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Bikerbrent_RIP

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Blacktop said:
I can't tell if you're kidding around or pissing on the guy's parade.:indecisiveness:
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RocketCowboy said:
Yeah, I'm not retiring from my day job anytime soon, and I'm still $2.95 short before I can get a cup of coffee. But it's at least one goal marked completed off my list.
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I thought the smiley made it obvious I was fooling around.

Plus the OP's above quote makes me think he took it in the vein intended.

If not, I can only say Mia Culpa.
 
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RocketCowboy said:
Getting my degree is on my bucket list too. Not sure I would stay with the track I was taking, even though I got 3 out of 4 years done, but if I'm going to put the effort back into it it might as well be for what I really want ... right?
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Absolutely. if you go back for the satisfaction of getting the degree. Do it for what you want.
 
nikonpup

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congratulations, for your next challenge... :) bk-64761.jpg
 
SkvLTD

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Nice! I do want to know how these certs help land bigger clients aside from simply having a top-level portfolio.
 
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SkvLTD said:
Nice! I do want to know how these certs help land bigger clients aside from simply having a top-level portfolio.
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I don't think it will do that, at least, that wasn't my intention when I sought out the training. I did the class to have an exposure to several different genres of photography, and to get feedback on my results.

I'm also pursuing the PPA's Certified Professional Photographer certification, but still for the peer review and feedback on image submissions.


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RocketCowboy said:
.... I still have a ways to go before I'm "seeing" things as creatively as a lot of you guys here do, but I feel better about the technical understanding of how and when to do different things in order to control the image I capture.
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I'll be honest and say over the past 1-2 years, I wondered why/how your photos were getting better and better. So your increased knowledge has shown in your work. :cheerful: If you are still trying to see things creatively, take a look at this book. It uses wedding photos as its samples, but the real learning is when someone takes the concepts and applies them to their own types of subjects/genres. I have a teaching degree (music), and in my opinion, this book is one of the best when it comes to teaching the concepts. It takes different photography concepts and breaks them down. At the end of each chapter, there are assignments where you go out and apply the concept(s) taught.

Picture Perfect Practice
 
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hark said:
I'll be honest and say over the past 1-2 years, I wondered why/how your photos were getting better and better. So your increased knowledge has shown in your work. :cheerful: If you are still trying to see things creatively, take a look at this book. It uses wedding photos as its samples, but the real learning is when someone takes the concepts and applies them to their own types of subjects/genres. I have a teaching degree (music), and in my opinion, this book is one of the best when it comes to teaching the concepts. It takes different photography concepts and breaks them down. At the end of each chapter, there are assignments where you go out and apply the concept(s) taught.

Picture Perfect Practice
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Thanks Cindy! Best part is, I already have this book ... just need to sit down and read it!

And thanks for your comments on my images. I do need to get around to posting more, more often, so I do appreciate you taking the time to comment on them!!!
 
Dawg Pics

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Congratulations. Sending in images for critique isn't easy.
I too, like @hark, signed up back in the 90s. I had were some personal issues going on at the time, and I had a helluva time listening to those cassettes. I still have them.

I'll buy you that cup of coffee, and throw in a pastry.:)
 
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Dawg Pics said:
Congratulations. Sending in images for critique isn't easy.
I too, like @hark, signed up back in the 90s. I had were some personal issues going on at the time, and I had a helluva time listening to those cassettes. I still have them.

I'll buy you that cup of coffee, and throw in a pastry.:)
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Mine didn't come with any cassettes. :( There were a few video tapes, but everything else was reading material.
 
SkvLTD

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RocketCowboy said:
I'm also pursuing the PPA's Certified Professional Photographer certification, but still for the peer review and feedback on image submissions.


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I guess I meant the PPA mostly. I glanced over some sample test questions and well, most of them aren't something 1-2 test exposures can't let you figure out on digital, and it IS the digital age.
 
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SkvLTD said:
I guess I meant the PPA mostly. I glanced over some sample test questions and well, most of them aren't something 1-2 test exposures can't let you figure out on digital, and it IS the digital age.
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The CPP is a two part certification: first the test, then the image submission. Have to do the test before you can do the image submission.


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