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Best Potography Magzine
Dec 16, 2013 15:58:16 #
charryl wrote:
Agree with you. Great magazine for the overachievers in all of us. I also like Outdoor photography. What I like about Digital Photography is that the articles are very in depth. While the web, too, holds tons of information, you need to know what you are looking for. Digital Photography gives me ideas I would never have thought of much less know what to search for on the web.
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Dec 16, 2013 16:32:16 #
yuccarob wrote:
I am a beginner and I can't seem to get off that page. I think I need a good instructional type magazine but don't know which one. Any suggestions on which would be a good all around instructional mag?
The internet is your best source of information. Here's a link to a lot of free advanced reading.
http://digitalmag.rangefinderonline.com/rangefinder
Dec 16, 2013 17:06:02 #
yuccarob
Loc: Las Vegas, NV
Thanks Bellisari, I look into it. There are a lot of good suggestions that I hadn't thought of and Of course I don't know what photog mag. are out there. Thanks again.
Dec 16, 2013 20:07:06 #
Dec 16, 2013 22:21:19 #
olcoach
Loc: Oregon
Pop. photo, outdoor photo and shutterbug are 3 I subscribe to, and I pick up the Brit mags at Costco. I really do learn more here than from anY or all the mags.
Dec 16, 2013 22:47:12 #
Jana-TAS
Loc: Washington
Would depend on your interests. If you are interested in birds and wildlife I would consider getting Outdoor Photography. Popular Photography is also good. I sub. to them both. So depending on your interests would say if I would get the one or the other first. If you have not seen either and the grocery store you go to has a good selection in magazines you might want to see if they have either of them and if they do pick them up and see what you think.
Dec 16, 2013 22:52:45 #
steveg48 wrote:
I tried it and thought it was good. However it kept crashing on my Ipad. I have the original iPad. Did you ever experience this?
I read all my magazines via Zinio on iPad. Pop Photo, Shutter Bug, Digital Photo Pro, Digital Photo, American Photo, Outdoor Photograph (wow, I guess I have a lot of subscriptions). The app never crashes on my 3rd generation iPad (there's a 64GB iPad Air under the tree this year). If your app is crashing, you make need to clear some memory off your iPad as a crashing app often indicates a lack of memory.
To the OP......I have several photo magazine subscriptions because there's usually at least one article of interest in each months issue.
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Dec 16, 2013 23:02:28 #
wthomson wrote:
How about "Pots Unlimited"? Covers everything from chamber pots to pasta pots to growing your own pot ;-).
I was going to suggest High Times magazine.
Dec 16, 2013 23:53:48 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I get Pop Photo and Outdoor Photo through Amazon for about $11/year. Each issue has at least one article I find useful. The expensive foreign magazines will be more instructional, but at a very high price. One or two tips a month is good for me.
Don't forget to look for online tutorials. This is a good site.
http://digital-photography-school.com/
Don't forget to look for online tutorials. This is a good site.
http://digital-photography-school.com/
I do the same thing with Amazon and Popular Photography. That brings the per issue price down to less than a buck. Can't beat that! :D
Dec 17, 2013 01:18:41 #
odinswolf wrote:
I have received a lot from Photo Life which is a Canadian magazine with some very good articles. It comes out every other month.
Rob
Rob
That's what I read.
Dec 17, 2013 01:21:53 #
yuccarob
Loc: Las Vegas, NV
Thanks, I am mostly interested in outdoor and wild wild life and birds of prey. So it sounds like Outdoor Photography would be the one for me if I can't find what I am looking for on-line.
Thanks again.
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Dec 17, 2013 18:24:54 #
yuccarob wrote:
I am a beginner and I can't seem to get off that page. I think I need a good instructional type magazine but don't know which one. Any suggestions on which would be a good all around instructional mag?
I've always been partial to Shutterbug (I still browse them in a book store while my wife is shopping elsewhere) but with the enormous library of available free info on the Internet about anything and everything, I haven't bought a magazine in six or seven years.
What I would suggest is to get out there and shoot everything you see and work on your composition first with the camera set on automatic everything. When you start getting compositions that you feel good about and people compliment you about, then work on learning about shutter, aperture, ISO, and how they work together. Switch to a semi-automatic mode like aperture-priority or shutter-priority then. Work with those for a while until you understand why you're using them. Meanwhile your composition will also be improving even more. Finally take the dive and work with fully manual after you understand why you want to.
I've done them all over the years but prefer one of the semi-auto modes with auto-focus in almost all situations. To everyone his or her own preference.
Dec 17, 2013 19:26:16 #
yuccarob wrote:
I am a beginner and I can't seem to get off that page. I think I need a good instructional type magazine but don't know which one. Any suggestions on which would be a good all around instructional mag?
Yucca, I know you asked about magazines, which are informative and very convenient.
But have you given any thought to taking a class at one of your local schools? I'll bet there are a lot of very good ones in LV.
Just my 2cents.
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Dec 17, 2013 20:30:57 #
yuccarob
Loc: Las Vegas, NV
Thanks Mark. Good info I have been experimenting with the semi auto modes and have had some luck and some real disasters. I can't seem to get the relationship between shutter speed and aperture, but I'm working on it. I just thought a regular subscription to a mag. would give me a short cut.
Sharp I have considered a class at UNLV or the local CC but am gone a lot traveling so have to get one I can attend. Have an class on DVD but it is mostly about composition and not a lot about camera settings. I'll have to get a spring catalog for the local schools and see what they have.
Thanks again for all the info you guys are really helpful.
Sharp I have considered a class at UNLV or the local CC but am gone a lot traveling so have to get one I can attend. Have an class on DVD but it is mostly about composition and not a lot about camera settings. I'll have to get a spring catalog for the local schools and see what they have.
Thanks again for all the info you guys are really helpful.
Dec 18, 2013 00:13:42 #
yuccarob wrote:
Thanks Mark. Good info I have been experimenting w... (show quote)
Magazines are usually telling the latest trick to overcome something and trying to present something unique - not training beginners. Other than looking at what other photographers do and trying to emulate it in your compositions, I think it's not the best choice.
There are also online courses that aren't too expensive and you can do it at your leisure instead of being home for classes.
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