u/projectvibrance

Hi all,

I'm going to be staying in the area between Marfa / Alpine / Fort Davis on my last night before heading to San Antonio. I was wondering which of these towns might be the best to stay in? I'm a photographer so I'd love to go to a bar or two (I'd be getting to the area after 7pm ish) but from what I've seen after researching myself, pretty much nothing is open during this time.

I'm leaning more towards the thunderbird hotel in marfa simply for the neon sign of their office, lol. I don't mind staying in whatever hotel / motel because I'd literally only be using it to sleep and leave right when I wake up, so the focus for my question is essentially "which of these three has SOMETHING to do in the evening?". Thanks in advance for any help you can provide

Hey all, I've been to your state many times on road trips and I've always loved it every single time. The very first road trip I went on through NM, I remember traveling through a road that was on vast flat land, and on the horizion was this sprawling mountain range that looked like an oil painting.

This mountain range was not close by the road, and was easily miles away. The mountain range appeared blackish, but that could've been due to how far I was / the weather. I can very distinctly remember the road not being hilly. I wish I could remember more details than what I've given so far, but this happened over 12 years ago when I was a kid.

In terms of location, this is after we had left Ruidoso and made our way to Alberquerque / Red River, so it's northbound to one of those two locations.

I'm making a road-trip through New Mexico again, but this time I'm on my own, and will have time to stop and capture this view with a real camera.

I give much thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Hi, I'm a computer science student and I want to do a senior project centered around color science due to my large interest in photography. The project won't start till September, so I have time to research now.

My question: what terms / topics do I search for if I want to learn about the math / cs behind digital color science (algorithms etc.)?

I suppose a lot of things regarding this are probably going to be written in C++, but I would want to know of any Python resources too.

In terms of hardware, I own an X-T50 and would probably use that as a part of the project. I also have an ASUS ProArt PA278QV (which I didn't buy for color grading but because it was on sale)

I'm not the best at color grading myself, but I'm good with algorithms and linear algebra etc. so I feel like I can make something work. Thanks in advance

Hello all,

I want to learn about programming that involves media processing, like code and algorithms that deal with color grading, video codecs, image adjustments, color spaces etc. I'm a photographer so I already have a lot of experience knowing how to apply adjustments to images/video, but not the computer science behind it. I figured that this would be a good place to at least ask the question. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

EDIT: I know that this might be the correct place for it, but it seems like here is more for 3D rendering and things of that nature

Hi. I'm a very huge fan of the editing style of these films in particular, which seem to never let the viewer have a single breath without engaging their attention. Bonus if it's an older movie, and don't mind if it's international.

I've been reading all of the recent posts in this sub for the past hour, and I can't believe that I found a place that puts into words what I've been wanting to do for so long.

In a few weeks, I'm planning on taking my first solo travel experience via a simple road-trip through the western part of my home state, Texas. I'll be starting in San Antonio and ending somewhere past El Paso, probably at the White Sands park in New Mexico. It's not a glamorous or super-big- event filled route by any means, but it's not too expensive and it's something that I've been itching to do for some time now.

I'm (22M) graduating in the winter, so this is a "graduation gift to myself", but it's also one of the first times in recent memory where I get to completely alone for an extended period of time. For me (and as is the ethos of this sub), this means that I'm completely in control of all the decisions for this trip. This means that I can stop on the side of the road for pictures of the landscape or sunset whenever I want, or that I can eat at a locally owned restaurant instead of a comfortable fast food chain, or that I can lean on the railing outside of a motel room because we didn't get the highest rated hotel possible. Finally having a chance to travel and not have to explain, make an argument, or have long backstory for any little stop I want to make sounds like such a weight lifted off my shoulders.

I've always been an introverted individual, and it's definitely gotten better during my years in college, but I believe that this trip will allow me to get out of my comfort zone because I'm always worried about the "first impression", so most of the time I just stay completely quiet. It's unlikely I'll ever see the people I aim to meet and hold conversation with again, so it's not something I have to worry about. I can meet new people, inquire about their favorite restaurants or stores in the area, ask them about themselves, tell them a little bit about what I'm doing, and so on, all without having to calculate what I say before I say it. I've also noticed that a lot of people my age (myself included) tend to not have any issue with defaulting to arrogance / indifference when talking to others who aren't exactly like themselves (age range / experience). While I've been working on this before the trip, traveling to new places where the average person I'll interact with isn't like me in terms of age and shared culture can allow me to reflect more on being a more pleasant and positive person to new individuals.

Those traits might come easy to some, but it's something that hasn't been easy for me, and I will hopefully apply anything new I learn to my social life at home. I guess a question I can ask to allow for discussion is this: when traveling, do you find that you're more naturally social compared to home, or is it something that you actively try to do? (if you're anything like me).

I've become really interested in photography the past two years, and I just bought a really good camera that I've been learning all the ins-and-outs for so that I can use it for this trip. I've been researching the different parks and landmarks that I'd like to take pictures of, but I also want to just capture what catches my eye in the moment. This adds on to the "not having to explain my choices", because I can stop and capture the glow of a rest-stop at night without having to explain why the light looks so good against the night.

That's it; I just wanted to type this out because I've felt the need to share this, and didn't know where else to do it.

Hi, this has always been one of my favorite songs/albums and I wanted to make a music video for it. I haven't really seen a lot of music videos for this genre so I just kinda went with what I thought I felt while listening. Would love to hear any and all thoughts you may have, good or bad

Hi, I just got into shooting digital after 2 years of shooting 35mm film (bought a digital camera) and something that I didn't realize would be such an issue when shooting video is that there is far too much light during the daytime to shoot 24fps. I know that it's a bad idea to stop down to the higher apertures like >f16 etc.

I've been looking into getting a few filters like an ND set / CPL, but I'm kind of on a budget and want to start learning how to use the filters before I go all in.

My question is this: is it a bad idea to buy older filters off of eBay (brands like Vivitar, Hoya, etc from before the 2010s)? Should I just go straight in and buy a set of new filters from something like K&F? Might be a dumb question, but thanks in advance for any answers.

Hi, I'm likely going to be traveling through El Paso on my way somewhere else in NM and I'm probably going to be spending the night here. I'm a photographer, and I wanted to know if there are any particularly beautiful areas / architecture that you would recommend?

I also understand that you guys have the Franklin Mountains in between your city, what are some areas where I can get both the city-and-mountains in view, and also if there's a good place to take a picture FROM the mountain and overlooking the city that's potentially open at night?

Also, a bit off topic, but if you have any recs for places / venues that place house music or local rock acts, I'm interested in knowing about those too lol

I've always liked the guitar solo of this song, so abrasive.