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Photography, yay! (Warning: Very, VERY dial-up unfriendly)
Stifled Dreams:
--- Quote from: Freelance Physicist ---I bought my digital point-and-shoot (a Fujifilm FinePix A340) a few weeks before I left for Hungary in August of 2004. I edit my photos using GIMP and have them developed by Shutterfly. I like Shutterfly since they offer to develop photos without automatic color correction. This way, I get prints that look like what I see on my monitor when I finish my own post-processing. Plus, it's much cheaper than printing them on my own.
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Digital cameras do have both pros and cons; I'm still a big fan of printing in the dark room, because it is really pretty fun. I figure I could get a cheap enlarger etc with ebay, because thanks to digital cameras, a lot of people don't want theirs. My dad has a digital, and we use Shutterfly, too - they send nice prints.
Saturnine: what an awesome place to take pictures. It looks like it was a pretty fun shoot, eh?
Freelance Physicist:
Hey Saturnine, your last expedition reminds me of another guy who specializes in photographing abandoned buildings: Kendall Anderson.
Look into his galleries for other good stuff, especially the Toronto Don Valley Brickworks.
Unfortunately, I don't have any of my own work to contribute as most of it has been crap lately.
Stifled Dreams:
Thank you for saving this thread! I have nothing to post because I just learned my teacher doesn't give us back our projects until the end of the year, and all of my prints that didn't turn out like crap were handed in.
Also, could anyone provide me with tips for shooting on a rainy day? I really need to go outside to take these pictures, but I'm afraid that they will turn out dark and awful because it is supposed to be rainy until Thursday. Yes, I am a very amateur photographer, I know, but that is why I'm asking for advice and taking a course!
saturnine1979:
My momma's sending me some film this week, so I'll probably get out and do another shoot soon.
I've also got a very ambitious photography/graphic novel'ish type project in the works, but I haven't started with it yet.
McTaggart:
Stifled Dreams: Use fast glass. If it's actually noticably dark feel free to under-expose a bit. Not only will you get to use faster shutter speeds, but it also looks more real (sometimes). If you're shooting black and white use fast film and/or push process. Ilford HP5 Plus at 800 ISO has really nice looking grain.
saturnine1979: I swear I've had the same idea. I just don't have anyone to act/model. Or ideas for story. Or setting. Or much else for that matter.
Also, digital:
That last one everyone loves, except me. That was taken the week I got my camera, or at least thats my excuse.
Film:
http://mctaggart.deviantart.com
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