Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would just say watch the light, take lots of photos and if possible have a friend help edit. Especially the latter. I would suggest definitely getting a camera that takes raw files. That way, if she becomes "serious" later, she will have something to work with. If she does get into photography, whatever she buys now will probably be tomorrow's paperweight. At B&H she can buy a Canon 450D with an 18-55 IS lens for $750. That and a lens hood and lots of cards and learning how to use aperture priority should get her started. Or something like that that takes raw files. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Reid > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:01 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] landscape photography advice? > > I have a friend who gets to travel to many amazing places for work > (Alaska, Hawaii, Venice, the Galapagos... the list goes on) and is > interested in taking pictures of them, for obvious reasons. However, > she's currently using a basic point-and-shoot and hasn't really put > much thought into photography as an art (or skill, or anything more > than seeing something pretty and taking a snapshot of it). Do any of > you have any advice I can pass onto her for how she can improve? > Landscape photography is not really my specialty, so I don't have any > favorite photographers or books to point her toward, and I don't have > a firm grasp on what the right sort of camera might be to use. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information