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" The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration." ~ Claude Monet |
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"I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it." -SHUG (Margaret Avery): THE COLOR PURPLE, Warner Bros., 1985 |
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Photography by Sol Mateo (excercise caution as there is some nudity here) |
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"Not what man knows but what man feels, concerns art. All else is science." |
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All of my best pictures are now hosted in Smugmug.com |
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You do something artistic before its too late. Everyone has it in them to be creative. Pick up a camera, try and paint, make a website. None of these things are very hard. |
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Here are some photographic resources that I use all the time:
These two send me e-mails with advice regarding photography. You can subscribe to them:
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/
http://www.picturecorrect.com/
For news about new cameras and excellent in depth reviews of them:
For HDR stuff:
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/
For those of you wanting to learn more about LensBaby (they also have a newsletter and a gallery):
Two excellent places to see video tutorials on Lightroom:
I would start here because they are free and his initial videos mention how to set up your hard disk before even opening Lightroom (which I consider very important):
You have to pay for Lynda but when you register an Adobe product you get one month access for free:
Adobe also has some free tutorials:
For general photography tutorials (free):
http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorials.htm
For a good list of recommended cameras:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/index.htm
Some free tutorials, gorgeous photos, and some paid videos:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/index.shtml
If you are a Nikon user, this is a great forum in which to ask questions, get your photos criticized and roam:
If you need to see all your lens options for a given need this site is great and easy to use:
For hosting your pictures online there are flickr.com (owned by Google) and smugmug.com Smugmug alows you to sell your photos and is more customizable, but costs like $5 per month or $150 per year.
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features/
For online printing of photos with a lot of varietey in paper choices etc.:
BayPhoto (they print for Smugmug.com)
Mpix