Help for Amateur Photographers
by Shane Burley (134,116 pts ), Edited by Tricia Goss
Published on Feb 28, 2011
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as an amateur, i really enjoy reading your article..
thanks..
Good stuff, thanks. In reading some of the comments, maybe it should have just been titled, "Getting Back to Web Design Basics"?
Pro VS Amateur Lenses
There are two types of lenses available: Large aperture pro lenses and slower models aimed at amateurs. Pros prefer lenses with fast maximum apertures of f-2.
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The petrochemical and silver compounds necessary for the creation of film stock meant from the start that 35 mm filmmaking was to be an expensive hobby with a high barrier to entry for the public at large.
How can amateur photographers submit work on royalty free photography websites?
The internet has many websites that offer royalty free photographs. Each company has its own regulations for submitting work to be used in a royalty free capacity.
Amateur Film - Refers to lower quality film developed for use in non-professional photography.
Ambient Light - Describes any existing indoor or outdoor light that surrounds a subject and is not supplied by the photographer.
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Most amateur photographers miss-out on one of nature's truly phenominal photo opportunity gifts - that is - photographing during and/or after rainfall.
Most amateurs on a budget choose the flexibility of low-cost zoom lenses over picture quality as their compromise. Many advanced amateurs choose the higher picture quality of affordable primes and deal with the inconvenience as theirs.
As a amateur photographer who is looking to get into more nude-are photography I just want to thank you for giving me some insight and motivation on this art.
As an amateur, I was playing with a Cokin P-series on a 77mm Nikon 12-24mm DX lens (cropped sensor). I love the natural feel of modifying the light rather than computer.except I made one crucial mistake.
Open to amateur and professional photographers anywhere in the world, the competition selects 53 photos to be published in the People & Planet 2012 Diary & Calendar, ...
I am an amateur photographer having learned the hard way - by my self. I bought my first digital camera (believe it or not, with 0,5 megabit resolution) in 1996 after having shot 35 mm film and slides for more than 20 years.
Serious amateurs and pros will not, in my opinion, be tempted by electronic viewfinder (EVF) DSLRs of any size unless their viewfinders show an even smoother, sharper real time image than the very good one in the G1.
I am an amateur photographer and I just put a step-by-step Plan together (link below) to hone my skills a bit. I copied this Plan from a guy who makes a living as a photographer.
Advanced amateurs with SLR's will have plenty of features available, both in their cameras and their lenses. At the end of this article I will go into detail on some of those features, and I strongly suggest you dig up your manuals to follow along.
The four (amateur, I admit) samples below will help to give you an impression of the quality / size of each type of clip. Note that (to me at least) 640 x 480 looks like interpolated 320 x 240.
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For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here's the book to consult.
For lots of amateurs and family photographers, JPEG is just fine. Make sure the camera is set to the highest quality resolution setting and to save pictures with the least amount of compression. The camera manual will explain how to do this.
Not long ago amateur photographers did not have a lot of control over their images. Unless they had a home darkroom, they were at the mercy of whatever lab their local drugstore sent film to. Today we have many more choices.
As a serious-amateur planning to go professional, I feel that it's important for the retailers to understand that there are people who will be put off by a snobbish attitude and "being talked down to".
For beginners or amateurs, digital photography is simply a tool to capture the various events in their lives, their family lives. Typically, the pictures they take are from 'normal' angles and fields of view.
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I am shooting an amateur surf video. Is there something I can put on the lens so that the water does not bead up on the lens, distorting the shot? I was thinking something like car wax, any suggestions?
Are you an advanced amateur photographer or a new professional photographer, then this article is a "must read" for you.
There are some good amateur and semi professional photographers out there.
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Your section on two very confusing topics for an amateur - shutter and aperturesettings - was great. Thanks (Shirley Clark)
I don't know what your level of expertise is, but ShortCourses.com just published their manual for the Canon S3IS.
Amateur and Professional Color Films Much of the color film used in the Navy is manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company. Kodak markets color films for both professional and amateur photographers.
In talking with most professional and advanced amateurs, Aperture priority is the most popular mode to use. A big reason why - for most image making situations, controlling the depth of field is key. A key way to do this is by adjusting the aperture.
Another huge mistake amateur photographers make is using their on-camera flash. Granted, there are times when it's a must…indoor birthday parties, Christmas Eve, that spur of the moment shot.
For good reasons, since most amateur cameras do not have the equipment to do it properly. Most close-up shots do not look anything like what the pros shoot because of the lighting difference.
It is perfectly feasible for the "amateur" technician to strip and service his or her own equipment given reasonable manual skills, the correct tools and guidance from a handbook.
They can mainly be divided between two types, one is the Pro Camera, and the other is the amateur Camera. The advantage that the top range pro cameras like Canon EOS-1V, Nikon F5, Nikon D70, and D100 have is weatherproofing.
The other plus of a small rangefinder camera is that you are often perceived asan amateur photographer and thereforeless of a threat to the people you’re photographing.
Contrary to erroneous Japan trade paper reports that Nikon would switch to 24x36mm digital camera sensors, a high-level Nikon exec says only APS size sensors will be used in all digital Nikons, amateur and professional.
Among pros and advanced amateurs, there is massive confusion as to the role Kodak wants to play in their digital business.
One of the biggest mistakes amateur photographers make is to use their camera's flash when taking pictures. Surely you've seen the results: washed out pictures & overexposed flat compositions.
This gallery exhibit by amateur photographer, Dr. Franco Piemontesi, is anything but amateurish.
The Northern Lights
Sigurdur Stefnisson's gallery contains unusual and beautiful images from Iceland.
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Color management isn't something the amateur or even professional photographer has had to worry about -- or even the darkroom wizard.
At some tracks there are also elevated viewing points, called towers, that can provide great photography vantage points for both pros and amateurs.
Nature's Best provides separate sections for pro and amateur photographers so you have a better chance to get your images showcased even though you might not be a professional nature photographer.
Most images taken by amateur photographers are taken at eye level - this means most of these pictures are taken from the narrow range of 5 to 6 feet in height.
It is stated that he was a student of entomology and an amateur photographer. Various authors have confused him with another gentleman, Dr. Armand Sabatier.
Velvia is currently the most popular slide film among professional and advanced amateur underwater photographers. It is the film that sets the standard for brilliantly saturated colors and fine grain.
After years of pushing pixels for fun, and with a long history of amateur photography and darkroom experience that stretched back to grade school, ...
You can make the transition from amateur photographer to professional photographer by knowing less and not more. Rather than going to photography school, I was fortunate to have a mentor whom had worked as a portrait photographer for a major studio.
Picture CD has built in features catering to the amateur home digital photo enthusiast.
SLR cameras are mainly used by ambitious amateur and professional photographers. With these cameras you can see the picture exactly how it will be taken, as you are looking directly through the lens.
If you're an amateur who just wants a decent quality inexpensive camera body and a couple of zoom lenses covering between maybe 28 and 300mm, it really doesn't matter much what brand you buy.
One of the things John said that really made an impression on me was that the main difference between a professional photographer and an amateur is passion. I've thought about that statement a lot during the past week; it really rings true for me.
There are plenty of amateur-oriented programs that will do it automatically, but most of these packages aren't suitable for professional use except for making a rough 'sketch' from low-res JPEGs.
Photographic magazine is designed for both amateur and professional photographers and blends equipment coverage with how-to features.
Websites are an effective way for photographers both professional and amateur to display their work.
As for me, I'm a very advanced amateur film and digital photographer. My DigiCam experience includes the 3.3 megapixel Canon Powershot G1, the 1.2 megapixel Fuji FinePix 1300, and the ultra-cheap .3 megapixel JamC@m 2.0.
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