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What's the difference between instax and polaroid?
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>>3028575
They're different brand names for different types of instant photographs. Instax is produced by Fuji, whereas Polaroids were produced by Polaroid.
The confusion comes about because the word 'Polaroid' has become synonymous with instant photos of any kind, in the same way all plastic bags are referred to as 'zip-lock bags'.
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My school is planning on designing a three year program (High School) for Photography.
If you were to build the curriculum for Grades 10 - 12 incorporating Digital Photography/Media how would you design it?
I was thinking of starting with https://sites.google.com/site/marclevoylectures/home
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Are there many of you here that don't care that much about making money or art with photography and just have fun taking photos? It's just a fun thing I like to do with my friends.
Pic related, my cousin's cute dog.
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wow this board is trash.
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I don't take photos for the sole purpose of making money off of it... but taking snapshits just to take them, that's dumb.
I enjoy using composition, lighting, shadows, depth of field, etc. and most importantly interesting subjects or scenery. If you're gonna be pointing and shooting just go post this shit on facebook.
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okay /p/
i have a samsung s3
camera specs: Primary 8 MP, f/2.6, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features 1/3" sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection
Video 1080p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 1.9 MP, f/2.6, 720p@30fps
for the next 4 or so months i'm located in a spot that occasionally gets to see the southern lights.
i have at my disposal that shitty phone. are there any apps that i could use to incease my chance of actually been able to photograph it at all? or will it do that now? i am a total camera noob. i assume i'll need to (nfi on jargon here) adjust some setting to make the camera take more light in, any apps that have that? or am i fucked and i should just spend $100/200 and buy a shitty camera?
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>>3043159
hey, I have an s3 as well. the answer is not really, the picture quality will be shit either way and the apps that give you the ability to shoot RAW don't even work on this phone due to hardware incompatibility. not even the newest ROMs will help you
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>>3043167
i have upgraded to the s4's OS if that helps...
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https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-cameras/launceston/c18394l3000393?price=100.00__210.00
so from that list of cameras, what do you guys reccomend for getting some digital shots of the southern lights?
Can you guys tell which Canon is that camera?
Please.
Thanks in advance.
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And maybe guess the lens too?
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5d mark 3
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Can't you read? It's a 5D Mark III. I take it this is cunt is some photographer you idolise and you believe owning her camera will take her pictures? The lens looks like the 50mm 1.2 chromatic abbreviation special edition
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Film blogger, Tony Zhou, recently published a video breakdown of Michael Bay’s signature style, which he hilariously refers to as ”Bayhem.” As a lover of cinema, I watched with rapt attention as Zhou broke down the technical elements that characterize films like Transformers – rotating shots, multiple moving elements, low angles, etc.
He’s not a fan because Bay’s belief that more is more runs counter to his own tastes. Bay doesn’t just rotate the camera around the subject. He has the subject counter rotate while standing up from a crouched position to emphasize movement and epic-ness. Creating an epic shot without reason (other than “because I can”) leaves us with a story devoid of substance and meaning. The piece had me nodding the whole time, but it wasn’t until 7:21 where things really clicked for me.
https://vimeo.com/99798626
Zhou opines, “But in the end, I think the popularity of this style is hugely important. Whether we like it or not, the interesting thing here is that we’re really visually sophisticated, and totally visually illiterate. We can process visual information at a speed that wasn’t common before. But thinking through what an image means? Not so much.”
I’ve challenged the concept of visual literacy before. I previously wrote:
"As more people become “photographers,” the more they will come to appreciate photography through regular (often daily) consumption. Flipping through Facebook or Instagram immediately reveals “good” and “bad” photos. And as a consumer devours more photography, they will ideally start to discern between “good” and “great” and all the shades in between."
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But in light of what Tony wrote and in observing photographic consumption in society, I’m inclined to change my position. “Literacy” doesn’t just happen. It needs to be taught.
Let’s start with a very simple and common parallel in photography: the filter. When I was a kid, I spent a large chunk of my birthday money buying a Cokin filter set which included a graduated sepia filter and a star filter. In those days, I had to screw on a filter holder to the end of my lens, and then select a filter from a box not so dissimilar from the blood slide box that Dexter kept of his victims.
This isn’t to say that my choice of filters was methodical and carefully planned. Back then, if I saw a shiny object, star filter. Landscape scene, graduated sepia. Nowadays, apps like Instagram and VSCO allow us to apply filters to our images with a simple tap. But can we answer the question: why do we use filters? To induce nostalgia? To emulate film to induce nostalgia? To claim that life is beautiful so #nofilter, but we’re actually using filters? To try to force focus to an element within the photo because we didn’t have the patience or the skill to shoot it right?
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We are visually sophisticated. We know how to work our apps to get that perfect combination of saturation, contrast, and brightness. We read MTF charts and discuss chromatic aberration of each new lens. We consume copious amounts of imagery on a daily basis. But do we know why? And are we able to look at a photo and come up with an informed interpretation of why it is or is not successful?
It is easy to be seduced by a glitzy studio shot that has been Photoshopped to death, but can we appreciate the context of a remarkable photojournalistic image? Can we spot a fake? Do we understand how focal length affects scene compression?
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Because if we cannot, then we will continue to create and consume drivel. This is the evolution in my thinking. I thought that visual literacy would just happen through consumption. But mass consumption leads to appreciation of the lowest common denominator. Take the enormously successful pop star Ariana Grande’s lyric:
""Now that I've become who I really are" is the new "Concrete jungle where dreams are made of"
Catchy beat with a nice hook produced by famous Swede using all known formulas for success, but devoid of meaning – or at the very least, proper grammar. We aren’t advancing the oeuvre much with this one, folks.
Michael Bay creates blockbusters, but he will never be considered in the same breath as Scorsese, Kubrick, Hitchcock, et al. It takes an inspired auteur to push the art of filmmaking to the next level. Similarly, to get into the post-filter age, we’re going to have to actually develop a point of view for our photography. We’re going to have to have enough theory and history to understand other people’s photos. Not all the time, mind you. Photography is still fun after all. But it will enrich our appreciation and ability to be more visually literate as photographers.
It’s fun to be sophisticated, but it’s dumb to be illiterate.
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How could've I improved this picture?
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>>3042993
the thing on the left is very distracting, you should cut it off
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>>3042995
This a million times this.
Also, better processing would of been nice. Looks a bit under exposed and could benefit from a bit of clarity and contrast.
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-fresh meat-
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Random pic I made and dad edited and added a silly watermark. Opinions and tips I could give him ?
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I have not followed the width/height rules. I will now commit sudoku
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>>3042973
There are so many things wrong with this, but let's start with the fact that it's a snapshot and you didn't post it in the recent photo thread.
Why don't you two watch some photography tutorials together?
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Yay or nay? How can i do it better?
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Needs a bit more interest. Try to get a person crossing frame or closer into the foreground for that extra kick. For example this shot, it's not great, but I took another one without the people and it was a lot more boring.
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>>3042802
Looks more blue than bw
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>>3042809
blue? I don't see even a hint of blue.
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Yo, /p/ussies. I don't know shit about photography so I wanted to ask how do you get this kind of effect/filter/whatever in your pictures? Does it have something to do with the lens? photoshop? or the camera itself?
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>this kind of effect
What, night time? You wait until it's dark outside.
Wewlad.
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>>3042733
I know it's night, shitsquirt. I mean the kind of purple-ish tint.
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>>3042739
photoshop
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This is my first time doing this style of shooting, today I took my little brother's senior photos.
I used household lights and held a ring flash off body.
Is it good enough to use? Any tips If I want to try again?
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If I post a photo of an attractive woman will I get a better responce?
This is my main gig, nightclub photography.
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I personally like the look of them, but I'm no pro. I was just wondering how you got into the nightclub gig? (Did you approach them etc?)
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>attractive
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Home Interiors or Architecture Photography 2017-03-20 08:12:42 Post No.3042655
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Home Interiors or Architecture Photography
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Any photographers love taking of homes around here? Architecture / Interiors
Although I am more interested in the interiors but lets see what you guys have!
Thanks in advance!
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Bonus if its a design that interests you also! A picture in which you wish to live in.
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Well yeah I shoot homes and architecture but not really places you'd want to live...
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If you know what I mean...
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Please help, how is left shirt image lightened? right one is my example, trying to get the same. if i set more light to make the shirt overall a bit brigher and with a bit more contrasts, the grey background which i want to preserve will turn white. Do you think the left image have painted in its grey background in editing or something? Please advise what light setup etc, as im keen on achieving the same look. Thanks in advance....
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First of all, the light in the purple shot is coming from behind the collar.
Yours is from the front.
If you want harsher contrasts, try either moving the light back, or using a different/smaller modifier.
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>>3042652
Ok. I position two lights on the image to the right. two softboxes, one in the top and one in the bottom with light coming slightly from above. but this i need to do other wise grey background wont show off as evenly lit.
i can try directing the light more harsly from the top and bottom if that is what better.. but not too confident about how the background will play out.
what kind of modifier do you recommend in order for me to achieve the wanted look? (left pic)
I got a couple of softboxes different sizes that i mainly use. maybe that is wrong? got one snoot . perhaps I ought to play with white/black cardboards among the light
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Tad bit more care in arrangement would probably help quite a bit, particularly at the collar. Little bit of PP wouldn't hurt also.
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What is the best way to store/organize photos and videos? Do you have a folder hierarchy of your stuff? Do you use external harddrives or the cloud storage?
Thinking about getting pic related but I'm not too tech savvy.
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>le cloud meme
enjoy your corrupted, ransomed and NSA indexed files.
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>>3042511
not op but instead of writing a shit response why dont you contribute to this board instead. no reason for that type os response for a legitimate question.
>>3042508
my suggestion is using a computer with high storage capacity as your main component for editing and file transfer of
your photos. then using at least two external hard drives for backup or a raid set up. Id stay away from could storage.
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>>3042508
I use lightroom to catalog everything. It divides pictures up into folders based on year and then date.
It is then backed up to another internal HDD, and automatically uploaded to the cloud.
I also make monthly backups for a drive stored offsite.
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I called this "Choices."
What do you think?
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Its hard to say one way or the other
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I'm a bit on the fence about this picture.
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>aspiring teen model brutally hit by train while having a photoshoot with a professional photographer to boost her modeling career before she gets too pregnant
is this some kinda modern art i don't understand, or is this photograph wrong and ugly in literally all dimensions?
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>>3042385
I don't get what's so appealing about railroad tracks. I never found most of those shots done on railroads to be worth it vs choosing a location that is legal to photograph on. I'm really interested in railroads and railroad photography but I still don't see why people are so drawn to posing on tracks. My guess is they like the excitement of doing something dangerous and illegal, same as those people who hang off buildings and record it. Thrill seeking. I could be wrong though.
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>fredzania
i think its worth noting that the "professional" photographer was a female too. her friend. most probably a first name last name ""professional"" with a rabal.
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Cool. Hope it becomes a trend.