I am a novice who has always been interested in b/w photography, but am just beginning to look into it.

I plan on taking some architectural photos on Friday, August 22nd. I just have an old Canon Sure Shot (plan to get better one soon). Any tips you could provide would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

-- Paisley Wixted (oceguilf@connix.com), August 20, 1997

Answers

Keep it simple! The more "clutter" that is in your image, the less appealing it will probably seem to you. Good luck...

-- Robert (harris@flash.net), August 21, 1997.

novice help

A better camera is a good start. But you can still get some good images with the cannon. Shoot the same subject at morning, noon, and early eve. Shoot lots of frames, experiment with low angles. Remember, black and white images are easily changed during the enlargement process. contact print the roll and pick your best, blow them to 8x10, images tend to look better when you enlarge them a little.

-- Sam Kennedy (nikon1@ix.netcom.com), August 23, 1997.

I agree with the other reply KIS theory (keep it simple). Try to cover all the basic rules of photography and then break them all. I personally like symetry and balance-a good way of keeping a photo simple. But most important .....HAVE FUN!!@!

-- John Wade (j--k@networx.on.ca), August 26, 1997.

Remember, rules are made to be broken! In other words, don't get caught up in other people way of doing things. Nothing wrong with starting there, but there is so much latitude in the entire printing and development process, excellent results can be achieved with a variety of methods. More importantly, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCSEE (like I did), a properly developed negative will save many-a-frustration in the pritning process. If you need more info on that, let me know.

-- RUSSELL LUCAS (RUSSELLLUKE@WORLDNET.ATT.NET), December 02, 1997.

Remember, rules are made to be broken! In other words, don't get caught up in other people way of doing things. Nothing wrong with starting there, but there is so much latitude in the entire printing and development process, excellent results can be achieved with a variety of methods. More importantly, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCSEE (like I did), a properly developed negative will save many-a-frustration in the pritning process. If you need more info on that, let me know.

-- RUSSELL LUCAS (RUSSELLLUKE@WORLDNET.ATT.NET), December 02, 1997.

not sure if your camera has adaptable lenses...if yes, get yerself a wideange... a polarising lens is great for darkening skies and taking reflections off glass...particularly good to make those blue skies mighty blue if you're using colour. Other filters can help increase contrast,especially red. good onya xpandy

-- pandy (pkaravan@hotmail.com), October 19, 1999.