Forum intro

Seems that every so often, I get emails and pms about photo techniques and the types of equipment I use for my own photos and videos, so after getting several members asking for a forum of this nature, I decided to give it a whirl.

Everyone wants to take "good" photos and videos, and as well hopes to take "great" photos and videos from their efforts. Honestly, with the state of technology today with the digital cameras and camcorders available, nearly anyone can take shots that 10 years ago nearly everyone would consider as "great" without a huge cash outlay for the equipment that would have been necessary back then to do so.

But it takes practice, and sometimes a helping hand might be beneficial to cut down the learning curve somewhat. The main benefit of digital media is that you can practice until you are blue in the face, and it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg to have film processed, as it used to do back in the days of film that had to be processed to develope. Plus you can get INSTANT feedback from your efforts, instead of waiting for the processed film to come back and hoping you remember what the heck you actually did on each frame or clip.

There really is no reason at all why everyone can't become a really good photographer or videographer, and more people can become actually great at it. The tools are easily and readily available without a huge financial outlay, and with just a bit of help and some experience, anyone can create photos and videos that will just take other's breath away.

So this section is here for you to talk about your techniques, or problems, or what equipment has proven to be best for what you want to do. It is also here for you to show off those shots or clips that you think are great, or maybe not so great and you want to have them critiqued so you can try to figure out how to make them better.

The thing is, don't be afraid to experiment. And also bear in mind that very often, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Often the only criteria for judgment of the greatness of your own handiwork is whether it pleases YOU or not.