An Instant Out of Time:Getting started in photography

By Diane Cordell

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“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” -Dorothea Lange

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15 tips for the novice photographer

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Buy a camera that is portable and user-friendlyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/3187649857

Never leave the house without your camera

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Take pictures daily

Take pictures every day and everywhere

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Take dozens - hundreds! - of photos and weed them later

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Use online editing and sharing sites

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www.picnik.com

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Tag everything, so you can locate specific images

Be inspired, but not intimidated, by the work of others

Add photography blogs to your RSS feeds

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Consider joining a photo group, like the 365 challenge

Spread the word: once they know you’re a photographer,

friends and family members will point you to subject matter

Spread the word: once they know you’re a photographer,

friends and family members will point you to subject matter

Special effects can be fun, but sometimes simple is best

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Consider Creative Commons licensing

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Enjoy the connections that your photographs will createHi Diane,You are AMAZING!!! Thank you so much. The photos are perfect and are worth more than gold to me! Pictures support my family connections between Amos, Hannah and Amos Jr. conclusively. Yes, you guessed right. Amos Utter Sr. was born 10 Dec 1753 and died 9 Feb 1828. His son, Amos Jr. was born 1782 and died 11 Feb 1854. I am a direct descendant of Amos Sr. As I mentioned before, I am trying to tie up loose ends so I may present our family genealogy history to my dad for Christmas. I've been working on this project for over 6 years.Thank you again for your thoughtfulness and generosity. You made my day!

Karen,Today my daughter and I returned to Truthville. I took 7 additional photos, which I added to my original set on Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/sets/72157605981585959/

I found and photographed the graves of 2 Amos Utters, and believe one to be Hannah's husband, the other, her son.

Truthville Sethttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/sets/72157605981585959/

Use your hobby in your profession

“Students had fun hamming it up during our Lights, Camera, Book Fair.”http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcordell/3410585980

Learn to look up, down, behind, closer, deeper

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“Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected

to serve the desire humans have for a moment

- this very moment - to stay.”

-Sam Abell

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“ Photography is my passion.” -Alfred Stieglitz

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Resources and Links:

http://dmcordellresources.blogspot.com/

Contact Information:

dmcordell@gmail.com