Johnny Canuck3
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Cool as Justin Bieber.
People who shoot photos with their lens hood on backwards
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Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Y'see, I purposefully didn't post a pic of Bieber as I didn't want to undermine my otherwise completely valid point. So thanks for shining the harsh glare of the Bieber on that flaw in my argument 
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The second result involves phimosis.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Rockwell is entitled to his opinion. Often his opinion is spot-on, but in this case he's ignoring 150 years of darkroom manipulation of negs and prints, all of which counts as "tweaking".
I could see his point if he were talking about massively-altering the original image, but he's obviously not, given the use of the word "tweaking".
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Johnny Canuck3
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Not surprising, given the growth of smart phones as a social phenomenon.
I don't think it follows, though, that just because a lot of people do something, that that alone makes it a good thing. Most people take in a significant percentage of their daily calories via corn syrup additives in food, and saturated fats.
Because "most people" just want "a camera". An enthusiast interested in doing "proper" photography, or a pro, isn't going to purchase a camera phone (for their main work) are they? They're going to purchase a DSLR.
Edit: Or at least a mirrorless.
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fractionMan
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"Thanks"
I still prefer film for the discipline of it. As for smart phones, no thanks.
I prefer keeping my so-cheap-it's-not-worth-nicking PAYG mobile and using a digital compact. Even if it means carrying two lumps of plastic around instead of one.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I'm doing the same having recently resurrected my Leica C-Lux 2 which had been sat on a shelf for over a year whilst my iPhone took all the pictures. It's a far better camera that fits into my jeans pocket with ease and I like using it, but smartphones have made us lazy. So I'm making a concerted effort to reduce photography with the phone and increase it with the camera.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Ugh, someone on my Photography degree handed in camera phone photos as their final, the tutors lapped it up (well the lead tutor did and then overruled the others
)This was 2005 too so camera phones weren't a patch on what they are now.
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hiraethified
Some pros doing proper photography get their smartphones on the covers of prestigious international magazines. I've worked as a pro photographer, and I'd have no problem submitting a photo taken on a smartphone if I thought it was good enough.
But I've already done that anyway, and got paid. As photographers say, the best camera in the world is always the one you have on you.
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hiraethified
I don't recall making that argument but it's certainly a good thing if photography becomes more accessible.
Thanks for that
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Stop messing up Bungle's absolutism with your inconvenient real-life experience and FACTS, editor!
fractionMan
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Does anyone have any words of wisdom regarding camera straps?
I'm worried that people will think I'm an amateur instead of a serious hobbiest
I'm worried that people will think I'm an amateur instead of a serious hobbiest
Lazy!
There was I thinking that a photoraphy degree doesn't just teach you how to work out what makes a decent picture, but also teaches the technicalities of getting it (and turning it into a fixed image) without the camera doing most of the technical side for you.
Use whatever works for you?
Oh no, don't go there! That one could run for months.
fractionMan
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But how will I be able to tell if someone else is doing it wrong?[/QUOTE]
That's easy; if they are doing something different to what you do then they are wrong.
fractionMan
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Ah. That's a relief.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Lazy!
There was I thinking that a photoraphy degree doesn't just teach you how to work out what makes a decent picture, but also teaches the technicalities of getting it (and turning it into a fixed image) without the camera doing most of the technical side for you.
A lot of photography degrees actually teach you very little about anything technical unless you really push them too, and quite often the lecturers will get the techs to show you as they tend to have a better technical understanding. I did a HND and topped up to a degree, when I joined the degree the top uppers were kind of frowned upon, but when they realised how much I knew about lighting, photoshop and different formats of photography I became golden bollocks.
To put it into perspective, out of 8 people on my HND 4 of us now either work as photographers, or lecture in photography. Out of 30 odd on my degree, 1 does pet portraits and thats it, some of the others are "fine art photographers" which is just a pretentious way of saying "keep it up as a hobby", none of them are selling work.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
The hood is being stored on a camera being used.
The alternative is removing the hood completely whilst the hood is not being used but the camera is.
That's how hoods get lost. If its on the camera then you know where the hood is should you need it. If it's not on the camera it's in a drawer somewhere when you need it because you forgot it or didn't think you'd need it when you did.
fractionMan
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I fashioned a little chin strap for mine and wear it as a hat when not in use.
Pics?
fractionMan
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Unfortunately I can't take photos of it without my hood in place. It wouldn't be professional.
Do you get paid for them?
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