Learning Photography
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- colin_s0
this doesn't mean to sound (too) condescending, but do you care about real photography or are you just wanting to use manual settings on a DSLR?
the easiest way to do it is to learn how your camera's light meter works, get a propack of tmax 400 and shoot a lot of still life / self portraits / stuff around the house. but take three exposures of every shot at different settings. take notes on what these settings are, and after you have the film processed, scan the negatives (or just look at them) and see the differences between each.
really, though, the best way is just an intro to photography class at a community college. chances are they'll give you access to a darkroom, teach you the basics in 2 weeks and from there you're set.
if you're looking to shoot digital, uh, disregard everything and just set it to manual and fuck with the shutter speed and see how it goes.
- <worst post ever?pinkfloyd
- how socolin_s
- colin_s is right.zarkonite
- :Dpinkfloyd
- Colin_S isn't wrong, but I could never go back to film.CyBrainX
- Thats what they taught us at A-Level Photography as it goes...nylon
- All of that was right but it also applies to shooting digital as well. (minus the darkroom stuff)CyBrainX