Ah, but did he talk about the "Rule of Thirds"? (sorry, couldn't resist)
cheers, frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Based on just the first class -- yes! :-) > > This class is "intermediate photography," so he did a review the first night of >camera basics. Next week more basics, with emphasis on exposure. Admittedly he >covered things very rapidly, but he already explained some of the basics much, much >better than my last teacher did. > > Although not sure he can be called a Pentaxia because he hauled out an old manual >Nikon to illustrate SLR points, an old Lecia to illustrate range finder points, and a >Hasselbad to illustrate 120 film points. > > But pretty sure he shoots (from what he said, not positive yet) medium format with a >Pentax. > > However, his "teacher goodness" probably has more to do with making a living for >about 30 years at stock photography. Mainly architectural. > > Still some things to figure out on my part -- like after he talked and showed slides >I realized that I haven't been focusing at the right distance (object) when I want >long DOF in a landscape shot while using a small aperture. I've been focusing too far >back. (Fortunately this has not come up that much in my photography so far and all my >pictures have turned out.) Do'h! > > Later, Doe aka Marnie -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
