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Q& Awi t hJ a c qui Howdi dy oufir s tbec omei nt er es t edi nphot ogr a phy ? Atfir s ti twa smyl ov eofdogsa ndt henonc ei tbega ni twa st hea bi l i t yt os eet hr ut he fles h. Towa ntt oc a pt ur et hos eemot i onsnoones ees , s eei ngbehi ndt hema s k s . Ev er y onewea r sa sma s k , ev er y onehi dest hei rs oul . Sonowt ha ty oua s kmet ha t ques t i on, i ti st hea r toft r ut ht ha tma k esmewa ntt obeaphot ogr a pher . Wha tdoy ouenj oymos ta boutbei ngaphot ogr a pher ? Al lofi t , t hel ea r ni ng, t heexper i ment i ng, t hephot oy ouk nowi sj us tper f ec tt ha t ma k esy ougoWOW. Thos et ha tc ompelpeopl et owa ntt ol ooka ti ta ndc omeba c kt o i t , Il ov eev er y t hi nga boutphot ogr a phy . Youc a nnotl ov ej us tpa r tofphot ogr a phy , y ou ha v et ol ov ei ta l l . Ev eny ourmi s t a k esa r eal ea r ni ngexper i enc e, wi t houtt hem y oudo notgett ot hos eWOW s hot s .
Wha t ’ sy ourf a v or i t ephot ogr a pht ha ty ou’ v et a k ena ndwhy ? Emot i ona lf a v or i t e, notbec a us ei ti st hebes tIha v eev erdoneorwi l lev erdo, but i ti st heonet ha tga v emet ha t‘ uhha ’ moment , wher eIs a i dda mnIc a ndot hi sa nd Igott het r ut h, t hemomenty ouk nowt ha tt hi si snotahobbybutt hi si swher ey ou a r es uppos edt obegoi ngi nl i f e. Soy esmya wa k eni ngs hotwoul dbemyf ox. Howha sDSLRPhot ogr a phyCour s ehel pedy ou? Thi sonl i nephot ogr a phyc our s ega v emet hek nowl edgeIneededt of ul l y under s t a ndmyc a mer a . Iha dt r i eds ev er a ldi f f er entc our s esunt i lIs t umbl edupon Ta ny a ' sbl og. Tobehones tIwa sa boutt ogi v eup!Iha dputt heDSLRa wa ya nd wa sget t i ngr ea dyf ort heol dpoi nta nds hot . I twa smys t eppi ngs t onea ndopened meupt ot hepos s i bi l i t i esofwha tmyc a mer aa ndIc a ndot oget her . Doy ouha v ea nya dv i c et onewphot ogr a pher sj us ts t a r t i ngourc our s e? Exper i ment , pr a c t i c ea ndexper i mentmor e. Lea r ny ourc a mer a, geti nt i ma t ewi t h i t , k nowa l li t sl i t t l ebel l sa ndwhi s t l eswher ei thi c c upsa ndwher ei ts hi nesl i k ea s t a r . I fy oura f r a i dofi tputi tdownnow, bec a us ei fy ournotwi l l i ngt ounder s t a nd i ta nds eea l lt ha ti tha st oof f er , t heny ouwi l lnev erbec omeaphot ogr a pher . Lea r n y ourc a mer aa ndt ea c hi twha ti tneedst ok nowt oc r ea t ey ourma s t erpi ec es . Thei ma ge sbe l o ws ho wwhe r eJ a c quiwa swi t hhe rpho t o gr a phyba c kwhe ns he e nr o l l e df o ro uro nl i nec o ur s e . I ti she rho pet ha ti ns e e i ngwhe r es hes t a r t e d, i twi l l he l pi ns pi r et ho s ej us ts t a r t i ngo utt ope r s e r v e r e , e x pe r i me nt , a ndne v e rgi v eup!
Wha tpl a nsdoy ouha v ef ort hef ut ur eofy ourphot ogr a phy ? Whypl a nwheny ouc a nr i det hea dv ent ur et owher ei ti sgoi ngt ot a k ey ou. Ia ma phot ogr a phera ndput t i ngmyc a mer adowni snota ny t hi ngt ha tha sev erc r os s edmy mi nds i nc et hemomentt hel i ghtbul bi nmyhea dwentof f . Mypl a ni st obet hebes t phot ogr a pherIc a nbe. Iha v eopenedabus i nes sf orpetphot ogr a phyt ha tI ’ m hopi ngwi l lt a k eof f . Iwa ntt hewor l dt os eet hes oula ndIt hi nkmywor kondogs s pea k sf ori t s el f . Oneda yIhopet obeont hec ov erofCa na di a nGeogr a phi cort he l i k es . Iwi l lc ont i nuet odomya r t i s t i cwor ka ndexper i ment i ng. . . t hepos s i bi l i t i esa r e endl es s . Wet r ue l ybe l i e v eJ a c quiha swha ti tt a k e st of ul l ďŹ l lhe rgo a lo fbe i ngo nt hec o v e ro f Na t i o na lGe o gr a phi c . He rpho t o gr a phso fa ni ma l si npa r t i c ul a ra r emuc hmo r et ha n po r t r a i t s . I ti sa ss hes a y s , l i k ey o ua r el o o k i ngi nt ot hes o ulo ft hea ni ma l .
Q &A Ti dbi t sf r o mi nbo xme s s a ge sa nde ma i l 1. De ni s eJ a c k s onCookt hi spa s tmont hha dapr obl e mwi t hwha ts e e me d l i k ec or r upti ma g efil e s . He r ea r et hee x a mpl e ss heha ds e ntmet hr oug h pr i v a t eme s s a g i ng .
Ae rabi tofac ha tba c ka ndf or t has ol u onwa sf ound. I ts e e me dt he i nbui l tme mor yc a r dr e a de ront hePCwa st obl a me . Whe ns hec onne c t e d t hec a me r at ot hec omput e rv i at heUS Bc or d, a l l i ma g e st r a ns f e r e dfine . Not et hi sc oul da l s og ot heot he rwa y . I fy ous e efil e sl i k et hi swhe nus i ng t heUS Bc or d, t hefir s tt hi ngy ous houl dt r yi sadi ffe r e ntc or da nd/orUS B s l ot .
2. Anot he ra s k e d, whyi si twhe ns hev i e wsi ma g e sa twor k , t he ya l wa y s l ook sdi ffe r e nti nc ol ort owha ts hes e e sonhe rhomec omput e r ? Whe ne x pornga ni ma g ef ori nt e r ne tv i e wi ng( orpr i n ng )ma k es ur e y ous a v ei twi t hs RGBc ol ourpr ofil ee mbe dde d. s RBGi suni v e r s a l , e v e r y PC, MAC, t a bl e ta ndpr i nt e runde r s t a ndss RGB. I fy oua r es a v i ngi ta s AdobeRGBunf or t una t e l yi ti snotuni v e r s a l . Al l br ows e r sc onv e r tt os RGB whe ns howi ngt hev i e we ra ni ma g e , a nds omedoar e a l l yba dj oba ti t . He nc et hedi ffe r e nc ey ous e ebe t we e nope r a ngs y s t e ms , pr i nt e r sa nd br ows e r se t c . 3. Al mos tda i l ywer e c e i v eque sonsc onc e r ni ngpr i n ng . Orr a t he r , why i si tt ha tphot oso e npr i ntmuc hda r k e rt ha nt he ys e eont he i rmoni t or ? Apa r tf r ome x porngi ma g e si ns RGBa sme n one da bov e , wea l s o r e c omme ndt ur ni ngy ourmoni t orbr i g ht ne s sdownt oa r ound15%whe n pr e v i e wi ngphot ost ha ta r ei nt e nde df orpr i nt . Aswek now, moni t or sa r e ba c k l i twi t habul b, pa pe rpr i nt sa r enot !Y oune e dt ot a k et hi si nt o a c c ountwhe npr e pa r i ngi ma g e sf orpr i nt . 4. Aque sont ha tc ome supo e ni nbot he ma i l a ndi nourf a c e book g r oup( s t ude nt sonl y )r e f e r st oRAW fil e sa ndwhyt he yo e nl ook di ffe r e nti nc ol orwhe nv i e wi ngt he mi ns o wa r et ha tc a mewi t hy our c a me r a( s uc ha sZ oomBr ows e rf orCa nonus e r s )whe nc ompa r e dt o Adobes o wa r e ? I nourc our s ewee nc our a g es t ude nt st oe x pe r i me ntwi t hc us t oms e ng s ( i nc r e a s i ngorde c r e a s i ngs a t ur a on, c ont r a s te t c ) . T hi si nf or ma oni s s a v e di nt hei ma g efil e , howe v e rAdobedi s r e g a r dst hi swhe nope ni ng RAW fil e s . T heRAW fil ee di t ort ha tc a mewi t hy ourc a me r ahowe v e r , doe sdi s pl a yt hec us t oms e ng swhe nope ni ngRAW fil e s .
Si l houet t e ho wt opho t o gr a phs i l ho ue t t e s S i l houe e sma k ef ordr a ma cphot og r a phs . T hi spa s tmont hAma ndaF r a nk l i n a s k e di nourpr i v a t ef a c e bookg r oup( s t ude nt sonl y )howdoe soneg oa bout phot og r a phi ngt he m. L i s t e dbe l owa r emyt op psf orphot og r a phi ngs i l houe e s . I t ’ sbe s tt os hoots i l houe e sa tt hebe g i nni ngore ndoft heda y , whe nt hes uni s l owi nt hes k y . S uns e t sa r eoneoft hemos tpopul a r me sf ors i l houe e s , be c a us e oft he i rv i br a ntc ol or s . Howe v e ry ouc a na l s oc r e a t es i l houe e si ndoor sby ma k i ngs ur et he r ei smor el i g htont heba c k g r oundt ha nt hes ubj e c t , t he ne x pos e f ort heba c k g r oud( ar e v e r s eoft hee x pos ur ec ompe ns a ona s s i g nme ntf oundi n L e s s on5ofouronl i nephot og r a phyc our s e ) . T hek e yt oas uc c e s s f ul s i l houe ei sba c k l i g h ng . Y oudon’ tne c e s s a r i l yne e dt o ha v et hema i nl i g hts our c edi r e c t l ybe hi ndt hes ubj e c t , i tj us tne e dst obea ts ome a ng l ei nf r ontofy ou. T he ny oune e dt oe x pos ef ort hebr i g ht e rba c k g r ound, whi c hwi l l pl a c ey ours ubj e c ti ns ha dow. Be f or es hoo ngs i l houe e s , ma k es ur eAcv eDL i g h ngorAut oL i g h ng Op mi z e ri st ur ne doff( i fy ourc a me r aoffe r si t ) . T het r i c ki st of oc usont hema i ns ubj e c t , bute x pos ef ort heba c k g r ound. I fy our c a me r ai sha v i ngt r oubl ef oc us i ng , t r yt of oc usont hev e r ye dg eoft hes ubj e c tor s wi t c hy ourl e nst oma nua l f oc us . Ag oods t a rngpoi nti st ous eMa nua l modea nds e ta na pe r t ur eofa r oundF 8, I S Obe t we e n100200a nddi a l i nbe t we e n1t o3E V( L e s s on5-E x pos ur e Compe ns a on) .Ha v eal ookont heL CDa thowt hei ma g el ook s , a nda dj us ty our e x pos ur ea c c or di ng l y . Ke e pI tS i mpl e . Pi c kas t r ongs ubj e c twi t ha ni nt e r e sngs ha pe . F ore x a mpl e , a l onet r e eorapor t r a i tfig ur ea g a i ns tas uns e tma k e sag r e a ts ubj e c t . I ’ l l l ookf or wa r dt os e e i ngmor es i houe e spos t e di nourf a c e bookg r oup!
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