Photo inspiration ...
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When I was a kid, I found the time I was studying for an O-level was quite good. You had a brief and went off to find it.
For the exam I think I had to do "patterns".
That was a long time ago, but there are still times when I wake up and say to myself...
"I'm going to see in black and whte today"
or
"I'm going into town and I'm going to keep a wide angle on all day" (or a telephoto)
That one works because out of seven lenses I own, only one is a zoom!
Anyway, that's what I do when I'm not inspired....
For the exam I think I had to do "patterns".
That was a long time ago, but there are still times when I wake up and say to myself...
"I'm going to see in black and whte today"
or
"I'm going into town and I'm going to keep a wide angle on all day" (or a telephoto)
That one works because out of seven lenses I own, only one is a zoom!
Anyway, that's what I do when I'm not inspired....
dieselnut said:
When you were learning to use your camera... what did you photograph ?
I've tried animals... plants, and the sprog since getting my new camera. I'm after ideas, preferably something that's going to help me learn.
Matthew
I've tried animals... plants, and the sprog since getting my new camera. I'm after ideas, preferably something that's going to help me learn.
Matthew
if you have any nice walk routes you enjoy, just take the camera and try and capture the atmosphere that you feel on the walk - that's what my uncle told me to do anyway, still to buy the camera to do it with though
I'm learning, have been for years, but I just play at it from time to time, and I have the bug bad at the moment.
I have books galore, but learnt more from reading this thread and noting what he'd done to get the pic than from any of them as it made sense suddenly.
I spent several hours this week taking a photo of a drop of water on a strand of grass, testing different shutter speeds and apertures etc to see which came out best, and this was the result of the one I liked best, which was the one taken using the auto function
I like this one too
I love practising on stuff like this, as you can really see the difference the shutter speeds etc make, and it your camera records the information to the photo when you save it to your PC, so much the better for the future.
I started a night school course at college a few years ago, but all they were teaching to start was how to develop B&W negatives, and the effects from that, which although useful, didn't float my boat as I would prefer to know how to compose the photo before I knew how to develop it, although I do have some cracking B&W shots that (again) I need to scan in.
It's trial and error as I can see it, but most of all, have fun!!
I have books galore, but learnt more from reading this thread and noting what he'd done to get the pic than from any of them as it made sense suddenly.
I spent several hours this week taking a photo of a drop of water on a strand of grass, testing different shutter speeds and apertures etc to see which came out best, and this was the result of the one I liked best, which was the one taken using the auto function
I like this one too
I love practising on stuff like this, as you can really see the difference the shutter speeds etc make, and it your camera records the information to the photo when you save it to your PC, so much the better for the future.
I started a night school course at college a few years ago, but all they were teaching to start was how to develop B&W negatives, and the effects from that, which although useful, didn't float my boat as I would prefer to know how to compose the photo before I knew how to develop it, although I do have some cracking B&W shots that (again) I need to scan in.
It's trial and error as I can see it, but most of all, have fun!!
Edited by Ali_Kat on Thursday 13th July 23:22
dieselnut said:
When you were learning to use your camera... what did you photograph ?
I've tried animals... plants, and the sprog since getting my new camera. I'm after ideas, preferably something that's going to help me learn.
Matthew
I've tried animals... plants, and the sprog since getting my new camera. I'm after ideas, preferably something that's going to help me learn.
Matthew
This is a car enthuisiasts website....... is that a strong enough clue?
When I was a lot younger I was really into photography, my camera used to be attached to me most of the time, I worked weekends and had the week days off with no-one else to occupy my time, so tended to plan trips out once a week to Wilts, Cotswolds, Wales, Norfolk etc.
Tried different subject ideas all the time, beaches, sunrises, animals, landscapes, macro.
When you have a day to kill with no plan and no time to be home, you will find things to take pictures of.
Its when life gets in the way, try taking piccies of 'life'
I once spent a day in Kings Cross station shooting people in B&W made them really grainy, they turned out good, wish I knew where the prints got to
Tried different subject ideas all the time, beaches, sunrises, animals, landscapes, macro.
When you have a day to kill with no plan and no time to be home, you will find things to take pictures of.
Its when life gets in the way, try taking piccies of 'life'
I once spent a day in Kings Cross station shooting people in B&W made them really grainy, they turned out good, wish I knew where the prints got to
Don't even kid about the lice... a friend of mine is feeding his friend's cats, who he has found out, have fleas.
Came into the office this morning, mentioned it, and I've been scratching all afternoon !
Righty, I've been into the garage, and taken a few shots, I think I've found the limitation of shooting without a tripod, as the light in the garage isn't good...
Anyone with a couple of seconds, can you give me your honest opinion of these shots ? Call a spade a spade and tell me, I want to learn
www.eeek.org.uk/~matthew/albums/album04/IMG_0600.jpg
www.eeek.org.uk/~matthew/albums/album04/IMG_0610.jpg
www.eeek.org.uk/~matthew/albums/album04/IMG_0618.jpg
Obviously I didn't find Alex in the garage... that was taken earlier tonight inside an amusement arcade.
Matthew
Came into the office this morning, mentioned it, and I've been scratching all afternoon !
Righty, I've been into the garage, and taken a few shots, I think I've found the limitation of shooting without a tripod, as the light in the garage isn't good...
Anyone with a couple of seconds, can you give me your honest opinion of these shots ? Call a spade a spade and tell me, I want to learn
www.eeek.org.uk/~matthew/albums/album04/IMG_0600.jpg
www.eeek.org.uk/~matthew/albums/album04/IMG_0610.jpg
www.eeek.org.uk/~matthew/albums/album04/IMG_0618.jpg
Obviously I didn't find Alex in the garage... that was taken earlier tonight inside an amusement arcade.
Matthew
dieselnut said:
Don't even kid ...
Oops sorry! Well a quick "gut" reaction to your shots:
1 Nice snap. Colourful and charming...but er... well "nice snap" really!
2 Too busy and a bit to overpowering with the light foreground. Lacks some ooonph!
3 I like it. And bizarrely too, 'cos I don't think the composition is necessarily that note worthy. I thin t would be a winner with the right composition and handled and treated a bit more roughly in Photoshoppery to get a "bite" in the exposure...
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