Recess
28th September 2006, 08:43 AM
Hey folks.
Ok. Now that I've finished writing the book (just got to proof it at the end of Oct, and then I just wait until December for the release, all the time cacking myself that people won't like it) I'm looking to put more time into trying to improve my rather lacklustre photography technique. (it still annoys me that the only good shot I've taken and posted on here was with Julie's £100 pentax snapper, rather than the £700 DigiSLR...
One option is books. CHeck - reading them as we speak.
Another option is a course - due to odd work times though, I feel quite reluctant to sign up for something that I can't be sure I can make (I'm in here till 9pm most evenings, and then I just want to go home and sit with Julie and the cats for a while)
So, the last option is to take shots based on what I can glean from books and your comments here, and the book stuff and post here to see how I'm getting on.
Why am I posting this in here? Well - I was wondering if there's any point in trying to make a 'Virtual Photography' lesson thing here. Kinda like combining the competition and the critique forum together. Suggestions are given - like 'Take a shot of a stream' (so not as open as a suggestion like 'Water' or 'Movement' in the comp. forum) and then the newbies, like me can post to get comments.
I guess the flaw to this is that it would need someone to actually take control of it, and maybe I'd be the only person posting into it too - but I was just thinking about how the incredible resource of the great and helpful photographers on here could be harnessed to help the not so great ones.
(So, in case you skipped all of that to see if there was a point hidden somewher, all neatly summarised at the end, what I'm suggesting is:
Once a week (or fortnight, but week would be nice) - a basic but set scene needs to be shot - to be posted here for review and comment in view to improvement.
I dunno, too much? It's a fair bit of time it would take to consider a scene and then comment on it.
Ah hell, it's just a suggestion.
Have a nice day.
J
Ok. Now that I've finished writing the book (just got to proof it at the end of Oct, and then I just wait until December for the release, all the time cacking myself that people won't like it) I'm looking to put more time into trying to improve my rather lacklustre photography technique. (it still annoys me that the only good shot I've taken and posted on here was with Julie's £100 pentax snapper, rather than the £700 DigiSLR...
One option is books. CHeck - reading them as we speak.
Another option is a course - due to odd work times though, I feel quite reluctant to sign up for something that I can't be sure I can make (I'm in here till 9pm most evenings, and then I just want to go home and sit with Julie and the cats for a while)
So, the last option is to take shots based on what I can glean from books and your comments here, and the book stuff and post here to see how I'm getting on.
Why am I posting this in here? Well - I was wondering if there's any point in trying to make a 'Virtual Photography' lesson thing here. Kinda like combining the competition and the critique forum together. Suggestions are given - like 'Take a shot of a stream' (so not as open as a suggestion like 'Water' or 'Movement' in the comp. forum) and then the newbies, like me can post to get comments.
I guess the flaw to this is that it would need someone to actually take control of it, and maybe I'd be the only person posting into it too - but I was just thinking about how the incredible resource of the great and helpful photographers on here could be harnessed to help the not so great ones.
(So, in case you skipped all of that to see if there was a point hidden somewher, all neatly summarised at the end, what I'm suggesting is:
Once a week (or fortnight, but week would be nice) - a basic but set scene needs to be shot - to be posted here for review and comment in view to improvement.
I dunno, too much? It's a fair bit of time it would take to consider a scene and then comment on it.
Ah hell, it's just a suggestion.
Have a nice day.
J