The New Intimacy

Eden Photographers Club Meeting - Tuesday, August 16th @ 7pm EDT (Topic: histograms)

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Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Vanessa Weiss
I have about a hundred thousand billion boxes to unpack (hopefully without banging my leg on the motorcycle again) so I've gotta get running. Thanks for a great and informative meeting
Thanks for coming tonight. Get some great sunrise and sunset photos!
08/16/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
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Originally posted by Starkiller87


This is the photo I was gonna post when I asked earlier. Great minds think alike?
I love the contrast in colors, the way that the sky dramatically collides with the treetops. Wish it could have been brightened a bit on the lower part of the trees.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by sexyintexas
Will do, I will pick one to save and put my faves up. Thanks for another great meeting Vaccinium
Thank YOU for attending.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Ivy Wilde Ivy Wilde
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
And that's it. Thanks to all of you who attended the meeting tonight. Don't forget the submit your photos to me for the calendar we are putting together. A complete list of the monthly photo themes can be found here.

Feel free to ... more
Good night Vaccinium! And thanks for hosting the meeting!
08/16/2011
Contributor: Petite Valentine Petite Valentine
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
And that's it. Thanks to all of you who attended the meeting tonight. Don't forget the submit your photos to me for the calendar we are putting together. A complete list of the monthly photo themes can be found here.

Feel free to ... more
THANK YOU See you next time.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
This what I love about art, and talking. What your favorite parts of things are are completely different than others. Which is why I like the idea of posting photos.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
thanks vac for hosting and doing all this hard work
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
Good night Vaccinium! And thanks for hosting the meeting!
You're quite welcome! Thank you for attending. I hope you got a lot out of it!
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Petite Valentine
THANK YOU See you next time.
Thanks for attending! I hope I managed to answer every question that you posed in a way that addressed your issues.
08/16/2011
Contributor: sexyintexas sexyintexas
Night everybody, gotta get some things done. See ya next time ;D
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
Everyone is leaving boo. I could talk photos and art all night.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Wondermom Wondermom
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
Everyone is leaving boo. I could talk photos and art all night.
I got another net thing I need to get too, I'm a busy beaver
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
This what I love about art, and talking. What your favorite parts of things are are completely different than others. Which is why I like the idea of posting photos.
Absolutely. Getting others' opinions can only make you a better artist - regardless of the medium.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Wondermom
thanks vac for hosting and doing all this hard work
You're quite welcome! And thank you for attending!
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
The thing about photography is I dont like doing anything post. I will adjust the aperture and shutter and make fake filters and more lighting etc etc for hours even though I could save time using a program to fix it. I just can't get in that frame of mind to use computers to fix my photos.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
Everyone is leaving boo. I could talk photos and art all night.
lol. I'll be here for a bit longer, so if you wish to continue talking about art, feel free. Also, make sure to check out Miss Debauchery's fledgling Eden Arts and Crafts club
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
The thing about photography is I dont like doing anything post. I will adjust the aperture and shutter and make fake filters and more lighting etc etc for hours even though I could save time using a program to fix it. I just can't get in that ... more
It's an integral part of what I do. i don't trust my camera to get the vibrance, contrast, sharpness, etc. that I saw in nature, so I tweak those in Photoshop instead. I do some dodging and burning too, but little more.

Oh, and clone out dust spots. My camera's sensor is a magnet for dust particles.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
But I always feel like it's cheating. I know its the new way but I just don't know. I can appreciate it but than again I hate it at the same time. Because there are a lot of people out there who photoshop the hell out of their photos and there is barely anything pure about it. Maybe Im just a snob hahaha
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
But I always feel like it's cheating. I know its the new way but I just don't know. I can appreciate it but than again I hate it at the same time. Because there are a lot of people out there who photoshop the hell out of their photos and ... more
Are filters for film cameras cheating? Is dodging and burning during developing cheating? Is using different films to bring out saturation or grain, or whatever cheating? Digital can be abused, but many of the things you can do with a digital camera are the same things that people have done for decades on film cameras.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
I see that as different because you are taking the time to figure it out manually. You dont just click buttons its figuring out. I dont know I think Im just more of hands on person. Im not knocking you personally but I think you know what I mean about people who just rely on photoshop and programs to do everything for them.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Elaira Elaira
Ahh! I totally meant to addend this earlier. My store was flooded with crazy customers.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Starkiller87 Starkiller87
This interesting conversation will have to continue another time. I like talking to you even though we view things different, like I said thats why I love talking about this kind of stuff.
I have to go walk to find something to eat I guess, the fellow is working ALL night and I dont want to cook dinner for one.

Thanks so much for the knowledge as always. You are so well rounded it is refreshing
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
I see that as different because you are taking the time to figure it out manually. You dont just click buttons its figuring out. I dont know I think Im just more of hands on person. Im not knocking you personally but I think you know what I mean ... more
I take my photos with the minimal settings on vibrance, contrast, and sharpness so that I can manually change them with Photoshop. Really, I'm doing the camera's job with that.'


Actually, I guess I do do more manipulation. I do some photostitching and High Dynamic Range compositing. Digital camera sensors have even fewer stops of exposure than slide film, and I do it to expand the range just enough to get photos in high contrast conditions that I otherwise couldn't.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Starkiller87
This interesting conversation will have to continue another time. I like talking to you even though we view things different, like I said thats why I love talking about this kind of stuff.
I have to go walk to find something to eat I guess, the ... more
Glad you could attend. I'm looking forward to speaking with you more in the future.
08/16/2011
Contributor: Vaccinium Vaccinium
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Originally posted by Elaira
Ahh! I totally meant to addend this earlier. My store was flooded with crazy customers.
That's OK. I'll probably blow off your first Eden Arts and Crafts Club meeting as well.
08/16/2011