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08/04/2004 04:48:14 PM · #1 |
If you could spend $40 on any one thing to improve your photography what would it be?
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08/04/2004 04:51:16 PM · #2 |
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08/04/2004 04:52:13 PM · #3 |
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08/04/2004 04:53:35 PM · #4 |
If a $40 lens improves your photography, you may have other issues.
Most people will suggest books, but those are free at the library. I would suggest material for a nice backdrop, or maybe a polarizer. |
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08/04/2004 04:54:56 PM · #5 |
At this time?
I would spend around $26, plus tax on a Canon Cable Release for my camera. This would greatly assist with the camera shake issue I am having.
The rest, I would spend on an informative, as opposed to a marketing oriented, photography magazine or two. Something that would explain how to capture images to obtain certain results.
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08/04/2004 04:56:51 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Nelzie: At this time?
I would spend around $26, plus tax on a Canon Cable Release for my camera. This would greatly assist with the camera shake issue I am having.
The rest, I would spend on an informative, as opposed to a marketing oriented, photography magazine or two. Something that would explain how to capture images to obtain certain results. |
Like this? (i need one too) good idea
I'll order that and 2004 Photographer's Market. (this wasn't a hypothetical question hehe)...one of those I know a friend who knows a friend who only has 40 bucks to spend...
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08/04/2004 04:57:48 PM · #7 |
Lighting or backdrops, my new garage will be finished in a couple of weeks...whoohoo... more space, then I can set some sort of studio up.
EDIT: sod the car :)
Message edited by author 2004-08-04 16:58:33.
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08/04/2004 04:58:46 PM · #8 |
I would apply it to a book of some sort... Probably a biography/autobiography of some photographer that I like or possibly a photo collection book from one of those photographers.
I may also apply it to expenses for a day trip to somewhere I have never been before.
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08/04/2004 05:03:57 PM · #9 |
Spare battery.
Edited to say, thinking about it I'd spend it on beer cos I seem to shoot better after a few :)
Message edited by author 2004-08-04 17:05:04.
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08/04/2004 05:07:15 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Tranquil: Originally posted by Nelzie: At this time?
I would spend around $26, plus tax on a Canon Cable Release for my camera. This would greatly assist with the camera shake issue I am having.
The rest, I would spend on an informative, as opposed to a marketing oriented, photography magazine or two. Something that would explain how to capture images to obtain certain results. |
Like this? (i need one too) good idea
I'll order that and 2004 Photographer's Market. (this wasn't a hypothetical question hehe)...one of those I know a friend who knows a friend who only has 40 bucks to spend... |
No, don't order that. That item is just an adapter. It isn't the actual release. This is the release I am talking about...
Remote Switch RS-60E3
You can find it at stores and online for around $26.
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08/04/2004 05:09:33 PM · #11 |
I'd 'buy back' an extra half hour off work and go out and shoot some more.
Or I'd get $40 worth of prints of my shots and spend the time to finish them properly - I find the discipline of making a final print really makes me focus (and get annoyed!) at any failings in the shots - that I then try and avoid in the future.
Maybe I'd use the $40 to buy a tank of gas and drive somewhere interesting to shoot. Or use it to buy & pay for development of 4 rolls of B&W film.
I think probably the prints, though the extra time of work would be good too, if my boss would take my money :)
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08/04/2004 05:11:06 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by peecee: Lighting or backdrops, my new garage will be finished in a couple of weeks...whoohoo... more space, then I can set some sort of studio up.
EDIT: sod the car :) |
Oh you have got to be from somewhere other then the United States.
The status quo in the US is to use the garage for only a few things...
Tons of crap that you should just toss away.
"Toy" Cars like a souped Street Rod or Classic Auto.
A Small Boat.
A Woodworking or Machine Shop.
Never your car. That's like the last thing you put into a garage.
(Of course the whole "Sod the car :)" thing says that...)
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08/04/2004 05:11:08 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Nelzie:
I'll order that and 2004 Photographer's Market. (this wasn't a hypothetical question hehe)...one of those I know a friend who knows a friend who only has 40 bucks to spend... |
No, don't order that. That item is just an adapter. It isn't the actual release. This is the release I am talking about...
Remote Switch RS-60E3
You can find it at stores and online for around $26. [/quote]
Ah...lemme cancel that... thanks!
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08/04/2004 05:11:23 PM · #14 |
I'd spend mine on a ticket to ride...
A cheap airfare from Easyjet or someone or maybe a train ticket...
...to somewhere I'd not been before.
Travel always inspires my best pics!
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08/04/2004 05:22:59 PM · #15 |
save it, and wait for another 40 to come around, and then ya got 80 to spend.
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08/04/2004 05:24:36 PM · #16 |
I really don't have too much to add here, perhaps time would be most useful to practice, and you could buy a bunch of coffee with forty dollars. (about 3 1/2 venti's at starbucks- lol)
I find that when it comes to contrived inspiration, you cannot beat red wine or large amounts of caffiene.
but seriously this is a great question. I would try to find a pill for forty dollars to keep me from compulsively entering my ill-fitting entries to challenges.
Message edited by author 2004-08-04 17:28:58. |
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08/04/2004 05:25:17 PM · #17 |
Buy some cheap wine and get a bunch of chicks really drunk, so I could do some nude studies.
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08/04/2004 05:31:24 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Jacko: Buy some cheap wine and get a bunch of chicks really drunk, so I could do some nude studies. |
Your wife is one strong woman.
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08/04/2004 05:33:55 PM · #19 |
Between these classy posts and, "Honey, look what I found under a log today," that's a rare wife indeed. |
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08/04/2004 05:40:27 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by Gordon: I'd 'buy back' an extra half hour off work and go out and shoot some more.
Or I'd get $40 worth of prints of my shots and spend the time to finish them properly - I find the discipline of making a final print really makes me focus (and get annoyed!) at any failings in the shots - that I then try and avoid in the future.
Maybe I'd use the $40 to buy a tank of gas and drive somewhere interesting to shoot. Or use it to buy & pay for development of 4 rolls of B&W film.
I think probably the prints, though the extra time of work would be good too, if my boss would take my money :) |
Ha! Too bad for you Gordon...with $40 I can buy two hours off of work...and I'm talking Canadian dollars! I feel bad for you...them's the breaks!
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08/04/2004 06:05:54 PM · #21 |
a defuser light. was at b&h 2day in nyc & saw some neat & cheap ones that I would drop some dollars for.
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08/04/2004 06:16:34 PM · #22 |
I have a kodak, and yeah the close up lens (@$30) may improve some of my pictures. And yeah, I do have other issues!Originally posted by scalvert: If a $40 lens improves your photography, you may have other issues.
Most people will suggest books, but those are free at the library. I would suggest material for a nice backdrop, or maybe a polarizer. |
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