Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Photography

WikiProject Photography

So now that the maintenance project has moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Photography, how should this project be organised? Should Wikipedia:WikiProject History of photography, art of photographs, technology of photography all be together or should these be separated into sub-project? Discussion here:- Wikipedia talk:WikiProject History of photography --Traveler100 (talk) 21:51, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I know this has already been discussed but I think there should be one more Support/Oppose round for the next stage of this re--organisation.

Now that the maintenance project has moved to Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Photography, proposal is to move Wikipedia:WikiProject History of photography here as a task force page Photographic Work and have additional task forces for Photographic Principles and Photographic Technology. See the new form of this project page. Other suggestions on naming welcome.

Note also update to project banner template.

--Traveler100 (talk) 20:23, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

• Support: The more merging the better. There are way, way too many moribund projects. People start up a project for every other topic under the sun, even against advice at WP:COUNCIL's proposals page, work hard for a month (usually alone or nearly alone), and then quit, leaving dead projects all over the place. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 02:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
• Support merger. The history of photography isn't that active, and, at least in my mind, it fits neatly under the "Photography" umbrella. decltype (talk) 07:53, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
• Comment. I am not a member of any related project and won't become one, but this seems like a logical thing to do. I am commenting here to remind the other 85 page watchers of this discussion. Hans Adler 08:51, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

• support: I think it makes sense for Wikiproject History of Photography to merge into Wikiproject Photography. I've noticed that many photography articles aren't tagged at all. And that Wikiproject Photography itself could use some love. Jason Quinn (talk) 12:09, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Review requested

Anyone interested in taking a look at Canon BG-ED3? Needs work. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 16:05, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Photographic formulas — new subproject proposal

Hi, i've started a private wiki on this topic, but it seems that i'll be easily overwhelmed. Can someone help me joining work already done with wikipedia? All the formulas are out of the copyrights scope, so there will be no problem about this. Any help will be much appreciated Atelierelealbe (talk) 21:38, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Redundancy in camera articles

In many camera articles, there is an infobox that lists certain common specifications, plus a Features section that often lists the same specifications. This is, to me, an example of "redundancy in the same article", which is bad. What should be the general guideline?
-- Michael Barkowski (talk) 19:42, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm surprized MOS:INFOBOX makes no sugestion, so I suggest that where the infobox entry covers the spec adequately, there's no need to put it in a section. Exceptions would be smallest, slowest, ugliest or otherwise exceptional specs. Jim.henderson (talk) 14:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Generally, all information in the infobox should be presented in the body of the article. Occasional exceptions are made (e.g., street addresses for businesses), but redundancy is generally considered desirable, as some readers don't actually look at the infoboxes. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:05, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Interactive tutorial help

I'm working on a project for an interactive tutorial for new editors and we're trying to mock-up the first units/levels (http://enwp.org/User:Ocaasi/The_Wikipedia_Game). I need a few good images of the Wikipedia interface, and some dialogue boxes and basic interface shots for the alpha version which will be done in Adobe Flash. Does anyone have basic photoshop skills and a few hours? Any help would be much appreciated. User:Ocaasi ^c 00:33, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Request for equipment recommendations/advice

OK, so I realize this is kind of tangentially related to Wikipedia, but I am looking for some recommendations/advice on camera equipment. I'm very interested in macrophotography, but I've never been able to pursue the interest because I don't know enough about specific equipment and brands to make educated buying decisions (and I can't afford to experiment). Can anyone make a recommendation on a lens/camera that I could buy for this purpose and that is also affordable? I would like to be able to focus on something probably about the size of a ladybug (though smaller is better). I'm educated in using a variety of cameras, and I understand a lot of the technical stuff (i.e. F-stop, shutter speed, dB gain, white balance, etc.), but I've never had to make a buying decision, so I guess I'm kind of nervous to invest that much when I'm uninformed on specific equipment models. Thoughts? Thanks.--Jp07 (talk) 14:06, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Free a Photographer Challenge

The National Archives contains hundreds of thousands of 19th and early 20th century photographs taken by commercial photographers and registered for copyright at Stationer's Hall. The collection is known as COPY 1 within our catalogue. Thousands of photographers are represented in COPY 1 (heavy duty dataset available here) and we know very little about most of them. In many cases we do not even possess the bare birth/death details that would allow us to clear their works for copyright.

Many of these photographers are extremely notable - some are not - but if we can clear the images from copyright we will upload a selection of images of their work to Commons to complement any article or relevant information received. Leutha (talk) 11:23, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Target: (for starters) Evidence for dates of death for 10 photographers to be tracked down

• Oscar Remandas - example catalogue entry of work here
• Otto Pfenninger - example catalogue entry of work here
  • b-1855
  • [1] - Might be useful. I believe there's a pay wall, but there's some basic information that might enable you to find the census document elsewhere for free. Familysearch.org is great for this type of thing, especially if you're searching for Americans. Heritage Quest database is also accessible though many libraries. --Jp07 (talk) 16:02, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
• Lulu Farini - acrobat, explorer, photographer (protege of the Great Farini) - example catalogue entry of work here
  • b-1855
• Henry Bevan Suffolk Photographer (1852 - 1927), Maybe not notable (see Robert Pols Early Photographic Studios for biographical details)