New Gear. Drool!!!!

[Mike_Ornellas@adobeforums.com]

The doctor know, not what he swas.

The wonderful wizard of swaz.

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Cross-posted with you Cindy. I think I was probably foolish posting that picture. Thanks for clarifying... My intent was an experiment and not related to anything artistic... or pretty... or compositional, just an experiment for the purpose of feedback...

I guess I got it. :)

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

MO, You're funny! :)

[Wade_Zimmerman@adobeforums.com]

Good luck Linda and Cindy I guess you will just have to see for yourselves.

P.S. Linda and MO you wanted a compliment but there was nothing to compliment.

P.S.S. Mo you know what I am referring to.

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

To my other forum friends:

Just to clarify... I did not want a complement. Oy! I hope those who know me know that I would not post a picture like that if I wanted a complement. I wanted feedback on indoor lighting... education style. I appreciated Ann's comments and look forward to learning more once I get my flash.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Linda,

Just another thing to remember: whenever possible, move the object farther away from the background to attenuate or even eliminate the shadows. Do a test. This is in the context of taking a photo of the object itself, obviously not for depicting architectural interiors.

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Ramon. I'll try moving the equipment toward me to see what you mean. The room is small but I can still get an idea with a cropped area. I hope to get my 550EX today or tomorrow along with the Omni-Bounce. That should be fun to play with.

[Allen_Wicks@adobeforums.com]

Linda-

You seem to be considering auto vs. manual focus as somehow different in the final pic result. They are not. You choose the focus point and then you must achieve that using either the camera's autofocus capabilty or the camera's manual focus capabilty; NO impact on the final image which way you achieve focus. Just pushing the button without you choosing is just random-focus, and you achieve a random pic. Random is by definition not repeatable and should generally be avoided. Sort of like taking a pic without aiming: every 1000th pic might be interesting, but it is basically a waste of time.

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

I think I know what you are saying Allen... and understand, although I didn't mean to make that an emphases. Looks like I did though.

I used Av and P for those shots. Not sure if one was better than the other.

[Mike_Ornellas@adobeforums.com]

mommy told me never to fight with the special ed kids.

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

Linda:
Re: Black, white and shiny objects:

During our very first day at art school we were divided into teams of three and told to bring something to photograph the following day.

We were specifically instructed that these should NOT be black, white or shiny objects because those presented special difficulties and we would get to that later.

Unfortunately, one of my team-mates was the daughter of the CEO of Cherry Blossom Boot Polish so (you've guessed it!) she arrives the next morning with -- black boot polish in a shiny tin, black-bristled brushes and white duster (polishing cloth).

The Head of the School took one look; wondered if any of us would ever listen to instructions, shook his head and said: "Well, you lot had better just figure out how to handle that!" and stalked off.
I still have that shot. And no, it isn't that great.

The moral of the story:
Black, white and shiny objects need very special handling -- and that definitely includes chrome-plated black exercise equipment against a white wall.

Nothing like jumping straight in at the deep-end……

:~)

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Nothing like jumping straight in at the deep-end……

LOL! Well it was fun while it lasted. Glad to know about black, white, and shiney objects. Thanks Ann! :)

Pictures have been replaced with something something more appropriate. <http://graphicspalmbeach.com/forum/CanonShots/050504exerciseequip/0794.html>

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Great animation, Linda!

Off topic: Can you tell me what programs might the artist/designer have used to create the galloping knights <http://bauto.tresuvesdobles.com/htm/BiblioA.htm> on this site?

I'm just curious; I know nothing about design and animation, and I wouldn't attempt it myself.

Thanks.

[Cindy@adobeforums.com]

Looks like that one was done in Flash.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

So that's what Flash is for!

Thanks, Cindy.

[PShock@adobeforums.com]

I used Av and P for those shots. Not sure if one was better than the other.




Arggghhh ...

Linda - this really needs emphasizing. You appear to be looking for something magical that's going to "work best" for you. In the words of Ann - You're letting the camera drive YOU instead of the other way around as it should be.

STOP IT!

Any of the modes (P, Av, Tv, M, etc) are simply different ways to achieve a proper expoure. Each of them has their place and any one of them can be "best" for any given situation depending on what you're trying to accomplish. It's up to you to learn why you would use one over the other. In other words ....

THE CAMERA IS NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU A BETTER PHOTOGRAPHER!

If you're not going to learn to the tools to thier fullest, (which means you'll have to actually learn photography), you've wasted your money, imo.

Ahem. Ok .... I feel better :)

-phil

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Thanks Ramon. Like Cindy said, that animation was probably done in a vector animation application like Flash. I don't really think Flash was used for that one though. I could be wrong but that one strikes me as a generic app that PC people often use. I can't think of any names since I don't use them but I've had PC friends show them to me.

Anyway, the horse and riders are clever.

[Cindy@adobeforums.com]

Yeah, something I have never wanted to learn. I don't like doing animation unless it is very simple. I get bored with it. The really small animations I do with ImageReady. Other than that I hire someone like Linda :)

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Phil,

Linda - this really needs empasizing. You appear to be looking for something
magical that's going to "work best" for you.

No, I'm not... really!!! I'm trying to learn how they work and what works best for each situation.

THE CAMERA IS NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU A BETTER PHOTOGRAPHER!

I never thought that Phil. I am trying to learn something.

If you're not going to learn to the tools to thier fullest, (which means
you'll have to actually learn photography), you've wasted your money, imo.

Well duh, that's what I'm trying to do.

Ahem. Ok .... I feel better

Glad you do!

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

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