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Stifled Dreams:
The Comics & Drawings forum doesn't get as much love as it deserves. It is my favorite section.

So, here is a thread to talk about photography! I'm pretty sure there hasn't been one. I'm taking first-year photography at my school, although I've taken it a few times before. I'm so happy that I didn't mess up when I was developing my film, I think it's one of the hardest parts of photography! (I kept putting it on and off the reel in that little black bag thing because I thought I had done it wrong.)

So yes, feel free to post pictures you've taken, digital or not. This thread is supposed to be more about photography as an art form than it is about photography being used for memories.

Also, here is a picture that I developed last summer. It was taken using a cheap Holga camera, and it is somewhat out of focus. Oh well.
EDIT: Taken out to save bandwidth for more pictures later! If you are very curious and would like to see it anyways, just PM me. It isn't really that great, though, haha.

Sonet:
Pretty cool... Though cutting someone off right at the feet is a compositional no-no.

Stifled Dreams:
Don't mean to get super-defensive, but let me explain. I was using a lomographic camera (lomography.com if you are curious). It had 3 zoom settings: close-up, portrait, and building. It also had two aperture settings: sunny or cloudy. The viewfinder is no type of viewfinder at all; you look through it and you see what you'd see if you weren't looking through it, even if you are zoomed it. We also taped our cameras up because they were prone to light-leaks. Basically, you just shoot without knowing what you'll get.


Lomography is way cool, though. (I'm using a real camera these days for my photo course.)

EDIT: (Although I admit that I didn't know that it was bad composition. I can see why, though; doesn't look that great. I'm going to thank you now for potentially helping me not get marked down in photo. I figure that since I'm probably taking this course for the next four years, I probably would have made that mistake at some point.)

pip_helix:
it reminds me a little of diane arbus' work - the one person, the cityscape - i really like it.

Stifled Dreams:
Thank you. If anyone else has something they want to share, I'd love seeing your work!



I made a contact sheet today, and the negatives that I developed look pretty crappy - I think I should have had the shutter speed higher (they're pretty blurry). Oh well, it's always good practice.

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