Noob!!

[_Auricom_]

Greetings! :thumbup:, My name is Jaime and I just joined up this forum with hopes of learning more on photography. I originally started with a snap shoot, Sony DSC-WX9, but have since expanded my gear to include an @77 & more recently a NEX7! I will post some pics taken from each cam in the following posts here. My lenses consist of a 1.4 50mm for the Alpha. I have a 1.8 50mm lens & a 2.5-?? ??mm that came with the NEX7 Kit(I hardly use this lens but have taken some great shot so that might change). :meh:

I have my eyes set on getting 1.4 80mm from Vivitar/Samyang, as for the big boy lenz I hope to one day get teh: [h=1]Sony SAL-135F18Z 135mm f/1.8 Carl Zeiss Sonnar T Telephoto Lens[/h]then this beast of a lens:
[h=1]Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 SSM Lens for Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera. <-------:thumbup:[/h]
I do have a few questions regarding photography with these SLT's in general tho. Can anyone enlighten me why so much noise on the @77? Low light pics can be phenomenal but when there's shadows the noise come out and play. Its disturbing at this point. The NEX7 keeps the noise level down more so than the Alpha.

 

[_Auricom_]

time for pics, I love my cars so ... there mostly of them
Courtesy of: Sony DSC-WX9



Courtesy of: Sony @77

 

[_Auricom_]

Courtesy of: NEX7








eDIT: these three are taken of teh NEX7 using @77.

 

[smalltowngirl13]

Welcome aboard Jaime!

 

[The_Traveler]

Jaime,
welcome from the East Coast of the US.

A couple of suggestions - or even three or four.

• The Welcome Forum is a bad place to post pictures, they won't get much attention. Find the appropriate picture gallery and post them there.
• If you actually want feedback, post only one or two pictures in the thread. Otherwise comments will be very general and not very useful. (and number the pictures)
• Post your best pictures, ones that you think are good, not lots of duplicates or almost duplicates.
• Most people here are interested in your attempts to be a better photographer and the pictures that result. Documentary shots of things, unless they are really unusual, usually don't have much pictorial value and won't attract much attention.

 

[Rick58]

Welcome Jaime.

 

[IceCanAm]

Welcome to the site.

 

[_Auricom_]

Welcome aboard Jaime!

thank you! =)

Jaime,
welcome from the East Coast of the US.

A couple of suggestions - or even three or four.

• The Welcome Forum is a bad place to post pictures, they won't get much attention. Find the appropriate picture gallery and post them there.
• If you actually want feedback, post only one or two pictures in the thread. Otherwise comments will be very general and not very useful. (and number the pictures)
• Post your best pictures, ones that you think are good, not lots of duplicates or almost duplicates.
• Most people here are interested in your attempts to be a better photographer and the pictures that result. Documentary shots of things, unless they are really unusual, usually don't have much pictorial value and won't attract much attention.

Hey bud, thanks for the advise, yes these are my first attempts at this photography thing. I know their not that great but I dont have the lighting gear nor the photo editing software yet so these are VERY amateur grade quality stuff. lol
Oh well I was eager beaver to test this stuff out I guess and it shows. =/

Welcome Jaime.

Thank you Sir!

Welcome to the site.

ty!!

 

[The_Traveler]

Welcome to TPF - unofficial of course.
This is an active place with a culture all its own and the following ideas, hints should help you get acclimated quickly.

• Do not put pictures in the Beginners Forum or the equipment forums, expecting comments or critique (c/c). Those forums are for questions and discussion. First make an effort to find the answer on your own. Read the manual for your camera. Browse the forums for similar threads. Actually search the Internet. We are not your mommy and it gets tiring to hear the same question over and over. It is evidence that you haven't done any work yet.
• Pictures for critique should go in one of the appropriately themed forums. There is a very nice illustrated sticky on the mechanics of posting pictures at the top of the Beginner's Forum. If you don't want critique, make that really clear and post in the Just for Fun forum.
• Don't expect that people will go off-site to look at your gallery elsewhere. Pictures and comments posted here are a benefit to everyone and this site isn't here to boost your own site.
• Post only 1,2 or 3 pictures in any thread and number them. More than that and people can't really give detailed comments and the help you get will be minimal.
• Post large pictures, up to 1200 wide and 800 high but when you resize put the quality at about 60. There is no reason to have a higher quality on the web, it doesn't make the picture better, just the file larger.
• On the other hand, don't post small pictures and expect helpful response, there is no way to look at pictures that are 400 pixels high and see enough detail or color to be helpful.
• If you have pictures that are very similar, post the best one and tell a little about what you think of its faults or its problems. That gives viewers a place a start with their comments.
• If your post attracts comments, read them and, if they make sense, use them. Getting defensive or angry at language or attitude isn't useful. The Internet is a lousy tool to express nuance and you may be misreading what is said. There are some number of grumpy people here and they are tolerated because they make the rest of us look good. If you think you are being mistreated, call the offending message(s) to the attention of the mods.
• Even if you don't know anything about pictures, look at lots of them and try to figure out what it is that makes them good/bad in your opinion. Then read the other comments. That's the best training there is.
• If you do comment, be constructive. Even if you don't know the 'correct' terminology tell them why you like or dislike the picture. (for example: I really like the way the face is in focus and the background is blurred. or 'The colors are too blurry for my taste.') Negative or positive comments unaccompanied by explanation aren't very much use to someone learning.

 

[snowbear]

Welcome aboard.

 

[_Auricom_]

. We are not your mommy and it gets tiring to hear the same question over and over. It is evidence that you haven't done any work yet

:raisedbrow: look you F*cking retard, you already gave yer two cents on your initial post so try not to keep trolling with your auto-reply dumbass!! I know these pics aren't quite up to your standards of what makes a pic great but I plugged them in my welcome thread anyways ***. I came here to get some pointers not some gay stocking **** face who's only talent thus so far has been pressing your space button behind closed doors.

 

[runnah]

Bye.

 

[greenx]

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[pgriz]

. We are not your mommy and it gets tiring to hear the same question over and over. It is evidence that you haven't done any work yet

:raisedbrow: look you F*cking retard, you already gave yer two cents on your initial post so try not to keep trolling with your auto-reply dumbass!! I know these pics aren't quite up to your standards of what makes a pic great but I plugged them in my welcome thread anyways ***. I came here to get some pointers not some gay stocking **** face who's only talent thus so far has been pressing your space button behind closed doors.

Ah yes. It helps to know who you are talking to when you join a forum and reply. The person trying to help you has enough of a photographic pedigree to actually teach you something, IF you are open to be taught. If not, you're creating a fine first impression. Carry on.

 

[Rick58]

LEW: "If you do comment, be constructive."

AURICOM: "look you F*cking retard..."

I think the Noob will be making a lot of friends