Members Adey Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 Timing's a funny thing, with all the photography posts recently, i've now got a story of my own too. I had recently decided to take photography a bit more seriously, i've only had a crappy camera phone for the last year of so, but i've been snapping left right and centre and found i got some decent photos. So a few days ago my girlfriend bought me an old Fujifilm Finepix 4700 and i love it. Its old, but it was one of the best compacts when it came out, and it still does fairly decent photo's imho. The cool thing is, my girlfriend's (of 8 months) Dad is a working photographer, he's done work for different magazines, football teams, corporate stuff, as well weddings. At the moment things are really starting to happen for him, getting recommendations and generally getting himself noticed. His self belief came a bit late in life i think, as he admits himself. He's now starting to believe all the good appraisals he's been getting for years. Now he has decided to make me his official apprentice:eek: Im gonna go out with him on jobs and he's gonna teach me everything he knows. He's even gonna let me use his '2nd' camera, so that i can learn to use all the functions properly. He has a Canon 400d and a 40d, i'll be using whichever is the cheapest (cant remember which one he said:facepalm:). He has never let anyone use his cameras, not his wife, daughter or colleagues. Schweeet! Alot of it is to do with the fact that Harriett (my GF) is his only child, and he has really warmed to me in the time we've known each other, he considers me his son infact, and i feel the same way too i guess. Also he is also parting ways with a partner that he was working with, so its the perfect time for him to find an apprentice/future partner. He also believes that i have an 'eye' for photography too, and he knows that im a musician, artistic and good with science and technical areas. So things are definatly getting interesting. I desperately need to spend some dough on recording equipment, so im gonna have to honour that before i can start dropping big bucks on an dSLR camera and macro lenses etc. Here are some picture i've took over the last few days. The camera doesnt have full aperture and shutter settings, but i do have control over; Exposure compensation, flash brightness, white balance, ISO (200-800), Manual/auto focus and Metering mode. Shutter speed and aperture are automatically adjusted when the shutter button is half pressed, the auto-focus also locks at this time. My '96 Epi LP My cat Seebo Harry and Seebo My neigbours cat None of the photo's are shopped.....yet! I'd like to get out somewhere and see what i can find. Cant keep shooting cats now can i?! So any advice for a 28 year old whipper snapper like me? (pun not intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stomias Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dhollmusik Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 I'm telling ya, mate...once you get into photography and the gear behind it you'll be lost to the music world for a few years. Happened to me like that, anyway. Only now, after almost 5 years of the photography world, am I returning to music. They are both wonderful, engrossing interests...but they are not artistically-compatible with each other. Your passion and drive will only be concentrated on one of them. An advantage photography has is that you meet more people than you would do in the world of music production, it's generally more social. I also from a techie point-of-view understand the gear/theory aspect a lot easier than I do the myriad of theory we need to know with music production. Not to say that camera gear/technique is easier to figure out than music, I think it's just how my brain works. Your experience may differ. The advantage my music world has is that I feel the music I created may last longer in my affections than my pictures do. If you ever have any tech-queries about 35mm or DSLR formats ask me anytime. Here is my gallery if you fancy taking a look: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15170132@N05/sets/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adey Posted July 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 Wow dholl your stuffs amazing, you really know your stuff, beautiful compositions! Thanks for the link stomias, i know i need to do some homework on dimensions and scaling, well everything really. The more i think about it, the more i realise how much there is for me to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 Timing's a funny thing, with all the photography posts recently, i've now got a story of my own too. I had recently decided to take photography a bit more seriously, i've only had a crappy camera phone for the last year of so, but i've been snapping left right and centre and found i got some decent photos. So a few days ago my girlfriend bought me an old Fujifilm Finepix 4700 and i love it. Its old, but it was one of the best compacts when it came out, and it still does fairly decent photo's imho. The cool thing is, my girlfriend's (of 8 months) Dad is a working photographer, he's done work for different magazines, football teams, corporate stuff, as well weddings. At the moment things are really starting to happen for him, getting recommendations and generally getting himself noticed. His self belief came a bit late in life i think, as he admits himself. He's now starting to believe all the good appraisals he's been getting for years. Now he has decided to make me his official apprentice:eek: Im gonna go out with him on jobs and he's gonna teach me everything he knows. He's even gonna let me use his '2nd' camera, so that i can learn to use all the functions properly. He has a Canon 400d and a 40d, i'll be using whichever is the cheapest (cant remember which one he said:facepalm:). He has never let anyone use his cameras, not his wife, daughter or colleagues. Schweeet! Alot of it is to do with the fact that Harriett (my GF) is his only child, and he has really warmed to me in the time we've known each other, he considers me his son infact, and i feel the same way too i guess. Also he is also parting ways with a partner that he was working with, so its the perfect time for him to find an apprentice/future partner. He also believes that i have an 'eye' for photography too, and he knows that im a musician, artistic and good with science and technical areas. So things are definatly getting interesting. I desperately need to spend some dough on recording equipment, so im gonna have to honour that before i can start dropping big bucks on an dSLR camera and macro lenses etc. Here are some picture i've took over the last few days. The camera doesnt have full aperture and shutter settings, but i do have control over; Exposure compensation, flash brightness, white balance, ISO (200-800), Manual/auto focus and Metering mode. Shutter speed and aperture are automatically adjusted when the shutter button is half pressed, the auto-focus also locks at this time. My '96 Epi LP My cat Seebo Harry and Seebo My neigbours cat None of the photo's are shopped.....yet! I'd like to get out somewhere and see what i can find. Cant keep shooting cats now can i?! So any advice for a 28 year old whipper snapper like me? (pun not intended) Next time you photograph 'Harry' tell her to maintain that look of 'ennui', it's very appealing... wear a more feminine top....and Good Lord, she has beautiful facial bones...tell her to put on a little facial Make-up. 'Harry' would become a stunning 'Harriet' in a trice. I'm figuring you will reply, and say that's the 'look' you were seeking for that shot... all well and good...no matter... it is a better than average shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adey Posted July 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 I wasnt looking for any 'look' i was just in the bedroom as she was giving the cat some love. She never wheres make-up and doesnt dress very glam either, she's a bit of a tom-boy. I though her expression was an interesting contrast of boredom and anticipation personally, but then i know Harriett, thats how she looks when she's exited But, i literally just went in the room and did candids, no posing or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 I wasnt looking for any 'look' i was just in the bedroom as she was giving the cat some love. She never wheres make-up and doesnt dress very glam either, she's a bit of a tom-boy. I though her expression was an interesting contrast of boredom and anticipation personally, but then i know Harriett, thats how she looks when she's exited But, i literally just went in the room and did candids, no posing or anything. Just messing wif you Adey...keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adey Posted July 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 That may be the case, but you were still right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 That may be the case, but you were still right she is indeed, a lovely Woman/child and if her Dad likes you... (and what's not to like:thu:) I think things are going swimmingly for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 Cool! Congrats! There's a bunch of photographers on here, hence all the photography threads (well, okay, I started a lot of 'em ), so just ask away! I hope it goes really well and you really love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted July 25, 2010 Members Share Posted July 25, 2010 He's even gonna let me use his '2nd' camera, so that i can learn to use all the functions properly. He has a Canon 400d and a 40d, i'll be using whichever is the cheapest (cant remember which one he said:facepalm:) That'd be the 400D, which is a $500 camera, and a good camera for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members UstadKhanAli Posted July 25, 2010 Members Share Posted July 25, 2010 Oh, no, not the stranger popcorn muncher.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adey Posted July 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 25, 2010 That'd be the 400D, which is a $500 camera, and a good camera for the money. It should be real fun i reckon. At the moment i cant directly change aperture or shutter speed, so have to find ways of manipulating them by changing other settings (ISO,flash,zoom etc). TBO i feel like i've grown out of this camera already (fuji finepix 4700), im reading so much about technique, but cant get to practice them because of the lack of control. So im pretty much just concentrating on whats infront of the camera, rather than whats going on inside it. Thats probably the biggest thing to learn anyway so its all good. I have so many questions to ask, but i can never remember them when im on the computer:facepalm: I'll check back when i think of something to ask:idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted July 25, 2010 Members Share Posted July 25, 2010 You definitely want to be able to mess with the aperture to control your depth of field, which will be fun with the Canon. A more open aperture decreases the depth of field, causing more of a focus on the subject and more of a blurring of the background, for instance, desirable with things like portraits. http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/950/depth-of-field.html You probably know this already since you've been hearing about all these techniques, but I just thought I'd mention it, partially because this site has such a great example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Adey Posted July 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 25, 2010 You definitely want to be able to mess with the aperture to control your depth of field, which will be fun with the Canon. A more open aperture decreases the depth of field, causing more of a focus on the subject and more of a blurring of the background, for instance, desirable with things like portraits.http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/950/depth-of-field.htmlYou probably know this already since you've been hearing about all these techniques, but I just thought I'd mention it, partially because this site has such a great example. Hey thanks for the link Ken, i cant wait to have a go with the canon. I understand what each element/parameter does, but its how they interact with each other, and how each change effects another aspect - thats seems to be the challenge. One thing that has really amazes me is how different light can have drastic changes on the image, not just colour but texture, its like using 10 different cameras. I'd really like to try some shooting at early morning and dusk, get those bronze and gold colours coming through. Or porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted July 25, 2010 Members Share Posted July 25, 2010 Who was it who said that the only difference between pornography and art was lighting? Photography is all about light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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