About scenebutnotheard
I'm located in United States and I have been using 23 since June 30, 2008. I've uploaded 1250 photos and written 428 comments, I am a member of 38 groups and have got 41 contacts.
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During my senior year of high school I worked temporarily for a professional photographer who worked out of his house. He had a photo lab set up in his basement so I remember all the chemical smells that vaguely reminded me of mushrooms. I never dreamed at that time that I would become so involved with photography. The first camera that I owned in the 1980's was a Pentax K1000 camera. It used film and I kept hearing about the new sub par digital cameras that were in the works. They were "like" film but not quite ready for prime time. Time moved on and I later heard that digital had surpassed film. I was certainly anxious to jump on the band wagon and even use software to change and fix photos. The idea that I could take all the photos I wanted without paying for film (or worrying about the mistakes) was intoxicating. I have enough storage and batteries to last me about 10 days of constant shooting and not worrying about deleting blurry ones until I get home. I took a 9 day trip last December which included about 7 main attractions, so I took 3000 photos and ended up with about 2500 good ones. Since I keep shooting all the time you could probably string the photos together and make a continuous action movie from it. Lessons Learned: Keep shooting as long as you can because people move or close their eyes, especially in candid group photos. Multiples are better than singles. If I can get 1 good shot out of 10 almost identical shots I am happy. Don't fall in love with your own photos. If you have 10 almost identical photos, pick one and delete the other 9. If not, 10 years from now you will be wondering why you have a 4 bedroom house but no room for people in it. Instead of trying to get woodpeckers to hold still for your photo, simply kill it, stuff it, then pose it however you want it like a GI Joe. (hey I'm kidding!). They are hard to sneak up on though. They even move deliberately to be on the far side of the tree from your view. No zoom lens, probably no woodpecker shots unless you bribe them with food. Photo opportunities will not present themselves if you don't have your camera with you. I am in a high heat area so I don't carry the camera everywhere due to the air conditioning climate changes during the summer season but winter works fine for that. A computer and photo editing software is a must to maximize your fun (uh, I mean work). You can try open source options but I personally use Photoshop Elements for most fixes and only go into Photoshop CS2 for the more complicated feautures. You don't have to travel to get good photos. There is a person on the SXC.hu photo site who has lost most of his vision but still takes amazing stock photos within a few yards of his home. Learn all you can about your camera. The more I learn the more I can do with it. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Thanks to all the photographers for sharing your own unique view of the world with us.
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