Hey, I've been noticing that I really like my photos from back when I knew less about the technical side of photography, and I think I'm caring too much about that stuff, rather than the creativity. Do you guys have any suggestions for like, simple little fun projects? Or any other suggestions?
@VianEsterhuizen follow @dailyshoot on twitter (or go to the website dailyshoot.com). they have simple little assignments every day...i rarely actually do them, but i find that they are good inspiration.
and it's a good stockpile of ideas for when you want to take photos but don't know what to do :)
That's a pretty interesting idea actually, now that I think of it. I do kind of limit myself to what I feel comfortable with and what I feel equipped for.
6 months! Haha. That's a commitment. Yeah, I've been planning on trying that too. It's tough to do I think, but would definitely work.
similar to @rfusca's suggestion about different types of photography, i often find that looking at or trying different types of art can give me ideas for photos...it can be going to museums/galleries, or fingerpainting at home. there's usually something inspiring to be found in a different medium, if you are an art person generally
(note: you also don't have to be good at a different type of art for it to help get your creativity flowing...i love finger painting nonsense or painting abstract things with acryllics, but i'm not good at either of them :)
@rfusca Well, seems there is a new duplicate checking feature added to StackExchange. I can't start a new PotW because the system insists the Aug 29 thread is a duplicate of the Aug 22 thread.
Despite the fact that I've changed the title and body to reflect the new timperiod.
"Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because: Sorry, this is a duplicate of Weekly Featured Image: Aug 22, '11"
This is the place to submit and vote on photos for the week of 29 August to be featured on the main site. This contest should showcase your best quality work, demonstrating at least moderate skill with a camera and a general understanding of the artistic aspects of photography. Remember, the sele...
What kind of lighting equipment should i have as a beginner.
Basically I want to take some great portrait pictures with a decent lighting equipment.
Any suggestion towards strobist accessories ?
Thanks
I'm not familiar with Gimp, but it should be as easy as resizing the image. In Photoshop, there's an option when resizing the image, to convert it to XXX DPI. It's not going to do much for the quality of the photo.
Usually when people ask for 300dpi, they mostly mean they want a high resolution photo for the best possible print quality.
And my apologies if this sounds a bit too basic but I can't get my head around this.
I have a digital image I took with my camera. 4000x3000 pixels, and GIMP claims that its resolution is 72x72 DPI.
I would like to print a thumbnail of this picture in the highest quality possible. What I was to...
@VianEsterhuizen yes, I am actually helping out a friend (who has no of how to use a computer) so I'm not absolutely sure about the specifics, since HE didn't really ask
What I've noticed is Google search: The more detailed your question, the better the results. SE: The less detailed your question, the better your results.
We used to have a remote fart machine that we would set up in vents in halways and would set up as somebody walked by. They would always do the overly exagerated "Where did that come from?" look just to make sure people knew it was them. Once it worked out so perfect that two guys walked past eachother at the same time at the right spot and each was disgusted with the other @rfusca It's pretty early to get my hopes up, but that would be nice.
what were somethings you would do? That reminds me of the dorm room one I always hear about where people would fill the large garbage bins with water, lean it up against the door, and knock on the door.
prints were like 1m x 3m sometimes, quite a price in paper
haha, we took the bolts off his chair once, he used to come up to it and chuck himself on it and he did, it flew off the pedestal and deposited him on the floor... RUN!
Its been brought up that it might be interesting to devote the occasional picture of the week contest to a theme.
I'm envisioning announcing a theme 3-4 weeks ahead and then accepting entries around that theme. (We could also publish a full list of themes far in advance.) Pictures wouldn't nee...
What kind of lighting equipment should i have as a beginner.
Basically I want to take some great portrait pictures with a decent lighting equipment.
Any suggestion towards strobist accessories ?
Thanks
And my apologies if this sounds a bit too basic but I can't get my head around this.
I have a digital image I took with my camera. 4000x3000 pixels, and GIMP claims that its resolution is 72x72 DPI.
I would like to print a thumbnail of this picture in the highest quality possible. What I was to...
