Taking it back to the old school...

Believe it or not, once upon a time there were cameras without LCD screens on the back. You couldn’t “chimp” down & see your shot & know to change your settings & exposures. You had to do everything manually, I mean everything: metering, focus, the whole nine yards. These were the glory days of photography. This is when photography was difficult. It’s so watered down, easy, & push button now kids can do it. And they do!

These were the raw days of photography that are seemingly long gone.

So I present a challenge…

Let’s shoot the next week fully manual. Tape up that LCD screen, set everything to manual (including focus) & have fun! No Photoshop, no editing. Set your files to jpg. You can set it to B/W if you want. But the key is manual.

This will force you to think about lighting, composition, exposure, focus…

To make things interesting I’m putting up a $25 Starbucks giftcard to the best photo! Email you submissions to contest@nashvillephotogroup.com. The day after Christmas I’ll post the anonymous images to my Facebook page & we’ll let the voting begin! We’ll let the masses vote for what they think is best overall. Just dump the images straight off of your camera & email your best. This will be your first chance to see them. One shot per person please. No editing, just emailing.  Don’t cheat, I can check the EXIF/metadata if I must. Besides this is for fun. Good luck!

Just like your grandpappy did it... sorta...