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10/16/2005 01:24:41 PM · #1 |
I was wondering how often do you (expirienced photographers) make a
great shot? I'm a newborn photographer and I used to go out and take
100 photos (garbage photos) a day. Not one worth looking at.
Now I figured that's waste of time so I started to look for really
good scenes... And now, I'm coming home with NOTHING!
Is it the town I live in that is so not interesting? Or do I have to
go somewhere like a park and sit there for hours to take a nice shot?
How do you find those beautyfull scenes that are not ruined by
garbage on the floor, ugly grafites on the walls and so on?
Everything seams to be a potencial beauty if only there wasn't something
that ruines it. |
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10/16/2005 01:32:42 PM · #2 |
there are good days and bad days -
sometimes good weeks and weeks that the camera should have stayed at the store ...
keep plugging -
some interesting shots are the "garbage on the floor, ugly grafites on the walls "
some are the dichotomy between the garbage & the scene at hand
and some you wait for the special/decisive moment ..
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10/16/2005 01:45:42 PM · #3 |
Out of 100 shot.. i keep 10 and print 1 and hang it on the wall... more that that i am really happy, otherwise it is ok !
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10/17/2005 02:34:06 AM · #4 |
| Yea, I was hoping you'd say that:-) Thanks |
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10/17/2005 04:52:12 AM · #5 |
When I was shooting large-format film, I'd go on road trips for 2-3 weeks inthe American west and come back with 30-40 images, of which maybe 10-12 I'd end up printing seriously. I thought that was a good haul, and this was working in areas of unparalleled scenic grandeur.
Now I live on Cape Cod (very scenic and lost of unspoiled country) and on days when I go out and shoot I may haul back 60-70 images, but often enough I end up not working seriously with any of them.
Anyhow, beauty isn't the only viable goal of course. Or in any case, beautiful subjects... One thing that always worked for me when I was bored with where I was at was to get close, move in tight, shoot nothing but details and textures and stuff like that. You can find this anywhere you look.
Not sure how much help this ramble is :-)
Robt.
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10/17/2005 07:35:34 AM · #6 |
Sure it's helpfull. Hell, everything I get from you guys is helpfull.
I have a camera like 10 days now so you can imagine hom much I know
about photography. So what I understand from people here is that I
can shoot only macro around my home. I tought it's borring but yesterday
I made a few very nice photos. But I haven't traveled anywhere in these
last 10 days. I'm planing to do that, just to see what I can get.
I'll post those shots for you to tell me what ya think.
Thanks for every comment and post, I really need em. |
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10/17/2005 03:26:19 PM · #7 |
| One of the things you might try is instead of wondering around aimlessly. Find a topic that interest you then go out and photograph that. Take 100 or so shots of the same thing from different angles and vantage points. Then go home at look at the images. You might find after exploring a subect indepth you have some good images. |
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10/17/2005 03:50:36 PM · #8 |
Hey, 5 minutes ago I tought that would me a stupid idea.
But I like your sugestion. I also think it'll give me a
better idea of how composing works. And I should shoot with
differnt camera setings to get the feel of good exposure.
Tomorow I'll do that. Maybe I teach myself something :)
Thank you |
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10/17/2005 03:56:43 PM · #9 |
I live in a relatively boring area too....it's no desert Southwest or Rome, that's for sure. One thing you should do though is try to always have your camera with you because you never know when you're going to see something, even if it is in your neighborhood. Photo opportunies happen all the time, and a lot of it is being at the right place at the right time.
I would recommend you keep shooting a lot too, even if the pictures aren't keepers. Thoroughly learn how your camera works, and be able to use it in full manual mode to completely control the effect you want. That way when a truly memorable scene presents itself, you're ready and not fumbling around. |
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10/17/2005 05:04:40 PM · #10 |
Another thing to remember is that some of your shots might seem boring to you because you see it everyday. Shots of the oceans/deserts look exotic to those of us that live in the mountains for example.
And I'll agree with the 100:1 ratio of good images to so-so/crap images.
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10/17/2005 05:22:20 PM · #11 |
| Beauty is as near as the desire to find it ... and is often trampled on, in our rush to its counterfeit. |
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10/17/2005 05:34:35 PM · #12 |
| One thing that I have learned on here, is that the original photo only gets you 50% of the way. I've taken some photos, and seen some by others that with just simple, correction type post processing, look boring and dull, but with a little bit of work in the pp, can turn in to beautiful images. Obviously, you still have to shoot for the right subject, but then applying your view on that subject through post processing will get you tons further. |
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10/17/2005 11:26:08 PM · #13 |
Wow! I think that this is the first thread that I have had the pleasure of killing. I've never killed before. Interesting feeling. :)
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10/18/2005 12:17:05 AM · #14 |
Working on a project last year with National Geographic, we had a discussion on this very topic. What we figured out was that out of 100 shots you 'll wind up with 1 good one, out of 100 good shots, you'll wind up with 1 that's worth publication.
The photographer that was with us for several weeks wound up with 1 image in the article on Trafalger in the October issue.
The moral is, keep shooting, you don't have to hold to standards nearly as high as some!
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