Comments on: Becoming your own teacher http://peterphun.com/blog/2009/11/26/becoming-your-own-teacher/ Everyone's a critic. I guess I'm no different. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:39:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jo Chopra http://peterphun.com/blog/2009/11/26/becoming-your-own-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-10267 Jo Chopra Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:50:41 +0000 http://peterphun.com/blog/?p=12341#comment-10267 Oh Peter, I think you need to write a book! This was a very tantalizing article, full of interesting things all of which I want to know a lot more about! Put your whole life on hold, sit down and write the book. Jo Oh Peter,

I think you need to write a book! This was a very tantalizing article, full of interesting things all of which I want to know a lot more about!

Put your whole life on hold, sit down and write the book.

Jo

]]> By: Peter Phun http://peterphun.com/blog/2009/11/26/becoming-your-own-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-10266 Peter Phun Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:02:05 +0000 http://peterphun.com/blog/?p=12341#comment-10266 Hi Brian, I salute you for your tenacity and motivation. I don't think I would have been that motivated to read a pdf manual without having a camera in front of me much less wait a year to buy a camera. At the rate these digital SLR are being produced, by the time a year goes by, a new model is out! No, I'm not making fun of you, okay? You're hardcore & I salute you. Thanks for the kind words because it keeps me going. I added a chart/graph on how the camera decides on what exposure to set on "Program" mode. Those used to be included in the owner's manual. Increasingly they're more difficult to find. Hi Brian,
I salute you for your tenacity and motivation. I don’t think I would have been that motivated to read a pdf manual without having a camera in front of me much less wait a year to buy a camera.

At the rate these digital SLR are being produced, by the time a year goes by, a new model is out!

No, I’m not making fun of you, okay? You’re hardcore & I salute you. Thanks for the kind words because it keeps me going.

I added a chart/graph on how the camera decides on what exposure to set on “Program” mode. Those used to be included in the owner’s manual. Increasingly they’re more difficult to find.

]]> By: Brian W http://peterphun.com/blog/2009/11/26/becoming-your-own-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-10265 Brian W Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:07:53 +0000 http://peterphun.com/blog/?p=12341#comment-10265 Good article. I am a self taught "prosumer." A year before I bought my D200 I decided to read the pdf manual for it. The manual talked about things like aperture, shutter speed, ISO and endless other aspects of digital photography. I didn't know anything the manual was talking about so every time I found a term I wasn't familiar with I just looked it up in a search engine. It took me about 7 months to get through the entire manual. When I was finished, I knew how to operate a camera I had never even held in my hands before. I have to say, for me, this method really worked for understanding the technical aspects of the digital SLR. Composition and things like understanding light and exposure are a different story. Like you said Pete, a lot of people get their hands on a new digital SLR and the first time they turn it on, they are faced with menus and technical aspects that could take months or years of learning and it could be a real turn-off. Some just stick with preset modes and won't get past that. For those who are interested in higher quality snapshots than a P&S can offer, the presets work fine, but for anyone thinking of using photography as a creative outlet, there is no getting around taking the time to learn about the technical aspects of their camera. Books, internet articles, and magazines are in endless supply and will help with the learning process. READ YOUR MANUAL TOO! The rest will come with experimentation. Thanks for another good article Pete! Good article. I am a self taught “prosumer.” A year before I bought my D200 I decided to read the pdf manual for it. The manual talked about things like aperture, shutter speed, ISO and endless other aspects of digital photography. I didn’t know anything the manual was talking about so every time I found a term I wasn’t familiar with I just looked it up in a search engine. It took me about 7 months to get through the entire manual. When I was finished, I knew how to operate a camera I had never even held in my hands before. I have to say, for me, this method really worked for understanding the technical aspects of the digital SLR. Composition and things like understanding light and exposure are a different story.

Like you said Pete, a lot of people get their hands on a new digital SLR and the first time they turn it on, they are faced with menus and technical aspects that could take months or years of learning and it could be a real turn-off. Some just stick with preset modes and won’t get past that. For those who are interested in higher quality snapshots than a P&S can offer, the presets work fine, but for anyone thinking of using photography as a creative outlet, there is no getting around taking the time to learn about the technical aspects of their camera. Books, internet articles, and magazines are in endless supply and will help with the learning process. READ YOUR MANUAL TOO! The rest will come with experimentation. Thanks for another good article Pete!

]]> By: Paul Conrad http://peterphun.com/blog/2009/11/26/becoming-your-own-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-10264 Paul Conrad Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:12:21 +0000 http://peterphun.com/blog/?p=12341#comment-10264 A lot actually. I started my own blog and trying to keep up with it a few days a week. A lot actually.

I started my own blog and trying to keep up with it a few days a week.

]]> By: Peter Phun http://peterphun.com/blog/2009/11/26/becoming-your-own-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-10263 Peter Phun Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:27:16 +0000 http://peterphun.com/blog/?p=12341#comment-10263 Paul, You're being too kind. It's really too bad I never thought about the behind-scenes-pictures all those years I worked at the newspaper. It never occurred to me that those could be that useful. I'm sure you have lots of teachable moments and behind-the-scene pictures from all your wonderful work as well. You could share them here, you know? Paul,
You’re being too kind. It’s really too bad I never thought about the behind-scenes-pictures all those years I worked at the newspaper. It never occurred to me that those could be that useful.

I’m sure you have lots of teachable moments and behind-the-scene pictures from all your wonderful work as well. You could share them here, you know?

]]> By: Paul Conrad http://peterphun.com/blog/2009/11/26/becoming-your-own-teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-10262 Paul Conrad Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:45:42 +0000 http://peterphun.com/blog/?p=12341#comment-10262 Very well explained, Peter. Even I learned something. ;-) Very well explained, Peter.

Even I learned something. ;-)

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