Learning Light
In my ventures to learn all about photography, I have been focused on light (pun intended) this past week, specifically, learning how to properly use available light and how to break the basic rules of using light in photography. Since my main educational means is just taking photos as much as I can and seeing what comes out and what doesn’t, time has not been on my side in learning the basics of recognizing when the light is right for shooting. I have gotten frustrated over the last several weeks numerous times when I have been out shooting hoping for great results only to be disappointed when I look at my photos later and most if not all are just not pleasing mostly due to lighting issues. Some are blurry because of not enough light and some have blown out highlights because of too much light. Others have bright spots or poor reflection from harsh light or don’t come out at all from using wrong settings (or when I am in a hurry to catch a fleeting opportunity I forgot entirely to change settings before pressing the shutter release). With this recent post from This Week in Photography and my participation in this assignment last week from Digital Photography School, I now have a better understanding of light as it pertains to making great photographs and why I have been very dissatisfied with the outcome of my photos.
Filed under photography | Comment (0)Vote for my photo please!
Please help send me (all expenses paid by the contest sponsors) to one of four scenic national parks to take photos and receive instruction from four different professional photographers. There is less than 45 hours left in the contest so be sure to vote for my photo before 2pm EST on Friday, September 5th. This is the first of four chances to win one of four spaces at these workshops so if my photo doesn’t happen to win this time (from the pool of almost 3,000), I do plan to enter different photographs in the other contests. Your votes are very much appreciated. Thank you to all who have and will vote for my photos!
UPDATE: Final submission total for this contest was 4,101 photos. Thanks to all who voted.
Filed under photography | Comment (0)TWIP Assignment: Circles
Since TWIP has changed their contest submissions over to Photrade I have decided to take advantage of a button they supply and make it a regular feature here. When photos are uploaded to this new service they give you the option of sharing your submissions by supplying some nifty little widgets. I already have one up for the contest I have entered and I just posted another for this week’s TWIP assignment “circles”. Everytime I enter the biweekly contest I will post in my sidebar, a Photrade “vote for my photo” widget. If you like the photo I submit for that week’s assignment, I would appreciate your vote.1 Don’t forget to check out all the other great submissions. I will continue to upload all my Digital Photography School Assignments to flickr so those submissions will still show up in my photostream.
UPDATE: Voting is now closed. Thank you to all who voted for my photo.
- In order to vote, you must have an account at Photrade; If you don’t already have an account, click the widget to be taken to the photrade site then click vote under the photo to receive an invitation code [↩]
Aperture Nature Photography Workshops Contest
This Week in Photography is sponsoring a new contest (in addition to their bi-weekly assignments) where several amateur photographers will get the chance to go to four different US national parks (Olympic, Tetons, Yosemite and Yellowstone) and receive training and tips from professional photographers. They are holding four different contests and the first has only one week left for submissions. My dad went to Yosemite one summer on vacation and I would love to go not only for the beautiful scenery but also for the chance to receive instruction from some very talented artists. I have just put up a voting widget in my sidebar so vote for my photo if you think it is worth your vote and also check out the other submissions. There are a lot of really well made photographs submitted already so it looks as though a lot of people are as excited about this opportunity in the same way that I am.
UPDATE: Voting is now closed. Thank you to all who voted for my photo.
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