Hi Amber! I’m a friend of Carolyn’s and heard you speak at the IWA meeting. I now think of you every day it’s crappy out (um, so every day) cycling cycling cycling and freezing your fingers (and toes and nose, etc) off and getting wet to the bone. Hope the positive thought waves give you atleast a teeny little bit of extra warmth! So-o-o-o, on a different note, I’m loving your pics and was wondering if you would consider giving a photo workshop for fellow Englisch-Spraecherinnen like me! Your photos are fantastic. The composition is excellent but you obviously know the technical side too! Help!!! 🙂
Hi Kim! Thanks for the warm thoughts and kind words. I love taking photos but honestly – I am not that technically savvy! I have played around a lot with my little Canon point-and-shoot, so I know the program functions on it pretty well. But I am not sure how well those would apply to other cameras. Maybe we could do a discussion forum over dinner, where everyone shares tips and ideas that work for them. If everyone brought their cameras we could go for a walk afterward to try all the suggestions and get instant feedback (the beauty of digital). I’d love to share what I’ve learned, but I’m definitely no expert… and it would probably be most helpful to have people try different ideas on their own cameras to see what works best for them. I’ll send you an e-mail, so we can look into planning something! For now though a quick note on the night shots — I was telling Carolyn that a trick I use for those is to steady my camera against something inanimate — e.g. a pole, sign, wall, door frame or even sometimes garbage cans — to get a sharper image with slower shutter speed. It’s effective, and cheaper than a tripod!
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Hi Amber! I’m a friend of Carolyn’s and heard you speak at the IWA meeting. I now think of you every day it’s crappy out (um, so every day) cycling cycling cycling and freezing your fingers (and toes and nose, etc) off and getting wet to the bone. Hope the positive thought waves give you atleast a teeny little bit of extra warmth! So-o-o-o, on a different note, I’m loving your pics and was wondering if you would consider giving a photo workshop for fellow Englisch-Spraecherinnen like me! Your photos are fantastic. The composition is excellent but you obviously know the technical side too! Help!!! 🙂
Hi Kim! Thanks for the warm thoughts and kind words. I love taking photos but honestly – I am not that technically savvy! I have played around a lot with my little Canon point-and-shoot, so I know the program functions on it pretty well. But I am not sure how well those would apply to other cameras. Maybe we could do a discussion forum over dinner, where everyone shares tips and ideas that work for them. If everyone brought their cameras we could go for a walk afterward to try all the suggestions and get instant feedback (the beauty of digital). I’d love to share what I’ve learned, but I’m definitely no expert… and it would probably be most helpful to have people try different ideas on their own cameras to see what works best for them. I’ll send you an e-mail, so we can look into planning something! For now though a quick note on the night shots — I was telling Carolyn that a trick I use for those is to steady my camera against something inanimate — e.g. a pole, sign, wall, door frame or even sometimes garbage cans — to get a sharper image with slower shutter speed. It’s effective, and cheaper than a tripod!