Back to school

[newbobolix]

Hi all, 24 years later I decided to go back to the books...I would like to call it my 2nd "photography" life
I'm 44, I live in Venice - Italy and about 28 years ago I started as "shadow" (I hope that my italian tranlation make sense in english) photographer and darkroom boy in a studio here in Venice...after 2-3 years the pro pthographer changed location as I did for the university...life changed, I sold my old olympus OM-1 equipment and basically stopped taking photos...to make it short, 2011 birthday present of my wife: Nikon D90 :heart: with 18-105 kit...after playing one year with it, I decided to go a little deeper and go back to school. Time is not so much (work, family, 2 daughters) but I'm really enjoing passing my free time watching LR lessons on the internet and learning PP methods (quite different and much easier than old darkroom times); I shot RAW and use LR 4 to PP.
I would like to order a couple of books to start back with exposure and composition, as my eyes are "very different" today (I'm no more 16) and I think that even if I can easily master the basics (the exposure triangle), I also understand that technicaly things changed (especially with ISO) and a couple of readings will refresh my tech background.

I'm considering Understanding Exposure (Peterson), Perfect Exposure (Michael Freema) but if you have different suggestions I'll be glad to hear from you...

I also have a flickr account (with just one photo at the moment as I never considered to show my pics outside the 4 domestic wall) and I think that I have to start taking unfriendly but helpful comments to my pics

Thank you all
Roberto

 

[tirediron]

Welcome back to the addiction and to TPF Roberto - looking forward to seeing some of your work!

 

[newbobolix]

thank you
I hope that my english will be better than my pics

 

[Allan_A]

I just finished reading Understanding Exposure by Peterson and it was a great read and very informative, I would definitely suggest it.

 

[Beezwax]

Hi .. Glad to know I'm not the only one getting back into the game and needing to refresh and learn digital. Lynda.com offers courses that have been very helpful. I was gifted a months subscription .. I probably will buy another month. Check it out. I also read Peterson's book and watch his videos on you-tube, enjoy both. You have amazing shots waiting for you to capture where you live, looking forward to seeing some!