I am trying to find beautiful locations for her. She and I are going to England in September. Folks bear in mind the best photographer can't make beautiful landxcapes with a ugly subject.
Folks travelling to Cape Cod and Southern Maine this fall and I would like to find a few good photography sites. I am trying to teach my daughter how to take a picture she can be proud of.
Nothing makes photography more fun than when others admire your pictures, and help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jack
My first dslr was a Nikon D70 and I used my old AI lenses.
The link below is to an outfit that does scanning reasonably.
http://www.scancafe.com/services/slide-scanning
This is not rotary scanning for real high quality but the ones of family I had done were not bad. Best of luck.
The reason I asked is that Photoshop prior to cs4 comes with a feature:Photoshop/files/automate/picture package. With this you can fit images to a couple of wallet sizes that will fit on a 8x10. then just print it.
Do you have photoshop and if so which version?
The traditional size is 2 1/2 X 3 1/2.
Sorry about the misinformation earlier, I should have read the posting carefully rather than concentrate on the phrase best portrait lens. Considering the wide range of subjects you need to shoot I would take a look at the 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, it is well within your budget.
If you are not working off a locked tripod, try a fast 85, 105, or 135 prime. If you manually focus, a great deal is a Nikon ais 105 f2.5. This lens is fast and exceptionally sharp, you should be able to pick up a excellent used one from one of the following; Adorama, B&H, KEH or National Camera Exchange for $250.00 or less.
If there is a camera store in your area I suggest you go there and look at the lenses they have in the size range you want. Be aware that the f2.8 zooms are heavy to carry all day. I am not aware of a 80-300 af f2.8 made by Nikon. I have used a 18-200 vr, a modest weight and very good lens, I also use an AF 80-200 D f2.8 it is an excellent lens but heavy. If you use it on a DX camera the effective coverage will be 120-300. When you are ready to purchase look to Adorama, B&H, National Camera Exchange, KEH, and Ebay.
I would suggest a couple of books that might be found on Amazon or Ebay. First you must understand your camera, so a good resource is David Busch's Nikon D90 Guide to Digital SLR Photography.
Then a book that will help you understand many of the basics of good technique, plus it is a good read.
The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques by John Shaw. The third thing that will help you is get out and take pictures of what interests you.
It depends on how much time she has and how seriously interested she is. They teach a lot of basics in darkroom that will help her become a better photographer, that said almost no pros shoots film today. Digital is the now and future of photography. I wish her success.
Beautiful both the bird and your images.