Let's see.
She needs to figure out whether she sees in color or b&w.
If she sees in color:
then she needs a polarizer and to learn how to use it. Once she's
got a handle on that she needs a good quality graduated neutral
density filter with a couple stops difference between one half and
the other. Then she needs to learn how to use that. So she needs a
Cokin P filter holder and the adapters to attach it to her two
lenses. You buy them by the diameter of the lens.
She needs to come to terms with depth of field, not as something she
needs lots of but as something that she needs to learn how much of so
she can choose.
She needs to shoot consistently with two or three films with
different color biases so that she can choose which is the right one
for whatever color she wants to get out of the situation she's
shooting.
She needs to shoot slide film but she will find that getting it
processed cleanly is becoming an ordeal. Until she scans her film
she may not understand about the "cleanly" part.
She needs to look at lots of books of color landscape photography.
She needs to learn to slow down, too.
And she needs to start figuring out what she loves. The best
photography of all kinds comes from love.
--
Emily L. Ferguson
mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx
508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography
http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf/
