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Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
Making sense so far? Any questions up to this point?
So far so good
04/19/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
Is it clear to everyone how to situate objects using the Rule of Thirds, or does it need some more explaining?
Got it boss.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
Is it clear to everyone how to situate objects using the Rule of Thirds, or does it need some more explaining?
I think I get it, just need to practice it.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
We have a botanical garden near here that has such beautiful places to photograph...I need to replace my camera though it's stone age technology.
If it's digital and stone age, then perhaps yes, but if it's film, that still has a few inherent advantages.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
Your avatar more than makes up for it, my dear.
Oooooh I'll say....yum yum! Stopped Sigel in his tracks last night.
04/19/2011
Contributor: KnK KnK
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
We have a botanical garden near here that has such beautiful places to photograph...I need to replace my camera though it's stone age technology.
MO Botanical? (I'm not trying to be creepy, I just happened to remember you're also from Missouri) It's gorgeous!
04/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
haha, sometimes to get the 'shot' you have to weird positions. Some of my deer pics were like that.
My mom said that the best way for her to get the great deer shots was to perch her camera on top of her rifle that was open and not ready for shooting, much to the protest of her husband at the time, lol.
04/19/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Alys
Hello darlings! Vac, sorry I'm late
Hey Lady.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Alys Alys
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Oooooh I'll say....yum yum! Stopped Sigel in his tracks last night.
Thanks!
04/19/2011
Contributor: KnK KnK
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Originally posted by Jul!a
You should go take them already, then share them with us!
Oh, I need to! I just noticed the other day that there's a tree growing through these old steps a street over from my house. It looks awesome. It's one of the nice things about living in a small town.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
We have a botanical garden near here that has such beautiful places to photograph...I need to replace my camera though it's stone age technology.
Idk how close you are to Branson, but there's a really neat butterfly museum there, where you get to walk around in this giant room filled with butterflies. I got some great shots there.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Kindred
I think I get it, just need to practice it.
It definitely takes some practice to see the world in this way. You can practice it without even having a camera with you. Just look at a subject, a landscape, something that will allow you to visualize how to lay out a photograph. I do that all the time, regardless of whether I have a camera on me.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by KnK
Oh, I need to! I just noticed the other day that there's a tree growing through these old steps a street over from my house. It looks awesome. It's one of the nice things about living in a small town.
That sounds awesome.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
If it's digital and stone age, then perhaps yes, but if it's film, that still has a few inherent advantages.
It's a Konica Pop non digital circa 1984
LOL I do have a hand held digital but I forget to get it out....
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
Ready to move on?
04/19/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by KnK
MO Botanical? (I'm not trying to be creepy, I just happened to remember you're also from Missouri) It's gorgeous!
Yup we are about 35 minutes from it...it's amazing
04/19/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Jul!a
My mom said that the best way for her to get the great deer shots was to perch her camera on top of her rifle that was open and not ready for shooting, much to the protest of her husband at the time, lol.
I have taken pic's through the scope before. Makes for good close ups.

Thats funny though.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
It definitely takes some practice to see the world in this way. You can practice it without even having a camera with you. Just look at a subject, a landscape, something that will allow you to visualize how to lay out a photograph. I do that all ... more
Yeah, I definitely frame images in my mind from my art background. Translating that through the camera is a little different for me. I'm too caught up in the technology aspect.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
It's a Konica Pop non digital circa 1984

LOL I do have a hand held digital but I forget to get it out....
If you can still get the film you need and somewhere that will develop it, it still has its uses.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Kindred
Yeah, I definitely frame images in my mind from my art background. Translating that through the camera is a little different for me. I'm too caught up in the technology aspect.
It takes time. The articles I've posted thus far should give you enough technical information to make the photos you want.
04/19/2011
Contributor: KnK KnK
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Originally posted by Jul!a
That sounds awesome.
Yeah. I hope to get some shots in this week or next. I meant to take pictures today because the excessive rain is making all the grass a sickly bright green which has a really cool contrast to the dull gray sky. Things I think about on the way to class. Lol
04/19/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Jul!a
Idk how close you are to Branson, but there's a really neat butterfly museum there, where you get to walk around in this giant room filled with butterflies. I got some great shots there.
We took the baby there when he was just 9 months old though we didn't wander into the butterfly room, didn't want any butterfly snacks as he'll eat ANYTHING. Of course we forgot a camera but it was AMAZING!
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
I'm assuming everyone's silence means you are ready to move on



Finally, I’ll touch on the Rule of Thirds as it applies to portrait photography. In the image below (my beautiful daughter), it isn’t so much the intersection of lines that is important as is the top horizontal line. Generally you want to see the imaginary line that connects the eyes to lie near this horizontal line. Again, the eyes don’t lie precisely on the line, as I feel it works a bit better offset from this line a tad. This top horizontal line is also useful to keep in mind when photographing horizons, as the image will generally look bettter if placed near this line rather than near the middle. The intersections of the lines shouldn’t be ignored in portrat photography, though. If you look at a family photo done by a good photographer, generally that photographer will have placed someone’s head in one of the top quadrants and another head diagonally in the opposite corner. This anchors the photo at both the top and bottom, and on the left and right, making a more visually pleasing photograph.

04/19/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
It takes time. The articles I've posted thus far should give you enough technical information to make the photos you want.
Yeah, I tried to manipulate the photo I submitted, but honestly it was a total fail. I wound up basically putting the camera on auto to at least get the image I was looking for.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
I have taken pic's through the scope before. Makes for good close ups.



Thats funny though.
I'll have to ask her if she's ever taken a picture thru a scope or not. I know that she used to take a lot of nature pictures. I've been trying to encourage her to get back into it, and for Christmas last year, my brother, sister, and I all got her a $50 gift card each so that she could at the very least get a good discount off of whatever camera she wanted. She ended up with this really neat 3-D one that I'm insanely jealous of, lol.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by KnK
Yeah. I hope to get some shots in this week or next. I meant to take pictures today because the excessive rain is making all the grass a sickly bright green which has a really cool contrast to the dull gray sky. Things I think about on the way to ... more
Photographers think this way all the time. Be glad you can think that way.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by KnK
Yeah. I hope to get some shots in this week or next. I meant to take pictures today because the excessive rain is making all the grass a sickly bright green which has a really cool contrast to the dull gray sky. Things I think about on the way to ... more
Ooh, I love when stuff like that happens!
04/19/2011
Contributor: Redboxbaby Redboxbaby
crap I can never seem to get here in time.
04/19/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
We took the baby there when he was just 9 months old though we didn't wander into the butterfly room, didn't want any butterfly snacks as he'll eat ANYTHING. Of course we forgot a camera but it was AMAZING!
Oh man I had such a blast there!
04/19/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Kindred
Yeah, I tried to manipulate the photo I submitted, but honestly it was a total fail. I wound up basically putting the camera on auto to at least get the image I was looking for.
You'll get it. Email or message me any questions you have, and I'll do all I can to help.
04/19/2011