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I'd like to have a photography themed party for my 21st birthday in February. What are some things we can do to keep the theme throughout the party? It needs to be family oriented as there will be family and kids around. We're renting out a building big enough to hold everybody...any ideas?
photography party? sounds interesting. How about some kind of competition or something to that effect?
maybe a black and white challenge, a sepia tone challenge, a motion shot, a portrait shot. something like that. with some kind of prize to the winner of each category.
have fun and happy birthday!
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I'm interested in studying photography in college, and I know that at the majority of schools, you have to submit a portfolio. I just want some outsiders opinions on my photos, as my family thinks they're great. Thanks. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twin91/
Hey brewer
You have a good eye and good color composition. I like the one about the library and the architecture you are trying to get across.
That is the secret of photography. To be able to convey what you were trying to relate to with a photo. You have the right idea.
Cropping is good, photos are crisp except the last one with the sunset... Not that great.
The main thing in photography is to use the lens as an extension of your eye, have good cropping, good imagination and creativity and to be able to convey a message through your photos. That's it and athat is what I look for in my magazine when I photo-shoot.
Hi, my sister is desperate for a new camera for her birthday. We're a family of photography enthusiasts and I personally own a Nikon D40, however, my sister wants something a little smaller (more possible to carry safely on nights out) but with the quality of photos offered from a digital SLR. Size wise I'm looking for something not much bigger than a regular digital camera but with more potential in terms of shots. Please help, I don't really know where to start looking. Any suggestions would be appreciated. :)
Always Select Panasonic Lumix series. The picture quality is absolutely good. Sony is beautifully designed,but the price and the quality produced isn't good enough. Canon...the quality i say is poor,always comes out yellowish. just buy Panasonic,Lumix. i tried the 8megapixel, it's even better than Sony 12 MP. you won't regret,you'd even thank me years after.
I only have a few of people, because the only person in my family willing to pose for me is my brother... but how could I improve on those and in the other photos?
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280 /bekka_coady/October%209%202008/
I know they're a little out of focus, and I need to work on that.
You don't always need to shoot pictures of people to improve your photography, take some time to take pictures and experiment with the settings. Also that would help with your focusing problem. I have been practicing for at least 30 - 60 min a day and im noticing an improvement in my shots. I guess ultimately what you need to do is just go out and practice cause you will not get any better just sitting there. You could also search the web for other tips as there is unlimited resources out there!
Due to the economy my parents will be unable to help out as much as they would have liked with our wedding. I am considering having a private ceremony at the court house (neither my Fiance or I are especially religious) with only immediate family and then a larger reception for extended family and friends - this would cut on ceremony costs and let us just have the reception / photography costs.
Is a private ceremony and public reception tacky? What did you do? Any other tips on keeping things inexpensive but classy?
Tiny -
Have you seen a wedding of that kind? How did seating work? Were chairs arranged for people to watch and then things had to be moved later to the tables? It seems weird having people already seated at tables for the ceremony - to to mention the prep time needed for the food - also - how did the set up you're talking about handle photographs? Typically it seems like those are done between ceremony and reception - if everyone is standing around does that still flow?
Siren - that is exactly my fear - i wish i could just write in the invitations "Please do not bring gifts - we want to celebrate with you - not have you give us stuff" - and as to the ceremony not costing anything - hah! We were planning on just nice button up shirt and slacks for my fiance and a spring dress for me - no groomsmen or brides maids - that won't fly in an official ceremony. My conscience won't let me spend $200 (or more) on a dress I'll only wear once.
It's looking more like courthouse and honeymoon - at least that way everyone will be equally pissed at us.
People who care about proper etiquette feel that it is very rude and inappropriate to invite only a select group of people to the ceremony and invite a larger group to the reception. The reason being is that it comes across as greedy and that you are only interested in a gift from the folks who you are inviting to the reception and that they aren't good enough to witness the ceremony which is the most important part of the day.
I have attended weddings where there were more people invited to the reception instead of the ceremony and the couples actually had a very low guest turnout because people were offended by it and felt that if they weren't good enough to attend the ceremony, there was no reason for them to show up at the reception.
I don't understand your logic in the fact that inviting more people to the reception is more economical than inviting everyone to both events. The ceremony doesn't cost anything except for flowers and marriage license fee. The reception is where 90% of your money goes. Having a large guest count invited to the reception defeats that purpose if you are trying to save money. Your best bet is either cut the reception guest list so that everyone is invited to both the reception and ceremony or else move the reception to a non-meal time and serve cake and coffee (which is perfectly acceptable on a tight budget and how all weddings everywhere actually used to be for many years). No matter what you choose, you need to invite the guests to both events, otherwise it is rude.
Another idea is to have a Justice of the Peace come to the reception site and marry you there. That way you can invite everyone and you don't have to pay a separate ceremony venue fee.
Edit: It's also rude to mention anything about gifts or lackthereof in the invites. That information is spread via word of mouth only.
Why do you feel that a simple outfit won't work for the ceremony? There is no law anywhere that says you must pay upwards of $1K on a dress and that the groom must be in an Armani tux. Wear whatever you want that you can afford. No one who loves you will care what you spent on it and it's no one's place to ask. If you want simple clothes and can't justify the expense of something lavish, then don't spend the money just because. People get married with next to no money all the time and traditionally, brides wore their best dress that they already owned because buying a new dress to just wear once was expensive and impractical. No one is forcing you to do anything you don't want to do.
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‘ That hasn’t always been the case, and may not always continue to be so. For eight years I wrote about photography for money (as well as out of obsession), and in a good month it made me enough to live on. Not that the readers paid directly for my content, but that the site I was writing for made quite a lot of money from advertising of various kinds. Often bloody annoying, but it paid my bills.
Almost all print magazines rely on advertising to pay for the content - the cover price is seldom enough to do so. On the web, few publications have managed to make a significant income from any source, but it can be done. There are a few excellent sites that do get money from subscriptions and from advertising, but for someone like me who has chosen (if only after being sacked) to go it alone, it isn’t easy.
This site - and ‘ ‘ on which I present my own photography do very occasionally generate sales of my prints or fees for reproduction, but the return is very small for the hours of work I put in. Essentially I subsidise the writing of these sites by other activities, including sales through agencies, the occasional commission and so on. I’m always happy to consider suitable work in the London area - and every blue moon the site throws up a job from someone who likes what they see.
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