Friend new to photography
Apr 14, 2024 12:09:14 #
NaomiB wrote:
Hi All
My cousin is recuperating from a hiking fall and has to be immobile for 6 weeks. Her next safer hobby will be photography. Can you suggest a photography book to learn from and inspire her in her new adventure?
Regards
Naomi
My cousin is recuperating from a hiking fall and has to be immobile for 6 weeks. Her next safer hobby will be photography. Can you suggest a photography book to learn from and inspire her in her new adventure?
Regards
Naomi
That's awful! I learned a lot from watching videos. I learn better when I watch people. Does she have a camera already?
Apr 14, 2024 13:59:51 #
NaomiB wrote:
Hi All
My cousin is recuperating from a hiking fall and has to be immobile for 6 weeks. Her next safer hobby will be photography. Can you suggest a photography book to learn from and inspire her in her new adventure?
Regards
Naomi
My cousin is recuperating from a hiking fall and has to be immobile for 6 weeks. Her next safer hobby will be photography. Can you suggest a photography book to learn from and inspire her in her new adventure?
Regards
Naomi
I had another thought, something I wish I had done way back... read about the history of photography, and of course, books about particular photographers. (Must include Dorothea Lange!) She can start to find her style by getting to know their styles. But I still think the best thing is for her to learn everything about her camera, whether through books or online videos, every operational feature. Like leaning to fly a plane in a classroom before you ever take off!
Also, she can play around taking pictures of things around her room, it could be a fun project...a photo diary! And she can watch her own progress! Tough to find fun being stuck in bed for 6 weeks, but this could be it! 'An adventure in 20 Cubic Feet!
Apr 15, 2024 17:18:06 #
MJPerini wrote:
If you can find a copy of "A World Through My Window" by Ruth Orkin, It would be a wonderful gift.
Ruth Orkin was a very gifted (and much Collected) Photographer, who had a side project of photographs from her window.
It would give her inspiration to start immediately
Ruth Orkin was a very gifted (and much Collected) Photographer, who had a side project of photographs from her window.
It would give her inspiration to start immediately
I have read this amazing book and been inspired by all of those people that contributed photos and stories while they were locked in their homes due to Covid. I would recommend giving it to her as a get well gift.
Apr 15, 2024 17:34:33 #
Ioannis wrote:
I have read this amazing book and been inspired by all of those people that contributed photos and stories while they were locked in their homes due to Covid. I would recommend giving it to her as a get well gift.
I can't wait to get this book! Thank you ~!!
Apr 15, 2024 20:47:49 #
I still like the old Kodak library of photography books. The cameras are old but the lighting and composition are still valid.
Apr 16, 2024 03:51:37 #
bwilliams wrote:
I still like the old Kodak library of photography books. The cameras are old but the lighting and composition are still valid.
Scott Kirby has some good online stuff. Might be more geared to software, haven’t been on the site for a long time.
Apr 16, 2024 09:57:24 #
coolhanduke wrote:
Scott Kirby has some good online stuff. Might be more geared to software, haven’t been on the site for a long time.
Do you mean Scott Kelby? Or is my memory drifting away again?
Apr 16, 2024 11:18:07 #
cindo51 wrote:
Do you mean Scott Kelby? Or is my memory drifting away again?
Your memory?
Yes, Kelby I guess.
Apr 16, 2024 12:01:22 #
Apr 17, 2024 15:40:32 #
Jerry Coupe wrote:
If she has computer and Internet access, then You Tube is a very good option as well.
Yes, and you tube might help as well with choice of camera equipment, deciding what type of photography one might like to do, and fitting the equipment to that type of photography. I do strictly landscape, which requires a little bit different lenses and lighting than say, portrait photography. Not that you can't do both. But for specifics....
Apr 17, 2024 16:00:04 #
SunnyDays
Loc: Montreal, Canada and Boca Raton
Omg. Just looked up Ruth Orkin. She “has” an instagram page!
Take a look at the wonderful New York photos of men women and children. We couldn’t make photos of those youngsters today.
Ruth would have been fun to meet!
Thank you for the introduction.
Naomi
Take a look at the wonderful New York photos of men women and children. We couldn’t make photos of those youngsters today.
Ruth would have been fun to meet!
Thank you for the introduction.
Naomi
Apr 19, 2024 16:25:53 #
sueyeisert wrote:
Understanding Exposure by Brian Peterson
I highly recommend his books.
I highly recommend his books.
The whole
Peterson library of books is worth the investment but start with exposure
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