Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
I shall be taking my Canon P, a borrowed 35mm Ultron, and the 50mm f/1.8 out shooting today and Wednesday. I'm excited to try out a new focal length that I've *never* used before. Any ideas (besides the incredibly obvious) as to how to best use this lens? I'm trying to brainstorm things to shoot so that I don't come up with the same old things I always shoot. Thought about maybe some textures...doing the letters of the alphabet thing...doing an A-Z photoshoot, etc. Any other ideas?
Get close, real close, uncomfortably close.
Use the 35, forget the environment and shoot the subject. Not a face, the eyes......
Just an idea.
Use the 35, forget the environment and shoot the subject. Not a face, the eyes......
Just an idea.
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
Did I mention that I'm so excited about the impending arrival of the Ultron that I can't sleep? The boyfriend is going to be furious with me when he finds out that I'm not going to be able to watch Gilmore Girls and Supernatural tomorrow night because I'm going to be too tired.
And you will not be able to hold the camera steady....
GET SOME SLEEP!
Ideas for new pictures will come in your dreams.
GET SOME SLEEP!
Ideas for new pictures will come in your dreams.
taffer
void
>Get close, real close, uncomfortably close.
Couldn't said it better...
Couldn't said it better...
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
Would you consider it odd that my camera has its own pillow? I'm kind of going with the idea that if it's beside me, I'm going to get ideas when I sleep. Hasn't worked so far, but who knows? 
Toby
On the alert
taffer said:
not closer than 0.9 metres or you won't be able to focus
MacDaddy
Certified Machead
Oh NO! You CAN'T miss Gilmore Girls! ;o) Nice, as a former Iowan, to see your excitement about the lens. How about some close-ups of Iowa's favorite crop—corn? It should be tassled out about now and some closeups would be visually delightful. BTW, I'm originally from Davenport; wherabouts are you located?Stephanie Brim said:
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
I'm located in a small, backwoods town called Webster City. I'm 40 miles from anywhere fun.
I'm 40 miles from anywhere fun.kmack
do your job, then let go
Take something you look at every day, now, rotate your point of view by 90 degrees...
FrankS
Registered User
How about a series of self-portraits? TAke a picture of everyone you meet.
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
One thing I'd like to do is take the camera and lenses with me the next time we go to Rock Bottom Brewery and take photos there...the kegs, the beer, the vats, the beer, the food, the beer.
You get the idea.
You get the idea.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
People in their trucks and cars,... bleak skylines ,... dingy coffee shops with jukeboxes , ..American Flags,... all ..in B&W ... you know ,the Robert Frank, Lee Freidlander stuff.
JoeFriday
Agent Provacateur
self-portraits of other people.. now that would be unique!FrankS said:
I had an idea where I was going to take photos of parking meters using the 1/3rd rule.. more like "a view from a parking meter".. same could be done with mailboxes
VinceC
Veteran
There is no better advice than that already offered ... get close and focus on the eyes.
A 50mm allows us to be a bit standoffish. A 35mm works best when you're right in there at the 3-foot limit of close focus.
I also recall once hearing some odd advice that the rangefinder was ideally suited for focusing on lines. To me, focusing on the eyes is the only thing that matters, and rangefinders really excel at focusing on eyes. Practice on friends and animals.
A 50mm allows us to be a bit standoffish. A 35mm works best when you're right in there at the 3-foot limit of close focus.
I also recall once hearing some odd advice that the rangefinder was ideally suited for focusing on lines. To me, focusing on the eyes is the only thing that matters, and rangefinders really excel at focusing on eyes. Practice on friends and animals.
sbug
Acceptably Sharp
Stephanie Brim said:I'm located in a small, backwoods town called Webster City.
40 miles is about the distance to Ames, right? As an ISU alumni, I suggest you spend a day in Ames. Lots to shoot there. I missed many classes while spending time with cameras borrowed from the media center.
Scott
FrankS
Registered User
Brett: 2 sentences, 2 ideas
1. self portraits
2. pics of people you meet
1. self portraits
2. pics of people you meet
JoeFriday
Agent Provacateur
that would work, too
Henk W
Member
Stephanie Brim said:One thing I'd like to do is take the camera and lenses with me the next time we go to Rock Bottom Brewery and take photos there...the kegs, the beer, the vats, the beer, the food, the beer.
You get the idea.
A brewery is great. In this case I would prefer colour. Try some reflections in the copper brew kettle. And get close to a glass of beer, catch that clear shiny golden fluid.
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
Portraits with wide-angle glass are funky... if you place the person's head at the bottom of the frame, and fill the rest of it with some geometrical pattern, structure or figure. Like someone standing near a tree with the branches springing out of the head.
Another thing: hipshots. Set the lens at 5 feet distance, make sure you have a fairly fast shutterspeed for a sunny day (in very sunny days, 1/60 at f8 works well). Carry the camera at below-chest level and press the shutter whenever there are people near you, preferably walking towards you.
A very lucky shot done with a 'cron 50, on Fuji Reala film...
Another thing: hipshots. Set the lens at 5 feet distance, make sure you have a fairly fast shutterspeed for a sunny day (in very sunny days, 1/60 at f8 works well). Carry the camera at below-chest level and press the shutter whenever there are people near you, preferably walking towards you.
A very lucky shot done with a 'cron 50, on Fuji Reala film...