The Photography Thread

[tribal girl]

Nice. :D

Oh gawd, you're swaying me with those pics.

 

[TheSpade]

 

[PinholeStar]

Excellent photos dude!

 

[The Kid]

 

[TheSpade]

I like the photos The Kid & Kara.

 

[The Kid]

Cheers Spade. You figured out all the functions on your new camera yet?

 

[TheSpade]

Getting there, seems fairly straight forward.

I'm really impressed with the photos so far.

 

[The Kid]

^ The only thing I don't like about them is the delay sometimes, and the inability to shoot sveral shots straight after each other.

 

[Shambles]

I'm mainly into analogue photography, this was taken with a Holga.

I love how the sky turned out.

Gosh how nice to see a scratchy old celluloid-based photograph . I also love how the sky turned out.

Glad to see felix and Spade have received their new cameras... and have apparently discovered the "portrait" setting too .

 

[TheSpade]

It's my first camera you cheeky cunt, I'm just getting used to it.

 

[Shambles]

^ Just joshing with you, Spadey Baby :D. I actually rather like your flower pics - especially that last purple/blue/white one - great colours .

 

[TheSpade]

Instead of mocking me give me some tips on how to take better pics please.

What feature should I use instead of portrait?

All advice / tips welcome.

 

[felix]

Glad to see felix and Spade have received their new cameras... and have apparently discovered the "portrait" setting too .

i stated explicitly that i had been using it, and i was merely pointing out what a difference it makes. nothing apparent about it, old chum.

cheeky cunt x 2 :D

spade - have a look through the site i linked to earlier: www.kenrockwell.com - i've learned a lot from it.

 

[TheSpade]

I wasn't using any particular feature actually when I took them flower pics come to think of it, was just the automatic point and click mode for me.

 

[Shambles]

I'm not mocking you, Spade! Or felix! Really I'm not and I'm sorry if it reads that way.

As for tips and advice, I'm the last person to ask - I studied photography for three years with nary a certificate to show for it. Even the majority of my portfolio has gone walkabout over the years . I've only quite recently rediscovered my love of light-drawing and am still getting to grips with this whole digital camera malarky myself. When it comes to digital, you probably know more than I do :D.

Portrait and the similar functions are not nercessarily amatuerish, in fact with digital cameras it seems to be almost essential. I always found it so much easier to just use lens, shutter, film and focus to achieve such effects but there are just so many settings on digital cameras now that I get lost in them all.

Experimentation is the key. Some amazing effects can be achieved by the simple process of point 'n' hope. Well, that and reading the instruction book, I suppose. Anyway, I really wasn't meaning to take the piss. Truly .

Hopefully we'll see some more of your shots here and in the competition soonest :D.

EDIT - Truth be known though, I am a cheeky cunt .

 

[TheSpade]

Mate I know I'm only winding you up. :D

 

[Shambles]

Doh! And now I feel such a fool :D.

 

[TheSpade]

 

[Shambles]

^ Those last two are lovely .

 

[TheSpade]

You're just trying to get on my good side.

The flower looks glittery almost don't you think?

I need to stay away from the flowers, hayfever is worst it's ever been and I've taken 2 tablets.