Photogrraphy nuts?

[Sunshinegrl]

Im a photography nut. I not so recently got me a D-SLR ( Pentax K-200D). And Im still learning how to use it. But is anyone else here a keen Photographer? RedPepper's Avatar is awesome. Eyes are one of my fave things to try to capture. Im a sucker for eyes!

[foxflame88]

I am a hobby photographer.... nothing serious and no fancy camera, but I have fun.

[Sunshinegrl]

Thats all I am! A hobby photographer! Cant even begin to pretend Im anything but. It is however something I would love to make something more of...Maybe one day.

[River]

I have quite an appreciation for photography--both enjoying the images of others and making images myself--, but I've not yet gotten into digital, and haven't had a working camera in quite a while.

HOWEVER, my partner (I have only one partner at the moment) and I are planning to do some wilderness backpacking soon, and I want us to take the little inexpensive digital camera plunge before we go -- so look for some images of our trip down the road! I know I can post images in this forum!

[aussielover]

Thats all I am! A hobby photographer! Cant even begin to pretend Im anything but. It is however something I would love to make something more of...Maybe one day.

You will do wonderfully WHEN you study this, I know it. Your pictures are already amazing. You have a wonderful knack of capturing light and essence of everything. Especially the kids... I love those pics. :D

I love taking pictures too... I'm not as good as my Sunshinegrl but i do love it. Some of my pictures I have to say are pretty cool though.

[Sunshinegrl]

I look forward to seeing Some Pics!

[redpepper]

RedPepper's Avatar is awesome. Eyes are one of my fave things to try to capture. Im a sucker for eyes!

why thank you sunshine! I do a lot of self portraits on my own as a kind of diary of times in my life. I got the idea from an old school feminist art exhibit where a woman in the 60's had taken a photo every day of the year and glued them on a calender. I have found it to be very interesting the changes that have occurred over a couple of years. I only take head shots, and the eye came from one.

If I wasn't so scared that someone might recognize me on here I would share more.... If you are not worried an album would be a pleasure to view.

[Sunshinegrl]

Maybe Admin would be so kind to make This forum Or maybe another a little more private(not viewable to guests?) and I would be happy to share some Of My pics. :) I dont mind sharing Some of My non family Photos.

This is one of my sunsets...

[redpepper]

I couldn't access that photo :(


Private albums would be a great idea!!! :)

[aussielover]

Maybe Admin would be so kind to make This forum Or maybe another a little more private(not viewable to guests?) and I would be happy to share some Of My pics. :) I dont mind sharing Some of My non family Photos.

This is one of my sunsets...

*sigh* Home :)

Beautiful baby... I love your pics.

I wouldn't mind sharing my own pics (personal ones) IF it was a private forum, for people with a certain ammount of posts and over lets say.
I like that the board is open, it helps new people decide wether to join, but I think something like that needs to be private for those of us who are staying here. I know we haven't been here long, but I don't plan on going anywhere.

[Sunshinegrl]

ohh couldnt you click it?? Bugger.

I will upload it somewhere.

[aussielover]

here you go baby hehe some eyes for ya

(when the hell did I develop crows feet? thank you psp hehe)

[Sunshinegrl]

theres my girl beautiful eyes! And you dont have Crows feet!

[vandalin]

They are not "crow's feet" they are "Laugh Lines"!

[aussielover]

hehe yep babe. there they is :)

lol thanks vandalin I had a turning 30 crisis this year. lol looking at those pics I took today didn't help lol

[River]

30 is quite young! Save your age "crisis" for another decade.

[NeonKaos]

30 is quite young! Save your age "crisis" for another decade.


You said it! I'm only 38 but I'm not even ready to have a "turning 40 crisis" yet!

I am ready for the "forever 39 club" though!

[BlkDaddy4White]

Thats a great camera you have...i have the old K1000...ima photographer by the way...you got a good one!

[River]

Youth has its own special and precious sort of beauty, but age tends to make us wiser, smarter, and even more interesting--if we're letting it. Our society (I'm an American) worships youth too much and doesn't respect age enough. (I'm a young 43.)

I'll be getting my first digital camera soon, so anyone who wants to advise on good cameras at good prices, or how to choose one, I'm all ears.

I'd really like an SLR, but that may have to wait until I can better afford one. Those other little cameras (what are the called?) are less than half of the SLR price, generally.

[redsirenn]

I have had a Pentax DSLR (K10D) for about 6 months now. I am still getting used to it as I have never had a DSLR, only "real" SLRs. I am also looking to sell one of my SLRs ( a Canon F-1) to fund the purchase of a new lens for the pentax. Right now I am taking pictures with a macro lens which gives me the opportunity to take wonderful candid portraits, but not much of a view for use in landscape photos.
I also love taking close up shots of plants, as I am also a practicing botanist.

[Sunshinegrl]

Thats a great camera you have...i have the old K1000...ima photographer by the way...you got a good one!

Awesome! I might have to pick your brain! Im a total NEWB! I have to finish reading the manual!! And Step out of Auto a little more often!

JRiverMartin, A Point and Shoot is MUCH cheaper then a SLR!! And More portable. I still love my little kodak P & S!


Redsirenn, I just bought a used lense On EBAY. Waiting for it to arrive. I only have a Sigma 18-50mm atm.

[AutumnalTone]

I'll hit Olivier up for that.

[AutumnalTone]

Yeah. I shoot art nudes when I can get sessions in with the models. I work generally in B&W, as I love the play of light and shadow on skin and the way the curves and angles dance with the viewer's eye.

At this time, I have a basic digital camera with plans to upgrade to a model with a hot shoe (so I can use a swivel flash unit. I use clamp on light fixtures with CFL photo bulbs so I can set up lights most anywhere. I'd like to get some better fixtures, too (especially a softbox), though my clamp on fixtures work decently.

If we can get the secured forum for photos, I'll post some.

[Sunshinegrl]

I like to shoot in black and white too. But with my kids I love colour too!

[AutumnalTone]

I shoot everything in color and convert it to B&W after the fact. That allows me to keep any color image where I find the color works better. That happens rarely, though I reallyreally like it when it happens--provides a bit of variety in my work.

[AutumnalTone]

The things I looked for within my budget:

--resolution: I needed at least 7 megapixels so that I could make large prints, even when cropping sections of the original image;
--lens: couldn't afford dSLR with separate lenses, so had to look for decent built-in lenses; optical zoom is the key element (digital zoom does NOT cut it) and went with 10x.

I regret not getting a model with a hot shoe, as built-in flashes just don't work well for what I do.

For my next camera, I'm requiring a hot shoe and at least 9 megapixels. If I can swing a dSLR, then I'll do that, otherwise I'm looking at 12x optical zoom on built-in lenses.

[AutumnalTone]

I had the replacement for the K1000, though I'm blanking on the model number. Nice machine. When I picked up my digital, I gave the Pentax and all my lenses to a friend who was in need of a new camera.

[Sunshinegrl]

I shoot everything in color and convert it to B&W after the fact. That allows me to keep any color image where I find the color works better. That happens rarely, though I reallyreally like it when it happens--provides a bit of variety in my work.


Thats generally what I do too. I have a gorgeous shot Of my Daughter that i love in colour but as a B & w its stunning! Im a fairly ok VERY keen Photoshopper ( I actually use Paint shop pro X) So i love to be able to fiddle with things.

[AutumnalTone]

I lost my Photoshop when I upgraded computers and the change in OS. I used an older version for years and years. I changed from Mac OS 9.2 to OS X and that meant my Photoshop was no longer usable.

I've been sort of trying to find a replacement for it since, though I want freeware or shareware. I think GIMP will end up filling the bill--open source freeware. The couple of others I've tried just haven't done it for me.

So I do little processing, just what the Kodak software allows for. That's enough for most of what I want to do at this point, anyway.

[redsirenn]

My avatar is my photo...
This came from Yosemite. yay!

[Sunshinegrl]

Its gorgeous!

[AutumnalTone]

I used to drive a trash truck. Any place along the routes where there were spectacular flower beds or the like and the lighting were good, I'd stop and take pictures with my cell phone and send them to my wife--she got lots of flowers, along with butterflies and birds and whatever. Sadly, those pictures have disappeared over time. Even though they were low res, I'd love to be able to share many of them.

[redsirenn]

Thank you SG!

[crisare]

I stumbled across this thread while doing a search for something else. Just wanted to let folks know that I actually am a professional photographer in my real life. :D

So if anyone wants to talk photography or has any questions, I'd be happy to chat about photography here.

[Sweetheart]

I'm a photographer, too. I can't believe I haven't posted on this thread until now. I have albums & albums of stuff, going back decades. I am also a filmmaker, and find that I think like a photographer when making a film.

Here's a recent one. It's an action shot, so the subject is just a little blurry, but I love the composition with the corner of the fence. I just used an ordinary inexpensive digital camera.

[redpepper]

Very nice sweetheart! I like the compostion too. I have a thing for spiders. My brother and his girlfriend are studying them for their PHD's.

[Sweetheart]

Thanks! We always get a few garden spiders in our family garden every year. I've taught the kids that they are helpful, and that we like them to be there! This one had laid its egg sac and was heading out to the great field beyond the fence. I was lucky to catch it as it departed our lives, after seeing it every day since spring.

[redsirenn]

Hi Everyone!
I am developing a website dedicated to living sustainably. I need photos for said website - I am specifically looking for pictures of waste, recycling, low impact travelling, sustainable or alternative energy, local farming, etc.

Although I cannot pay you, you would get credit for the photos on the website.

If you feel like helping out, please PM me and we can figure out how to transfer pics.

Thanks a bunch!
RS

[MiAmorX2]

I'm a nut and I'm a photographer... does that count to post on this thread? :D
I do mostly weddings, families... and well just whatever I feel inclined to shoot when it comes my way :p
I've started at the bottom and have worked my way up...often I still feel like a newb compared to my peers :o but I too will be more than willing to answer any photo/shooting questions as well :)

[spodder]

well here's a little gem to share

taken on a 1.3mp Olympus quite a few years ago

no editing done at on the waterfall pic

where lucky to be able to have one of the best views in the world
our house view its wider but the camera does not do 260 drg's....lol


so if you ever venture this way stop by for tea/coffee or a cold one:)

morning sunrise taken on a fishing trip on the wild west coast of BC

[gator]

tried to get a better shot of the space shuttle ENDEAVOR in it's ascent but i was at a very disadvantageous angle. the building in the bottom center blocked most of the visual. the white dot above the building is all that i could manage to get. the time was 4:14 AM and i wasn't exactly ready or i might have tried a better setting. it's too bad because it was the last night launch for the shuttle. the photo was taken at St. Petersburg Beach, roughly 125 miles from Cape Kennedy. i used a Canon PowerShot SX-120. not exactly the best equipment for this shot but it's all i had at the time.


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[classycaveman]

I've been finding a lot of scenes at work that I've thought would make interesting pictures. (I work at a lot of construction sites) Things like a sawhorse that's been scarred by a circular saw over and over...