JCBulatao Photography.

F ound the following on an egroup I'm part of, and made my way to the original post at this blog . B asically, the following is an abridged version of Charles Traub’s advice for young photographers , a list of “Dos” and Don’ts” taken from a book he co-edited, The Education of a Photographer. Do something old in a new way. Do something new in an old way. Do something new in a new way. Whatever works, works. Do it sharp—if you can’t, call it art. Do fifty of them—you definitely will get a show. Do it big—if you can’t do it big, do it red. If you don’t know what to do, look up, or down—but continue looking. Do celebrities—if you do a lot of them you’ll get a book. Edit it yourself. Design it yourself. Publish it yourself. Read Darwin, Marx, Freud, Einstein, Benjamin, McLuhan, and Barthes. Construct your images from the edges inward. If it’s the “real world,” do it in color. If it can be done digitally, do it. Be self-centered, self-involved, and generally entitled and always push...

W hile most of what I think I might be blogging about in this series of entries will be about how to utilize your DSLR, a lot of what I plan to go on about can also be found in some more prosumer-level point and shoot cameras ( like those I actually own ). T ake Program mode for example ( accessible on SLRs and Prosumers by turning your mode dial to the "P" mode, or by going into menu and changing shooting modes - for some point and shoot compact cameras ). W hile most point and shoot users undoubtedly have used the full auto mode at one point or another, they might not realize that they have options for a greater range of control over their photography experience. W hen one uses full auto in shooting, the photographer gives up all control to the camera's on-board computer, and will just use their camera to basically chronicle what's happening around them without giving a second thought to exposure settings, whether or not to use flash, etc... using the Program mo...

O k. When I started this blog, I was aiming to impart some wisdom as far as taking good pictures goes. I was hoping to talk about techniques, some basic, like Rule of Thirds, and other things I've picked up along the way. Truth is though, I wouldn't know where to start. I wouldn't know what to call whatever technique I used to cover so-and-so's wedding or take product shots for our little business. I guess I'm more of an applied-photography sort of guy. Not to say that I don't know anything. I just don't know what to call them, or if it's even a technique at all. I just know I learned it from somewhere, from someone, and when I tried it by myself, it worked. T his is my first attempt at sharing something almost everyone knows. :) If it's at all helpful, please do say so. Comments welcome. R ule of Thirds Ok. This particular rule, for the uninitiated (if there are any out there reading this blog) is a rule of thumb for composition. It states that an...