They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – this story fits the bill.
So many have inspired me in my artistic career, it’s nice to inspire another artist.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – this story fits the bill.
So many have inspired me in my artistic career, it’s nice to inspire another artist.
As far as my DSLR goes, yeah, I love it- it’s the camera I’ve always wanted. The image sensor ranks even higher than the D4 (in fact DxO Labs rated it the highest DSLR on the market), and that’s a big part of why I bought it. It’s also about the engine of this beast – 36 megapixels, which for an outdoor/ landscape/commercial photographer provides huge files to blow up nicely, tons of intricate detail, and minimal noise in a top-notch full-frame image sensor. There’s lots of extra bells and whistles – cool new LiveView functions, an incredibly fast auto-focus (although I still manual focus a ton), and a sturdy well-built frame.
This image was captured at 1/400 sec, using f/2.8 and ISO 100 in manual exposure mode while spot metering. You can see the detail of the bee here in a close-up.
It’s rare that a piece of equipment gets me excited about photography – usually it’s my subject, the location, the moment, the light. This Nikon camera has energized me about the images I hope to capture in the near future!
My current course is “Nature and Landscape Photography”
How does it work?
Four lessons, four assignments, four critiques over four weeks. I sound like Dr. Seuss.
You can shoot when you want, what you want.
You can read the lessons when you can, working around your schedule.
I haven’t incorporated any videos or web conferencing to my online courses yet, but I imagine that’s not far away. I’d like to add one video for each lesson and schedule one time a week to get online and meet everyone face-to-face, answering questions, etc. But that’s tough with students in different time zones, as well as a cost factor that hasn’t been included in.
I recently read an online article discussing HDR imagery- one statement stood out. “My poor results are probably due to my lack of experience or unwillingness to develop sufficient expertise more than any flaw in the …. software.”