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I maintain a more organized gallery of my best images at inancy at Smugmug
I admin a group called !afterclass! which focuses each month on different topic with threads for specific explorations. A very friendly, non-competitive, supportive environment for expanding your vision of photography.
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I'm a computer scientist and former classically trained oboist who has always been the photographer in the family.
Photo processing as an Analogy to Cooking
Read lots of recipes
Look at lots of photos in the genre you are working on. Look at the masters, look at the enthusiasts.
Make up your own recipe
Decide what you like and what you dislike. Evaluate what you have the skills or gear to reproduce and what you don't. Learn by making substitutions and evaluating what happens.
Use the best ingredients
Get the image right in the field. Get a good exposure, framing, focus, interesting subject. Use the best gear that you can afford, but sometimes a toy camera can be just the right tool, just like sometimes Kraft Mac&Cheese is the perfect snack.
Taste as you go.
Post-process using your eyes, not predefined, downloaded plugins. Get feedback from others.
Philosophy about Flickr
The Five Stages of Flickr (freightenly parallel the five stages of grief described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross):
denial: no one knows about my photos, I haven't found the right groups
anger: why are all these stupid people making such stupid comments or no comments at all
bargaining: if I'm really, really nice and make everyone my contact I'll get more views and comments
depression: my photos suck
acceptance: I take pictures to capture a moment that I can look back on and remember what was done. (Or in a more contemporary voice: "It is what it is.")
Philosophy about Photography
One way to look at photography is as a means to reproduce the world we see. Another way to look at photography is as a means to create something unlike anything we can see naturally.
I live in a "nice" suburb called Thousand Oaks smack dab in the middle between Los Angeles (60 miles south) and Santa Barbara (60 miles north/west).
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- The Visual Science Lab. 496 photos, 392 members
- California Photographer 8,352 photos, 641 members
- Streets in Colo(u)r 8,390 photos, 1,357 members
- Faded & Blurred - fadedandblurred.com 3,825 photos, 171 members
- A nod is as good as a wink 553 photos, 74 members
- Death Valley National Park 10,448 photos, 958 members
- ((( transcend dépassez supere 超越しなさい ))) 34,617 photos, 2,007 members
- See.Shoot.Share. 239 photos, 184 members
- Ibarionex Perello's Chasing the Light 1,070 photos, 212 members
- Micro and Four Thirds Photo Critiques 398 photos, 123 members
- Micro Four Thirds (Micro 4/3) 116,906 photos, 4,750 members
- OLYMPUS PEN E-PL2 11,757 photos, 845 members
- The Digital Story - Digital Photography Public Group 21,258 photos, 2,057 members
- The Candid Frame 8,021 photos, 396 members
- Moments [in White] 4,458 photos, 1,834 members
- Tech Guy 2,021 photos, 9,080 members
- VisionDriven 1,541 photos, 439 members
- WWPW Ventura 2010 175 photos, 30 members
- David DuChemin's Within the Frame 12,056 photos, 1,568 members
- Tips from the Top Floor Podcast (tfttf) 23,151 photos, 2,571 members
- DPExperience 20,926 photos, 1,006 members
- Photofocus 47,700 photos, 6,619 members
- Scott Kelby's 3rd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk - July 24, 2010 15,200 photos, 4,001 members
- TWIP Critique 30,569 photos, 6,367 members
- TWIP Contest Pool 3,912 photos, 4,853 members
- This Week in Photo 164,287 photos, 11,918 members
- CaliFlora 11,705 photos, 359 members
- Camera Position 1,009 photos, 91 members
- Gitzo: Focus on Forever | Official Flickr Group 2,983 photos, 822 members
- TO Photo Group 1,293 photos, 84 members
- The Art of Photography Podcast 36,313 photos, 4,965 members
- Stuck in Customs' Brilliant Cabal - My Cool and Clever Friends 94,633 photos, 4,030 members
- nighthawks 221,137 photos, 17,800 members
- visual echo (comment with images, not words) 14,778 photos, 1,521 members
- Photomish 10,592 photos, 307 members
- DBOLRL: Swift Kick 112 photos, 29 members
- Canon EOS 7D Users Group 109,850 photos, 4,668 members
- iPhoneography 222,879 photos, 8,362 members
- iphone lomography 27,055 photos, 1,048 members
- iPhone_theBestCamera 748 photos, 46 members
- The Urban Photographer - Street Scenes 6,347 photos, 204 members
- BEST photos of Models..Railroads, DieCast, Dioramas, and MORE..! 4,789 photos, 250 members
- Photos taken with an Apple iPhone 505,633 photos, 28,206 members
- CANDID STREET PHOTOGRAPHY 1,468 photos, 876 members
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- Earth Mosaic 2009 8,092 photos, 2,707 members
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- Learn Composition by Example 372 photos, 355 members
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- Example January Gallery 2 photos
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Testimonials (4)
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CARLOS62 says:
"Nancy is a Truly Gifted Photographer and her image`s are always of the Highest Standard, I have learnt so much about Photography in recent month`s and it is all down to this very Fine Snapoholic.
It is a Real Honour and a Pleasure to know You Nancy, Thank you for all your Help and much needed Advice."2nd October, 2008
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Ben © says:
"Nance is an excellent photographer, a very good flickr member, and always an inspiration.
Cheers."11th October, 2007
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Julie70 says:
"One of the most active and interesting person I met on flickr, she not only takes pictures and comment others, but throughs herself with all her energy, without counting time or difficulty in new things.
I was very happy she come to the group afterclass, first beginning to show images, then commenting those of others, later opening threads and building whole month classes! It is a pleasure to work with her, to have her with us.
She told me "I do not know much on Still life" then did some stunning ones as examples and tought a whole class about them. But she does never stop to go further and further and make others react.
A wonderfull human being too, not only a good photographer."21st September, 2007
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David Bridger says:
"It is no surprise to discover that Nancy is a scientist and a former classically trained musician. She brings all the best qualities of those disciplines to her photography.
Her comment on Rag Weed, way back towards the beginning of her photostream, illustrates her instinctive and continuing search for natural patterns and harmony. She says, "I have a love-hate relationship with this pic. There is something about it that keeps me attracted, yet there is no focused composition."
Nancy seeks out and examines her subjects with analytical thoroughness, captures them gently with vision and clarity and harmony and continuity, and presents them in a series of charming Moments.
It's always worth taking notice when she explores something new to her, because you can guarantee she'll see it with fresh eyes."9th October, 2006
- Name:
- Nancy Lehrer
- Joined:
- June 2006
- Hometown:
- Thousand Oaks, California
- Currently:
- Thousand Oaks, CA, US
- I am:
- Female
- Occupation:
- Computer Scientist
- Website:
- Introducing Nancy's Blog