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Bernie Newman
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I used to visit this forum frequently, especially when I sought advice about selecting my first camera over a year ago. Some months later, I carped a little when Zing shut down and the way it was done. But I was away for a long time, and returned recently to an almost entirely unrecognizeable forum. Some good, some bad. I discovered this thing called pbase - wonder how long that's been around?
Anyway, one thing I like about this "new" forum is the way people exchange and discuss their photos. Never mind what I don't like about the new forum, there's PLENTY already being said here.
To me, what matters more than the preferred choice or feature of cameras, is what you do after you take the photos. For me, that is where the magic really starts, and where you can go farther than any darkroom ever could (I used to have one for years a lifetime ago). So, I wanted to share two favorite techniques that I have enjoyed playing with over my first year going digital.
Check them out at: http://www.pbase.com/bernien/galleries and feel free to offer your impressions.
One technique is to overlay different but almost the same poses. This can get a little contrived at times, but you can get some strange effects, that can sometimes tell a story or convey motion. The example is my daughter doing a few of her modern dance moves before the annual dance school performance.
Another technique I enjoy is to take a nicely exposed, but somewhat boring, set of photos and put them together in a way that the sum is more interesting than the individual parts. Although the two photos taken in Joshua Tree National Monument look years apart, they were actually taken within an hour of one another. I wanted to convey a sense of the timelessness of this place. The whole thing, like the other example, is just tricks with Photoshop 5.5.
Anyway, I'd enjoy the feedback, no flaming please.
PS: not one word of what camera I use. It doesn't matter.--Bernie
Anyway, one thing I like about this "new" forum is the way people exchange and discuss their photos. Never mind what I don't like about the new forum, there's PLENTY already being said here.
To me, what matters more than the preferred choice or feature of cameras, is what you do after you take the photos. For me, that is where the magic really starts, and where you can go farther than any darkroom ever could (I used to have one for years a lifetime ago). So, I wanted to share two favorite techniques that I have enjoyed playing with over my first year going digital.
Check them out at: http://www.pbase.com/bernien/galleries and feel free to offer your impressions.
One technique is to overlay different but almost the same poses. This can get a little contrived at times, but you can get some strange effects, that can sometimes tell a story or convey motion. The example is my daughter doing a few of her modern dance moves before the annual dance school performance.
Another technique I enjoy is to take a nicely exposed, but somewhat boring, set of photos and put them together in a way that the sum is more interesting than the individual parts. Although the two photos taken in Joshua Tree National Monument look years apart, they were actually taken within an hour of one another. I wanted to convey a sense of the timelessness of this place. The whole thing, like the other example, is just tricks with Photoshop 5.5.
Anyway, I'd enjoy the feedback, no flaming please.
PS: not one word of what camera I use. It doesn't matter.--Bernie