The Shutterbug Society; Activity #3: Ask and Answer

[ed1nburgh.livejournal.com]

Activity: Ask and Answer
Points: 10 points participatioon
Dates: NOW until Thursday, July 1 at 22:00 PDT.

Details: Since this is a photography club and we have members of all skill levels, for this activity, you're going to have the opportunity to ask or answer photography questions you've always wondered!

FOR QUESTIONS: Be sure that it is a question of substance. Asking, "What's a camera?" will not get you points, but asking something of more substance, such as "What is the rule of thirds?" or "What's the difference between digital cameras and film cameras," will count towards points. If you are only planning on asking questions, you must ask THREE questions to get participation points.

FOR ANSWERS: If you know the answer to a question you see, feel free to respond! In order to get participation points, you must answer one question with at least five, complete sentences. It is encouraged that you post an example of what you're talking about, to make your answer totally clear.

Of course, feel free to go beyond the minimum! You may ask more than three questions or answer more than one, or any combination thereof.

If you have any questions for me, please respond to the thread below!

Shoot things, legally! Join The Shutterbug Society today!

Comments

[gringotts.livejournal.com]

Just set your camera to have the shutter open as long as possible! Then, if you are light painting a person, try to have them be as still as humanly possible (unless you want a little motion blur?) and run the torch over them a few times to light them, then you can trace around them etc. etc.

It takes a lot of practice, a lot of trial and error to figure out how fast or slow you need to paint the light. I've tried a few myself and once you get the hang of it, it's really amazing the kind of things you can do. I really loved this one photo of SP when they were in Paris. Patrick tookit, they were standing in the middle of the road and had the light trails from the cars around them!

Nadine//Claw