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Jun 17, 2007View in Crawl 4
I suppose if you're going to include "leaving the lens cap on" and "not having film in your camera" as "tips"... you should probably include my latest folly:18) Not backing up your hard drive, full of every digital picture you've ever taken.
Thank You jfritz. Couldn't agree more. Photography has always been plagued by the geek factor. I can understand it but find it boring. Many people gravitate to the medium for its geeky appeal and never really exploit the true essence of the medium. Because it's easy for any one to take a picture, everyone does. The difference is true artistry comes from a completely different place. Being someone who actually teaches college students how to become photographers I would pass along this advice, following rules rarely results in an outstanding image. The reason is the thought process is backwards. If your simply taking vacation photos then all rules are worthless. Just take the picture, over thinking it will make it worse. If I could pass one piece of advice on it would be to completely ignore the last item on his list. If you truly want to improve your vision then sell your zoom lens. As Robert Capa once said " If you don't like your photographs, just get closer" There are many technical reasons why this is a better approach but most importantly using a focal length that is more closely tied to how we see things allows you to compose images without the camera up in your face.
He's assuming anyone serious at all about photography isn't even considering digital zoom, because he's assuming you're not a retard. Only a retard would think digital zoom is good.
@PhilbertI agree that your subject doesn't always have to be beautiful to make interesting photos. But I don't think the example you gave it particularly good. The background adds nothing to the picture, yet it's almost completely focused. Decreasing the depth-of-field would have made that picture much better. The colors are unsaturated as well, which makes the picture look bland.
o great! thanks dear for such nice tips .... i hope to keep them in mind while clicking pics next time! whatever others say i liked your efforts! keep it up!
@cuppycake:Actually, I don't take pictures of rainbows--specifically. And no photographer worth their weight in carrots does either. The contrivety of taking a picture of a rainbow specifically and on purpose, pulses with dull mediocrity in comparison with one that happens by accident in a picture of something else.
goatmonkey2112Jun 18, 2007
It's a verb now. Kind of like Google.
ophilyeJun 18, 2007
I suppose if you're going to include "leaving the lens cap on" and "not having film in your camera" as "tips"... you should probably include my latest folly:18) Not backing up your hard drive, full of every digital picture you've ever taken.
brycelbJun 18, 2007
Thank You jfritz. Couldn't agree more. Photography has always been plagued by the geek factor. I can understand it but find it boring. Many people gravitate to the medium for its geeky appeal and never really exploit the true essence of the medium. Because it's easy for any one to take a picture, everyone does. The difference is true artistry comes from a completely different place. Being someone who actually teaches college students how to become photographers I would pass along this advice, following rules rarely results in an outstanding image. The reason is the thought process is backwards. If your simply taking vacation photos then all rules are worthless. Just take the picture, over thinking it will make it worse. If I could pass one piece of advice on it would be to completely ignore the last item on his list. If you truly want to improve your vision then sell your zoom lens. As Robert Capa once said " If you don't like your photographs, just get closer" There are many technical reasons why this is a better approach but most importantly using a focal length that is more closely tied to how we see things allows you to compose images without the camera up in your face.
felchJun 18, 2007
He's assuming anyone serious at all about photography isn't even considering digital zoom, because he's assuming you're not a retard. Only a retard would think digital zoom is good.
mrfranklyJun 18, 2007
@PhilbertI agree that your subject doesn't always have to be beautiful to make interesting photos. But I don't think the example you gave it particularly good. The background adds nothing to the picture, yet it's almost completely focused. Decreasing the depth-of-field would have made that picture much better. The colors are unsaturated as well, which makes the picture look bland.
jessiejessicaJun 19, 2007
o great! thanks dear for such nice tips .... i hope to keep them in mind while clicking pics next time! whatever others say i liked your efforts! keep it up!
Closed AccountJun 21, 2007
@cuppycake:Actually, I don't take pictures of rainbows--specifically. And no photographer worth their weight in carrots does either. The contrivety of taking a picture of a rainbow specifically and on purpose, pulses with dull mediocrity in comparison with one that happens by accident in a picture of something else.