Nancy Lehrer
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Los Angeles - Yesterday's Places Today
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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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- Big Sur Photo Expedition Feb. 2012 26 photos, 5 members
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- Faded & Blurred - fadedandblurred.com 3,782 photos, 167 members
- A nod is as good as a wink 608 photos, 65 members
- Ibarionex Perello's Chasing the Light 2,609 photos, 286 members
- Micro Four Thirds (Micro 4/3) 262,918 photos, 8,344 members
- OLYMPUS PEN E-PL2 20,723 photos, 1,086 members
- The Digital Story - Digital Photography Public Group 30,014 photos, 2,480 members
- The Candid Frame 11,319 photos, 455 members
- WWPW Ventura 2010 171 photos, 32 members
- David DuChemin's Within the Frame 14,208 photos, 1,654 members
- TWIP Critique 33,300 photos, 6,531 members
- This Week in Photo 194,965 photos, 12,254 members
- Camera Position 1,140 photos, 124 members
- TO Photo Group 1,583 photos, 93 members
- The Art of Photography Podcast 64,844 photos, 7,104 members
- Stuck in Customs' Brilliant Cabal - My Cool and Clever Friends 102,903 photos, 4,046 members
- nighthawks 255,643 photos, 18,426 members
- DBOLRL: Swift Kick 119 photos, 29 members
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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