Shutterbugs read this :)

[R1pp3r]

Ja det tycker jag! Ar det en bra kamera du har eller? Jag har nagon Olympus skit grej sa det blir inte riktigt sa snygga kort med den.. Nar du gor kort svartvita, gor du det i datorn sen eller tar du bilden svartvit?
Fan, jag ska nog ga en fotokurs nar jag kommer hem..!

Det är en Nikon D70. Den är fortfarande bra även om den har några år på nacken. Man behöver inte ha en jättebra kamera för att ta schyssta bilder men det är en fördel om man kan ställa manuella funktioner så som slutartider, iso etc. Dock är en digital systemkamera ganska överlägsen när man lärt sig några tricks. Jag tar alla bilder i färg och ändrar en del till svartvita i datorn. Gå in och kolla på http://www.fotosidan.se/ dom har en hel del läsvärt, tex. någon fotoskola.

[Emaho]

Oh fan, tror jag har hittat en ny hobby kanske?
Ska se om jag kan fa tag i ett foto som jag tog med skolan en gang. Det blev ganska bra tyckte jag.
Tack for lanktipset ocksa!

[Bioture]

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[D1st0rt]

sry, all shutterbugs references make me think of this
http://azizisbored.com/shutterbugs.html

[Pressure Drop]

thought R1pp3r first one was amazing and i liked gall's as well !

i didn't take these my uncle who lives in the country did. he works cleaning out rivers so he is in some remote places very early and gets to see some nice scenes

[geekbot]

Question for y'all:

I am a stereotypical engineer geek in many ways including not having any visual creativity. I've seen so many pictures where I think, I would never have thought of that.

Any tips on developing an "eye" for framing or composition? I try to use the rule-of-thirds when applicable. Any other guidelines or tips?

Any tips on where to go shooting? Are there certain places that tend to have picture friendly opportunities? Or should I just go out everywhere/anywhere? I've thought about sporting events, concerts, parks but I haven't had too much time to go out yet.

[Galleleo]

I guess real photographers can turn anything into a picture moment. Basically just going out for every day things taking a camera and spotting moments they want to record. But I guess that takes a certain kind of eye for things, and a certain appreciation for small things, or so I figure.

For me personally, I only really like to make nature shots/buildings in combination with sky/sun/water so nature. With people I can't really do anything besides taking normal photo's. I never really go out to make photo's either. Most photo's I have right now are either from Canada, or from the sky from my house. One time I ventured into the woods with a camera in the winter, to shoot some photo's. As far as framing goes.. I can't really tell you how I do it. I just see a picture how I want it, and then I take it. I don't really take stuff into account when framing a picture, it's more subconscious I guess. Then again, I am not really at all that good at it.. maybe I should take a course sometime.

[Saturn V]

Question for y'all:

I am a stereotypical engineer geek in many ways including not having any visual creativity. I've seen so many pictures where I think, I would never have thought of that.

Any tips on developing an "eye" for framing or composition? I try to use the rule-of-thirds when applicable. Any other guidelines or tips?

Any tips on where to go shooting? Are there certain places that tend to have picture friendly opportunities? Or should I just go out everywhere/anywhere? I've thought about sporting events, concerts, parks but I haven't had too much time to go out yet.

(Just know that I'm a novice photographer, too.)

When I start to take a picture, I find myself doing what my mother would have done: seeing something, standing x feet away, and taking a picture. I immediately stop myself and start looking for other perspectives (shooting up close with a wide angle lens, or getting on the ground and shooting from below, etc).

I went to the Kimbell Art Museum recently and took some pictures of the building. It's a popular place to photograph, so it was hard to come find a unique perspective. I ended up with this:

I have mixed feelings about the results. I like the perspective and I don't. I need to edit it in Photoshop a little (and I wish I had shot in RAW, too). And even maybe if I tried it at a different time of day it would be more dramatic (as shadows tend to create drama).

I also look for a way to try and frame things (like in the picture below):

Of course, I'm bothered by that picture because even I don't know what the subject was: the trash or the trash can.

The rule of thirds is nice, but don't stick with it for everything.

Basically, it just takes a lot of practice (which I'm still doing). And look at a lot of other pictures as well. Like you, I see a lot of stuff and think, "I never would have thought of that," but now that I've seen their perspective, it'll get me thinking in the future.

[Saturn V]

Ah, here's a good example of shadows:


Mine is on the left. The shots are almost the same (the one on the right is more wide angle, though (which I like)). But the shadows, IMO, create a different feel.

Just some things to think about. Hope it helps some.

[R1pp3r]

Question for y'all:

I am a stereotypical engineer geek in many ways including not having any visual creativity. I've seen so many pictures where I think, I would never have thought of that.

Any tips on developing an "eye" for framing or composition? I try to use the rule-of-thirds when applicable. Any other guidelines or tips?

Any tips on where to go shooting? Are there certain places that tend to have picture friendly opportunities? Or should I just go out everywhere/anywhere? I've thought about sporting events, concerts, parks but I haven't had too much time to go out yet.

I think about choosing the right location depending on what kind of picture I want to take. Then I'll wait for the right conditions,
if it's a landscape picture I'll wait for a storm, when the sun is low (dusk/dawn) or when the sun breaks through the clouds or something like that. About the composition I think about what will make the greatest impact within the picture and then I'll try to compose the picture around that.

[Emaho]

Some plant on Fraser Island





Took this from the Aircraft window. To bad there's a plastic window that reflects light from inside the cabinet a little bit..

[ZeUs!!]

Why the fuck does everyone take pictures of flowers? Everyone's already done it, its the first thing someone thinks of when entering photography so anyone who looks at your close up of a flower will think you are creatively deficient and imaginatively defunct. The decent photos are of stuff you don't normally see, not fucking daffodils. This also applies to sunsets

[Galleleo]

I don't take photo's of sunsets because I am creatively deficient and imaginatively defunct, I don't take them to please others. I take them cause I think beautiful sunsets are awesome and I enjoy them myself.

[R1pp3r]

Why the fuck does everyone take pictures of flowers? Everyone's already done it, its the first thing someone thinks of when entering photography so anyone who looks at your close up of a flower will think you are creatively deficient and imaginatively defunct. The decent photos are of stuff you don't normally see, not fucking daffodils. This also applies to sunsets

It's good practise first of all and by using your logic most things can be counted out. Anyway, it's not like you see a beautiful or dramatic sunset everyday. If you can only categorize it into sunsets, daffodils, people and whatnot you're the one with the problem.

[Galleleo]

Ok, here ya go. All my photo's up to now that I like: http://galleleo.deviantart.com/gallery/

Gonna search my computer tonight to see if I missed some, if I did, I'll add them on.