Camera Arts Photography

What is a Daguerreotype?

What was the first viable commercial method for making permanent images?

In what way is the Daguerrotype more affordable than a painting?

What is a positive image?

What is a negative image?

What is a carte de visite?

What does the term framing mean?

In what ways has photography freed up painting and sculpture?

What is pure or straight photography?

Who is Edweard Muybridge and why was his work significant?

What are the two major descendents of Muybridge's experiments?

What phenomenon does film rely on?

What is an auteur?

What type of communication is video art significantly about?

How has television developed another dimension of living with art?

What is Google?
What is studying a chapter in the text book?
Who is trying to get others on Answer to do their homework?
Who will get a LOT more out of their photography class if they do their own homework?

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I don't have much money to purchase a brand new professional camera? Which would be a good inexpensive camera that could help me build my identity for the art of photography?

I would like to take black and white pics
headshots
and fashion

thanks for your expertise!!!

canon / nikon is your best bet if you're looking for DSLR

I'd suggest the Canon EOS XSi digital rebel and with a 50mm f1.8 II or a 50mm f1.4 USM lens

2009-01-20 10:07:47 by shomi dastats

Price: $39.95

I'm really into art, but have recently considered getting into photography more, so I'm planning to buy a more professional camera, what do you recommend?
I heard Olympus isn't that good, I'm considering Panasonic GF-1... is it worth it?
I currently don't know much about photography.
I'm also planning to go to an art college so the camera wouldn't be put to waste after a year or two, but would most likely be used for a while.

First, Olympus makes great cameras. Olympus is celebrating 90 years in business, you don't last that long making products that are not very good. Olympus introduced many features, in film and digital, that other camera makers adopted. Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Jay Dickman ais one of many professional photographers to select the Olympus digital SLR system. And the Olympus E-3 was chosen by NASA for a international space station photography mission.

Panasonic uses the same 4/3 sensor in their GF-1 that Olympus uses. In fact, the GF-1 is Panasonic's version of the Olympus EP-1. Both cameras use DSLR sensors in a compact camera to achieve the best quality you can in a small camera. You may be used to point and shoot cameras, but selecting a DSLR may be a better choice. Both the GF-1 and EP-1 cost a bit more than some of the entry level DSLRs. If you are looking for video, either of these would work.

I think the Olympus E-620 would be a better choice to get started with. It runs about $100 less, with lens. An SLR would be better, especially if you attend an Art School since most will require an SLR. This is one of the new models and would serve you well for several years. The Olympus E series are th smallest and lightest DSLRs available and I find they are easier to carry around. When coupled with the 25mm pancake lens, my E-510 can fit in my pocket (some of my larger pockets).

As far as lens selection, Olympus offers a full line of lenses covering the same as Canon or Nikon. In fact, Olympus actually needs less lenses because all E series lenses are auto focus lenses, unlike Nikon and Canon. Olympus also put the image stabilization in the camera body, so no need for more expensive image stabilization lenses, like the ones from Nikon and Canon. And the older Minolta lenses won't work on the current Sony DSLR line without an adapter, Sony changed the mount.

2009-09-30 21:29:24 by Just Lexx

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I'm looking to get a camera for my cousin who is going into photography in her art school, any recomendations on specific cameras?? I heard wonders about the Canon Rebel XT but a little out of my price range. Anything under $200 that could do her well in school? What type of camera will be well suited for a photography student? Specific camera recomendations would be great. Although what type of camera, as in charachteristic, would do just as well for me, as I am a novice on this sort of thing. Thanks!

if the plan is to use the camera for school, you really should go with a DSLR ( digital Single Lens Reflex ). These cameras allow you to look through the lens before the taking the picture. They also allow you to change the lens and adjust many exposure settings, etc. The Cannon Rebel XT is a DSLR.

I like the Nikon D40 for an entry level DSLR ( around 600), if this is out of you price range you may be able to find a used Nikon D70 or Cannon Rebel or Rebel XT for less - but in many cases the lens alone costs over 200.

I would not buy a "point and shoot" camera unless her class says it is OK. Some photography classes will require a DSLR. The best advice would be to find out what camera would be required by the class she would be taking.

2007-02-01 20:05:13 by camilo4891

http://www.pentaximaging.com/digital-cam era/Optio_A40
this is my DIGITAL CAMERA
and is this shoot good already?
i mean this camera is good already for the beginner like me?
and this camera good for traveling?


anyone here help me to be a professional or good photographer?
i am IT student but i really love in arts since i am in computer field id like to express my arts in photography is this good idea?

Yes, it's a good camera for a beginner.

Yes, it's a good camera for traveling.

No, it's not a good camera for professional use.

Yes, it can take nice pics.

Anyone can take a good picture. A professional takes good pictures ON DEMAND.

A photographer as an artist is a different ball of wax. There's a huge amount that can be done with a little P&S. (point and shoot).

The first rule of art is that you must have an idea.

Art is meaningless without the use of a brain to observe/process/understand/fail to understand it.

So your camera becomes no more than a tool.

I have led some photo club groups and the first thing I usually do is sit everyone down with a pencil and piece of paper.

Before we shoot anything, I want people to have an idea as to the direction they want to go. In many cases, the students do not stick to this direction. That works just fine, because it is the artistic process.

Being familiar with some basic precepts of art will help you to take pictures that match the vision of your artistic mind.

Contrast. Areas of shadow and light. Contrasting and complementing colors. Composition (working on thirds, fifths, centered, working in different aspect ratios, 4:3, 3:2, square.....)

These will all help you to put a form to your vision and work with it so it becomes something solid and ultimately real.


Another direction is that of simple representational photography. This is often referred to as 'stock photography', but can extend to wedding photography, street photography, candids, journalism photography....

For many, this is an excellent place to practice the basics and is a good source of income. That camera will not be enough consistent professional use like that.

Having said that, I've done weddings and stuff like that, but I find the most enjoyment from shooting what interests and stimulates me.

I never take a photo with the expressed purpose of making money. I merely take the best pics I can at the time and in the circumstances.

A friend of mine who is well known amongst our friends as a 'great photographer' uses his photography to focus on others. He either prints photos of the other person or if people are looking at his pics, focuses entirely on what interests them and what they think.

This is a great technique that has nothing to do with the actual photographs he takes.

For developing your own skills, you need to take lots of pictures and look at lots of pictures. Be patient with yourself. Photography may be a journey of many years. It may be a case of rapid progress. Or it may be something you enjoy, but never really get real mastery of.

None of that matters. Just learn to enjoy what you can do with what you have.

That camera has a manual mode, so it should be sufficient for a while. I started with a similar camera. After a year, I outgrew it, so moved up. The only real creative impact in my move up was the addition of a flip and twist LCD screen. It's amazing what that can do for the limitations of taking pictures.

After another year, I moved up to a DSLR and now have a few grand US worth of glass. I'm already getting ready for another move up, but I have to wait for my wallet to catch up. It has been 3.5 years.

Join a photography discussion group where people aren't afraid to tell you when a shot is no good. Try www.dpchallenge.com I've learned tons from that site over the past 5 years and continue to learn. There's something there for photographers of pretty much every level.

2009-06-08 01:12:17 by Snellen