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Comment by Glowingblue posted on first lighting attempt at 21/11/2013 - 12:18
DrOrloff wrote:
So silence can speak volumes.
Love it!So silence can speak volumes.
Comment by Glowingblue posted on A Comment on commenting at 20/11/2013 - 21:11
I can't help as far as 'ye olde film' is concerned but I wish you good luck!
Always great to have new members
Always great to have new members
BrixtonNick wrote:
Greetings all, I'm new here. I live near a rather good photography centre with courses, darkroom, scanning suite etc so I've taken it into my head to learn from scratch. I don't even know what focal length is. But you've got to start somewhere and I thought that a manual film camera would be the thing to learn on. I was given a KR-10, then I noticed three highly rated screw thread primes on Gumtree at a good price, with a Spotmatic thrown in. Then, just for the thrill of it, I spent £25 on a job lot of five mystery K mount lenses from someone clearing out their grandad's attic. No doubt they'll come with plenty of free fungus. Then I had a reality check and decided I would probably never have the bottle to get much street photography done with a SLR unless it had a nice big waist level viewfinder...and then I read about the LX and saw a nice one on ebay complete with Action Finder. So by this time tomorrow I should have three bodies and eight lenses...but I haven't taken one photo yet. In at the deep end. If it doesn't work out I reckon I can sell the gear for a modest profit!
So...can anyone recommend any beginners' books or web sites to learn from? I've got the Spotmatic manual, which looks surprisingly helpful. I would like to understand some of the physics of film cameras, but I'm afraid I failed my physics O level.
Greetings all, I'm new here. I live near a rather good photography centre with courses, darkroom, scanning suite etc so I've taken it into my head to learn from scratch. I don't even know what focal length is. But you've got to start somewhere and I thought that a manual film camera would be the thing to learn on. I was given a KR-10, then I noticed three highly rated screw thread primes on Gumtree at a good price, with a Spotmatic thrown in. Then, just for the thrill of it, I spent £25 on a job lot of five mystery K mount lenses from someone clearing out their grandad's attic. No doubt they'll come with plenty of free fungus. Then I had a reality check and decided I would probably never have the bottle to get much street photography done with a SLR unless it had a nice big waist level viewfinder...and then I read about the LX and saw a nice one on ebay complete with Action Finder. So by this time tomorrow I should have three bodies and eight lenses...but I haven't taken one photo yet. In at the deep end. If it doesn't work out I reckon I can sell the gear for a modest profit!
So...can anyone recommend any beginners' books or web sites to learn from? I've got the Spotmatic manual, which looks surprisingly helpful. I would like to understand some of the physics of film cameras, but I'm afraid I failed my physics O level.
Comment by Glowingblue posted on I know nothing about photography but I've bought an LX. Help! at 20/11/2013 - 21:08
Thanks for the post Mike, I believe somebody posted the same news in an earlier thread, I have had it for 4 months or so and love it, I always knew I had the advantage over most as far as my photography skills are concerned but using Photoshop elevates my advantages even more
MikeHardisty wrote:
For a limited time only Adobe have opened access to the Photoshop Photography Program for anyone who does not own a qualifying product.
The special Creative Cloud plan includes access to Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, plus feature updates and upgrades as they are available, 20GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration, and a Behance ProSite.
It will cost you £8.78/month when you sign up for a one-year plan, but you need to join by December 2, 2013.
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For a limited time only Adobe have opened access to the Photoshop Photography Program for anyone who does not own a qualifying product.
The special Creative Cloud plan includes access to Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, plus feature updates and upgrades as they are available, 20GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration, and a Behance ProSite.
It will cost you £8.78/month when you sign up for a one-year plan, but you need to join by December 2, 2013.
link
Comment by Glowingblue posted on Photoshop Photography Program at 20/11/2013 - 20:53
Keep up the good work, I hope you have packed in the fags!
Karl Weaver
Karl Weaver
Comment by Glowingblue posted on It's great to be here! at 20/11/2013 - 20:45
Top man
wvbarnes wrote:
My daughter Zoe often says 'you're not funny Dad'
I do think it's funny that some people think owning thirty or forty lenses make them better photographers.
It is more odd than funny that some people judge photos or the kit they were taken with based on a 800 pixel jpeg reduced to 96 or 72 dots per inch.
It's also funny that we spend so much time on here. Must be nothing on the telly eh?
It's not funny that I nearly bought a 35mm DA Ltd on here today and then the wife came home...Please stop posting these things guys!
My daughter Zoe often says 'you're not funny Dad'
I do think it's funny that some people think owning thirty or forty lenses make them better photographers.
It is more odd than funny that some people judge photos or the kit they were taken with based on a 800 pixel jpeg reduced to 96 or 72 dots per inch.
It's also funny that we spend so much time on here. Must be nothing on the telly eh?
It's not funny that I nearly bought a 35mm DA Ltd on here today and then the wife came home...Please stop posting these things guys!
Comment by Glowingblue posted on A Comment on commenting at 20/11/2013 - 17:21
Wonderful work, just goes to prove you don't need the latest gear to produce the best of work!
Respect
Karl Weaver
Respect
Karl Weaver
Comment by Glowingblue posted on Pics of my nephew shot with istds and m 50mm f1.4 at 17/11/2013 - 19:51
Thank you Derek.
Karl Weaver
Karl Weaver
derek897 wrote:
Glowingblue yes I can see that is much better already. I like what you've done with it. I must have a little play with it also
Thanks for taking the time to do that and post it. As without seeing it I wouldn't have known what you meant.
Thanks again
Derek
Glowingblue yes I can see that is much better already. I like what you've done with it. I must have a little play with it also
Thanks for taking the time to do that and post it. As without seeing it I wouldn't have known what you meant.
Thanks again
Derek
Comment by Glowingblue posted on Portrait lighting 2nd attempt at 17/11/2013 - 12:06
Image cropped, eyes brightened and vignette added.
derek897 wrote:
Clueless here.
Derek
Glowingblue wrote:
Take no notice, these are an improvement, the last one in particular, my fave of this set would benefit from a vignette, this would direct eyes towards your daughters face and her beautiful eyes
Thanks for the comment. Not sure what a vignette is. Is it to do with the lighting or in photoshop. Take no notice, these are an improvement, the last one in particular, my fave of this set would benefit from a vignette, this would direct eyes towards your daughters face and her beautiful eyes
Clueless here.
Derek
Comment by Glowingblue posted on Portrait lighting 2nd attempt at 17/11/2013 - 11:20
Basically just darkening all corners to a greater or lesser degree, in case in question it is the two bottom corners I would darken. Yes, you can achieve this in PS or most photo editing applications
derek897 wrote:
Clueless here.
Derek
Glowingblue wrote:
Take no notice, these are an improvement, the last one in particular, my fave of this set would benefit from a vignette, this would direct eyes towards your daughters face and her beautiful eyes
Thanks for the comment. Not sure what a vignette is. Is it to do with the lighting or in photoshop. Take no notice, these are an improvement, the last one in particular, my fave of this set would benefit from a vignette, this would direct eyes towards your daughters face and her beautiful eyes
Clueless here.
Derek
Comment by Glowingblue posted on Portrait lighting 2nd attempt at 17/11/2013 - 11:17
Here is a reworked version of no 2