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I'm looking forward to it alright.....4 days in the area devoted to photography. I have planned to bring the digital for colour and a zeiss ikon 6x9 folder for the B&W.


fran

Fran wrote:I'm looking forward to it alright.....4 days in the area devoted to photography. I have planned to bring the digital for colour and a zeiss ikon 6x9 folder for the B&W.


fran

Good stuff Fran. Looking forward to seeing some of the fruits of your labour posted here sometime soon. Have a great time!

Have a great time Fran.... and enjoy the Chianti as well... make sure it has the rooster on the bottle.

I was recently looking through some photos in a particular folder and I once again realized that the greatest asset that one has as a photographer is not your equipment but your feet and your eyes. Moving closer to or around a subject will obviously change the perspective on the subject. Look at your subject and try to visualize it as a finished image and then try to capture the image that is in your mind in your camera.
The following would be a typical holiday photo....





....note the position and prominence of the boat in the composition.

I knew that there was something there so I walked down for a closer look, re-framed and got a much more interesting shot....

Do not forget to tilt your camera, a simple ploy but orientation can definitely aid composition....

I took this shot last night with a homemade lens made from a magnifying glass on 5x4 film. Works out about a fL of 330mm and f4 or so. The image is quite soft, but a bit romantic/antiquey feeling....


magnifying glass lens experiment by francis morrin, on Flickr

Fran wrote:I took this shot last night with a homemade lens made from a magnifying glass on 5x4 film. Works out about a fL of 330mm and f4 or so. The image is quite soft, but a bit romantic/antiquey feeling....


magnifying glass lens experiment by francis morrin, on Flickr

I really like that effect Fran. If that was my image I would try a light sepia tone on it just for added "authenticity".

Creamtone is what I think it should work well with....

Fran wrote:Creamtone is what I think it should work well with....

If you do it Fran post it up so that we can have a look at it please.