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An April 2007 trip to United States by flyingscot4

Beautiful frescoe in the ceiling of the Heiliggeistkirche Photo - Munich, Germany More Photos
Quote: Common sense thoughts for people who think that they are dummies about photography.
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... to buy you a rainbow. Photo - Tennessee, United States
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WARNING: This is not a treatise on how to take professional photographs. Rather, it is my attempt to put equipment in it's proper perspective. A hopeful by-product is better photographs.Because of my background in professional photography, I am frequently asked what kind of camera I use and what cameras I recommend. I can tell you what I use, but the other question is more difficult. I carry two cameras: a Sony A700 with four lenses and a Canon SD800 IS. I have a belt pack for the Sony and the Canon goes in a shirt or jacket pocket. I have had to resort to DSLR with Image Stabilization because of tremors that I have developed in the past 6 months. I carry a small tripod for night photogr...Read More
The canal along Widowstraat Photo - Ghent, Belgium
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A friend of mine read "Cameras and Photographs," and told me that I should add something about the "buying a new camera” in today's marketplace. I understood exactly what he meant, so here goes. How NOT to do it!This was a "bought" lesson. In early March, 2007 I purchased a "Canon SD800 IS" over the internet. I found an outlet that sold the camera at a much lower price than most of the others. One day after I placed the order, I received a phone call from the seller who was, "confirming the sale." I was then informed that the battery in the package that I selected was only good for 20 minutes. If I wanted to, I could elect to take a "better package" which included a 6 hour battery ...Read More
Beautiful frescoe in the ceiling of the Heiliggeistkirche Photo - Munich, Germany
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Continuing from Part B.I need to say a few things about lenses. A lens is any piece of glass or plastic through which an image is projected onto a flat plane. It is not really important to know how a lens, which is made up of multiple clusters of ground glass elements moving back and forth, transfers the reflected light of the image back to the film plane or sensor. What is important to know is how to use a specific lens to it's best advantage. There are three basic lens groups (keeping it simple): normal, wide angle, and telephoto. Each of those terms has to do with the angle of view. A "normal" angle of view (AOV) is the angle that we see with our eyes. On a 35mm camera, that...Read More
Roof line Silhouette Photo - Ghent, Belgium
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Continued from Part C.I have put small bits about lighting throughout these pieces, but other than "seeing" light, I have not talked much about how we see light. This becomes a good place to talk about how WE as human beings see things as opposed to seeing in terms of photography. Hundreds of books have been written about the nature of light and it's control in terms of the photographic process. While it is not important to know that much about this phenomenon, it is important to understand that what we see with our eyes will not translate exactly onto a piece of photo paper.I'll explain it this way. In junior high school we all learn that the camera is like the human eye. This...Read More
Mary at the DOM Photo - Cologne, Germany
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Continued from Part D.What has changed.One of the things that is true today and is better than yesterday is the fact that the actual cost of photography has gone down. True, the inexpensive cameras cost more than the old cheap film cameras, but once you have your camera and memory card, the only thing that you need to purchase is batteries (if your camera doesn't have a built-in or rechargeable battery). You can take your camera or memory card to any of thousands of photo shops, look at your images on their computers (in case you don't have one of your own), make corrections, and order and receive your finished pictures in one hour. Not bad. These changes have happened in just ...Read More
This photograph has it all - bad and good Photo - United States, North America
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Update: I used to carry heavy cases of medium format photographic equipment as well as a large bag of 35mm gear with AE finders, motor drives, lenses, and other miscellaneous equipment. When I traveled, my camera gear weighed more than my backpack. And I hated it!Perhaps I should start at the beginning...I spent most of my adult life as a professional portrait photographer. When I retired from the field of photography, I did not pick up a camera for 5 years. In my closet I still have 6 Hasselblad bodies, multiple lenses and attatchments. I also have 2 Canon F-1's with attachments, motor drives, etc. I should have sold all of this equipment long ago when it was...Read More

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