Thanks for the tip Matej, I am surely going to try this one out !!! You are right about this picture: I tried it with a long exposure and the timer function. I sat down, shutter opened, I Started counting, and in about the half of the exposure time, I stood up and walked away. The idea was to leave a trail. In the meantime I think that flash is a better way to achieve this.
Hi Bjorn. See if I got this right - you sat down on the couch while the shutter was open, and remained seated till the end of the exposure time. The EOS 3000 should have a multiple exposure function. I think you'd get the effect you wanted by first taking a shot while sitting there, and then shooting the empty couch over the same piece of film. You could then experiment with the relative exposure times of the two shots to get the effect you like most. I tried something similar shooting cyclists and rollerskaters on a dyke, and I really did get a ghost-like effect.
The problem with me is this: I took photography in college but my teacher was an artist not a photographer. I learned good comp and some darkroom basics but nothing about the science behind photography. I was never taught how a light meter works or how to use one properly - so I don't.
Most of what I know, I've learned one of two ways - trial and error or I take the time to figure it out when for one reason or another it becomes really important to me.
Consequently, no I do not use the TTL meter on my Elan 2e.
I love my Elan - it gives me freedom - I would love to have dozens of different cameras but since that is a financial impossibility, my Elan is a good thing.
"btw: do you consider me a wine-maker? ;-)"
People who are willing to learn and stretch will be more than wine-maker's someday. You seem very willing to learn and stretch - so no.
I think what you lack right now is a decisive voice. You aren't sure what you want to say or how you want to say it. At least that is how I read your work.
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