Poll Question

<p>Hi All,<br>

I’ve finished and published two different, 3-part tutorials on Amazon’s Kindle in the last two months; the first one on Framing and Posing and the second one on Still Life Photography and now I have started working on a third, new tutorial. The images for both exist already and are pretty much organized and I have been writing both tutorials simultaneously (a little on one, then a little on the other). The first tutorial is a 3-part one like the previous ones and is about Light Modifiers (using battery and AC powered flash units) and the second one will be 1 or 2 parts about Shooting Beverages, Beer, and Liquor. I’m getting to the point when I need to focus on one over the other and I was wondering if my friends on this site had a preference about which one should come first. So, if anyone has a preference, please speak up now! Your choices are:<br>

1. Light Modifiers (using battery and AC powered flash units) <br />Or… <br />2. Shooting Beverages, Beer, and Liquor<br>

I am posting this message on 4 photo sites I hang out on and will go with the flow…:)<br />Thanks for helping me with your input.<br />Top Photo from Light Modifiers<br />Bottom Photo from Beer, Beverages, and Liquor<br>

Steve<br />steve@stevesint.com</p><div></div>

<p>Beer, Beverage, and Liquor image</p><div></div>

<p>Both, but with a slight nod to composition and posing. I always look forward to your videos and posts, Steve. Wonderful information put in very understandable terms. Even with decades of my own experience, I never fail to learn a great deal from your contributions.</p>

 

<p>Hi Tim,<br /> Thanks for the kind words. If you are interested, I have already done a three part tutorial on Framing and Posing that also covers composition. It is available on Amazon's Kindle but even if you don't have a Kindle, Amazon offers a free reading app download for it's Kindle books (like mine...:)) that lets you read Kindle books on your laptop computer. Search Amazon.com for "Kindle reading app" and you'll find it. Then you can search Amazon again for "Steve Sint" and you'll find the three part Framing and Posing Tutorial and download it to your computer. Again, thanks for the kind words.<br /> SS<br /> steve@stevesint.com</p><div></div>

<p>Cover of Framing & Posing: Part 2</p><div></div>

<p>Cover of Framing & Posing: Part 3</p><div></div>

<p>Light modifiers. There are so many choices and some of us have very little time to experiment.</p>

<p>Posing is one of the most difficult subjects. Not because it's really difficult, but because you have to be in the right frame of mind so that those creative juices can flow. If you are nervous in front of your subject then it's good to have a nice guide on how to pose in your back pocket...</p>

<p>My vote is for light modifiers.</p>

<p>I like both ideas but I would start with No. 1.</p>

<p>-Cheers</p>

<p>Steve, I just relocated 3000 miles and gave away 100 photo books. Yours were not among them. I vote for the posing. Your tutorials are always so unique and informative. Hope you are well. </p>

<p>A belated vote for "modifiers". There's far too much commercialised BS attached to them these days, with ridiculous claims being made that definitely need to be debunked. Light is light, and the laws of optics can't be broken at the whim of some air-headed advertising hype!</p>

<p>Sorry, got on my soapbox a bit there Steve.</p>

<p>No need to apologize, I do it myself all the time..:)<br>

Thanks for the vote, the winner looks like Light Modifiers!<br>

SS</p>

<p>Rodeo wrote:<br>

Sorry, got on my soapbox a bit there Steve</p><div></div>