Probably last post of 2006

Christmas and New Years

Photographer's Right

Websites that I visit

New Format for posting

There will be a new format for my posts from now on. (hopefully, more on this later).

Thanks to Ed Holloway for creating the Ink bloy tool for Windows Live writer. Hopefully my handwriting can be read.

I will be adding more as the week progresses.

Merry Christmas

Kortney

The end of Advanced Photography

Well, Advanced Photography is done.  I'm awaiting my grade in the class, but I am not to worried about it.

We had our final on Monday night and turned in our 'Portfolio'.  Our Portfolio consisted of 10 pictures (divided between 2 categories or genre's of photography).  I choose Architecture and Commercial photography as my two categories.  I used previously taken pictures for my Architecture shots and took new pictures for the commercial shots.  You can checkout my photos for this at Flickr.

I am currently unsure if I am going to take a course this next semester.  There are some interesting things that are happening in my life right now that will determine my schedule for the spring.  I will update this more as it develops.

Also my plan for this next year is to attempt to do a "Photograph a Day" to document my journey through photography.

Digital Photography

So Monday night, we started discussing digital photography.  We got into how sensors work and what noise is and all that 'fun' stuff.  To me it is interesting to know some of the technology behind a camera, but there are some days I don't care how it works as long as it does.  I will admit, before digital cameras came out, I wasn't into photography all that much.  But eversince I got my first digital camera, I have absolutely fallen in love with photography.  It is a fun way to express myself and capture memories. 

So on this journey through photography knowing the difference between a CCD and CMOS sensor is interesting, but not necessary to take a picture.  The process of taking a good picture that causes someone to say "Wow" is not reliant on the camera.  It is a result of how the photographer sets up the scene, whether in a studio or out in the world.  To many people get caught up on the type of camera, the lens, the number of megapixels, etc.  These might aide in the capture of the scene or moment, but it is the photographer who takes the photo because he/she is moved by what they see.  So I encourage everyone not to worry about what type of equipment you are using (film or digital, point n shoot or SLR), just get out there and shoot.  Have fun, enjoy this process of taking a picture.