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with my new camera

My nikon d5500 just arrived and I need practice shooting and being comfortable in public with a camera. I live in a developing suburban area on the edge of Seattle so lots of homeless people, empty roads and housing projects

I will deliver on your requests to the best of my ability fam


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well, you couldn't be in a better location for landscape / nature photography if you're willing to travel out of seattle some. seems like there's a lot of great wilderness areas around with olympic national forest & all the national forests to the east.

if you want to practice around seattle try to stay safe and be street smart i guess. if you're from seattle you probably know where it would be a bad idea to pull out an expensive camera while alone already though.
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Go out late at night to photograph homeless people and declare the value of your camera loudly.
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woah how did you take a picture of the camera???
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

woah how did you take a picture of the camera???

She lives in the matrix
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take pics of gerbils
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Kombucha posted...

well, you couldn't be in a better location for landscape / nature photography if you're willing to travel out of seattle some. seems like there's a lot of great wilderness areas around with olympic national forest & all the national forests to the east.

if you want to practice around seattle try to stay safe and be street smart i guess. if you're from seattle you probably know where it would be a bad idea to pull out an expensive camera while alone already though.

I know, I'm so excited! I'm gonna be heading down to a park tomorrow

Yeah I'm not gonna go parading around the homeless with this thing lol. They already scare me without it :x

KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Go out late at night to photograph homeless people and declare the value of your camera loudly.

Great idea!

joe_stalin518 posted...

weapon_d00d816 posted...

woah how did you take a picture of the camera???

She lives in the matrix

Damn right I do bby
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SSJGrimReaper posted...

take pics of gerbils

Where the fuck am I supposed to find a gerbil
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Take some pics for Brutal <_<..

Seriously go to Seattle and take some rainy pictures. That'd be fun.
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nayr626 posted...

Take some pics for Brutal <_<..

Seriously go to Seattle and take some rainy pictures. That'd be fun.

We have the driest summers in the nation tho

I will eventually. I want to freeze each individual raindrop when the time comes :3
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i dunno but i wanna see some fuckin' gerbils
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Get a better lens
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_Kowalski_ posted...

Get a better lens

Yeah yeah I know. I'm gonna end up getting a Tamrom 18-200mm next month
Either that or a 50mm prime lens
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Takea picture of the Cobain memorial.

..if it's even still around
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d5500 is a good camera. i have used it myself, and sadly lost the pic due to my laptop got stolen several years ago.

enjoy!

also nikon master race
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Take black and whites of city streets and buildings and add over dramatic titles
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Where the hell are the gerbils?
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anyway i like taking pics of nature. i quite dislike human subjects so i prefer those empty ones, or where human is not the focus, only serve as a backdrop or provide context etc.

i also would like to do a desolate urban photos but it's hard to do because well, urban environment is packed with people. i like post apocalyptic stuff, so urban environment desolate of human life kinda have that kind of feeling to me.

something like this:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/empty-spaces-abandoned-places-photographs-by-urban-explorer-johnny-joo-1483589

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3457155/Inside-China-s-ghost-cities-Photographer-captures-country-s-massive-urban-developments-without-inhabitant-sight.html

i can always find empty abandoned buildings and stuff, but i am too lazy right now haha
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That looks like the pleb pseudo-professional camera that everyone gets when they think they can somehow be an amazing photographer.
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Vindris_SNH posted...

That looks like the pleb pseudo-professional camera that everyone gets when they think they can somehow be an amazing photographer.

Practice wont hurt anyone, and fiddling around with dslr is fun and great when you know the tricks.

Though i agree, the skills of photographer is in their eyes and framing ability. I am still learning, and for real, making a good photo is a hard thing to do.

Plus for me i am too self critical and just think almost all stuff i took are shit.

Anyway some tips:

-take pics from different, unusual angles. The most boring pics are usually those taken at adult head high,basically a normal person pov. Try taking it from below, above or other perspectives that humans usually cant see. Thats why photographer crouch, prone, climb etc. Of course, this isnt set in stone. Sometimes the simplest thing works best depending on the situation.

-emphasis on one thing you wanna show the most and make cthe background compliment it. It is usually better to focus on one thing so viewers eyes dont wander around looking for object of focus. Of course, nothing is set in stone. In landscape or scenery picture a skilled photographer and frame a massive area with no focus that makes viewer feel the grandiose of the scene.

-take LOTS LOTS LOTS of picture. I have talked with professional photographer, in a day they brought like a half dozen of memory cards and tske thousands of pictures in different settings and angles. On average, they took home thousands of pictures and pick like 1% out of the thousands. So yeah. Those amazing pics in gallery or national geographic cover are picked from tens of thousand photos which are almost 99% are shit or not satisfy the photographer or editor.

-learn a basic editing skill. Digital cameras has its limits and even with optimal setting, your pics colors end up kinda bland and washed out. I never really think photos should be overvedited, but i do mess with contrast, color vibrance and white balance. This is especially trur for older model of digital cameras. Newer ones udually have better colors and artifacts if you takr pics in high iso.

-if you want to do night photography, a tripod is a must. It is really challenging bit fun. I myself think i havent took a single good low light photo. Also i lost my tripod in my last trip to thailand lole
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I've got a few ideas. =)
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apolloooo posted...

anyway i like taking pics of nature. i quite dislike human subjects so i prefer those empty ones, or where human is not the focus, only serve as a backdrop or provide context etc.

i also would like to do a desolate urban photos but it's hard to do because well, urban environment is packed with people. i like post apocalyptic stuff, so urban environment desolate of human life kinda have that kind of feeling to me.

something like this:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/empty-spaces-abandoned-places-photographs-by-urban-explorer-johnny-joo-1483589

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3457155/Inside-China-s-ghost-cities-Photographer-captures-country-s-massive-urban-developments-without-inhabitant-sight.html

i can always find empty abandoned buildings and stuff, but i am too lazy right now haha

Those are really beautiful pictures. Luckily I live right next to those kind of buildings so maybe I can hop the fence and go inside sometime :3

Also thanks for the tips btw, I think I'm going to get Photoshop and Lightroom for photo editing and start bringing my camera along with me everywhere. I want to practice as much as I can

Vindris_SNH posted...

That looks like the pleb pseudo-professional camera that everyone gets when they think they can somehow be an amazing photographer.

I don't think that, I just got it because I love this stuff q:

StrikeGently posted...

I've got a few ideas. =)

Oh my, do tell bby ;)
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