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Digital Photography Composition 101
Darren writes "With the 'Rise of the Digital Camera' I suspect we will also see the 'Rise of the Dodgy Digital Photo'. As digital cameras get in the hands of more and more snap happy photographers there will be more and more average images cluttering the PC's of the world. Already there must be millions of self portraits taken at arms length (complete with double chins), countless pictures of Aunt Mildred (cut off at the knees) and just as many out of focus shots of everyday objects in the living rooms of new digital camera owners too lazy to move from the couch. Its time to learn how to take good digital images before its too late! Digital Photography Composition Tips aims to teach the world a few basic guidelines for improving digital photographer's skills everywhere."
More *in focus* voyeur pics. Keep tuned in.
I don't want to see any pics of Aunt Mildred cut off at the knees!
"Is this just useless, or is it expensive as well?"
Great....I go on a trip of a lifetime to Africa. I see 50+ lions, hippos galore, giraffe, elephant, rhino, wildebeast and everything else under the sun. I take 1,100 digital photos.
I arrive back at work on Monday, and Slashdot gives me the info I needed.
Grrrrr...
HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN THRU YOUR COMPUTER MONITOR !
Go to the Free Internet Photo From Your Monitor website
*Sit in front of your monitor.
*Look directly into the activated object.
*Click "Take Photo" - below with your cursor/mouse
*Don't forget to smile at the "camera."
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Will studying proper digital photography techniques get rid of my double chin?
With the 'Rise of Oil and Canvas' I suspect we will also see the 'Rise of the Dodgy Oil Painting'. As oils, brushes, and canvas get in the hands of more and more amateur painters there will be more and more average paintings cluttering the walls of the world. Already there must be millions of self portraits (complete with double chins), countless pictures of Aunt Mildred (cut off at the knees) and just as many poorly drawn renderings of everyday objects in the living rooms of new painters too lazy to move from the couch. Its time to learn how to make good art before its too late! Drawing and Painting Composition Tips aims to teach the world a few basic guidelines for improving painter's skills everywhere.
With the 'Rise of the Digital Camera' I suspect we will also see the 'Rise of the Dodgy Digital Photo'. As digital cameras get in the hands of more and more snap happy photographers there will be more and more average images cluttering the PC's of the world.
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Oh my, is that negative or what? And a bit misguided too, in that (a) digital cameras are hardly new, and (b) this is a topic from the rise of the point-and-shoot camera era many decades ago. I did get a chuckle of out "I suspect," though. It sounds like something Peggy Hill would say
I think that 1 of 10 is a pretty good number. Most people aren't getting published, they are just taking pictures for themselves and friends.
Look through Joe Random's 64M compactflash card that has 500 pictures on it and I bet you could find 50 pretty good ones. The trick is to take those 50 out of context (ie, delete all the other crappy ones and merely 'good' ones) and all of a sudden it looks like he took 50 really good pix. He did, actually, but you need to learn to only go public with the good ones and not show all the ones that aren't as good as those 50.
Hence the rule.
And the biggest reason I can't take pictures as good as the photographers for Penthouse / Playboy has nothing to do with technical merits or ability and everything to do with that pesky restraining order.
Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer
Sorry, been there, done that. Was trying to do something "artsy" for my high school photography class back in the late 70's....
And no, don't ask for the pic. A) I ain't that good-looking, and B) Heaven only knows where the negative & print is.
Is that the mode where you hand the camera to someone nearby and say, "Here, I'm too stupid to use this."
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