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  1. 08-14-2007, 04:26 PM #1
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    Exercise: No Viewfinder

    I'm trying to get a better handle on composition, so I'm following some photography exercises. Anyone want to try as well?

    Exercise 1: Take pictures without looking into the viewfinder.

    Here's two of mine.




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  2. 08-14-2007, 04:35 PM #2
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    How does not looking in the viewfinder help you with composition?

    I like the shots!
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  3. 08-14-2007, 04:45 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z
    How does not looking in the viewfinder help you with composition?
    Exactly what I was going to say?!
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  4. 08-14-2007, 05:01 PM #4
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    It's a first step to getting to know the camera. The idea is that you have to visualize how the shot will look from a different viewpoint than what you are seeing.

    So, you put the camera on the ground or up high, or some odd angle and imagine what the image will be. Take the picture and compare.
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  6. 08-14-2007, 05:45 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by robbmcaulay
    Exactly what I was going to say?!
    Haha me three.
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  7. 08-15-2007, 02:25 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by yasunobu13
    So, you put the camera on the ground ...
    This is what I tend to do at rainy days to keep my clothings clean
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  8. 08-15-2007, 05:25 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by yasunobu13
    Exercise 1: Take pictures without looking into the viewfinder.
    Seems a bit silly. The viewfinder is there for a reason.
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  9. 08-15-2007, 08:43 AM #8
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    yasu, i'm with you on this

    i decided to try this at an outdoor party a few months back. I was holding a beer and didn't want to seem intrusive to people who probably didn't want a camera in their face, so i slung the camera around my shoulder and tipped the camera up from hip or belly high. I was pretty happy with the results....

    these are off my photoblog:
    http://lefteyedesigns.net/photoblog/...6_IMG_9173.JPG
    http://lefteyedesigns.net/photoblog/...5_IMG_9159.JPG
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  11. 08-15-2007, 09:06 AM #9
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    Don't get me wrong. I do voyeurisms shots too when no one is looking. But I don't study how I aimed them to get better composition...
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    Quote Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z
    Don't get me wrong. I do voyeurisms shots too when no one is looking. But I don't study how I aimed them to get better composition...
    erm...
    Quote Originally Posted by Wikipedia
    Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. Such people may be engaged in sexual acts, or be nude or in underwear, or dressed in whatever other way the "voyeur" finds appealing.
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  13. 08-15-2007, 03:21 PM #11
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    I was going to say stalker but voyeurism sounded better
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    I still fail to see how this'll help your photography?!
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    yeah me too. might get some interesting results, but can't see how it helps with composition (in fact probably the opposite)......
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