Make me an expert photographer in less than five minutes, plz.

[mank!]

You arse

 

[Tom]

Can't be arsed telling you everything I know (tv cameraman), but just a few tips:

Light - light is key. Literally. Crap lighting = crap picture.

Rule of thirds - try and place the horizon on either of the two lines you imagine to vertically separate the frame into thirds. Depending on which is more important (the ground or the sky). This also works horizontally.

Perspective - use lines of perspective (ie a road disappearing into the distance) to 'point' at your subject, or to lead the eye into the subject.

Depth of field - varies according to lens apeture - basically, the smaller the depth of field, the more you have to focus. When the iris is fully open (low light), depth of field is very small, when the iris is almost closed (bright sunny day), depth of field is huge. DOF also varies according to focal length (zoom). You know when ur watching telly, and the camera focuses between two people having a conversation, some distance apart? That's using DOF.

Story telling - cos that's what you're trying to do. You're trying to make a 2D image look like a 3D image, and to convey a story. That's the creative bit.

Hope this helps.

 

[Lester]

I love Tom. He's so, so... grown up. And normal.

 

[Summo]

Thanks, Tom. Much appreciated.

 

[Tom]

I've been messing around with my SLR the past few weeks I just remembered this thread, any good photos Summo?

 

[gremlin]

Originally posted by Tom[SHOTTEH]
I've been messing around with my SLR the past few weeks I just remembered this thread, any good photos Summo?

Probably too explicit to be posted here... uke:

 

[Jonny_Darko]

Originally posted by Wazzerphuk
go to jessops

Don't go to Jessops. Last time I had photos developed there they told me with a straight face that they nearly called the police and not to bring photos like that in again. Looked at me like I was scum.

What for? A couple were pictures of my two year old daughter in the bath - top half visible only, and they were important because it was the last roll of film I was going to use on her before my missus moved away taking the baby with her.

Utter bastards. (Jessops, not my ex and daughter.)

 

[leggy]

There is too much of this shit going on now.

The thick twats they employ in places like boots and jessops seem too stupid to tell the difference between child porn and your kid having a bath ffs.

 

[ECA]

Originally posted by Jonny_Darko
Don't go to Jessops. Last time I had photos developed there they told me with a straight face that they nearly called the police and not to bring photos like that in again. Looked at me like I was scum.

What for? A couple were pictures of my two year old daughter in the bath - top half visible only, and they were important because it was the last roll of film I was going to use on her before my missus moved away taking the baby with her.

Utter bastards. (Jessops, not my ex and daughter.)

Hey guess what?
My parents got taken to court over a similar thing.
They were of course, found not guilty.

 

[ECA]

oh btw developers are legally obliged to contact the police if they find anything like that.

They dont know if your the parents or some random molester person, although imho they should treat it with a great deal more respect and caution then they do atm and have done in the past.

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by ECA
Hey guess what?
My parents got taken to court over a similar thing.
They were of course, found not guilty.

*uses regression therapy on ECA*

*calls police*

 

[Tom]

I would imagine Paedophiles are a bit more intelligent then to take pictures of that nature to the shop - digital camera stills don't need developing.

I'm waiting for a roll of B&W that I shot a couple of weeks ago to be developed, if there are any nice shots I'll post them up here for you to laugh at.

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by Tom[SHOTTEH]
I've been messing around with my SLR the past few weeks I just remembered this thread, any good photos Summo?

Um... I've done nothing since this thread.

Of to London on Saturday though with my ladee so I'll take some touristy-type shots BUT WITH A TWIST.

Or something.

 

[ECA]

Originally posted by Tom[SHOTTEH]
I would imagine Paedophiles are a bit more intelligent then to take pictures of that nature to the shop - digital camera stills don't need developing.

Or polaroids, or video cameras.

Honestly in 99.99% of these cases the people are innocent.

A paedophile would have to be fucking stupid to take those sort of pics to a shop.

 

[Rubric]

Cannon EOS 3000 is a nice beginners SLR comes with 35-80mm Lens fairly cheap to get a wide angle one & a telephoto say £150.
Tripod £15 quid flash £90. Oh camera is under £200 pounds no i believe.

 

[Dr_Gonzo]

Incidentally, if you were thinking of going the whole film route (and it is a whole lot cheaper than getting a digi SLR), a film scanner could be your friend if they're going to go digital any way. This means you'd only need to develop, not print your films which is cheap to get the kit for, though the film scanners are a fair bit.

A tip for B&W though, try not to look at colours so much. Once you start noticing edges and textures you start seeing much better photographs, but you have to make a concious effort to do so. B&W makes people look at things differently, like a bit of wood suddenly becomes interesting as the lack of colour means they don't instantly classify it as a bit of wood and ignore it, rather they see the textures and patterns on the wood itself, and appreciate it asthetically.

 

[Lester]

If you look remotely foxy the Jessop guys mark your envelope so they know to check them out when they come back. FACT!!



I never get my envelope marked

 

[cjravey]

Interesting off-spin - just watched One Hour Photo. Class, anyone else seen it? Then again, and after much cider, I also enjoyed Evolution. Should I be ashamed?

I have a GCSE in photography, bu can remember little. Tom is a TV cameraman, wow... If you ever worked on BBC sci-fi, my first born can be delivered recorded post to any address.

 

[Tom]

I just thought I'd post some piccies I took on a Canon EOS 300, with Agfa ISO100 B&W film, what do you guys reckon?

Canal Bridge near me

The same bridge, but from underneath. This is my favourate shot from the whole film.

Local historic house, just around the corner from me.

Local church

Greece World Rally 2003, this is the cameraman I was with (I was doing sound)

Group shot on location, filming pieces to camera, with Jon Desborough and Penny Mallory. I'm taking the photo.

 

[mank!]

This is my attempt at black and white :/

 

[Tom]

Oh, and just so you can see what a m0ng I am, this is one with me in it...

Taken by Jon, so don't blame me for the exposure!

BTW Mank thats quite nice, is it B&W film or colour film photoshopped?

 

[mank!]

It's taken on a digital camera and I just B&Wed it using irfanview

 

[Gumbo]

Ok, this is in no way meant to be arty, or profesional or anything, but i took it in my garden 20 minutes ago, and this is a thread with photos in so....

 

[mank!]

While we're at it These aren't arty etc either, I just think they're quite decent

I was supposed to be starting a 6 week photography course on Wednesday, I forgot about it ;/

 

[Gumbo]

While we're doing wildlife....

 

[Tom]

I don't like the way that cat is looking at me....:uhoh:

 

[mank!]

my cat 0wns you

nice pic that gum, although that looks quite evil too :|

 

[Gumbo]

The snake, or the moth?

The moth is a hummingbird hawk moth, quite rare in this country apparently, and it really looks like a hummingbird when it's feeding.

 

[mank!]

The moth, although the snake's quite evil too. My cat isn't evil :>