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i use pinhole camera

banjonut Loc: Southern Michigan

I second that.

gbh46 Loc: St Ives Cambridge UK

Huh Huh? are we in some sort of competition?

gbh46 Loc: St Ives Cambridge UK

nice one....

cockney greg Loc: London E17

Nice one winterrose, reeling 'em in nicely.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Yes, it's quite amazing, isn't it? Cheers to you cockney greg, Rob.

RicknJude Loc: Quebec, Canada

Thanks for the link. I enjoyed that. :-)

EarthArts Loc: Schenectady,NY

Interesting. Maybe if I were still shooting Kodachrome and even then I would only stick to the technical manual metering aspects and take into consideration the feeling I wanted to convey. As for the rest, only if the situation demanded an accompanying dissertation. Manual . . . Definately the way to go, when you have the time. When you do not sometimes it is just on a wing and a prayer. With the DSLR's I find them pretty accurate and easy to tweak to ones liking, and then there is auto bracketing to back you up. When I entered photography I was taught only manual operations. I believe everyone should start that way, then they would know why their images turn out as they do. As for all the other information . . I used to keep a journal and entries were always after I was satisfied that I had gotten the shot. Now I have exif to record all the basics and when I put an image up on the monitor I can tell you exactly what went into recording it. I should say that I shoot primarily nature and the camera is always in some auto mode until I can judge the situation and if there is time to go to manual I do. By the way I still carry a hand held meter and a gray card for when I really want to get picky. And, just an aside note, one constant in this world is CHANGE. I do and always have believed that if you see something that you KNOW is a great shot you had better have your camera in hand shooting it, or at least ready to. With nature there are no do overs.

profpb Loc: Venice, Florida

I read the book. Try it--reading. Then try photographing. It's fun.

lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

I don't understand the big issue here.

What I do is set the ISO, shutter speed and then the aperture. Then I take my finger on the right hand and push the little black button. From that last point, everything is automatic.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Does it REALLY look like I was asking for advice? I wasn't and that is probably a wise move because it appears that the best some of you UHHers can offer is an informed and highly intelligent sounding "Huh?"

I have never bought any HOW TO DO PHOTOGRAPHY book and I don't need to do so now, thank you very much. If there is something I do not know or understand I usually figure it out by myself or find out from those who truly DO know.

winterrose Loc: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

It's good to encounter someone who truly takes photography seriously.

RustyEire

And for your third and fourth novels in the series, please use a nom de plume and omit the articles "a" and "the" and any verbs ending in "ive" . . . .

johnfromsouthwell Loc: Southwell, Notts. UK

Well! that's all too much for me, but here's a photograph as requested. What is it? See my next post in this theme.

johnfromsouthwell Loc: Southwell, Notts. UK

It's a spec of dust in the eye of a ghost walking past an open window.

Sorry!

John