Ha Yeah. I have been teaching a friend. the first thing I did was give him my M&P book and said read it. Then I said to him Hyper focal distance. Let me know when it makes since to you. Then I asked him to take a picture of something. Once it did I told him he had to shoot it everday unitl I was satified he undstood his subject. He should have never picked that coffee cup. Oh I did give him a piece of aluminum foil and told him there are no rules to what you can and can't do with the cup other then break it. (cause thats cheating if he breaks it on day 2) I wish I could show you what he was doing inside a month. This is an indian guy who has about ZERO art studies only desire. Will give a link tomorrow.
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jun 8, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Randy Little wrote:No I would say that if you can't tell what the camera set up is then the best way to figure it out is go shoot and note what you are doing until you understand why. I don't recall in one class at RIT ever being asked to record that data to share. Its usually recorded for a list of other reasons. LIke EXACT reproduction in the case of emergency or to match a shot that has to be comped into another shot. I'm not anti it but I don't really thinks is all the beneficial to anyoneBack in the Dark Ages whenI began taking pictures, Pop Photo had all kinds of tips and instructions about how to learn about DOF. The most tedious of their teachings was to write down the shutter speed, f-stop, and other pertinent data from every shot. So what did I learn? To remember the settings and never write anything down.The cleverest of the teachings was to head out the door with a white teacup and saucer and shoot it in the setting of one’s choice. I shot mine in strange surroundings like at the beach, in an industrial junk pile, etc. It was a chance to see what white did in nature and it worked for me. If somebody comes to me to shoot a white teacup, there is no learning curve but a very high price.art for cars: panowraps.com
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