From: Kenton Brede
Hi, I've been lurking for a few days here. I'm from the Midwest. I
bought my first DSLR about two weeks ago, a K-x with the 18-55mm,
55-300mm lens kit. I've got a 50mm M f/1.7 on the way, as well as a
polarizer and graduated filter. I also picked up a cleaning kit with
rocket blower and a manfrotto tripod and head. No one told me the
peripherals were going to cost so damn much. I feel like I'm
hemorrhaging money. LOL It's sad but true.
I know next to nothing about photography. I've read "Understanding
Exposure" by Bryan Peterson and "The Digital Photography Book" by
Scott Kelby; both have been a good introduction I think. I'm
currently reading "Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography" by Brenda
Tharp. Next on the list is "The Photographer's Eye" by Michael
Freeman. If anyone has suggestions as to which other books I should
be reading, I'm all ears.
I've never used any image manipulation type software other than
Picassa. I'm a Linux user and have evaluated Bibble 5 for a couple
evenings. It's crashed on me a few times and sucks all available
memory and some swap when it imports RAW and builds thumbnails. I
might have to break down and get a MAC at some point, if all Linux
image software is this crash prone. Bibble does have some cool tricks
though. I really like the heal/clone thing but I suppose other
software packages have something similar.
OK, I do have a question:
Is there a page defining the acronyms used here, like: PESO, GESO,
PAW? If not, could someone enlighten me?
Thanks,
Kent
Welcome.
http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=47
PESO - Picture Every So Often
GESO - Gallery Every So Often
PAW - Picture A Week
WOW– Workover Of the Week (haven't actually seen that one yet)
You put your photos up on the web somewhere and post a URL to the list
and we nit-pick them ad infinitum (or is it ad nauseaum?).
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