> I know next to nothing about photography. Welcome to the list. You'll fit right in.
Find out which photographers you like best, and steal all their ideas. Eventually you'll develop a style of your own. B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kenton Brede > Sent: 04 December 2010 17:57 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: New to list / acronyms > > Hi, I've been lurking for a few days here. I'm from the > Midwest. I bought my first DSLR about two weeks ago, a K-x > with the 18-55mm, 55-300mm lens kit. I've got a 50mm M f/1.7 > on the way, as well as a polarizer and graduated filter. I > also picked up a cleaning kit with rocket blower and a > manfrotto tripod and head. No one told me the peripherals > were going to cost so damn much. I feel like I'm > hemorrhaging money. LOL It's sad but true. > > I know next to nothing about photography. I've read > "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson and "The Digital > Photography Book" by Scott Kelby; both have been a good > introduction I think. I'm currently reading "Creative Nature > & Outdoor Photography" by Brenda Tharp. Next on the list is > "The Photographer's Eye" by Michael Freeman. If anyone has > suggestions as to which other books I should be reading, I'm all ears. > > I've never used any image manipulation type software other > than Picassa. I'm a Linux user and have evaluated Bibble 5 > for a couple evenings. It's crashed on me a few times and > sucks all available memory and some swap when it imports RAW > and builds thumbnails. I might have to break down and get a > MAC at some point, if all Linux image software is this crash > prone. Bibble does have some cool tricks though. I really > like the heal/clone thing but I suppose other software > packages have something similar. > > OK, I do have a question: > > Is there a page defining the acronyms used here, like: PESO, > GESO, PAW? If not, could someone enlighten me? > > Thanks, > Kent > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
