Scotlandian-Imagery In reply to AznWolverine [2010-09-11 02:26:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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AznWolverine In reply to Scotlandian-Imagery [2010-10-07 16:30:30 +0000 UTC]

No problem! I know youll be famous

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Scotlandian-Imagery In reply to bgiuman [2010-06-24 00:02:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I am hoping all goes well.

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bgiuman In reply to Scotlandian-Imagery [2010-06-24 17:26:13 +0000 UTC]

My Great Pleasure dear! As Talented as you are I have no doubt it will!

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Scotlandian-Imagery In reply to bgiuman [2010-06-24 00:20:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the lovely response!

Like most artists we love what we do. I don't always think what I do is brilliant, but I just enjoy trying a bit of everything! I'm very happy that you enjoy my work, as I feel most of what I capture is random (I enjoy it that way though ).

I keep getting asked about doing more self-portrait work, and I think I may. Mostly it's just that I don't think to make a point of it. It is always entertaining to hear responses to my self portraits. Though I am told I am expressive in person, more seems to come out in front of the camera. I also like looking crazy in pictures from time to time, such as "The Magician's Paper Doll".

I've got various projects coming up, and I'm always looking for new ideas. So if there is something you think you'd be interested in seeing feel free to mention!

How do you get such amazing photos of the moon?! I have tried countless times to photograph night skies but I am absolutely hopeless!

Saykana

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bgiuman In reply to Scotlandian-Imagery [2010-06-24 19:06:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh, Tis My Pleasure and Honor!

See, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one out there who loves you self ports, and hopes and wishes you'll make a point to just do it. I realize it's very hard sometimes to set aside work and play to do something that you kinda mighta want to do, but seems you can never find the time to get around to doing it. I do this all the time! My perfect example, single dad of a daughter going off to college in the Fall and a son who is a junior in High School 'football, Basketball'who lives with me. I'm a working Photographer and shoot all the Sports for our School System K thru 12, Senior Pics, Weddings etc. I'm always busy. My kids keep me running all the time. So I have to stop and just say today or this week I'm going to just concentrate on My Art and go out and shoot some Artsy Fartsy stuff. So for instance, this week I decided to just get on DA which I haven't been on in quite a while and upload some pics and start the very time consuming task of replying to all the Artist on Da that have Faved, commented and been so nice to me. I don't mean to neglect anyone but just have so much on my, our plate.

Wow I didn't mean to get so deep but getting back to it I do understand where your comming from. So just to reiterate I do hope you find the time as I believe it could be some of your best work!

Ah, and now onto your question! It really depends on a few different things, where the Moon is in the sky, how light or Dark it is outside and of course the focal lenght of your lens. I find the Fall and Winter months better to shoot as the moon is Closer to us and can get a larger closer shot as she rises because it is darker sooner and you can capture her before she gets to high in the sky. This means a 200 mm Lens can work fine but a 300 or 400 mm will really reach out and touch it. All that said, a great starting point is ISO 100 at F.8 at 1/250s and then I always bracket my exposures maybe .3 , 1 or 2 stops. Isn't Digital Great you can do all this and see how its turning out at the same time. Way back when I was shooting Film It was shoot and process and be elated or disappointed I learned much from those Days, I might have to upload some Pics from some Commet shots I did years ago.

If you go to my Moon Series, I leave all My Info on that shot and you can get a good idea of what to try when you have an oppertunity to shoot something like the same as mine.

I hope this has been helpful and not to much Info.

Gotta get now, and bet your glad, lol, take care dear and have yourself a Great One!

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Scotlandian-Imagery In reply to bgiuman [2010-06-26 08:32:16 +0000 UTC]

First of all, I love that you also use the term "artsy fartsy"!

Life does make it difficult to be artistic easily. Though I think it gives it that bitter-sweet edge that makes it that much more delicious at times.

I think it is wonderful that you are able to do sports photography. That is one of those fields that if you don't have the gut instincts to get the results, it will never happen otherwise! Thank you for so much insight on how you take pictures of the moon. I'll have to give it a try this coming winter! I did film photography in high school (I hear they still do film in most high schools)and loved the process. I just hated that I was cursed with developing the film. One of four things would always happen : A. Film would come out completely black. B. Film would come out completely clear. C. Every picture would have nasty scratches (never was very talented at rolling film). and D. Only the pictures I liked/loved had scratches that ruined the pictures. Oh how I love auto-processing places... But I miss how you can get such richness of color in photos and it was simpler. Occassionally if I feel flush I'll shoot in film and have it converted to digital, but I hate how digital looks so flat, undersaturated, and most skys just turn out as blowout or weird grey in most pictures without post-processing.

Senior pictures are fun, though I have a long way to go in that arena. It is so tricky doing portraits without reflectors or flashes. (Yes, my load of equipment consists of two DSLRs, a tripod that doesn't have the screw attachment to actually hold the camera, a million cords (some of which I don't know what they're for...), and ten lens filters which only two do I actually know fit on my three lenses).

Too much info? Nah! I am like you--I just like talking about everything. I like the personal side of the work, if that makes sense. Getting to know people as individuals and not just a screen name is meaningful and a gift.

As for myself, I never know if I qualify as your average young struggling photographer/"I still don't know what certificate I am supposed to be taking all of these college classes for" student. Normally I am a part-time student at a local community college, but about a year ago I experienced academic meltdown so I've just been working a thankfully wonderful job (albeit the pay renders a sad note: "yay minimum wage")at a Hallmark for a year. I must be one of the few people my age working 30-40 hours a week and still manages to make some overtime in this economy, so I am grateful. But it is frustrating that I am married to my job, in love with my passions, and threatening an afair of returning to school in the fall. I admit, my analogies can be...odd...

So minimum wage job + school + dog = living at home with Mom. I am blessed that we love each other so much it is more like roommates...with the occassional spat over who is really responsible for cleaning her cat's litterbox.

Between working full time at Hallmark, part-time photographer that just photographs anything that amuses oneself, painfully disillusioned writer (I love reviewing books, but I can't even live up to my own standards), and loving Netflix way too much...I think you're right that one has to take a vacation just to make time to be creative!

I tend to enjoy irony, so I hope you haven't taken any of the above as complaint. Despite having a quiet sort of life, I am a very happy person and I love my life even if it isn't where I would like it to be yet. What I struggle the most with is accepting that the art that I love is not likely going to be the art I produce. Learning to become more comfortable with my own style and trusting my instincts rather than attempting to reproduce a style I love that is not natural to me is hard. I love what I do, but I am not always in love with my work.

Perhaps it is naivette, but do you suppose that as long as we question ourselves and our work that we can evolve simply for the quest for improvement?

Night owl syndrome means it is 1:30 AM my time (When everything is dark, quiet and I am slightly brain-dead I'm at my creative peek) and I probably should go considering I have to be up in seven hours. Thanks for sharing and I enjoy all your messages! And I promise I'll work on getting more self-portraits done...even if it takes awhile.

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Scotlandian-Imagery In reply to Chehiro7 [2010-01-05 07:46:19 +0000 UTC]

You do some beautiful work! The simplicity and yet contrast of colors and textures are fantastic!

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Chehiro7 In reply to Scotlandian-Imagery [2010-01-05 07:47:27 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou, so much! That means a lot to me.

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Scotlandian-Imagery In reply to doredore [2009-11-06 15:34:19 +0000 UTC]

It is an absolutely stunning work of art and I can only imagine the passion and time that went into the piece!

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doredore In reply to Scotlandian-Imagery [2009-11-06 19:37:29 +0000 UTC]

yes i enjoyed working this piece ,, thanks for your nice words it's encouraging me ,, hope you come again to see more of my work

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