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when good things happen part 2 i have to take a photography class for my degree in Art and Design (i concentrate in woodworking but still..) and i gotta buy all of this stuff, doesn't matter that i'm kinda broke. but i have a friend who just informed me that his dad found a nice manual 35 mm camera at the school he works at. My friend has two so he let me use his! now i don't have to buy one right now. when i get it maybe someone could help me play around with it  | |
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What kind of 35mm camera is it? | |
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althom said: What kind of 35mm camera is it?
all i know is its one of those manual cameras. the class requires it to be with a manual focus and exposure controls. i didn't see the camera my friend has for me yet but he took the class already and he said that its what i need. now all i gotta do is buy the film and fiber based black and white photographic printing paper(thats what the syllabus says). The class seems complicated to me but i'm excited about it, i think it will be fun. i just hope i get the lighting stuff right. | |
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heybaby said: althom said: What kind of 35mm camera is it?
all i know is its one of those manual cameras. the class requires it to be with a manual focus and exposure controls. i didn't see the camera my friend has for me yet but he took the class already and he said that its what i need. now all i gotta do is buy the film and fiber based black and white photographic printing paper(thats what the syllabus says). The class seems complicated to me but i'm excited about it, i think it will be fun. i just hope i get the lighting stuff right. You will! It's not that hard. They'll show you how to take a photo first and then you'll be shown the darkroom stuff. A lot of it is just trial and error stuff. You quickly learn what settings you'll need your camera on to get the right exposure. One trick to do.....is take three photos, of the same thing, but change the exposure on each shot. Make note of it by writing it down along side the neg number, so that when you see the shots you can see what exposure turned oput the best. | |
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althom said: heybaby said: all i know is its one of those manual cameras. the class requires it to be with a manual focus and exposure controls. i didn't see the camera my friend has for me yet but he took the class already and he said that its what i need. now all i gotta do is buy the film and fiber based black and white photographic printing paper(thats what the syllabus says). The class seems complicated to me but i'm excited about it, i think it will be fun. i just hope i get the lighting stuff right. You will! It's not that hard. They'll show you how to take a photo first and then you'll be shown the darkroom stuff. A lot of it is just trial and error stuff. You quickly learn what settings you'll need your camera on to get the right exposure. One trick to do.....is take three photos, of the same thing, but change the exposure on each shot. Make note of it by writing it down along side the neg number, so that when you see the shots you can see what exposure turned oput the best. good idea. i'm writing this down... | |
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It might be an idea to run a film through the camera first. Check to see if everything is working and that the focus is right as well. Just buy a cheap roll of colour film and take some shots with it and go get it processed. You'll soon find out if everything is ok. | |
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althom said: It might be an idea to run a film through the camera first. Check to see if everything is working and that the focus is right as well. Just buy a cheap roll of colour film and take some shots with it and go get it processed. You'll soon find out if everything is ok.
cool, he's gonna bring it to school tomorrow. how long have you been doing photography? | |
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heybaby said: althom said: It might be an idea to run a film through the camera first. Check to see if everything is working and that the focus is right as well. Just buy a cheap roll of colour film and take some shots with it and go get it processed. You'll soon find out if everything is ok.
cool, he's gonna bring it to school tomorrow. how long have you been doing photography? 18 years! | |
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althom said: heybaby said: cool, he's gonna bring it to school tomorrow. how long have you been doing photography? 18 years! really?! thats a long time! you have your own business right? | |
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heybaby said: althom said: 18 years! really?! thats a long time! you have your own business right? I started really young.....so I'm not THAT old. 
Yeah....I have my own studio. | |
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the first two weeks we can take pics of whatever we want so i'm gonna take some pics of my kids and everything else. | |
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heybaby said: the first two weeks we can take pics of whatever we want so i'm gonna take some pics of my kids and everything else.
It's easier to take shots of things that won't move on you. I find kids like to move too much.
But try some landscape shots as well. You can use the 3 shot (bracket effect) on that. | |
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althom said: heybaby said: the first two weeks we can take pics of whatever we want so i'm gonna take some pics of my kids and everything else.
It's easier to take shots of things that won't move on you. I find kids like to move too much.
But try some landscape shots as well. You can use the 3 shot (bracket effect) on that. thats true. my boys move to much i stick with motionless stuff first. | |
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