Comments on: The Next Step http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/ Photographic Arts Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:14:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mike hall http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-7207 mike hall Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:15:02 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-7207 I couldn't help but notice that you used the Canon50mm f/1.4 lense for this shot. I recently bought a Canon 50mm f/1.8 and I LOVE IT. It adds the blur like nothing else can. If you don't have one of these lenses, get one! The f/1.8 is cheap, about $100. Glad we got reaquainted in the CV Camer Club. Looking forward to participating! I couldn’t help but notice that you used the Canon50mm f/1.4 lense for this shot. I recently bought a Canon 50mm f/1.8 and I LOVE IT. It adds the blur like nothing else can. If you don’t have one of these lenses, get one! The f/1.8 is cheap, about $100.

Glad we got reaquainted in the CV Camer Club. Looking forward to participating!

]]> By: Nathan http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-4799 Nathan Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:29:10 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-4799 The next step includes working on a subject that you are not comfortable with. Find a story, flowers are nice but you have moved beyond flowers. Joe makes a good point, you should teach photography your tech background would be golden for young (and old) photographers. Pass the torch :) Hope all is well! Drop me a line some time. Denver's jamming! Peace. Nathan The next step includes working on a subject that you are not comfortable with. Find a story, flowers are nice but you have moved beyond flowers. Joe makes a good point, you should teach photography your tech background would be golden for young (and old) photographers. Pass the torch :)

Hope all is well! Drop me a line some time. Denver’s jamming!

Peace.

Nathan

]]> By: John Setzler http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-4738 John Setzler Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:31:01 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-4738 Hi Joe, and thanks for stopping by :) "The Next Step" isn't really meant to be learning new techniques. I purposely stopped this article where I did, without going into the actual 'next step' because I want to write that separately. "The Next Step" isn't something that you can read from a book or learn in a classroom, or really be taught. You have to dig inside to find it. I'll be collecting my thoughts on this over the next few days and writing more about it later. Teaching photography is something I would love to do at some point, but my plate is full right now. I don't want to teach technique either. I would rather become a student AND teach the philosophy of photography, which may allude to what the 'next step' actually is... Hi Joe, and thanks for stopping by :) “The Next Step” isn’t really meant to be learning new techniques. I purposely stopped this article where I did, without going into the actual ‘next step’ because I want to write that separately. “The Next Step” isn’t something that you can read from a book or learn in a classroom, or really be taught. You have to dig inside to find it. I’ll be collecting my thoughts on this over the next few days and writing more about it later.

Teaching photography is something I would love to do at some point, but my plate is full right now. I don’t want to teach technique either. I would rather become a student AND teach the philosophy of photography, which may allude to what the ‘next step’ actually is…

]]> By: Joe Young http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-4729 Joe Young Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:14:33 +0000 http://www.setzler.net/2007/11/26/the-next-step/#comment-4729 John, You definitely know a lot about photography. I think when you get to a certain point you have to push yourself in areas you don't have as much experience in. For myself there is a lot of areas I am not familiar with. This includes astrophotography, micro, underwater, and using multimedia applications such as sound bites and video. I still find myself learning more about Photoshop and studio lighting constantly. Saying this I get students at times who think they already know everything but in truth they will never know everything. They might be advanced in the class but they don't want to push themselves or know their own limitations. I would also recommend teaching your talents to others. I find this very rewarding and you really know how much you know when you try to explain it to someone else. Workshops for children or adults might be a good avenue for you. John,
You definitely know a lot about photography. I think when you get to a certain point you have to push yourself in areas you don’t have as much experience in. For myself there is a lot of areas I am not familiar with. This includes astrophotography, micro, underwater, and using multimedia applications such as sound bites and video. I still find myself learning more about Photoshop and studio lighting constantly.
Saying this I get students at times who think they already know everything but in truth they will never know everything. They might be advanced in the class but they don’t want to push themselves or know their own limitations.
I would also recommend teaching your talents to others. I find this very rewarding and you really know how much you know when you try to explain it to someone else. Workshops for children or adults might be a good avenue for you.

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