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Minks- good for you! I have the 750 as of recently, which I'm very happy with, and you don't need an SLR at al!. In case you haven't seen my pics, go to Some of Moo's Photos, the password is 3389safat.
It is a VERY competitive business but my bits of advice are to take loads of shots of whatever it is you are photographing and be ruthless when selecting images. It's pointless building up a collection of 'nearly' shots. I was told by a pro photographer (using film) that she would expect 3-4 sellable shots from a roll!
Secondly, experiment and break the traditional rules - rule of thirds, format (landscape or portrait), focus - whatever. Try and be original.
Good luck
LM- thanks for the info!
Lardass- I also like architectural shots best, also floral/greenery, but what I really want to get into more is abstraction, I just have to go to a few online & other galleries.
I've photographed at weddings before, for fun, just get all the formal shots out of the way, keep your eye open for fun shots & possibilities, think of what people would like to see afterwards, and maintain the dignity of your subjects to a certain extent, especially towards the end of the evening!:)
Tough time of year to do your first wedding as the light is less than ideal. A couple of togs turned me down last year because it was November and weren't too sure of themselves.
good photos are taken by you not the camera. If you're good enough then you should be able to take a good photo with a disposable.
Learn the basics which are the same for both film or digital photography and study the great and the good, Ansel Adams ( landscape ), Cartier-Bresson, Weegee, Arbus, Bailey, Snowdon, Erwitt, Eugene Smith, Strand, Steiglitz, Winogrand, Mapplethorpe, Brandt etc etc. and feel free to drop in my website from time to time www.thebobolink.co.uk
share your work with the rest of the world at
www.fotolog.com
a pro photgrapher pal of mine's website @
www.iwishihadlistenedtomymother.com
No, but it helps. And, under certain applications and types of photography its essential, more so if it is your livelyhood.
Any worthwhile photography exhibitions on at the moment you & Mrs B have seen?
These are some links I posted some pages back, also to look at the artists you mentioned:
www.photolinks.com A massive portal with absolutely everything on it.
www.rps.org The Royal Photographic Society- see what members have on there.
www.nationalgeographic.com/photography
www.geh.org/ George Eastman House (International Museum of photography)- (founder of Kodak)
Also- the photo job! It went quite well, although I only had an hour, and disregarded all your advice <sorry, didn't use a tripod>, so I wasn't entirely happy with the results, although the people were. Formal shots weren't required, but backgrounds had to be improvised, and a few of the items were extremely fragile, but I kept snapping away, discarding about half of 120 shots. Sadly I can't "publish" them, but I'll keep practising, and I have been looking at www.vandaimages.com to see how specific media (i.e stone, metals, lacquer, etc.) are shown, and what sorts of backgrounds and lighting are used.
Anyway, thanks again for your encouragement, all of you!
Sorry, I'm a sad eejit with nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon.
Moomoo - Hello - Not been to any since the Arbus retro but have been rather busy. I missed out on a talk by Elliot Irwitt in Bradford harumph !! due to being busy.
I have a load of links which I'm sure you know already
www.reduxpictures.com
www.foto8.com
www.polarisimages.com
www.magnumphotos.com
www.afflictedyard.com
Thanks- very interesting list! I only knew of foto8 & magnum.
What a shame you missed the lecture
I used to go by the Photographers' Gallery occasionally, their website is also an excellent resource with listings of UK galleries exhibiting photography, courses, etc. The Photographers' GAllery, Great Newport St., LondonThey are closed on Sundays and Mondays.
I always try and get the The Photographers Gallery on Gt Newport St but these days find their exhibitions a bit disappointing. I remember Zelda Cheadle ( ?) when she was there.
I subscribe to Foto 8 mag and there's always a lot of websites listed within the pages.
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a photography bore ! I could talk for hours on the subject ; - )
His most famous image is of a wandering boy playing the flute, in Peru (see examples of his work here):
Photos by Werner Bischof
But, the right equipment for the right job 'lets' you get the job done without constraints.
Its not usually the cameras that concern me, its the lenses. If the glass on the front is rubbish, then you'll only end up with a soft photograph even if everything else was bang on. With top notch glass, the contrast, colour, deformations, abberations, vignetting, flare and sharpness are all better. The AF works faster, and you don't usually have to worry about it failing, even in heavy rain.
But your right, any camera can take a good picture, but your success rate will be better with high end camera and glass, and being a pro isn't about being a good tog, its about earning a living from it, hence why most pros will use high end gear. The only difference maybe being art photographers.
Next you'll be telling me film is better than digital :-D
Hope your all having a fun time snapping this weekend!
LM
I emailed you the 2 pics of the "bladerunners" sort of worth saving, I wasn't happy enough with their quality to post them in public!!
Have a nice week, all!