FAQ
Where can I learn more about photography?
Go to www.Photo.net, specifically http://www.photo.net/community/forums
-- read about film, technique, equipment...... everything.
For an alternate source --
Dan Heller's FAQ.
Who's work do you like?
Some specific links are present here --
 Links - Photo and
Super-Cool Photographers.
For Outdoors -- Art Wolfe, Galen Rowell, Boyd Norton, Dan Heller.
Cameron Lawson has some cool mountain/people pictures on www.MountainHardwear.com
(hit refresh-screen on main page for a random picture).
For Portraits and B&W --
Hollye Schumacher.
Everyone has their own style and techniques. I like a variety, with a definate bias for color landscapes,
mountains and deserts, lakes and snow...
How did you start with Photography?
After 21 days from Toronto to east coast Canada, in July 1997 --
• 1997-07-29_East Coast Canada
I was dissapointed in the results of the 5 rolls I took. Since then a lot of time and $ went into my hobby which is beyond hobby.
See also Why page.
Has a lot of work gone into the website?
Is 1,000 hours a lot? Or 10,000 hours? As of today, 2005/04/09, there are 1,700 pictures (
Website Stats shows current count of photos
and their groups too
).
At 5 minutes per picture (minimum, includes scanning, resizing to picture & thumbnail, including to a webpage in 3 places [group,
"previews", and "new photos"] that's 142 hours for just pictures. Then there were tools written in C++ language, for "slideshow" next/previous
behavior, and making each JPG picture be on a HMTL page).
And the layout design and redesign and more picture adjustments. Sometimes it takes half an hour to remove dust specs from a picture.
I wouldn't do it if I didn't see a meaning.
 
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Outdoors Photos
my outdoors photos -
Best Photos,
and
Arizona,
Utah,
Colorado,
California
How can I take better outdoors pictures?
Spend time preparing
the layout (composition), and don't take pictures around noon time. Learn
about light quality -- the film does not see the image the way your eyes
do. Shadows will turn out darker than they appear.
How can I make my outdoors photos more colorful?
Do not take pictures
in the strong sun hours around noon (more like 10am to 3pm in Arizona).
If you use regular "print film" (like Kodak 200, or Fuji Superia 100 -- If you want color & saturation stay away from Kodak MAX and the ISO 400 / 800 "all purpose / fast action" films), color comes
from developing -- take it to a Photo Developing place, not a supermarket.
If you want saturated "quality" color, use slide film (like Fuji Velvia 50) -- but
then you have to learn a little more about pictures and proper exposure... Slide film is not forgiving for exposure errors.
You don't get exposure control with point & shoot cameras. "Single Lens Reflex" or SLR or "big camera with exchangaeble lenses"
is the only way to go if you want to take memorable pictures.
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People, Black & White
my photos -
People
and
Black & White
How can I take better people pictures?
Prepare your pictures, develop an idea
of what will work. But, don't let your subjects pose. Timing is everything. Try capturing motion.
Experiment.
Look at other people's work, and see why it works. The composition is no accident.
Your subjects need to co-operate, but you need to relax them. Then the framing and angle and lens choices
are up to you. Noon time is bad... against the sun is bad (sometimes)... simple background is good... capturing expression good...
engaging the subject in activities is good...
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