Hi all. So I finally have a camera, which I have borrowed from a friend that no longer uses it. A Nikon D3000. I know that it's old but from talking with other photographers, it just fine for learning while I figure out what I really want to buy for myself. So as a complete newbie and just learnt how to turn it on, where do I start. Assingment 1? 📷 J

Thank you all for the great submissions for the Panorama Assignment! I really appreciated the diversity—from a beautiful abstract sunset to the backsides of statues! :D Now that we've played with aspect ratios and capturing wide spaces over the last two weeks, it's time to do the exact opposite. We are getting closer. Much closer. The Assignment: Close-Up Photography The Art of Seeing isn't always about capturing the grand landscape or the entire street scene. Often, it's about finding the extraordinary in the mundane by simply changing our perspective and looking closely at the details. Your task is to create a captivating close-up image. (Important Note: You do NOT need an expensive macro lens for this! You can use your phone, a standard 50mm, or whatever you have.) The goal is to fill the frame with details, textures, or shapes that we usually overlook. Abstract reality, show us the unseen, and be intentional with your light and composition. The Goal: To train your eye to find the beauty in small details and to understand how abstracting reality can completely change the emotion of an image. 🚨 BIG NEWS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT: - 🏆 Win a 1-on-1 Call: As promised, we are stepping up the game. We will have a Community Vote during our Live Call to choose the winner. The prize? A personal 1-on-1 call with me to review your portfolio, talk about business, or do a deep-dive edit of your work! (Please don't let me forget to do the vote in the next assignment call!) - 🎙️ Special Guest Speaker: I’m incredibly excited to announce that we will have a Guest Speaker joining us for the live review call on June 14th!! She will bring a fresh, professional perspective to our critique and share her own insights. This will be super cool! 📝 How to participate: - Go out and shoot/edit your close-up image. - Create a New Post inside the "Assignments" category. - Title Format: Please use Assignment #12: [Your Title] - Number of pictures: 1 photo - Details: Include a short "Gallery Statement" – tell us briefly about your intent, the emotion, or the "Why" behind the image. - If you can't make it to the live call, just leave your specific questions in your post and we will cover them in the recording!

I took up photography in 1997 after a trip to the Amazon rainforest I'd always use photography as a basis in my painting referring to Harrell Avidon Irving pen and others as source material I love street photography because you don't have to be clever you just have to be awake my favorite camera is my life a digital but it weighs 10 pounds and having trouble walking I just can't get around with my Leica anymore and I'm not the type of street photographer I can just sit in one place and watch the world go by plus San Francisco is a boring city for a street photography I do travel all over the world and now I take photos with my cell phone which I've learned through my expertise and Photoshop to be able to expand to various sizes and get a really good quality print. These images are all analog. I prefer black-and-white to color unless color is an important part of the story and then because I'm a painter I use the psychology of color to continue and edit the story

A warm late summer day. Last strays of light while nature starts to decay and autumn colours appear.