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Do you know which artist did self-portraits every so often? Rembrandt!
That's such a good idea. Thank you!Antoher (this comes from another member, but unfortunatelly I forgto whom): Pick a dictionary and select a random word. Try to get a pic related / inspired / signifying that word.
LOL. Okay.Emma, (does that mean we're your homies now?)
Mmm, I'll have to try that. (Try being the keyword here.)For me, it is no sweat, because I'm up while it's still dark every day of the week for work. For others, especially photographer types, we know that the golden hours are around dawn & dusk. So get up before dawn and get up there. I know it's hard, but it is worth it. This is good on weekends. Then go out and shoot until the light turns to crap. Then, come home and take a 3 hour nap in the middle of the day, and wake up in time for the next golden hour!
Thanks for the tips. I always been my (minimal) equipment with me, just in case!First make sure you have what you will need and haven't left any thing. -camera, batteries, lens brush, extra memory if you think you might need it, water and energy bars if you might be gone that long and whether you are going to hike the Grand Tetons or even if you are just going to the next neighborhood over Always tell some one where you are going and when you expect to get back. Cameras are valuable and you never know when some one is going to want yours badly enough to knock you out for it (I am NOT trying to scare you but I am hoping that you will be cautious. You should be a Great photographer, If you pay attention to the details.)
They never turn out that great for me, but I still often keep on trying. Thanks!You want to shoot portraits?
Do self portraits.
Set the shot up as you want it, self timer and bingo.
There are several people on this site who do alot of self portrait work. Me being one of them. I learn alot about myself and I know exactly how I want a shot to look.
Try it out
I've been doing it for years and I'm still not bored
Always new ideas.
HAHA, I'm laughing. Now, with my possible gullible-ness, I'll have to look it up. :lmao:Didn't he also invent toothpaste? :er:
I guess a part of photography is making boring things seem interesting.
I live in a small town in Ontario, and I feel what you are going through. I try and go out and shoot a roll of black and white each week, but sometimes it is just so difficult. I try and travel outside of my town which always proves interesting, but also I don't drive.
I guess a part of photography is making boring things seem interesting. Good luck on your future creative adventures.
Try a macrophotography - there is a huge bizzare world down at your feet.
You're welcome. (And I see now that it is rather long -didn't mean to write a book )highwoodhiker, your post was so long that I'm not going to quote it. But thank you.
I've always been interested in how the camera can record the actual color of light differently than our eyes see it (which is why we have white balance setting on our camera) and I'll sometimes take it into account when I'm looking for ways to use color to influence the overall mood of a scene when the photo is viewed. I think I need about 10 years more experience to do this as succesfully as I would like to but because I've experimented with it I can visualize how the camera will show colors without white balance and sometimes may choose to change or completely overide my camera's white balance to achieve a certain effect or just because I'm curious to know the actual colors of light that our eyes filter out. I've gotten a few rather fake looking (to our eyes)sunrises and sunsets by doing this. But visualizing a scene to determine how it will look in black and white is something I don't seem to have much ability at. I'm glad some people do as some black and white photography I see is really remarkable and sometimes can be a much better way to show the scene than color. Not in the compstions I normally choose though. I guess I'm too busy concentrating on the color because I seem to understand it better. I suppose those who excel at black and white have a better ability to naturally discern the contrasts of light in a scene while I'm more apt to notice the contrasts of the colors themselves. When I took my signature photo, which is a 400 mm view of a rainstorm several miles away, I had no idea there was that much contrast in the lighting of the scene. The light levels looked fairly even all over to me and it was only the colors that made me notice the scene. If it was suitable for B&W because of the contrasting light, I never would have realized it.Yes, I enjoy B&W a lot. I find it easier to capture stuff when I know I can convert it into black and white later. I also find that the majority of my favorite photos [the ones I've taken and other peoples] are usually always in black and white. The tones just appeal to me a lot more.
Yea, just keep bugging her until she can't stand it anymore. Follow her around with the camera snapping pics of her so she'll get the message.I'm dying to get my mom to take me into the city sometime soon for a photography shooting day. Hopefully she'll give in soon. Otherwise, I'll have to wait for my big opportunity this summer in Greece for something unique.
Oh, I've tried. Let me just say macro and I don't get along too well. Or maybe, I can blame it on my crappy camera.