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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.
« on: December 15, 2013, 07:01:01 PM »
I used to look a lot like Jack Black, I don't see it so much any more.
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Off Topic / Re: The DogeCoin.
« on: December 15, 2013, 06:50:40 PM »
I loving love this meme, haha
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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.
« on: December 15, 2013, 06:47:55 PM »
growd da forget up
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: December 14, 2013, 01:37:44 PM »
guyz I'm in school studying ART and learning hella much about myself and photography
ask me questionz about picz
ask me questionz about picz
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: November 30, 2013, 11:16:26 AM »
You've gotten a lot better at those shots from the last time I saw them, haha
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: November 27, 2013, 11:45:30 PM »why did you drop it?essentially what I'm trying to say is that photography fails in light of actual experience. Which is ironic because I recorded it as a photograph. I want the viewer to question of value of any given photograph.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: November 27, 2013, 12:36:29 PM »
This is what photography for art school looks like.
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Off Topic / It's my birthday, you guys
« on: November 26, 2013, 11:45:32 PM »
I turned 19 today. I started playing this game when I was 13. lol seriously wtf.
but ya anyway have some cake it's a party jeeze
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: September 26, 2013, 01:20:33 PM »
Sup sluts. Image links to my blog for more random pictures of stuff.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: August 15, 2013, 12:57:16 AM »
Making spectacular photos has nothing to do with having a full frame camera.
It helps, but it won't do it for you.
It helps, but it won't do it for you.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: August 07, 2013, 09:09:06 PM »
Nooooo :( there's no reason to have out of focus areas in those shots, it would benefit so much more from everything being in crisp focus.
Also the blur is artificially added in post production, which, especially in this situation there's no reason to do and looks very artificial.
Also the blur is artificially added in post production, which, especially in this situation there's no reason to do and looks very artificial.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: August 07, 2013, 08:58:00 AM »
Maybe he meant "or", "slightly increase contrast or slightly decrease contrast."
That's one of the advantages of black and white. Think about it, you can render a sky as almost any shade of gray from white to black and it'll still look basically "normal". When you edit in colors, you're kind of locked into literal values and hues, both by themselves and in relation to others.
I have color versions of these but I can never manage to make color look realistic and not overly edited, any tips?
That's one of the advantages of black and white. Think about it, you can render a sky as almost any shade of gray from white to black and it'll still look basically "normal". When you edit in colors, you're kind of locked into literal values and hues, both by themselves and in relation to others.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: August 07, 2013, 07:40:18 AM »slightly increase contrast, and slightly decrease contrast
What.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: August 06, 2013, 09:22:54 AM »I never thought of incrementing it. Thanks for the tip! And I've been shooting in lowest aperture (5.6) and with manual focus.
There's not really a reason to use manual focus unless AF can't grab focus. Unless your camera has a focus aid. In Nikon cameras, the lower right half of the viewfinder will have a readout that looks like >O< except with only one shape lit up at a time. > means the subject (whatever is under the focus point) is back focused. O means the camera thinks that whatever is under the focus point is in focus. < means you're focused past the subject.
So, check it. I'm going to make you a table regarding when it's logical to use auto focus vs manual focus.
Autofocus: basically any/all times.
Manual focus:
- If the lens doesn't autofocus.
- Still life -shot from a tripod-. Zoom in on your LCD to make sure that the subject is in focus.
- Low light where your camera can't grab focus (but you should probably shoot from a tripod if you're shooting in this low of light).
- If for some reason your lens/AF system is malfunctioning and you have reason to believe your AF system is failing you.
I fairly regularly shoot with cameras that have to, by virtue of their design, be manually focused. It's a pain in the ass. There's no virtue or inherent value to using manual focus (except for in the above situations and maybe one or two I neglected). While there is virtue in using old technology for the processes, the experience, and the understanding it grants you to the general craft of photography, there's no reason to force yourself to use antiquated techniques on new equipment when those technologies afford you an easier, faster, and more accurate alternative.
I need to use a focusing loupe and a light meter when I'm shooting with a 4x5 view camera. Those have been replaced by an internal meter and AF system on my D700. So I use that.
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Creativity / Re: ■ The Photography Megathread ■
« on: August 05, 2013, 10:32:16 PM »
Kill that HDR with FIIIIIIRRRREEEEE. Seriously. There's a time for HDR. I don't know what that time is because I've never thought "damn what I need right now is some HDR." I don't think any process is inherently wrong or should be entirely avoided just because it is what it is. I know however that if you end up with the sky being darker than the ground (at least in a color photo, you have more creative license with value in B&W) you overused HDR somehow.
Seriously those pictures did not turn out.
Seriously those pictures did not turn out.