Nothing will beat going out and burning some film/pixels, recording exposures and looking at the results, however you might enjoy a day seminar with the likes of Geo Lepp, John Shaw or the like. Its relatively painless and you'll pick up other tips that can help your photography.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "UncaMikey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Understanding exposure? Recommendations? > Bruce and Shel, thanks for the quick responses and suggestions -- but I > think I want a book. :-) > > Way back when (60s), I had a rangefinder (don't remember what kind), no > meter, had fun, did fine. (I remember the closest thing to a meter I > had was that little slip of paper that came with the film, with > recommended exposure settings for Sunny, Cloudy, etc.) > > Then, when means became available in '69, I got a beautiful black Asahi > Spotmatic. Had great Super Takumar primes (50, 50 macro, 28, 135, 300) > and took some good pictures, mostly Ektachrome, mostly with a working > meter but sometimes not. Also used a Yashica Mat 124G, and you may > know how 'approximate' that meter is. But as the years passed, I used > those cameras less and less, because I didn't like carrying them > around. (Sold them on ebay, and got very good prices, BTW.) > > For a while I had a horrible Pentax P&S, but dumped that and got the > *ist last year, and have been very pleased with it. And I use zooms. > (My only prime nowadays is a FA 50mm f/1.7.) And I've made a conscious > decision not to get involved with darkroom chemicals or extensive > computer tweaking. > > So, I am afraid you are not dealing with an enthusiastic youngster > here, but a lazy old fart. I enjoy photography, but it's incidental to > other things in my life -- I never go someplace with the primary aim of > taking snaps, but rather take snaps as I go about doing other things. > I guess what I am looking for is some sort of conceptual/technical > framework to help explain and guide what experience I have, if that > makes sense. > > Sorry for the boring personal history, but a man has to realize his own > limitations, y'know? :-) > > *>UncaMikey the Dilettante > > > > Discover Yahoo! > Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html >
