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Post by Soulfyre on Oct 26, 2004 10:39:41 GMT -5
Welcome, photographers! This area is especially for your to discuss techniques, equipment, darkroom or computer-editing skills, business, subject matter, composition, film v. digital...and anything else dealing with photographpy. I am currently seeking moderators who will be willing to share there skills as well as their faith! God bless and keep you, Matthew (soulfyre)  |
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Post by Pasqualerose on Nov 19, 2004 11:31:09 GMT -5
Hi Matthew. Sorry it took me so long to join up. But I am here now. I'll have to start adding do the forum about how I want to use photography in the culture and to glorify God with it as well. It is my deep desire. So I have something to say about it and you will see me posting on your sight.
If anybody has any photo questions I will be more than happy to try and answer what I can. I know I can answer some questions do my experience as a magazine photographer and my current freelance work.
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Post by Soulfyre on Nov 19, 2004 14:47:49 GMT -5
Welcome! I'm so glad you were able to become a part of the forum. You may rest assured that you will get some questions from me on a wide variety of topics in photography, such as film vs. digital, your recommendations for different levels of photographers, how you learned to develop accurate “through the lens†seeing, composition, printers you’ve used with greater or lesser success, etc. I will be looking forward to you telling us a little of the nature of photojournalism, as well. I'll be watching eagerly for your posts! God bless and keep you and yours always, Matthew (soulfyre) |
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Post by melinky on Nov 19, 2004 21:47:34 GMT -5
Welcome Pasqualerose! I know this isn't the introduction thread, but that doesn't mean I can't say hi!
I work on the output side of photography in the pre-press department of an advertising agency. I know that we're getting more and more images in from high-end digital cameras, so I'll be interested in hearing what the photographers are thinking about the digital craze.
Glad to have you aboard!
Yours in Christ,
Melinda
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Post by Pasqualerose on Nov 20, 2004 18:46:22 GMT -5
Hi Matt and Melinda. Thanks, for the welcome. As far as the questions, bring them on and I will answer them as best I could.
As far digital v film, I use digital camera now and would not dream of going back to film. There are some diehards out there hanging on to their film cameras, but it is a fading medium. I would say 90% of pros use digital. There a few draw backs to using digital, but those draw backs get less and less all the time. I could think of no solid reason to shoot film these days. Some guys claim it produces better images, but they must be seeing something the rest of us aren’t. When I shoot freelance jobs they all ask me for a CD. I don’t know how the film guys do it. They most do a lot of scanning.
That’s a general answer to bigger topic. If you have anything specific you’d like to know, ask and see if me or anyone else browsing through can give you an answer.
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Post by Soulfyre on Dec 1, 2004 12:14:19 GMT -5
Pasquale, do you have any recommendations on an entry-level digital camera with f-stops to allow for manipulation of depth of field? I know there are many cameras that have zoom features, but most are pegged, I believe, at inifinite depth of field, making it difficult to isolate your subject matter from background "busy-ness". I know such manipulation is not always necessary or desirable, but I have in the past found it helpful for portraiture or close-up photography. I imagine Photoshop can be used creatively to imitate the effect, but I doubt that its results would be entirely satisfactory.
What are your thoughts?
God bless,
Matthew (soulfyre)
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Post by Pasqualerose on Dec 1, 2004 15:14:18 GMT -5
Matthew, there are many cameras out there. It's hard to know which is best. I would recommend the Canon G5 or G4, because I'm partial to Canon. Canon it's what I use. The G4 for is the older model, but it’s still a good camera. If you find it would be cheaper than the G5. You can check out more cameras at www.dpreview.com/reviews/. This is a very good digital photography site. Pat |
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Post by mpethe on Dec 1, 2004 15:54:09 GMT -5
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Post by Soulfyre on Dec 1, 2004 22:38:07 GMT -5
Thank you, Pat and mpethe, for your recommendations. I will check out the sites. I love photography, although I have gotten out of the “habit†(my health does not often afford me travel, so I don't spend as much of my times outdoors, which was my favorite venue for photography). For me, photography was very much a habit of both seeing and preparedness. It looks like I need to re-establish the "habit".
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Post by Soulfyre on Dec 31, 2004 3:47:17 GMT -5
Pasquale, how do you go about selecting the subjects of your compositions? What helps to define a good picture from something that is merely "mediocre" (for example, I do family photographs, but I would not readily refer to them as "portraits")? I don't want this area to die, because like Edith Schaeffer, I believe that Christianity defines a "way of seeing", and that Christian photographers may be more attuned to this concept than those of us who often look, but rarely "see". God bless and keep you, Matthew (soulfyre) |
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Post by Pasqualerose on Jan 31, 2005 17:12:58 GMT -5
Matthew, sorry about the delay. For four weeks I was without Internet service due to traveling for the holidays and then moving. Since getting Internet back I have looked at your question several times and began answering it, but I just could figure out what was the best way to answer it.
Composition is a complex subject and I don’t think I can an answer it in an email. There are some basic concepts to grasp such as rule-of-thirds, triangles, horizontal or vertical lines, leading lines and some others, but I cannot simply explain them in an email.
As far as my “way of seeing” and how I photograph, I see all animals as a special creation by God for a specific purpose. My desire is to someway catch their essence or their character or that purpose with my camera. I want to capture who they are as God created them in an artistic way (I don’t succeed there nearly enough). I want to capture the essence of their wild heart with my camera because God created them they way they are and I want to show them the way God created them.
An animal looks the way it looks for a reason and all parts (big eyes, small eyes, big ears, small ears, pointy ears, round ears, long nose, short nose, whiskers, fur, teeth, horns, horns or antlers, fur or furless or whatever) whether it’s features make an animal cute or ugly or mean looking those features all have part to play and that’s why God made them that way. The way animal looks tell you a lot about it and want to capture that.
I don’t know if that all answers your question or not? But if you or anyone else asks more maybe I can give a better answer. Or if I am going in the right direction, ask more I could elaborate.
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