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Originally Posted by Sandie
I rarely took snapshots with film. I started taking 'artsy' shots in highschool and got a degree in photography and film. I was pretty snobby and hated taking pictures at family events because I had so little control over the situation. I was always disappointed in the results. It is hard to take 25 bracketed shots of the same thing when someone is blowing out the candles  When I finally broke down and got my girls digital point and shoot cameras about 5 years ago, I started taking family shots for the first time. Last year I started a 365 blog with a point and shoot and started doing a little more than snapshots. Then for Christmas this year my family all pitched in and got me the DSLR. I was feeling very overwhelmed...teaching old dogs new tricks and all that...until my friend pointed me to this forum. I have been addicted ever since! I feel like I am learning, especially post-processing, and like I can keep learning and growing because the people here are wonderful!
Sorry I started rambling. I think it is fasinating the different avenues we have all taken to end up here. |
Sandie -- Thanks for sharing your story. I think it's a great one for me to hear, as I find myself using the point and shoot that I used to dearly love much less these days for many of the reasons that you didn't want to take snapshots. There is so much to be said for balance! I hope to get to a place where I don't think so much about the gear and the situation but just enjoy taking the best picture I can for a given situation. That day is probably a long way off, but your story is a nice reminder.
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Originally Posted by photofun
I just wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed Part 2 and to keep 'em coming. I'm glad you started getting comments because I might have missed it as there's so much more to see here at DPS I completely missed it the first few times around. I don't have any lighting equipment but your tutorials make me want to frequent the Strobist to learn more. I like you're portraits. 
I almost forgot, I like you're comment about the wine, but I don't think even that would make my husband a willing subject. |
Photofun -- Thanks for the feedback. Seems like a lot of people were in the same boat of being involved in the new sections about the same time I originally wrote this.
As to making your husband cooperate? Set up a little studio (even shoplights work with some creativity), pour him some wine, put on some music, and you might be surprised how much fun you two have. You'll never know until you try, right? I know it's usually like pulling teeth to get my wife to agree to pose, but we always have a blast actually taking the pictures. Even if you delete them all later you'll still get some quality time together!