Official Photography Thread

[Katy Lied]

I'm not that much of a luddite. Lookee here what I got for m'birthday:

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and I'm fixing to get the macro and the filter mount (for my Hoya 62mm filters) this week.

[swampfrog]

Dwight Schrute - Except for the 4th photo which I hate, those are some SwampFrog level photos. You surely got your money's worth. I would be proud to claim any of your photos from the class.

I have significant reservations about being a standard. A quick perusal of any of the major photography sites will quickly disabuse me of any delusions of grandeur.

Swampfrog: Please never never EVER lose your disdain for oversaturation.

My sister has a really good eye for framing photos, but as she lives in Hawaii with all those sunsets, she tends to go for the cheap oversaturation thrills in her social media posts. Needless to say, I really hate this and will take her under my wing in Paris.

The few shots where I process and add overdone saturated color also tend to get the best response on Instagram/Facebook. It's a very alluring temptation. I also resist the self-promotion on Instagram, I don't hashtag anything, just add locations. I don't know how artists and musicians manage to resist. The time investment in a photograph is pretty minimal (unless one is after a very specific location, species, or dynamic action) relative to painting or songwriting. Catering to public accolades is easy to do.

I am also taking an online iphone photography course (cost: $100) taught by this guy from Riga. All of the course content is available for free on the internet, but the $100 is totally worth it as he organizes the material and puts it in logical order, and spoonfeeds it to his students in a way that incorporates both technical and artistic elements. If you are a paying class member, you are able to join his school facebook group (currently with 33,000!!! members) to see the homework assignments of everyone else. 90% of all students apply that oversaturation pop to their photos, but the 10% that dont do this helps me to hold my nose. Also, 33,000 x $100 to some guy in Riga??>#$

The phone cameras continue to improve and do what they are built for very well. I'm a believer that some interesting work is done under constrained conditions, with focal length being the most significant with phones.

[Katy Lied]

As I sit here and bitch about oversaturation, I am reminded of the losing battle that those wine enthusiasts fought (and lost) when they complained bitterly about those cheap young Napa Valley wines that overwhelmed the full bodied mature french wines in taste tests and in public reception "just because they are sweeter." I suspect I am on the losing side here.

Also, I am dismayed that on the new iphones you can bokeh-out anything you dont like in the background with the push of a button. No need to calculate depth of field anymore. Losing side. Totally.

[Bo Diddley]

Dwight Schrute - Except for the 4th photo which I hate, those are some SwampFrog level photos. You surely got your money's worth. I would be proud to claim any of your photos from the class.

Swampfrog: Please never never EVER lose your disdain for oversaturation.

My sister has a really good eye for framing photos, but as she lives in Hawaii with all those sunsets, she tends to go for the cheap oversaturation thrills in her social media posts. Needless to say, I really hate this and will take her under my wing in Paris. I am also taking an online iphone photography course (cost: $100) taught by this guy from Riga. All of the course content is available for free on the internet, but the $100 is totally worth it as he organizes the material and puts it in logical order, and spoonfeeds it to his students in a way that incorporates both technical and artistic elements. If you are a paying class member, you are able to join his school facebook group (currently with 33,000!!! members) to see the homework assignments of everyone else. 90% of all students apply that oversaturation pop to their photos, but the 10% that dont do this helps me to hold my nose. Also, 33,000 x $100 to some guy in Riga??>#$

Now you're speaking my language.

[Katy Lied]

Dwight Schrute - Except for the 4th photo which I hate, those are some SwampFrog level photos. You surely got your money's worth. I would be proud to claim any of your photos from the class.

Swampfrog: Please never never EVER lose your disdain for oversaturation.

My sister has a really good eye for framing photos, but as she lives in Hawaii with all those sunsets, she tends to go for the cheap oversaturation thrills in her social media posts. Needless to say, I really hate this and will take her under my wing in Paris. I am also taking an online iphone photography course (cost: $100) taught by this guy from Riga. All of the course content is available for free on the internet, but the $100 is totally worth it as he organizes the material and puts it in logical order, and spoonfeeds it to his students in a way that incorporates both technical and artistic elements. If you are a paying class member, you are able to join his school facebook group (currently with 33,000!!! members) to see the homework assignments of everyone else. 90% of all students apply that oversaturation pop to their photos, but the 10% that dont do this helps me to hold my nose. Also, 33,000 x $100 to some guy in Riga??>#$