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esspiiMay 29, 2006
If the right light isn't there to begin with, dodging and burning isn't going to help a thing.There is probably 10 - 20 minutes of the 'right' light in a day.
egorgryMay 29, 2006
I equate the camera phone as the digital version of a holga. Horrible results if down wrong but if you work with the medium then it can produce some very unique results. I try to take photos that make you look at something in a way you didn't before. If you don't know what aholga is I'd recommend checking out the images they produce. It's really cool.Why mod someone down when they ask a question? This is one of many quandaries of the digg experience.
lowmagnetMay 29, 2006
I also think the 'take 1000 shots' bit is rubbish. I went out (after reading this article) and took some shots in a local garden. Nothing I consider artistic or anything, but nice none the less. I took about 62 shots (probably more around 40, raw sizes vary depending on detail) and kept 5 that I thought 'worked' well. The other pictures were good shots, but something was wrong about the composition/focus in some of them. It's what I've been working on lately. The shots are the plants are in this set: <a class="user" href="http://flickr.com/photos/lowmagnet/sets/72157594149013045/">http://flickr.com/photos/lowmagnet/sets/72157594149013045/</a>Like I said, I thought they 'worked well' .. I don't think of what I do as high art, or dramatic. My hobby is not to make some great message with my photography, it's to relax, get out of the house, and have fun taking pictures.And feh to Rockwell and his statement about the cost of equipment. I recently purchased a EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM lens. It may cost more than my camera, and it may make me want to buy the 70-200mm lens, but damn if it isn't making my life easier. No more swapping between my 35mm and my 50mm macro. Everything in that range and more on one zoom dial. Solid photos, too. Women making comments about the size of my camera. Ahem.
haploMay 30, 2006
"The reason magazines suggest expensive cameras is to weed out the wanna-bes."The most stupid reasoning I have read this year, maybe even in my life.
arafozMay 30, 2006
@ MateyO"That kind of sanctimonius crap scares off hobbiests. It's not constructive."I disagree. Telling someone specifically what you don't like about their image is MUCH more constructive than just saying "I don't like this image." It helps the photographer see what they need to improve, instead of just making a single generalization about the image.It works on the same principle as many things - let's take a sport for example. If you're watching someone play soccer and you want to make a constructive comment about their ability, you wouldn't just say "You suck". You would point out specific strengths and weaknesses so they could improve.As for scaring off the hobbyists, as long as you word your criticism in simple language (i.e. I think the image has a blue tint... here's how you can fix it in Photoshop.) instead of something completely impossible to comprehend, you are just helping the photographer to improve. When I started out, I could not take very good pictures, but thanks to the constructive comments I received over time I was able to improve much more than if everyone had just told me "I don't like your photos."
42ndstreetphotoMay 7, 2011
thanks for sharing