Comments on: The (First) Great Review Copy Contest http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/07/29/the-first-great-review-copy-contest Creativity is business too. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bill Davis http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/07/29/the-first-great-review-copy-contest/comment-page-1#comment-814 Bill Davis Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:15:20 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/?p=398#comment-814 Great idea! Here's my tip: Backup EVERYTHING! Have a spare battery, more than one memory card, a 2nd lens (if you can afford it -- heck pros have <i>spare</i> camera bodies, too). When you offload your pictures to your computer, make a CD or DVD copy of the data, too. I even use Flickr to upload my latest JPEGs. Can't be too safe nowadays. Great idea! Here’s my tip: Backup EVERYTHING! Have a spare battery, more than one memory card, a 2nd lens (if you can afford it — heck pros have spare camera bodies, too). When you offload your pictures to your computer, make a CD or DVD copy of the data, too. I even use Flickr to upload my latest JPEGs. Can’t be too safe nowadays.

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]]> By: MikeWhoBikes http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/07/29/the-first-great-review-copy-contest/comment-page-1#comment-802 MikeWhoBikes Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:49:44 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/?p=398#comment-802 This is a great idea and very generous of you. I guess I'll go ahead and contribute a quick tip: When you come across a subject, take a couple photos on automatic mode from a standard angle. These may not be compelling but with the basic scene captured you're now free to experiment with camera position, shutter speed, etc. If your manual settings are incorrect or that creative composition just doesn't work, at least you'll have a couple okay shots. This is especially important for travel photography where you may not get a chance to go back and try again! This is a great idea and very generous of you. I guess I’ll go ahead and contribute a quick tip:

When you come across a subject, take a couple photos on automatic mode from a standard angle. These may not be compelling but with the basic scene captured you’re now free to experiment with camera position, shutter speed, etc. If your manual settings are incorrect or that creative composition just doesn’t work, at least you’ll have a couple okay shots. This is especially important for travel photography where you may not get a chance to go back and try again!

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