I've found that digital removes all reasons for an improperly exposed image and allows me to try variations on compositions that I probably wouldn't attempt with film.
-----Original Message----- >From: John <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer > >Looking back from 9 years on, I didn't take enough photos when I visited China >in 2010. > >Even though I'd been shooting Digital for seven years by then, I think I was >still stuck with the film mentality of only having 36 frames max and for a >once >in a lifetime trip you can't afford to waste a shot. > >I'm still struggling with that. > >On 1/29/2019 15:23:15, [email protected] wrote: >> Heh! >> K-1 >> >> But there are definitely advantages to the visual, just looking at photos, >> especially if lighten stops talking to Google maps or something >> >> On January 29, 2019 12:00:40 PM PST, Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Am 29.01.19 um 20:26 schrieb John: >>>> When you get to some exotic location, take a photo of the hotel - >>> front >>>> door, street address, etc. >>>> >>>> It will help tremendously later when you're trying reassemble your >>> trip >>>> itinerary & figure out where you've been (especially 9 or 10 years >>> later). >>> >>> That would be the lo-tech solution. >>> >>> I've been travelling with a portable Garmin GPS unit for the last ten >>> plus years. >>> >>> Back at home, I simply tag all photos with the GPS position where >>> they've been taken. I'm using HoudahGeo on the Mac to do this >>> automagically. There's plenty of Windows software available, as well. >>> >>> Tagging photos has a number of advantages. In addition to being able to >>> >>> tell where they've been taken, software like lightroom allows searching >>> >>> for photos taken at or around a certain location. Immensely helpful >>> when >>> I'm looking for a photo of a particular place, e.g. to illustrate a >>> posting in my blog. >>> >>> Ralf >>> > > > >-- >Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
