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Posted 15/01/2011 - 23:24
Welcome and have fun!
Best regards, John
Best regards, John
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Posted 15/01/2011 - 23:31
thanks john, i have a feeling you are going to see my name a lot....
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
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Posted 15/01/2011 - 23:43
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Posted 15/01/2011 - 23:57
Welcome, remember we all had to start somewhere, here's as good a place as any.
Enjoy.
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
I've some gallerieshere CLICKY LINK! and my PPG entries.
Enjoy.
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
I've some gallerieshere CLICKY LINK! and my PPG entries.
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 00:20
thanks i-berg, had a look, but i have a k-x, not a k-r, not sure what the differences are. camera came with kit lens 18-55mm, and i have taken a few pics, messed around with the software etc. but still have a lot to learn. bought a couple of books, so some hard reading ahead... doesnt help that the few pics i took with my samsung p+s on flickr look better than the ones i took with the pentax....david bailey, i am not. Am going off now to confuse myself further with lenses, filters etc.
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 00:25
Im curious, do you get your best shots when you go out to take pics, or do you carry your camera all the time, and just see an opportunity? I have visited a few sites where all these people seem to do is spend from morning till night tramping the countryside taking photos. The divorce rate amongst photographers must be sky high
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 06:42
katiem111 wrote:
thanks i-berg, had a look, but i have a k-x, not a k-r, not sure what the differences are.
thanks i-berg, had a look, but i have a k-x, not a k-r, not sure what the differences are.
No difference insofar as these tips are concerned at all. Treat them as applying equally to the K-x (which I use too).
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 06:43
katiem111 wrote:
I'm curious, do you get your best shots when you go out to take pics, or do you carry your camera all the time, and just see an opportunity?
I'm curious, do you get your best shots when you go out to take pics, or do you carry your camera all the time, and just see an opportunity?
Either / or (or maybe both)!
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 13:40
katiem111 wrote:
Im curious, do you get your best shots when you go out to take pics, or do you carry your camera all the time, and just see an opportunity? I have visited a few sites where all these people seem to do is spend from morning till night tramping the countryside taking photos. The divorce rate amongst photographers must be sky high
Im curious, do you get your best shots when you go out to take pics, or do you carry your camera all the time, and just see an opportunity? I have visited a few sites where all these people seem to do is spend from morning till night tramping the countryside taking photos. The divorce rate amongst photographers must be sky high
Hello and welcome.
It's better to have your camera with you and not use it, than to see an opportunity and not have it with you.
Enjoy the learning process.... see you around the forum.
John (VonBatCat)
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 13:55
Welcome Katie!
If I lived where you do I'd have my camera with me every day, but also make trips out to the surrounding countryside/coast for photography.
It helps to either have a partner who is also a photographer, or one who has an equally expensive/time consuming hobby so you can do your own thing.
My husband is a guitarist with a bad case of GBA.
If I lived where you do I'd have my camera with me every day, but also make trips out to the surrounding countryside/coast for photography.
It helps to either have a partner who is also a photographer, or one who has an equally expensive/time consuming hobby so you can do your own thing.
My husband is a guitarist with a bad case of GBA
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 17:26
Welcome to the site, Katie, and to the wonderful world of Pentax. Don't be scared: it's only a camera and only a hobby! Get out there and shoot wide, narrow, up down, in town, in the country, up close...then level and sharpen on a computer. Upload here and people will offer kind and constructive advice. You'll be amazed at how quickly you'll improve.
In answer to your question: both. It's great to go out alone especially to take pictures, but some of the best shots present themselves when you least expect it...
You have a wonderful camera which will last you for years. Enjoy it.
Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
In answer to your question: both. It's great to go out alone especially to take pictures, but some of the best shots present themselves when you least expect it...
You have a wonderful camera which will last you for years. Enjoy it.
Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
Last Edited by bwlchmawr on 16/01/2011 - 17:27
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 17:40
Welcome aboard, Katie! A fine camera you have there, and no mistake. (I have one too, so I'm biased! )
Just remember, it's digital... so at worst, you're only wasting battery, by using it and fluffing a shot or seventy. And if you use rechargeable batteries, that's even less of an issue. No wasted film to worry about, is my point.
So while you're learning, just shoot, shoot, shoot (and review when able). The only thing you can do wrong with a DSLR is to let it gather dust!
Happy snappin'
Neil
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Pentax K-x ♥ Pentax DA L 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL ♣ Pentax DA L 55-300mm f4-5.8 ED ♦ Pentax A 50mm f2.0 ♠ Pentax AF360FGZ flash ♥ Rikenon P 50mm f1.7 ♣ Vivitar CF 28mm f2.8 (K02 Komine) ♦ Tokina 80-200mm f4 ♠ Vivitar MC 2x22 Tele Converter
"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas 'Tin-Legs' Bader
)Just remember, it's digital... so at worst, you're only wasting battery, by using it and fluffing a shot or seventy. And if you use rechargeable batteries, that's even less of an issue. No wasted film to worry about, is my point.
So while you're learning, just shoot, shoot, shoot (and review when able). The only thing you can do wrong with a DSLR is to let it gather dust!
Happy snappin'
Neil
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Pentax K-x ♥ Pentax DA L 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL ♣ Pentax DA L 55-300mm f4-5.8 ED ♦ Pentax A 50mm f2.0 ♠ Pentax AF360FGZ flash ♥ Rikenon P 50mm f1.7 ♣ Vivitar CF 28mm f2.8 (K02 Komine) ♦ Tokina 80-200mm f4 ♠ Vivitar MC 2x22 Tele Converter
"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas 'Tin-Legs' Bader
Last Edited by BigJacko on 16/01/2011 - 17:41
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 21:31
thanks for all the advice, spent a little time today just shooting the same subject with lots of different settings, hope to figure out that way what works and what doesnt.
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
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Posted 16/01/2011 - 23:30
Gwyn wrote:
Welcome Katie!
If I lived where you do I'd have my camera with me every day, but also make trips out to the surrounding countryside/coast for photography.
It helps to either have a partner who is also a photographer, or one who has an equally expensive/time consuming hobby so you can do your own thing.
My husband is a guitarist with a bad case of GBA.
Welcome Katie!
If I lived where you do I'd have my camera with me every day, but also make trips out to the surrounding countryside/coast for photography.
It helps to either have a partner who is also a photographer, or one who has an equally expensive/time consuming hobby so you can do your own thing.
My husband is a guitarist with a bad case of GBA
. Hi Gwyn, apart from the sea, which is all around, the landscape is very bleak. I yearn for trees, but it is so windy here, nothing survives. I suppose we are all looking for what we dont have
S**t happens, but usually before I can get my camera out
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