Photography?

[rbbailey]

How many of you guys are into photography? I always wanted to do photography, but it wasn't till I took a good manual camera with me to Eastern Europe in 1990 that I actually got into it.

Then I spent 3 or 4 years in Mr. D's photography class at PC and I learned how to do all the B&W stuff. I ended up with my own dark room for a while, but during and after college in the mid to late 1990's I really didn't take that many photos because I was dirt poor, and shooting with film is expensive. At some point I pretty much stopped all together -- until I sold off all my darkroom and film equipment and bought my first DSLR, a Nikon D70. I now have a D200 and although I have not been taking as many photos as I used to, just due to homework issues, I still take about 10,000 photos every year.

The learning curve was steep once I started learning about digital photography. And getting the instant feedback that the digital world gives you really makes it go fast. I learned a lot from Mr. D., but there was a lot I missed.

Anyway, I thought I would share, and ask others to share their work as well: www.flickr.com/photos/bhcmbailey/

I only have 200 images up there, maybe I'll buy an account to show all of them some time.

[Josh]

Only with the advent of digital cameras did it ever even occur to me that I could shoot a frameable photo.

Since then, I have been much more into photography, but I have no formal (or really informal training). I guess I understand some of the basic principles.

Anyway, there are a few shots I've taken that I think transcend the snapshot and approach art.

Here's one:



I'm curious to take a look at yours. Do you have an all-time favorite or two?

[rbbailey]

Nice!

Favorite? No, but I do have a lot of favorites.

Here is another set of albums. Some of them are very random: picasaweb.google.com/bhcmrovings

The Flickr link is my artsy-fartsy/airplane stuff.

[Josh]

I particularly like Tumalo Falls and the Field Gun.

Very cool.

[rbbailey]

Hu. Interesting. Thanks!

The one of the canon was quite lucky. I had it set to continuous shooting (4 frames per second) and I held the button down -- one shot, nothing; two shots, nothing; third shot, nothing; fourth shot, BAM!; fifth shot, smoke.

That was out back behind the middle school last year.

[rbbailey]

Josh, you can't be the only one on here with a camera and an itch?!

[Josh]

Well, I know Brian Friesen is a serious photographer, but he doesn't visit the forums too often.

Here's a link to some of his work:

aletheia.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=art&action=display&thread=1243

[rbbailey]

Yes, nice stuff, I saw that on his Facebook account.