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Photography 2 - Tips, Tricks, Discussion, Samples

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The old thread Digital Photos - Tips, Tricks, Cameras, & Suggestions was starting to get far afield from the original topic of "tips and tricks" and was 20 pages long, so I thought it would be a good idea to start a new one.

Please continue to use this topic to
  • ask questions about photography (digital or not)
  • answer said questions
  • share tricks or effects you've learned
  • discuss merits of various equipment
  • share and evaluate each other's "work"
I particularly like the last goal, as one of the ways we get better is to have others comment on what they see in our pictures. The fresh perspective has helped me create better pictures next time out countless times.

If you have anything photographic-related, post it!

Brendan
 
So I've got one. This is more of the "phenomenon" variety. I took these pictures of the sky in Sonoma a year and a half ago.

Phenomenon in Sonoma Sky

What do you think? I've been puzzled by this occurrence since I took the photos.

Brendan
 
TXAVy said:
Great setup on your picture pages Brendan. Did you do that yourself or is the site hosted with someone who has the nice thumbnailing package?
I got the idea from a friend whose picture gallery was set up to look like a roll of film (negatives) with the holes along the top and bottom. While that was cute, I wanted to do other things. I took his scripts and have pretty much rewrote them since. It's all Perl. I don't host my own site, but they have the CGI support I need and I just update my scripts when I want to do something different.

The goal was to make publishing my pictures fast and easy. I didn't want to write the same HTML over and over. Plus, writing tables is my least favorite activities. By having the CGI write the HTML for me, it's a do-once proposition.

I have several page-generating modes using a couple different variables. The Truckload of Gravel page is the basic default layout which sets up two columns--one for the thumbnail and one for the description. When I write longer descriptions for each picture, as if I'm telling a story with one picture for each though, I use this mode.

Other times, when the content it mostly self-explanatory, I use the "rowpics" mode as in my Portland Auto Show pictures. My Wild West 2002 pictures which most of you have seen are this way as well. All of the modes include an introductory description of the pictures between the title and the first row of thumbs.

More recently, I decided I might want to display the pictures using larger thumbnails. I developed a "small" mode that I used for my Parasailing in the Bahamas pictures and our Cat Bed Endorsement. Notice that I also allowed for a caption under each picture.

If you've clicked on every link thus far, you can see too that the script allows for a setable background image for each page--it's another variable.

Well, I don't want to bore you all, but I have had a lot of fun writing the scripts that generate the different picture pages. Everytime I want to use a different effect, I modify the script to support the additional feature (without destroying other features, of course), and make it that more robust. I recently added the ability to "inline" descriptions between rows of text for my Oregon Coast gallery. Some of the stuff is kind of kludged together, but in time, I will probably revamp it. There are still some things that annoy me about it, but that's the way software is.

Thanks for the interest; if there's anything else you'd like to know, just ask.

Brendan
 
All I have been using for my photo galleries is the web gallery under the PhotoShop 6/7 automate tab. Works pretty good and gives you the thumbnail and up to 800x600 image.

Jamie
 
Hi Brendan,

Those clouds look high enough to be made up of ice crystals. I'll bet the phenom is sunlight refracted by the ice crystals.
kw
 
I don't have my Avalanche in this picture but i think it fits the thread. Critiques?
kw

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I used 400 speed color film in 6x7.. leaned the camera against a post. Converted to grayscale.
 
Nice shots! I love the look of IR but have never tried it. I spend most of my effort in B&W.

I just got a color cover shot for the phone book.
kw


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Got a bunch of new pics up.....
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My StreamLineDesign Graphics Install (Lots of pics)

Mods006-T.jpg

Exterior Pictures with Installed Decals and Painted Cladding Lettering (Lots of pics)

IRAV010-T.jpg

IR Pictures of my AV (Lots of Pics!)

Let me know what ya'll think!!!
 
Look great! The only thing I noticed was that all three pages of pics use the same captions that were originally intended for your Z66 decal swap.

Brendan
 
Just add this code:
Code:
[IMG]http://someplace.org/somepic.jpg[/IMG]
to your signature in your profile.

There's a thread somewhere (search for "signature help") that provides more detail. Obviously, you have to create the 500x100 image to upload somwehere. You can attach it to a post of yours to upload it to this site if you have nowhere else to put it.

PM if you need more help.

Brendan
 
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