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TheFluff
Dec 13, 2006

FRIENDS, LISTEN TO ME
I AM A SEAGULL
OF WEALTH AND TASTE

Sub Rosa posted:

Feels auspicious for my first post in The Dorkroom to be so early in the new chat thread.

Hi! I just bought a Canon 5D Mk III as my first real camera. I have no idea what I'm doing!

People keep asking me what I like to shoot, and I have no idea because I haven't taken any shots yet. My favorite photographer is Stacy Kranitz, though, so she is sort of an inspiration for me.

Welcome! As someone who's been doing very casual photography on and off for like a decade at this point and only recently started trying to experiment with different things and actively working on improving my skills, I'd say having a source of inspiration is a great starting point. For a long time I didn't, really, and I just kinda flailed around without reflecting much on my photos. Looking back, most of them were really bad and boring, and I didn't really improve for a very long time. When I started looking more at other people's photos and trying to figure out what I liked and how they accomplished those shots, that's when I started improving.

Turns out that what I like most about photography is to catch birds doing silly things, and I'm probably not cut out to be a landscape photographer. It was good to finally figure that out, though!

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TheFluff
Dec 13, 2006

FRIENDS, LISTEN TO ME
I AM A SEAGULL
OF WEALTH AND TASTE
jeez ansel, just dumping an embarassment of riches on us

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