Over My Head! Help please

[K9Art]

My 14 yr old son came home and his homework for photo. class is to take "outdoor landscape" photos over the weekend. Now here is my problem, he brought a camera home that takes film and has settings! I went from a polaroid to digital, and still have about a 35% success rating for pic taking. I want to help him out the best i can and we have decided to visit a couple of state parks here in southern MN over the weekend. Any suggestions for me or him on settings, locations, time of day, or whatever else we need to do to capture the moment like you guys do. Thanks in advance, they will be developing the pics on monday in class, and i can let you know how they turn out.

[Dbl]

Which camera is it and what film will you be using?

[K9Art]

35mm film and a vivitar v4000s. now he tells me its 200 iso film and its black and white pics. thanks for the quick response, I know nothing and he is very interested and just trying to help out

[Dbl]

I am not familar with that camera but I would assume it has manual controls only? Which specific ISA 200 film is it? We can get you taking some photos no problem this weekend.

[K9Art]

not sure, they "reload" the film, i guess. Its a high school class. the camera has a macro 1:5x zoom, I assume as im looking at it. he has 3 rolls of film so we were thinking about going out soon, then in the morning and then a afternoon and trying the different light. Does that sound like a good idea? I really have no clue

[K9Art]

Dbl, if you are so inclined you could maybe give me a call and i could maybe answer whatever ever it is that i know nothing about. Jim. thanks again

[Dbl]

I will call you shortly.

[icefish king]

hey,

Thanks dbl, im k9art's son nic. I really happy you helped me out because i some what knew what to do and my dad did NOT so im glad you helped! lol thanks again!!

[skee0025]

Locations..Try Interstate Park by Taylors falls you'll have some great scenic Vistas on both sides of the Border. I have gotten some great shots from there.

[icefish king]

these imgs i took today thanks for looking

[Dbl]

Hey Nic! Glad to help you out a bit, looks like you had a great handle on what needed to be done without my meddling! I think you did great work! That first shot especially works very well for me. Good luck the rest of the weekend shooting, great start! Look for more of those isolation type shots, the fence post, the lone tree, etc. Make sure you post some more when you are finished on Monday! Oh and enjoy the time with your dad, its great he is interested in what you can do together and so willing to help you with project he is a little unsure of. Believe me, we parents have all been there!

[icefish king]

ok will do ttyl

[mmeyer]

Great shots Nic! The first one especially is really good.

[fishinchicks]

Really like that first one. The black and white really suits it well.

[icefish king]

funny pic me and my dad took also

[jimjdebj]

Nice looking picture there Nic. Grand-ma liked the little evergreen with the snow on it. I liked the tree with the sun shining on the top. Grand-pa

[icefish king]

ok thanks im going to minneopa tomorrow to take more photos i will post them tomorrow talk to you guys later bye