By Peter Phun, on August 6th, 2010%
Where the heck is that picture?
Exquisite image–A green turtle photographed by my old buddy Stephen Yeow off the waters of the island of Sipadan earlier this year.
My first Mac laptop, a G3 Powerbook, had 6GB of hard drive storage.
At that time my largest Compact Flash card had a 128 MB capacity.
Today, about a dozen years later, just one of my Secure Digital cards alone easily holds more data than that hard drive.
You don’t have to be a long time digital photographer like me to see that as long as you own a digital camera, you’re headed down the same path as me–just a little later.
So you better get organized and develop some sort of workflow–fancy word for a system of messing with your digital images.
If you don’t, good luck finding your pictures when you want them.
In fact, if you don’t practice safe computing like making frequent redundant backups, you might one day lose everything.
I’m a Mac users but I often teach on Windows so I won’t be dragged into which platform is superior.
Repeat after me, “Nikon or Canon, Mac or Windows, neither blows especially when your work flows.”
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By Peter Phun, on December 8th, 2009%
Every semester I try to end my photo class on a high note by having my students participate in a group show at the local coffeehouse Back to the Grind downtown.
As usual, I never make it mandatory because the 2 11″ x 14″ prints and frames can be a lot of money for college students.
I’ve been . . . → Read More: End of fall semester student show
By Peter Phun, on July 8th, 2009%
There’s actually none.
Okay, there’s bound to be some reading this who will no doubt ask,
“What about the Rule of Thirds?”
This is just my opinion, but when you attach the word “rule” to photography, it ruins the whole experience.
After all… my viewfinder doesn’t have a grid or lines.
If I were a sniper you can bet it would.
But I take photographs.
Why would I need such precision and be locked into 3 columns and 3 rows?
This is art. Fun stuff.
The Eyes–In this situation, as with most portraits, the eyes should be the center of attention but should they be in the center literally?
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By Peter Phun, on May 1st, 2009%
You probably have some very very nice pictures that you took.
Someone paid you a compliment that you have a Great Eye.
Maybe they meant it literally.
This photography stuff isn’t that hard.
You’re thinking if you cough up about $1,000, you can do this.
And that isn’t an unreasonable assumption.
The instant feedback with digital photography gives this impression that it is easy.
There may be more to it than just having a good eye.
Continue reading Top 10 Mistakes of Beginning Photographers
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