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| Basics About My (Basic) Photos I an not gifted as a photographer as anyone will see from my photos. But I am pleased with some of my results. I did a travel photography course before I came away, and I'm really glad I did. It wasn't a beginners course, but it was the first formal photography course I have done. It didn't convert me from a rank amateur with no photography sense or anything like that, but it did help with some ideas. On the trip I used my fully manual, 1981 vintage, Minolta SLR with a 35-135mm zoom lens. I couldn’t be bothered carrying too many lenses, so this was the only one I took. I didn't even have a tripod, but I would have liked one on the odd occasion. A polarizing filter was very useful on occasions too, particularly in the Himalaya. I used Fuji 200 or 400 ASA print film. I almost always asked to take photos of people, but sometimes an opportunity was too good to miss, such as the photo of the old man in the Nepal Photos page. I regret not taking more "mundane" photos. IE, photos of everyday street scenes of such as vendor's carts, people going about their daily business, our basic hotel rooms, markets etc. Few would have made it to these pages, but they give a good reminder about how a place "feels". My wife used a Samsung 38-110 AF compact, and the kids shared a 35mm AF compact. Only 2 of Gail's appear on the website, one of me in front of Mt Everest in the Nepal photos page and one of the 2 kids in front of the Taj Mahal (Kids in India photos page). The rest are mine. All I did was scan the photos I wanted on my website as jpg files, compromising between file size and clarity. I am fairly pleased with the results. I should add I have hundreds more that I haven't scanned, though, as we took 42 rolls of 36 film! We ended up enlarging a heap of the good ones, they look great framed up on our walls. And such a personal memory. |
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