Eric Stewart: Running Off At The Mouth

Archive for June, 2007

It’s like I forget what I’ve learned …

by on Jun.04, 2007, under Photography

I can admit that I can easily forget things like what day it is or important dates or stuff like that.  But I tend to pride myself on my ability to learn things and learn them once.  Today’s photography just illustrated that I can do fine with two different concepts but introduce a third and […]

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Photography, Day 2: Rundown of what I’ve learned …

by on Jun.02, 2007, under Photography

When you’re using a dSLR, and you’re using any of the modes that don’t calculate things for you automagically, taking a good photo can become quite tricky.  A couple of key concepts take a bit to nail down, and will probably require some trial and error almost every time I go to take photos: The […]

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Learning To Take Pictures

by on Jun.02, 2007, under Photography

So the Canon 30D came yesterday, along with the two other lenses (75-300mm and a 100mm macro) I ordered.  Monday, a filter and two hoods are due in.  Up on the gallery on ericdives.com where I put my non-diving pictures, there’s a subcategory now: Learning the dSLR.  At this time there’s just one album containing […]

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