JEAN RUAUD - DAILY (jeanruaud.tumblr.com):
… be there” was the rule. Many of these photographers, especially the ones shooting in 35mm, were using tools more limited than most point-and-shoots, but they churned out great art, and studying there work can give you lots of pointers.” -Ryan Brenizer’s Amazon Blog: Point and shoot tips from the old masters Permalink …

Jottings (www.markfitchett.com):
… While I was away coverting the new Panasonic Lumix LX3, admiring the work of Vanessa Winship and wanting the chance to take pictures like these over at The Big Picture it was Ryan Brenizer’s words that really struck home :Ryan Brenizer’s Amazon Blog: Point and shoot tips from the old masters PermalinkWhen you’re just starting out as a photography enthusiast, life doesn’t seem fair. Many of the pictures you admire were taken by people not only with a lot more experience, but with equipment you couldn …

Leora the Sane (leora.thesane.net):
… Christian salt seller hopes to shake up market - Shawnimals - Free avatars and desktops, found via Craft. Legal Guide for Bloggers - Courtesy of the EFF Dinner with a Stranger - What "stranger" would you want to have dinner with?Point and shoot tips from the old masters- Found via Kottke.org, great piece that puts "I can't shoot great photos because I don't have a DSLR" into perspective. Great tips, even if I feel like I should know them all already, like: "The first rule when dealing with poor cameras is Be selective. Shoot where the pho …

Skedsheet Blog (skedsheet.wordpress.com):
… I’m going to start taking more pictures with the express purpose of putting them on the skedsheet blog.  Here’s an article I read on some ideas for good photos, since I’m not a professional photographer: http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK2603NP5A00POX.  It’s easy, fun, and can give me a wider range of photos in the areas I care about – calendars, clocks, whiteboards, and grids. No doubt, I’ll continue to do things a little bit off-the-cuff. …

Technology Ticks (www.tech-ticks.blogspot.com):
… about photo-taking. It’s not the $3,000 camera with whirring noises and GPS, man. It’s how you maximise (or in some cases, minimise) lighting, angles and distances! Mandatory reading for all photography newbies and wannabes, over atRyan Brenizer's Amazon Blog: Point and shoot tips from the old masters …

@random (guy.tumblr.com):
… Point and shoot tips from the old masters: I liked these tips gleaned from “documentary photographer working from the 1930s to the 1980s.” The article is full of gems, but this was my favorite: If you really want to get great photos of your children running around, encourage them …

fozbaca.org (fozbaca.org):
… MicroPlaza: Public timeline (tags: @dailyme Tracker microblogging aggregator twitter )Point and shoot tips from the old masters Permalink(tags: photography inspiration Learning reference photographer camera creativity howto tutorials ) Give Me Something To Read (tags: @dailyme aggregato …

Jottings (markfitchett.com):
… While I was away coverting the new Panasonic Lumix LX3, admiring the work of Vanessa Winship and wanting the chance to take pictures like these over at The Big Picture it was Ryan Brenizer’s words that really struck home :Ryan Brenizer’s Amazon Blog: Point and shoot tips from the old masters PermalinkWhen you’re just starting out as a photography enthusiast, life doesn’t seem fair. Many of the pictures you admire were taken by people not only with a lot more experience, but with equipment you couldn …

Jottings (markfitchett.com):
… While I was away coverting the new Panasonic Lumix LX3, admiring the work of Vanessa Winship and wanting the chance to take pictures like these over at The Big Picture it was Ryan Brenizer’s words that really struck home :Ryan Brenizer’s Amazon Blog: Point and shoot tips from the old masters PermalinkWhen you’re just starting out as a photography enthusiast, life doesn’t seem fair. Many of the pictures you admire were taken by people not only with a lot more experience, but with equipment you couldn …

sketchboard (richardchoi.blogspot.com):
… area on a rounded table corner).  A case for the point-and-shoot: in the 1930's to 1980's, not  one  of those master documentary photographers used fancy SLR's for the amazing pictures they captured (see article, and some tips, here). Some [expletive here] broke into my car this morning, shattering my passenger side window. And then, just last week, my driver's side mirror was also shattered by some hit and run a week ago, while parked. The same week I got a ticket for running a …

Pete Ashton (peteashton.com):
… Point and shoot tips from the old masters- Rather inspiring post comparing the limitations of cheap compact cameras with those used in the pre-digital age when film was slow and f8 was the standard aperture. I have to say shooting with a manual SLR where I had to set the exposure and focus for every shot probably t …

Rakemans Digital Living (www.rakeman.net):
… it’s not about technology, it’s about creativity, intuition and other “personal” qualities. Obviously, Henri Cartier Bresson, Robert Capa an others did not rely on HD-able top range digital cameras. Perhaps the better so?Here’s a great blog postabout the (un)importance of technology in photography. The takeaway? Use all available light, set your camera to f 8, and it’s OK for blacked-out areas in the photograph, of course depending on your composition. Since the ols masters were shooting in black and white …

The Popcorn Trick (thepopcorntrick.blogspot.com):
… solved. The answer? Glorified bed head. Ghostbusters 3 news. Though I’m not happy the writer takes a swipe at Ghostbusters 2. Where else would we get to see Viggo? Don’t answer that. Think you need a fancy camera to take good pictures?Think again.Writer Michael Lewis talks about what it's like to write. A 3 page article about how airlines should board their passengers on a plane? Alright, I'm in. The most famous (angry) movie critic you've never heard of. Because he hates movies. Advice columnist fight! …

Five Years (www.photographermattmills.com):
… OK, so I'm tired of all this bullshit on the web about how your camera doesn't matter, no need for that 4000 dollar setup, etc. Then there wasthis crap(which I got via kottke, a pretty good blog usually) about how the old masters, those before autofocus and autoexposure had it about the same as anyone with a point and shoot. The photographers he mentions for the most part shot with Leicas, cameras renowned for their spee …

Commonplace Book (www.commonplacebook.com):
… Point and shoot tips from the old mastersSome good points there.... (tags: photography tips creativity ) There's Something Queer about That Face: Scientific American Yep. (tags: science lgbt ) …

Commonplace Book (www.commonplacebook.com):
… Point and shoot tips from the old mastersSome good points there.... (tags: photography tips creativity ) There's Something Queer about That Face: Scientific American Yep. (tags: science lgbt ) …

buy her candy (buyhercandy.tumblr.com):
… Shoot Where the Photos Will Be Good: taf: jingc: Excellent advice on how to make the best of a point-and-shoot camera: Henri Cartier-Bresson is a great example, because he worked almost entirely in 35mm, even most people considered the quality unusably poor. He mastered …

Penmachine (penmachine.com):
… Via Jason Kottke, here is auseful articleon how to make great photos using your point-and-shoot digital camera—by learning from the great photographers who shot film decades ago with even more limited equipment. You can only learn so much from people who frequently work in ways that are impossible fo …

Il posto delle fragole (strawberryfields.tumblr.com):
… f/8 and be there: Point and shoot tips from the old masters (via Kottke ) …

kottke.org (kottke.org):
… DSLR with HD video and f/1.4 lens -- holding you back from making good photographs? Maybe the problem is with your thinking. Many of the great documentary photographers of the 20th century (Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Garry Winogrand, etc.)got by just fine with equipment about as flexible as the average point-and-shoot. Low-light sensitivity? Ha! Your point-and-shoot may only be noisy at ISO 200 and below, but these guys were working with things like Kodachrome 25, eight times worse. Depth-of-field? Ha! Partially because of the style of the times, and partially …