Comments on: Lessons I Didn’t Learn In Photo School 36 – 40

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:03:11 +0000

#36 – I do this all the time, especially in class. It’s so much more interesting to look at the way my eye can focus on different parts of my calculator, than to look at yet another equation.

By: Bill Evans

Bill Evans — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:42:06 +0000

Syl, I am loving the LIDLIPS, it’s fantastic. Especially for a self taught amateur like me. Many of these I have come to discover on my own,especially #40. I am working my way through all of them right now. But John’s note above about the left and right brain reactions to photography, even if he stole ‘em from someone else are inspired.

I’ve only just discovered your site, but it will be placed very high in my favorites list for daily visits. I was attracted by the link in Scott Kelby’s blog to your comments on Canon Speedlight shooting. So along with thanks to you for your site and insights, I want to thank Scott for sending me here.

By: John

John — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:36:56 +0000

The corollary to taking photos even when you don’t have a camera: take photos, even with a crappy camera.

I snap cell-phone (actually iPhone) photos all the time, even sometimes when I DO have my Nikon with me. It’s a different photo, for a different audience, with a different purpose.

An example is on my blog right now, a touristy snap of Wall St that I took at the same time as the client’s assigned photo right below it.

It just feeds a different part of the brain. The client’s shoot always veers off to the left brain (“exposure, pose, expression, page layout, cover?,” etc) while the quick snap with the cell phone is pure right-brain (oooh, pretty!) and keeps those creative muscles warmed up.

Thanks Syl, love the whole LIDLIPS series.

By: lisa cueman

lisa cueman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:21:47 +0000

First stop at your site here and thoroughly enjoyed the visit, particularly your LIDLPS. I do have a question. How did you get that rotating Flickr badge, not sure if that is what it is called, on your site. Is it something you created or can it be found somewhere?

Thanks for sharing and I’ve got this bookmarked so will be back.

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Walruses In New York « Mark Krajnak’s JerseyStyle Photography Blog — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:33:15 +0000

[...] few days ago, Syl Arena, in his “Lessons I Didn’t Learn In Photo School” said Just because somebody already made that photograph, does not mean that you shouldn’t. [...]

By: Bill Giles

Bill Giles — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:16:38 +0000

“In a long life, there is truly very little for which an individual can take sole credit.”

Absolutely!

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Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:07:07 +0000

[...] continues with his nice lessons series and has now made it up to the impressive count of 40. Maybe he’s planning to make a book from [...]

By: Rich C

Rich C — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:03:05 +0000

Really enjoy these lists!

I’ve been thinking a lot about #40 this week. I’ll be heading to Zion in a few weeks for 5 days. Looking through guides, planning hikes, and wondering about what I’ll come away with. Anyone familiar with Zion knows it’s an amazing place and it’s also heavily photographed, especially certain spots. I’m betting that I can’t help but take the same scene here and there because those scenes are just too cool to ignore!

Actually, it happens often for me. Living in AZ near Sedona and the Grand Canyon I find I’m shooting “famous” places regularly. Just putting my own spin on those places!

By: Syl Arena

Syl Arena — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:56:09 +0000

Hey Arpad! “Calibration” refers to changing the settings (typically contrast and brightness) to optimize the monitor for a particular viewing condition and to establish the basic parameters for profiling. Calibration measures a series of white to gery to black patches. “Profiling” measures a series of color patches so that the color being produced by the monitor can be measured. They are different, but related steps.

A good unit is the Xrite ColorMonkey. I use a higher end Xrite system that can also create printer profiles for both RGB and CMYK machines. If you want the best, look at the EyeOne system by Xrite. Cheers! S

By: Arpad

Arpad — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:24:20 +0000

Thanks for the valuable thoughts and ideas! Am I correct when you say monitor “profiler system”, you mean monitor calibration? I wonder if you have any recommendations on which monitor calibration brand to use?