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Post by Pat on Jan 5, 2007 16:51:42 GMT 1
Hi
Any tips relating to photography can be put on this thread.
Fiona might make a special section for this when she returns.
Pat
<title changed by Fiona from 'Photography, Equipment and Product Tips' to 'New photography board'.>
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Post by georgeg on Jan 5, 2007 17:01:06 GMT 1
thanks pat..for getting it started so soon..
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Post by mucklelaalie on Jan 5, 2007 17:05:14 GMT 1
Don't try and force out a good picture when its not there. Keep your eye open, the moment you sense a something that creates a feeling, a mood, a moment, capture that. All about seeing/feeling something that others would have let pass by, and capturing it so that they appreciate it retrospectively (where some technical issues start!). Try, try and try again. A good photo is about its spirit not its technical cloat.
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Post by benjiesmum on Jan 5, 2007 17:24:12 GMT 1
I haven't got a very flash camera (no pun intended) it was one my dad had before he bought his Leica (all singing all dancing) integrated thingi! So it is a humble Casio QV 3000EX which is good enough for me because it is SIMPLE ;D. You just point and shoot! It has taken all the photos I have put up on this forum so far. It is only 3.3 megapixels which is (apparently) small but I have managed to get three front covers on magazines. Not that it was down to skill on my part I think it was more being in the right place at the right time. I agree with mucklelaalie (hmmm!!!) who says "try, try, again!" That is so true! For every decent shot I have taken there are a hundred that get deleted! It's also good to have a critical friend who tells the truth about your efforts. It can hurt but it's the only way to learn. Animals are notoriously difficult to take but as I spend a great deal of time with my sheep and chickens they get used to being photographed.
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Post by Admin Mal on Jan 10, 2007 13:53:09 GMT 1
I've created a new board for photography and moved the thread that Pat started, over here. Rather than add a mixture of new photo-related posts to this thread, it would be a good idea for people to start new threads on specific photography topics within this board. It makes it easier for people to read and find things that they're interested in if new threads are started with relevant titles.
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ox
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Post by ox on Jan 10, 2007 14:30:17 GMT 1
Here's a photo taken at Toft Ferry Terminal on the 27 July 2006 The sea of Tranquillity.
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Post by mucklelaalie on Jan 10, 2007 15:47:29 GMT 1
Point and click indeed
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ox
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Post by ox on Jan 10, 2007 19:22:44 GMT 1
That is all I do I take several photographs and delete the ones that I do not like.
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Post by mucklelaalie on Jan 10, 2007 20:00:01 GMT 1
its the only way.
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Post by benjiesmum on Jan 10, 2007 20:08:09 GMT 1
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Post by heimdal on Jan 10, 2007 20:36:11 GMT 1
You can download Google 'Picasa' which will look for all the pics on your hard disc and arrange them in folders. I tried it on my older computer and thought it fair to good. Now, when I transfer from the camera to the computer, I create a new folder, named with the month and the year, e.g. jan07, and all this months pics go in there. Later, for ones I particularly want to keep, I copy and paste into another set of folders named by subject. Every few months (when I remember) I copy the new folders on to an external 400Gb usb hard drive, just in case. Before I got the external drive, I burned them on to CDs. The main reason for all this backing up is that I have scanned LOTS of B & W negatives dating back to the 1920s and I don't want to have to start from scratch again. I still have about 40 years worth of my old colour transparencies to do
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Post by specialk on Jan 11, 2007 10:55:05 GMT 1
I agree. Having a digital camera saves loads of money. I used to take my film to Tesco - 10 miles away. Get the one hour service. Open the packet in the car. Cry all the way home. :'(Throw most of them in the bin. Not now. Digital photography is brilliant. ;D The only trouble I have found is keeping them (once you store them on a disk) in order. I've searched the house for photos I took of my dog...but they've vanished. Getting a system up and running is important, I've decided. only problem is you don't get the mystery any more, you know, when you really have to think what it is you are looking at and when its was taken ect.... well it could be thingamybob's shoe from an angle....or did whatshisface steal my camera??
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Post by benjiesmum on Jan 11, 2007 18:55:40 GMT 1
[quote author=specialk board=photography thread=1168012302 you know, when you really have to think what it is you are looking at and when its was taken ect.... well it could be thingamybob's shoe from an angle....or did whatshisface steal my camera??[/quote] Well, I suppose that is true specialk - hello by the way! ; But I these days I have enough mysteries to solve in my everyday life - like: "Who am I?" "What am I doing here?" "Why did I open this cupboard?" "What have I just come up stairs for?" And even with a digital camera I manage to take picture like the ones you mention - I've got a brilliant one of what looks like a pile of hay... here I'll show you! I'll be back with it shortly. ;D Haven't quite got the hang of this quoting business yet either...another mystery to solve you see!
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Post by benjiesmum on Jan 11, 2007 19:14:49 GMT 1
Right here it is..... What I liked particularly about this show stopping photo (and I'm sure you will agree): The depth of field The fantastic array of colours The unrivaled detail of each piece of hay juxtaposed with each other But the very best bit, the bit I think really makes it is the nonchalantly dangling camera strap (slightly out of focus) in the right bottom of the photo - without it this photograph would be nothing. I've had to keep this one quiet in case the Tate Modern got wind of it!! Hmmmm!
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Post by Admin Mal on Jan 11, 2007 23:14:16 GMT 1
The depth of field - har har, I like it!! ;D Camera strap? And there was me thinking it was a cat's bottom. What it's saying is that we are but mere seeds of grass in the hayfield of life, our fate tossed in the winds of fortune. <mwahaha ;D>
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