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Any photographers here?

Follow me on Twitter and I'll follow back @sylvia.demented.

Thanks

Hi Sylvia! I don't use Twitter much but I am a photographer in training. ;-)

^ Sara right here is quite a photographer. ^

*blushes*
I have a lot of room for improvement but thanks ^_^

Al you're able to take cool self portraits with cool makeup which is something that I fail at horribly :-D
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I'm a photographer! I just don't have a camera yet >.<


((XD))

All I have is a phone camera. for the pic I posted on Twitter today I had to spend some time in photoshop XD

yeah I used to really really want a camera so I finally got one for christmas and then like a year or two later it randomly stopped working and then a few months later my parents got me a new version of the camera and a few years later it randomly stopped working [and it got spots on some inner lens that you can't clean] and then I was using my new ipod touch that I saved up and bought myself adn then that broke. I'm getting a new one for christmas ... and I'm saving for a $500 camera that I'm hoping won't break. for manual focus.

I'm saving up for a DSLR but I'm pretty content with my two film cameras and my powershot :-)
My favorite camera is my Argus C4. There's something lovely about a camera that doesn't require batteries. ;-) <#

I love photography but I rarely ever get around to doing any because cameras are a rarity in my house...
Mostly they end up broken....heh oops

I'm obsessively protective of mine

Psh mine stopped working a year ago without reason. I don't want to buy a new one...

I just have a little point-and-shoot... I'd love a snazzy camera, but I think I'm going to wait and see if I keep doing photography when my class ends, because omg so expensive :C

Hey everyone! I do some photography and I edit on PSE8. I'm more of drawer though :)

I'm a photographer, but only have a digital camera and a phone right now so they aren't the best. I enjoy taking pictures of scenary.

I'm saving but I keep changing my mind as to what I want to get.

I want to be able to do shots like these: http://findmeinthemist.blogspot.com/2... (macro) as well as landscape shots.


I want a camera that won't randomly fall apart, get dust on the lens, or have the lens get stuck.

I've been looking at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002... and http://www.amazon.com/Canon-XS-Digita...


and I have zero experience with fancy cameras XD went through a barbie camera, several disposable cameras, an iPod, a cell phone, and 2 samsung cameras that both randomly broke. so like, if I got the canon rebel what kind of lens does macro or landscapes? XD

I have about....$230 available for a camera atm unless my cell phone breaks. I might get more money on Sunday, and then after that I make about $60-$70 per week on good weeks.

I take pretty good pictures for only having a Digital one. I find it relaxing.

what camera do you have?

Do some reading on this site and others:
http://www.digital-photography-school...

You can use any lens for landscapes but the usage of wide angle lenses for landscapes is pretty common. Macro lenses are designated as such and have a 1:1 reproduction ratio. Macro lenses can be used for other things though. Lenses can be a bit confusing because there's so many options and there's no right or wrong choice- only what works for you.

Browse the popular photography on dA. A lot of photographers say what type of lens they used for that photo.

Oh and you can pretty much use any Canon lens on any Canon camera... there's also third party lenses by by companies like Tamron. EF and EF-S lenses are usable on Canon DSLRs.

thanks, I'll look in to it.

so I'm thinking about this camera: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Rebel-T3-... mainly because it doesn't have a million "this camera broke after two days" reviews XD I recently spent $20 and lost the receipt to something that broke >.< and I've had 2 cameras randomly break on me already.

and this macro lens http://www.amazon.com/Canon-EF-S-Macr... again just because of the reviews....

so that would be liiike almost a thousand dollars.

my violin was twice that.

but I had like 10 years of experience when I got it..

and I have little photography experience but I see stuff alllll the time that I neeeed to take a picture of (mainly macro shots but recently this sunrise: http://alternativesecret.deviantart.c... )

soo any recommendations on an unexpensive camera (like $150 or so) that won't randomly break and that has good macro mode and good colors unlike my ipod...

I still don't completely understand the lenses but I think I'd need to experiment to get that.

Lenses confused me for the longest time. xP

Annnd for the colors I'd recommend experimenting with white balance (if you can) and editing.

Whatever happened to that one p&s you showed me before?

Silver wrote: "what camera do you have?"

Kodak Easy Share.

Molly's Sister wrote: "Lenses confused me for the longest time. xP

Annnd for the colors I'd recommend experimenting with white balance (if you can) and editing.

Whatever happened to that one p&s you showed me before?"

what's p&s? if that's the panosonic or whatever it was called... it had too many camera-broke-right-away reviews :(

point and shoot camera lulz
oh okay; you're going to see a lot a reviews like that with cheaper cameras. You kinda have to go with your instinct a little bit and pick the least of evils.

ahhhh DX lol and my ipod camera is malfunctioning >.<

-is installing finale 2011 on computer-

I bought this camera: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot...

it has reviews about dust spots but ... my last camera had those and I just ignored it XD at least this looks better than the one I used to have.

Shayla wrote: "Silver wrote: "what camera do you have?"

Kodak Easy Share."

I saw that
I think my sister has something like that, only underwater.

Silver wrote: "I bought this camera: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot...

it has reviews about dust spots but ... my last camera had those and ..."

Ah yes, that's a good camera :-) I've used one before

I would love a camera that has an option to manually adjust aperture, because mine doesn't and AARGH.

Silver - I think I have a camera from the same line of cameras (though not that exact one) and it's quite good, despite the lack of aperture settings :)

which camera?

I don't know anything about underwater cameras. You just gotta do some research online I suppose

my sister has one but I haven't actually used it so idk if it's any good.

well I know that some kind of protective casings are sold for cameras to make them waterproof before diving...? I'm not sure whether they're available in regular stores or what.

There's all sorts of underwater housing available on Amazon. Some work better than others though. :-\

I've briefly used a t2i but I don't personally have much experience with either one. I'd recommend going to a store (a more specialized photography store if possible) and just pick them up and look at them and stuff. Read lots of reviews online too. If you have any specific questions I might be able to answer them though. ^_^

Yeah, it's all pretty minor. A lot of times it really just comes down to preference. Wait... are you talking about the t3 or the t3i? Because there's a difference.

Lauren (Flame) wrote: "the t3i looks really nice. What camera do you recommend?"

It depends on what you want really... :-\

Alex de Lioncourt wrote: "The t3. I considered the t3i, but I've only actually seen in person the t3 and t2i."

Okay then neither the t3 or t2i have articulating screens :-)

Silver wrote: "I bought this camera: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot...

it has reviews about dust spots but ... my last camera had those and ..."


this is what I use for macro and/or awesome. It's not the best but it was affordable and I'm still using it.

one thing I really like about it is that if you don't have the memory card in it it will be like "No Memory Card" and then it won't take any pictures XD with my last camera I'd take pictures and find out later that I didn't have a memory card so then I'd have to dig out the camera cord >.<

Lauren (Flame) wrote: "I just want a really good camera that has awesome macro and takes pretty epic photos."

If you want a DSLR (which is the best option for macro) then what's most important is you buy a macro lens. Those can be pretty pricey so perhaps you could go for a cheaper DSLR body and buy a nice macro.

You can also look into extension tubes and macro filters but an actual macro lens usually is the best.

Yay! Congrats!

We don't currently have a contest going on but if you want you can make a topic for your art. :-)

We don't currently have a contest going on but if you want you can make a topic for your art. :-)

that's so awesome! my cousin got a Canon rebel for Christmas lol I'm so jealous XD