Looking at photos on TPF makes me want to cry because...

Aurora · Nov 1, 2007

Looking at photos on TPF makes me want to cry because... they are all so wonderful and I have to wait a couple months to get a DSLR camera! The photos on here are so inspiring and I am about to burst because I have all this creative energy in me and I don't have a camera that is capable of taking good quality shots.

Big Mike · Nov 1, 2007

Hint hint...

It's not the camera...it's the photographer.

Alex_B · Nov 1, 2007

Big Mike said:
It's not the camera...it's the photographer.

Well, it is both of them, a good photographer without a camera will not produce anything

Alex_B · Nov 1, 2007

oh by the way, I sometimes almost cry when I look at some of my shots... since I can see that they went wrong and it is not the camera's fault

elsaspet · Nov 1, 2007

The camera is only a part of it.
The knowledge you can get from networking with folks here is the biggest part.
I can't wait to see the new photos you are going to take!

Buszaj · Nov 1, 2007

I'm in the same position as you Aurora, I'm getting an SLR soon, and these pictures are amazing, but you can really learn A LOT from here, I know I have.

Aurora · Nov 1, 2007

Big Mike said:
Hint hint...

It's not the camera...it's the photographer.

Oh, I know it's the photographer. But just like a painter, without certain paint, you sometimes can't achieve the effect you are going for.

zendianah · Nov 1, 2007

I like to blame it on my camera..,.. OH wait.. I just did a lens sharpness test and found out the problem is me not my camera.. DARNNNIT .. Now I cant blame my lens.

usayit · Nov 1, 2007

Big Mike said:
Hint hint...

It's not the camera...it's the photographer.

I like to think of it this way...

It takes the camera to snap a picture.....

It takes a photographer to create a photo.....

Joxby · Nov 1, 2007

Don't put yourself under too much pressure, doesn't matter what gear you've got, it takes a bit of time to get rolling.
I though my first dslr was crap, my photos were no better than the pas ones I took before I bought it.
I persevered, cos heck we spend some money, and after a while I realised it was me that was crap..:lmao:

I mean, be confident but be prepared to fail....a lot....then you wont just wang it over your shoulder in a fit....like I did....do

Ya need time/practice to....grow into it/stuff

THORHAMMER · Nov 1, 2007

just constantly push your current gear to its utmost limit.....

whatever gear it is... Then you learn ...

Aurora · Nov 1, 2007

When I say "good quality", what I mean is technical stuff that really does have to do with the camera... like pixels, shutter speed... that kind of stuff. I am confident with my photos, but not with the poor quality of the camera they were taken with. I'd like to be able to take a picture with amazing detail and focus, but my current camera just cannot do that. I'd like to be able to take a picture of the moon that actually shows some detail of the surface and not just a tiny white ball in a pitch black sky, etc.

Garbz · Nov 1, 2007

Always always blame the subject. There are times when I've stopped to shout at a tree because it was too fuzzy. I mean honestly ruining a perfectly good photo.

That said yeah there's some real talent here.

JerryPH · Nov 1, 2007

zendianah said:
I like to blame it on my camera..,.. OH wait.. I just did a lens sharpness test and found out the problem is me not my camera..

So the lens was ok, Zendiana? Great news!

Aurora, I saw a couple of pictures taken with a P&S that were very impressive, rivals of some people's dSLR pics... start with that!

Now if you practice and study and learn the basics, even with the P&S camera, when the time comes that you get your dSLR, you will be 2 steps ahead.

Good luck!

Aurora · Nov 1, 2007

JerryPH said:
Aurora, I saw a couple of pictures taken with a P&S that were very impressive, rivals of some people's dSLR pics... start with that!

Now if you practice and study and learn the basics, even with the P&S camera, when the time comes that you get your dSLR, you will be 2 steps ahead.

Good luck!

Thanks... yeah I have still been taking pictures with me P&S. I have one photo on here that I think is pretty good that I shot with my P&S in a thread called "First photo post" or something like that.