ginger_55
Dec-15-2004, 11:07 AM
I signed up for a 1 day nature photo workshop with Tom Blagden, a Charleston photographer, believe he also does Vermont in the summer. It is in April. A past tennis friend told me about it, she goes to my church. It took all the money I had in the bank, down to 1.97. My husband talked me into it. (Can't mail the calendars til Friday).
What kills me is I could probably learn most of that stuff here..............except local places to shoot. For $145.00 I expect to get lots of info on where the birds are and when. Also the scenery. I can't afford his books anymore, but I have seen him at signings, he is very nice and informative. He does landscapes very well, too, as much as nature as a matter of fact. I took his book to the mtns one yr, went to all the places I could and copied what he did, got some good photos. Most of his photos around here are in remote places, or airplanes, or accessible only by boat or canoe. But I didn't want my friend to know I couldn't afford this thing. Hope I can hear it.
What I would be interested in knowing. Is there a cheap long lens I could/should buy that would be useful. I have the soft zoom 70- 300 Canon lens. I thought maybe a lens that didn't zoom would be cheaper and better.
doG, I would probably have to use a tripod.
And there will be people there who don't know squat, my friend is one. Bill told her I could teach her all about digital stuff. I asked what program she used to work up her photos, in the computer. She looked completely lost. I asked if she used Adobe, she really doesn't know this stuff.
Last time I talked to the guy, a year or more ago, he hadn't gone digital yet himself.
ginger
What kills me is I could probably learn most of that stuff here..............except local places to shoot. For $145.00 I expect to get lots of info on where the birds are and when. Also the scenery. I can't afford his books anymore, but I have seen him at signings, he is very nice and informative. He does landscapes very well, too, as much as nature as a matter of fact. I took his book to the mtns one yr, went to all the places I could and copied what he did, got some good photos. Most of his photos around here are in remote places, or airplanes, or accessible only by boat or canoe. But I didn't want my friend to know I couldn't afford this thing. Hope I can hear it.
What I would be interested in knowing. Is there a cheap long lens I could/should buy that would be useful. I have the soft zoom 70- 300 Canon lens. I thought maybe a lens that didn't zoom would be cheaper and better.
doG, I would probably have to use a tripod.
And there will be people there who don't know squat, my friend is one. Bill told her I could teach her all about digital stuff. I asked what program she used to work up her photos, in the computer. She looked completely lost. I asked if she used Adobe, she really doesn't know this stuff.
Last time I talked to the guy, a year or more ago, he hadn't gone digital yet himself.
ginger