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What I learned in the Photography Class

Phyl

Phyl

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
I learned that there was dust (about 4 pieces) on my camera's sensor! When I started playing with the F-45 setting I found these green looking specks in my pictures. I cleaned the front lens and tried again. Still there. Cleaned the back part of the lens. The dust was still there. Double checked that it wasn't the aquarium glass (twice). And when all else failed, I realized that I was going to have to clean the sensor inside the camera.

So with a heavy sigh, I locked up the mirror and used the bulb blower to clean the dust off of the sensor. Luckily it worked on the first shot and I was able to take dust free pictures after that! Nerve wrecking, but painless process. Glad to have that behind me!
 
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JerseyWendy

If I told you what I learned in the awesome class you taught, I'd make a fool of myself, seriously. :-[

I was so ignorant when it came to picture taking. Too lazy to really READ the entire owner's manual. Once I saw I could take pictures, I put the box and manual away, and had to actually look for them before the meeting.

Phyl, you taught me SO much, and I will try very, VERY hard to experiment from now on, AND encourage everyone with a "cheap" camera to read the manual, because I already learned there's a lot more things I can "play" with than I ever thought possible. :-[ :-[

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Wendy
 
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ocmsolidsnake

Although I had expirience with the terms you taught, through my father, it was nice to see some great examples shots with the various apature, exposure time, and ISO values. I also cannot get over that Acan picture with that special lens you showed. Hopefully when I try some pictures tomorrow they wont be so aweful and boring. Thanks for putting together a nice presentation.
 
Phyl

Phyl

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
Thanks gang!

And in the interest of "You learn something new every day"...

You can connect your D200 (? other models?) to your computer using a USB cable and use your computer to remotely trigger the camera. The ultimate in reducing camera shake. I'll let you know after I've tried it!
 
mikem

mikem

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
Works great Phyl. I've tried it already with the capture button on a lot of programs.
 
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Carlo

Hey Phyl any chance you could publish the slide show online here so we have it for reference? With all the running around on Sunday I didn't get a chance to see it.

Carlo
 
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KathyC

I like that idea Carlos..considering that I missed it entirely.
Thanks for the help with the white balance & camera angles Phyl..appreciated the help!
 
Phyl

Phyl

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
Thanks, Mladen!

As for the presentation, Billy has it on video. He's working on getting it posted, I think.
 
Phyl

Phyl

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
OctaviousMonk said:
I agree it was a great class, only problem is that now my fiancee wants a better camera, lol
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LOL! That certainly is the danger of being around all of those cameras!
 
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hurtback

hi ya all, I've been reading the posts from the photography class that was had at the last meeting. Unfortunately i was not able to attend but i did want to add a few things that I've learned over the past many years. I think the most important thing you could do would be to read the manual that comes with your camera. Then read it again with the camera in your hands and actually look over the camera while reading the manual. I've done professional photography for over 25 years, and work for a major company doing pro camera help desk/repair( i deal with the s1,s2,s3,s5,s20 pro cameras--yea i know, i just told you the company i work for, lol) even the professional guys/gals dont read the camera manual.
using a digital camera now a days is so easy---you can shoot images, look them over, delete what you don't like , and reshoot---write down what your doing so once you've looked over your images you can improve on what you've done
practice around the house, use the macro/ close up mode , if your camera has one--take available light images of your kids, wife,husband, pets---anything so you can get used to how and what your camera can do
use a tripod and practice,practice,practice--- my seahorse image was the October POTH---i used an Olympus c2100 ultra zoom with magnifying rings, hand held---i cant tell you how many images i have of seahorses---good ones and bad ones---
remember, the more you use your camera, the better you'll become and yes it does take some time to learn and understand how your camera operates and what it can and cant do
well, i think that's enough for now...
so keep shooting and i hope there'll be more images for the POTM contest---
sorry if this is long winded
Steve
 
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Carlo

Thanks so much Phyl & Billy. I know this type of thing takes up a whole lot more time then most people assume.

I just thought I'd say a BIG THANKS to both of you and all the officers for all the hard work you guys put into the club on our behalf behind the scenes.

It's no wonder why our club is so "kick but" compared to most!

Carlo
 
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poconofishy

Phyl,
Thanks for sharing and for putting together a very well thought out presentation. I hope to see it again when you take it on the road!
 
Phyl

Phyl

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
I'm afraid that might have been an unreasonable expectation based on the size of the resulting file. Apparently the output is HUGE!
 
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