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joxby - the time to start worrying is when you are pantless and bored......
Did you simply learn as you went along, or did you do a course or degree, or did you read a lot of books on technique?
Thus far, I have done an A Level in it and managed to scrape by with barely any technical knowledge.
I am now seeking to rectify that by reading up on all the stuff I should have read up on before...
At this point, I realise having a good eye alone and intuition simply isn't enough.
been such a long time since I used a darkroom,but I do not recall ever being able to sharpen things in there at the time.
Oh I would also highly recommend:
Understanding Exposure - Bryan Peterson
A very good read.
Personally, pp bores the flippin pants off me, that's my incentive, to not be pantless & bored at the same time
thats me buggered then
everything i know is off the internet messageboards.. posts and asking in private messages.. not read any books or done any courses. apart from using flash i am pretty well up on the rest.. normally a full Manual user (unless feeling lazy)
The basics of exposure is really easy so that took about two and a half minutes to learn.
Seriously? :shrug:
I found it very difficult to actually get my head around shutter speed, aperture, iso and how they all change the end result, then when you need to adjust each one. Infact it didn't really click until I read Understanding Exposure. Granted I was trying to go directly from Auto to Manual, but that's what its all about for me.
Slow learner I guess :bonk:
Different brains work well with different things I guess.
Steve whats pp? I'm being dense here...
I looked at pictures. Then I bought a camera. The basics of exposure is really easy so that took about two and a half minutes to learn.
Then the rest is just practice.
I've just completed a Diploma in photography, but that was 75% for the visa to stay in Australia, and the rest just to meet people and make useful contacts (worked very nicely too).
So yeah, went out and took pictures I guess. And looked at good photographs by other people.
PS Kudos on the thread revival. Almost a year and a half, not bad.
i am an engineer..
i started photography when i was around 20 and understanding physics and comfortable with numbers and formulae
it wasnt until about 25 years later in the camera clubs i started to appreciate the variants on compositions and exposure
Me too.
Same here (except that I was ten).
And again - same here.
For the first few years of my camera owning life, it was purely an academic and technical excercise. Only later, when I also got interested in music, did the artistic side come out.
Steve.