...I want to do the "first entery challenge" so if anyone has a "first entry" photo I can "recreate" let me know. Thank you for your time and allowing me to introduce myself. I can't wait to get started!
Hello Dianne! You will learn so much about photography here. And you are more than welcome to take a crack at my first entry :-)
You might have to give me some pointers on this one.
Sure! Basically put model house (made of metal like tin or copper definitely helps, found it at flea market) atop a non-flammable surface, like an old oil drum lid. I shot handheld so I had no tripod or shutter release at the time. Handy but then image may actually be in focus! Oh yes notice any wind blowing, don't want to set vicinity alight. Wait til dusk. Stuff house with hay and/or newspaper (slightly damp hay gives off light-coloured smoke). Be ready to shoot a lot, fast, and set house alight at as mand openings as you can get at safely. I also had a bbq skewer and dunk bucket of water close by as a safety precaution, to dunk house into. I think I fired that poor little house 4 times that evening!
Diane, welcome to DPC. You might try going ton the Photos tab, then choose Search. Type in a subject matter that you would like to shoot (say you like Butterflies)...a new page opens showing you butterfly pictures here. You can then click through them and check to see if they were the photogs first entry, or what their first was (who knows could have been a different butterfly pic). That's just one way. You could also go to the Community tab, and choose Photographer Profiles...search for a photog in your area and see what they entered as a first entry. Could be they shot a landscape or urban shot right there in your own neighborhood that you could recreate. Hope this helps.
