actually like that it is pointing in all kinds of directions and it is not perfectly
straight next to each other type of thing. It sort of gives me a message like you are
in the middle of the process. Again, I would crop a little
bit the image from the top and from left to get more intimate feeling. Awesome job. I'm
actually wondering here, if by any chance you are not
making the watch band right now as you're watching this video? Photo number 5. Violet,
I've known you for some time now too. You've been always commenting on all those videos.
Hi there! You have submitted some amazing photos. This
one though totally stood out because I guess we are both women, love technology. The title
is: "all a lady needs" At first when I look at the
photo and I saw gopro and perfume, I was like, okay and then I read the title all a lady
needs and I literally bursted out laughing. Mainly because we are probably very similar.
We are not the typical women. OK, I love cosmetics,
I hate shopping for clothes. I absolutely can't stand shopping for shoes but for cameras
anytime. Not a typical lady you are. I love that
black and white choice of items, feathers, fur background makes it soft and feminine.
I know, I'm horrible. I would crop it tiny bit from top, maybe not. It looks great. That
gopro there though, between those typical female items
just got me. Jurgen submitted this awesome photo. Why is this awesome? His comment to
this photo is, I have to reveal a secret. I'm on that
picture as well. Another special item revealing a lot about you. Let me zoom in on that photo
in the photo. Let's see, so you are the little boy and those are your parents? Very cool.
I'm totally loving the choice of the items, colors, the old camera fall look with leaves,
just randomly putting it together, it works. The only thing I wish the crease wasn't there
on the background on the right side but otherwise
well done. Thank you very much for sharing your precious photo in the photo. Next photo
is from Tayla. I hope I'm saying the name right. Another
something personal. Her comment to this photo is taken with iphone 11 pro, roses from my
garden as ornament. You obviously love gardening and those are very pretty roses. Loving the
choice of the background. Colors go really well together. You're very good at arrangements,
great photo taken with smartphone. Payday by Jayne totally made me laugh. I know Jayne
for some time now as well and I noticed your humorous
side from the past submissions. You should work for advertisement agency. Payday on the
chocolate bar and money in the background, love it, so
bold, love it. What the Jayne says is, I raised the candy bar with those foamy things you
put between your toes when polishing, taken with samsung s10 plus and small led light.
There is a bit of a hard shadow below the bar though.
If you would use some white board you could bounce the light back to soften it a little
bit. Also, I think you cropped it a little bit too much
on the sides. I'm loving the idea and choice of items. Nick submitted this photo number
9 with iphone 11 and edited in Lightroom. As he says, this is my second attempt at an
edit as I thought my first one was too dark. What a
perfect current photo? The mask in there is clearly showing that is now, that it is the
way of traveling, when you are allowed to travel... for
now hopefully. I don't know how about you but I'm finding those masks so uncomfortable
but hey what can we do. Loving the choice of items which clearly say the story. Camera
map, mask and book 53 assignments to street photography,
love it. Simple and effective. Loving the right and bottom line. I would still play
a bit with top and left side maybe crop it in a little bit or
maybe move the objects. I really like it though, overall great photo. Rivo took this photo
with the title living and the dead taken with iphone xr. He says that he took this photo
on the way home in India. This is well done. Loving
the framing, composition, colors. Loving the fact that the green plant is sticking out
and it's perfectly in focus. Knowing myself though, I
would crop it tiny bit closer from the bottom up, closer to the green plant but that's just
me. If you are happy with it, awesome. Beautiful photo. Eran took this photo of as he says,
some old coins. 1975 is the year. Hey, that's one year before I was born. I have no clue
what the currency it is. Loving the vintage look. I'm glad you really raised the coin
with something high to separate the background
from it. You used water to create water drops on the coin. Loving it, really interesting.
I really like it, nicely done. Next photo is from
Kahaya. Loving the choice of background and the colors. You have some nice items there.
Great tools. I like the personal touch, adding the watch there, the shoes on the left, book
on the right. And is it headset bottom right? I feel
like it's a little bit too much. I would remove those three items and maybe crop much tighter
to all those items in the middle, that is again
what I would do but otherwise great photo. Thank you for submitting. Photo number 13
is from this instagram user. Eddie and it's just random items tossed around like a fall
leaves. Loving the colors. I actually like it is not perfectly
set up. I like that messy look. The left side is a bit little bit empty though. Either I
would add another leaf or I would crop it tiny bit.
Loving the photo though. JC submitted this photo. These are such a unique vintage items.
Again, where do you get all the stuff? Loving the way you arranged it. Simple and organized.
I know that it's very difficult to find the right
background for this. The wooden floor works because of the color but I think it would
be a little bit better to use something like old used
paper, cardboard, sand color possibly, sandy texture type of thing. You worked with what
you had and you did amazing job. I would crop it a little bit closer to those items. I would
not leave that much room around though but that's
me. Thank you very much again for submitting, amazing items. Last photo for today is a crowd
pleaser. You will know why, let me show it to you.
Sean submitted this photo saying here is my setup for the day. What a collection, look
at all. This, this is like a dream setup, nice photo. Thank you very much for submitting
all the photos. All of you are being credited below
the video in the video description. Next round of creative camera challenge will be announced
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