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[Mosca]

Minor league baseball at night.

 

[Mosca]

Bridge over the Nescopeck Creek, PA State Game Lands.

 

[Mosca]

Let's go to the movies!

Cinemark 20, Moosic PA.

 

[richardm]

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Gun Bay, East End, Grand Cayman Island

 

[HatTrick]

Maui Sunset

Taken from 6th-floor oceanfront unit at WKORV.

 

[calgarygary]

A little eye candy for the ladies from the Paradise Cove Luau.

 

[Mosca]

Graduation!

 

[Mosca]

Waiting for Master...

 

[richardm]

Good clean fun in Orlando.. PETA stunt downtown..

 

[richardm]

How Swine Flu Began......

 

[HatTrick]

 

[richardm]

New York is one tough city!

 

[SueDonJ]

Sunset over Harbortown, Hilton Head Island, one night last week following a storm:

 

[eoneguru]

Disney World Castle - Hallowishes 2007

 

[jerseyfinn]

Congrats Mosca. Did it rain since I see it's in an auditorium?

I also like the bulldog photo. Was he the validictorian or simply wating in the car?

Barry

 

[richardm]

Wildlife tour in S. Africa.... Really, really wild!

[Inappropriate picture deleted - please use this forum to post your own, pg rated pictures. - DeniseM Moderator]

 

[HatTrick]

[Picture deleted.- DeniseM Moderator]

Some entertaining images, to be sure, but you might be interested in this thread's raison d'être, as stated by Theresa in post #1:

I know there are some great TUG photographers out there. I thought it would be neat to see some of your favorite vacation photos and start a thread where we could post only one picture a day. They do this on another board I belong to and it is very fun to see what other people have seen and done.

 

[richardm]

I'll stop.. Didn't mean to offend..

I pull a funny image a day for another site, and figured some of the uptight Tuggers could use a laugh a day without having to leave the bbs.. If you want the link for the other site, send me a PM..

 

[geoand]

Came upon this and I thought it would be nice to be there again

This is at the south end of beach in Cancun. I am sure many of you are familiar with this view.

 

[SueDonJ]

Remember the scene in Independence Day where the ship covered the city? This was a storm that moved west to east over Hilton Head Island last week:

It was sort of terrifying, actually, how quickly it moved in, how much sky it actually blocked out and how menacing the clouds were. This was taken about 5PM, and we didn't have the worst of the thunder and lightning until 10 that night.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Cemetery in East End, Grand Cayman

 

[Mosca]

Congrats Mosca. Did it rain since I see it's in an auditorium?

I also like the bulldog photo. Was he the validictorian or simply wating in the car?

Barry

Thank you, yes it was raining! The graduation was indoors and the hat throwing was supposed to be out in the courtyard, but they did it indoors!

I just finished my on line photography course, and I'm very pleased with the guidance I received. I won't link it, but you can find Proud Photography pretty easily. Inexpensive and highly recommended, and you don't need a fancy camera.

 

[SueDonJ]

I just finished my on line photography course, and I'm very pleased with the guidance I received. I won't link it, but you can find Proud Photography pretty easily. Inexpensive and highly recommended, and you don't need a fancy camera.

Wow, that looks VERY interesting, and it's great to have a first-hand positive review/recommendation of the program from someone whose photos stand out here. Do you mind if I ask how long it took you to complete the course, and how many hours/week you devoted to it?

 

[Mosca]

Wow, that looks VERY interesting, and it's great to have a first-hand positive review/recommendation of the program from someone whose photos stand out here. Do you mind if I ask how long it took you to complete the course, and how many hours/week you devoted to it?

I don't mind at all, and I appreciate being put in such company; there are some photographers here who are just outstanding! The basic class is 13 lessons, and it starts with some serious hand holding, going over camera terms. You are given an instructor, who grades your assignments and offers suggestions. My instructor, Greg Howell, was a good match for me. I felt free to ask questions and ask for suggestions; we exchanged emails frequently. A typical lesson would be a chapter to read about the principles of composition, and then an assignment to submit 3 photos, each incorporating one principle, along with a short description of the shot and why you made the choices you did, along with any problems you might have had. Your instructor then reviews your shots, pointing out what was done right and wrong and offering suggestions to make them better.

I started it last August. I work full time, so I didn't devote more than casual time to it; if there was nothing going on on my day off, I went out shooting pictures for a couple hours. I had the first 5 lessons done by the end of September. I was done with lesson 12 by the end of November... then winter came, and the holidays, and I got sidetracked and didn't start taking photos again for the final assignment until April. I took 2 of the 6 final photos in April, then 3 toward the end of May and the last one June 3rd. I'd say the MOST hours a week I devoted to it was 5. That would be two days in the same week where I'd take the dog and go out driving around looking for something interesting, a couple hours each day. But there were many weeks where I did very little, and I did nothing at all for 4 months. Many of the assignments are homework rather than assignments, and take a few minutes. I spent all of 3 minutes on the portrait assignment; two snapshots and a quick edit. I spent more time thinking about what I wanted it to look like.

I took a heck of a lot of shots in April and May working on things that Greg had pointed out in my other photos. There is a lot of freedom to revisit assignments and to exchange ideas with the instructor, and there is also a forum to discuss ideas and assignments with other students and photographers; if you are having trouble with an assignment, you can post some photos and ask for help. There is also a monthly contest on the forum... some of those folks take some nice pictures.

I don't know how much it costs now. When I signed up it was $100. Having taken the course, I would have paid 3 times that and still felt like I got my money's worth. And you don't need a fancy camera. Any decent point and shoot purchased within the last few years is enough to get you in the door. Highly recommended.