Would you please post us a pretty picture.....PLEASE!!!!!!

Love ya,
Jackie

You folks are way too kind. I love making images, but I assure you that it's pure luck.  Anyone can do as well, or better - just watch the light (you do already)  And, like all of us, I make some really lousy snapshots too!

All of my stuff is was produced to be printed large for billboards and magazines, so I hate how they look at 800 pixels on a monitor.

This is an example - this was a 24" wide print and at that scale you really see the details and the textures in the scene. Morro Rock is about 2 miles away.  Plus, typical computer monitors don't have the gamut to produce all of the subtle shades and tones that a good print does. (OK, I'll stop whining)

I like this one because of the sense of scale (tiny people) and drama of the fast moving fog bank.

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Marc

Jackie wrote on Nov 5^th, 2008 at 6:31pm:


LOL    

It's just a habit from when I was working with people in the industry. Something that you worked hard on was an "image". Magazine and Ad agency Art Directors pay for "Image Rights". Among the group I worked closely with, the terms worked like this:

Images = serious work - fair game for criticism and rejection

Pictures= images that didn't quite make the grade of Image

Snapshots = sometimes GREAT, but a “grab shot” with no time to set up. Technical blunders were excused

Happy Snaps = the fun kind of stuff of our family, kids, etc. Technical stuff had no bearing – NO criticism allowed!

There was never anything wrong with taking any of them. It was just kind of a way to sort through the stuff that you shot. I love seeing the family stuff people show here. Those pictures have more emotive value and effect than anything I could ever hope to produce! (Unless they are pic's of my own Grandkids   )

Marc

Jackie wrote on Nov 5^th, 2008 at 7:03pm:


ALL of mine are lucky clicks. I just close my eyes and turn in a circle while holding down the shutter release. Makes me dizzy, but I get some cool shots about every 100,000th or so. ! (The trick is - don't exhibit the rest  ) Never forget that an infinite number of monkeys sitting in front of keyboards will eventually produce a great novel.

(It was "sensor blooming" but it's not important compared to understanding Depth of Field)

Maybe we should take this to PM or email. I hate being bumped to the top when there are so many serious threads going.

Marc