> "Eduardo Carone Costa Jr." wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The path someone must take in order to become a good photographer ---
> amateur or pro --- has a lot of steps.
> First one should buy some decent equipment. Choosing a Pentax is a
> wise decision. That's what I did, since my father has used Pentax gear
> for the past 35 years (BTW and OT: If I had to buy a Canon I'd rather
> go painting!...).
Good choice.
> Since one's equipment was not intended to be kept in a cabinet, you
> should start taking photos and getting used to the several techniques
> --- at least getting to know them --- involved in this activity.That's
> what I've being doing for quite a while now and what I intend to keep
> on doing for a long time, anyway...
Hear that Anupam?!
> Then comes a very important step: start thinking about one's photos
> and how to improve them and develop one's skills...
> I 'm considering this step now.
> I decided to follow Chris Brodgen's advice and show some of my photos
> to the members of the PDML. After taking a deep breath, I posted them
> at "Yahoo! Photos" at this address:
> http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/eccarone.
Good start. I like Church (need to do something with that featureless
sky, maybe get something in the foreground), Tower (crop out that wisp
in the bottom right, maybe see if fixing the convergence would help),
Lock, and Street.
Watch your skies and foregounds. Make sure everything in the finder is
what you want on film.
> To be completely true and to avoid giving the idea that I have some
> skills that I haven't developed yet, I posted them exactly the way
> they are, without any cropping or editing.
Cropping and editing *are* a skill, unless you're a HCB devotee...;)
I think someone said %50 of being a good photographer is editing. I
would throw cropping in there too.
Good luck!
tv
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