I've just started I have a digital Olympus D565, anyone have any good advice for me?What is your best advice for someone who's just starting to learn photography?
OK I am a good fan of Olympus cameras. But What I want to tell you that you should start your photography with manual film camera because this camera will help you to create good idea about lighting, focusing, fov etc. Then go for digital camera which is automatic one. With a digital camera you can get a good picture without any effort and nothing to learn about.
You should creative in this field.What is your best advice for someone who's just starting to learn photography?
First, get to know your camera by studying the manual and by taking lots and lots of pictures as you're reading it (and obviously review the results).
Second, as your skills increase, I highly recommend the book on this review page http://www.outdoorphotoguide.com/gadgets鈥?/a>
I suggest that you just experiment and find what works best for you.
have a steady hand and take your fingers off the flash.
Since it is a digital camera take as many pictures as you can so you can get a feel of what you like and don't like in your pictures. You can easily delete the pictures you don't like and take more trying out your cameras different settings. Remember to save or print the pictures you like. You can easily do this at Walgreens.com or snapfish. Then get help from people such as a clerk at Walgreen's or other photofinishing business (they usually are happy to help and are knowledgeable)
you can read information from http://www.dpreview.com/ a good site with a lot of explainings.Good luck!
first of all read the manual thoroughly so that you know where to find each and every feature your camera has to offer. do a lot of shooting. take a long and hard good critical look at a lot of photographs by famous photographers.
yup buddy... as u hav got nice digital Olympus cam, try to take pics of everything dat u find, may b a glass jar or a distant lamp post.then have a glance at all of them...and u would be able to differentiate them..u will learn ur self from them....
Most photography classes will make you start with film, but will give you a good understanding of how aperature, shutter speed, exposure compensation, ISO, grey scale and ambient light conditions all play into getting a good photo. I think you can actually learn faster with digital because you can instantly see the results and you're not worried about the cost of film and processing. However, to do that, you have to have a basic understanding of all the previous terminology. If your camera has manual control, the owners manual should explain these basics, or you can read info online or at the library. I don't have any specific book references as I took a class and then started teaching myself. Play with multiple settings of the same picture and see which results turn out best.
In a nutshell, aperature (f-stop) is the size of the hole the light is passing through with bigger numbers being smaller holes. Shutter speed is measured in fractions of a second. You have to have the right combination of these two to get a proper exposure. Modern cameras have a built in light meter that can automatically place these in the proper ratio. Changing the numbers, but keeping the same ratio is called an equivilant exposure and can be used to change depth of field (how much of the photo is in focus) or to stop or show movement. When lighting is difficult or you are trying to get a specific effect, a manual camera can alow you to override what the camera thinks the exposure should be.
If you don't want to take the time to learn all of that, diffuse outdoor light (like dusk, dawn, or an overcast day) with an auto setting should give good results. Backlight and high contrast are very hard to shoot and will almost always turn out poorly (unless you WANT a silhouette) using auto settings. The more manual control you have and use, the better you can make the best of difficult light settings, but it often takes multiple shots to find out what the best will be - hence the advantage of digital.
As far as photo composition - that is all in the eye of the beholder. Shoot what YOU like and try lots of different things to see WHAT you like.
Have fun!
read as many books as possibble and check your local college for any short courses in photography. It really helped me find my niche and discover more about photography and better understand it. Be reminded that not all are good or great at photography and what is good to your eye might not be to others, but stay strong to your eye, for there is always someone who sees beauty as you do.
I took non-credit courses at the local community college. I was taught how to use a camera (SRL 35mm and other formats), darkroom techniques, and photo retouching. The classes were inexpensive and had only a limited number of pupils
I work in a photo center and by playing with cameras all day, I can assure you that an Olympus camera is an excellent choice. You will get awesome pictures from it. If you are not the type of person to sit down and read the owner's manual then just play with the camera as much as you can. I tell people all day long that I can stand there and tell them how to use a camera but they really won't learn until they play with it themselves.
Also, I've heard through the grapevine that Sam's Club and Walmart are holding a Camera Seminar type thing once a month and it is an opportunity for people to bring in their cameras and a photo technician will assist them with using it.
You may also want to try the Olympus Web site. They may have something on there to help you also.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
What is your best advice for choosing fabric/patterns/colors for a quilt?
I'm taking a quilting class and need to choose five fabrics.What is your best advice for choosing fabric/patterns/colors for a quilt?
First I select my ';to-die-for'; fabric (often called a ';focus fabric). As in Harry Potter it's not so much that I select the fabric, but the fabric selects me! Then I choose fabrics with different patterns that have coordinating colors. Five is an easy number - if you are limited to three you have to be careful not to have to use the same fabric for two different elements that end up touching each other. I recommend selecting three patterns with coordinating colors: one large, one small, and one anywhere in the small to medium-sized range. Select your remaining two fabrics from ';plain'; fabric - kind of a small, all over pattern (such as blue with silver flecks). I almost never use solids because they don't interest me and you will find every single stitch shows in lighter solid fabrics. Have fun in your class!What is your best advice for choosing fabric/patterns/colors for a quilt?
My very best advice would be to go to your nearest quilt shop and ask one of the staff to help you out - they are almost always all quilters themselves and LOVE to help new quilters pick fabrics.
If that's not possible, here's my next-best advice. The most interesting quilts usually have fabrics in a range of scales (large to small), colors (hues like red, green,blue, etc.), values (light to dark) and textures (solid-color or almost to textures that look like burlap or lace).
One approach is to first choose a 'focus fabric', which should be a print with at least several different colors in it. If the quilt is earmarked for a specific room, pick your focus fabric accordingly, otherwise just pick something you'll enjoy working and living with. Along one of the selvedges are groups of dots of different colors - these are all the different colors that were actually used in printing that fabric (you'll be surprised how many there are sometimes). You can use those dots as guides to help you choose coordinating fabrics. For example, say your focus fabric is an iris print in purple, yellow, and green on a white background, and it has dots of light, medium and dark purple, light and medium yellow, and 3 shades of green in a medium to dark range.
You could use a dark purple print, a light yellow print, a medium green print, and a white-on-white print as your fifth fabric. Look at your fabrics from at least 3-5 feet away when choosing - they look very different than they do up close. And don't worry if colors don't match exactly - it makes for a livelier quilt if they don't. In fact, a common sign of a 'first' quilt is that it's too 'matchy-uppy' (now THERE'S a technical quilting term for you!).
Most of all, relax and have fun!
Light, medium and dark are the usual categories.
Choose a few of each and lay them together to see what you like.
The dark colors will pop and the lighter colors will recede. Medium helps to balance the two opposites.
First I select my ';to-die-for'; fabric (often called a ';focus fabric). As in Harry Potter it's not so much that I select the fabric, but the fabric selects me! Then I choose fabrics with different patterns that have coordinating colors. Five is an easy number - if you are limited to three you have to be careful not to have to use the same fabric for two different elements that end up touching each other. I recommend selecting three patterns with coordinating colors: one large, one small, and one anywhere in the small to medium-sized range. Select your remaining two fabrics from ';plain'; fabric - kind of a small, all over pattern (such as blue with silver flecks). I almost never use solids because they don't interest me and you will find every single stitch shows in lighter solid fabrics. Have fun in your class!What is your best advice for choosing fabric/patterns/colors for a quilt?
My very best advice would be to go to your nearest quilt shop and ask one of the staff to help you out - they are almost always all quilters themselves and LOVE to help new quilters pick fabrics.
If that's not possible, here's my next-best advice. The most interesting quilts usually have fabrics in a range of scales (large to small), colors (hues like red, green,blue, etc.), values (light to dark) and textures (solid-color or almost to textures that look like burlap or lace).
One approach is to first choose a 'focus fabric', which should be a print with at least several different colors in it. If the quilt is earmarked for a specific room, pick your focus fabric accordingly, otherwise just pick something you'll enjoy working and living with. Along one of the selvedges are groups of dots of different colors - these are all the different colors that were actually used in printing that fabric (you'll be surprised how many there are sometimes). You can use those dots as guides to help you choose coordinating fabrics. For example, say your focus fabric is an iris print in purple, yellow, and green on a white background, and it has dots of light, medium and dark purple, light and medium yellow, and 3 shades of green in a medium to dark range.
You could use a dark purple print, a light yellow print, a medium green print, and a white-on-white print as your fifth fabric. Look at your fabrics from at least 3-5 feet away when choosing - they look very different than they do up close. And don't worry if colors don't match exactly - it makes for a livelier quilt if they don't. In fact, a common sign of a 'first' quilt is that it's too 'matchy-uppy' (now THERE'S a technical quilting term for you!).
Most of all, relax and have fun!
Light, medium and dark are the usual categories.
Choose a few of each and lay them together to see what you like.
The dark colors will pop and the lighter colors will recede. Medium helps to balance the two opposites.
What's the best advice you can give me when I go to my job interview?
I have a job interview on Friday for a clerical position in the county courthouse, so does anyone have any tips they can give me? I would really appreciate your help, thanks :)What's the best advice you can give me when I go to my job interview?
Make sure you are dressed appropriately, with no short skirt/top. Look professional, be polite, smile and act confident - even if your not. Try and ask questions about the job/courthouse etc / DONT ask about holidays - not at this stage anyway. Try and relax and remember this isnt just about them seeing if you are right - its also about you deciding if you want to work for them. So go for it - and good luck - I hope you get it xalpha ahava neutrogena
Make sure you are dressed appropriately, with no short skirt/top. Look professional, be polite, smile and act confident - even if your not. Try and ask questions about the job/courthouse etc / DONT ask about holidays - not at this stage anyway. Try and relax and remember this isnt just about them seeing if you are right - its also about you deciding if you want to work for them. So go for it - and good luck - I hope you get it x
What is your best advice to surviving freshman year at high school?
My friend and I are going to DIE please hlepWhat is your best advice to surviving freshman year at high school?
Just be yourself, and don't let anyone get you down. I was made fun of a ton my freshman year. About half way through the year, I became friends with a couple of ';popular'; (once you are out of high school, you will realize this never meant anything) seniors, and that really helped. Good luck, you can get through it, just remember, the real world, after high school, is totally different.What is your best advice to surviving freshman year at high school?
No one likes the loud mouth freshmen who think they are cool. If you were popular in middle school, it is more likely that you won't be once you get to high school, unless all your 8th grade class is the whole freshmen class. Don't be a hard *** or a loud mouth no one likes those. Stay out of trouble, don't do stupid stuff to ';fit in.'; Act mature.
trust your self try to find good friends enjoy your time with your group
Just be yourself, and don't let anyone get you down. I was made fun of a ton my freshman year. About half way through the year, I became friends with a couple of ';popular'; (once you are out of high school, you will realize this never meant anything) seniors, and that really helped. Good luck, you can get through it, just remember, the real world, after high school, is totally different.What is your best advice to surviving freshman year at high school?
No one likes the loud mouth freshmen who think they are cool. If you were popular in middle school, it is more likely that you won't be once you get to high school, unless all your 8th grade class is the whole freshmen class. Don't be a hard *** or a loud mouth no one likes those. Stay out of trouble, don't do stupid stuff to ';fit in.'; Act mature.
trust your self try to find good friends enjoy your time with your group
What's the best advice you can give to a high school junior about the college admission process?
I'm looking for advice concerning SATs, keeping grades up/studying habits, extracurricular activities (how much?), the Essay, pretty much staying sane this year, and, ABOVE ALL, how to go about finding the right school.
Thank you!!What's the best advice you can give to a high school junior about the college admission process?
1. Don't do extracurricular activities just to impress people. It will distract you from things you would rather be doing, including enjoying your youth. On top of that, admissions counselors are trained to see through this, and if you are spread too thin without enough depth, they will not be impressed.
2. Your rank in class and your SAT scores are far more important than everything else. Just work hard in class and everything should fall into place. The essay is remarkably unimportant in most cases.
3. For staying sane, remember that there is no one right school. There are over a thousand colleges and universities in the United States, and there will be a lot of them where you can get a good education and enjoy yourself.
4. For finding the right school, if you have the time and money, visit a bunch of places. Get a feel for the different styles of schools - big state universities, small liberal arts colleges, private universities, and depending on your subject of interest, perhaps consider some specialized schools.
Thank you!!What's the best advice you can give to a high school junior about the college admission process?
1. Don't do extracurricular activities just to impress people. It will distract you from things you would rather be doing, including enjoying your youth. On top of that, admissions counselors are trained to see through this, and if you are spread too thin without enough depth, they will not be impressed.
2. Your rank in class and your SAT scores are far more important than everything else. Just work hard in class and everything should fall into place. The essay is remarkably unimportant in most cases.
3. For staying sane, remember that there is no one right school. There are over a thousand colleges and universities in the United States, and there will be a lot of them where you can get a good education and enjoy yourself.
4. For finding the right school, if you have the time and money, visit a bunch of places. Get a feel for the different styles of schools - big state universities, small liberal arts colleges, private universities, and depending on your subject of interest, perhaps consider some specialized schools.
What is the best advice you have ever gotten?
And who was the person?
I got my best advice from a man I spoke to him once in my life and never seen him again. I just remembered and wanted to ask you folks. ThanksWhat is the best advice you have ever gotten?
'; Go on over there now...and you'll hear her in there with him.
I went. I heard.... I walked away.What is the best advice you have ever gotten?
don't do it son oh bull shyt i love her , so i didn't listen and man was he right
my dad said
';It's better to be pissed off then pissed on';
';stick a d!ck in your ear and fuc'k what you heard';
Go to school, don't do drugs and listen to drum n bass.
from the renowned dnb producer high contrast
';believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.';
Sh*t or get off the pot.
all's well that ends well
my mom
she said ';You find happiness within yourself ';
My father told me ';Don't get overwhelmed';
I got my best advice from a man I spoke to him once in my life and never seen him again. I just remembered and wanted to ask you folks. ThanksWhat is the best advice you have ever gotten?
'; Go on over there now...and you'll hear her in there with him.
I went. I heard.... I walked away.What is the best advice you have ever gotten?
don't do it son oh bull shyt i love her , so i didn't listen and man was he right
my dad said
';It's better to be pissed off then pissed on';
';stick a d!ck in your ear and fuc'k what you heard';
Go to school, don't do drugs and listen to drum n bass.
from the renowned dnb producer high contrast
';believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.';
Sh*t or get off the pot.
all's well that ends well
my mom
she said ';You find happiness within yourself ';
My father told me ';Don't get overwhelmed';
What is your best advice for girls?
I am trying to make a site with tips for girls about makeup, hair, clothes, boys, etc.
What are some of your best tips that I can put on there?What is your best advice for girls?
Use white or cream colored eyeliner on the inside corners of your eyes to make you look more awake and alert.
Baking soda and water mixed together will dry up a zit over night.
Don't over pluck your eyebrows.
If you wear foundation blend it in around your jaw line and neck extra well so you dont look like you have a mask on.What is your best advice for girls?
black eyeliner rocks,pale pink lipstick rocks,gold eyshadow rocks!dont go ';understated';its boring,bland ,dont do the ';WAG';look,its pretty naff,encourage people to be themselves and not follow crowd in fashion,make up etc,encourage individualism! dont spend too much on designer stuff,you can buy same kind of stuff on high st,
too much shine spray can make your hair look and BE greasy
boys suck.... trust your friends first
too much black on your eyes make you look like a racoon
ANSWER PLEASE
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylc=鈥?/a>
Facial piercings look tacky and trashy
Too little make-up is better than too much make up
Lay off the eyeliner
Parting your hair down the middle is a lazy, boring look
naturel is always the best look
go for an easily maintainable hairstyle than can be spiced up for a big event
What are some of your best tips that I can put on there?What is your best advice for girls?
Use white or cream colored eyeliner on the inside corners of your eyes to make you look more awake and alert.
Baking soda and water mixed together will dry up a zit over night.
Don't over pluck your eyebrows.
If you wear foundation blend it in around your jaw line and neck extra well so you dont look like you have a mask on.What is your best advice for girls?
black eyeliner rocks,pale pink lipstick rocks,gold eyshadow rocks!dont go ';understated';its boring,bland ,dont do the ';WAG';look,its pretty naff,encourage people to be themselves and not follow crowd in fashion,make up etc,encourage individualism! dont spend too much on designer stuff,you can buy same kind of stuff on high st,
too much shine spray can make your hair look and BE greasy
boys suck.... trust your friends first
too much black on your eyes make you look like a racoon
ANSWER PLEASE
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylc=鈥?/a>
Facial piercings look tacky and trashy
Too little make-up is better than too much make up
Lay off the eyeliner
Parting your hair down the middle is a lazy, boring look
naturel is always the best look
go for an easily maintainable hairstyle than can be spiced up for a big event
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