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"Where there’s one good shot, there are at least three good shots."

billspaced — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:00:00 +0000

“Where there’s one good shot, there are at least three good shots.”

Who said it? Terry Livingstone, nature photographer. I am sure he didn’t say it first, but he says it here in a feature article at ritz.com about making a beach trip a photo safari. There are a lot of insightful things that Terry says in this article. It’s a good read about nature and landscape photography.

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Equipment You Will Need

billspaced — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:56:00 +0000

I mentioned in the last post the expense of photography. I should clarify this point a little more. Hence, the topic of this post is what you’ll need, at a bare minimum, to enjoy yourself and perhaps get others to dig your work, too.

Basic list

Camera. Any kind for now will do. Digital is better. Digital SLR is still better. But not completely necessary.
A computer.
If you go digital, and why wouldn’t you — Post-processing software. This is a fancy term for “Photoshop” or one of its “equivalents” like Paint Shop Pro or iPhoto. You don’t need Photoshop. Photoshop Elements is a very handy, yet inexpensive, tool for editing and tweaking your photos.

That’s it, really. Oh, and again, if you go digital, some memory cards (at least one).

You can get an entire basic setup for a few hundred dollars. Anything you want to print, you can deliver it to Costco or one of many fine “photo finishers.” So, initially, you don’t even need a printer.

Some things that are nice to have:

Camera bag
Cleaning kit
Extra camera battery
Extra memory cards
Memory card reader, to transfer images from the card to the computer
Specialized lenses (zooms, telephotos, macros, wide angles, etc.)
Filters
Flashes
Battery chargers
Printer, maybe even specialized ink
Special photo paper (it’s not all the same)

The most essential ingredient you’ll need is your creativity. Make sure you take it along with you on any photo trips. I have seen beautiful pix taken with a cell phone and some pretty bad ones taken with a $3000 digital SLR.

The next post will be about framing a shot. How to get that perfect angle/perspective to render the emotion that you envision.

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Welcome to my Photododo Blog

billspaced — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:29:00 +0000

Hi! This is my first post to my blog, Photododo. Why Photododo? I don’t know; it just sounded cool when I said it. I tried Photo Hound. Taken. Photo Monkey. Also taken. Would should I do?

I am kind of a dork; I guess one could say a dodo. Plus, my grandma’s nickname was Dodo. So, it kinda fits.

Did I mention that it sounds cool? Yeah? Sorry.

Anyway, I hope to entertain you here with my photographs and commentary on them and photography in general. For now, since this is my only post, please make full use of all the links to the right. These are sources that I refer to almost daily.

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