Photography II

by **momadance** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 15:44:25

I upgraded my Olympus over the summer. Ugh, new body and glass wasn't cheap last year!

by **Marion** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 15:45:46

PSA: Lightroom 3 is the Amazon deal of the day (be sure to click through the BSG link!)

by **scottdg** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 17:03:05

Luckily I won't need to upgrade regardless of which camera I go with. When I bought the D80 it did it with the expectation that I will be shooting with Nikon for many years to come. Luckily I don't have any DX lenses so I don't have to worry about them not working fully with an FX sensor....if I go that route.

by **Philly the Kid** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 18:31:03

Hey, I need some tips --

An organization that I'm involved with, is having an event this evening. Our photographer is going to be delayed and because I have an SLR I'm going to pinch hit and do some of the documenting of the event. Canon Rebel XT.

My main issue is over-exposed shots from flash... the lighting in there should be medium, I might be able to get some ok shots with no flash -- but any tips -- it's a social event, people milling around with champagne etc... and we use some of the photos for web, and other marketing promotional stuff...

If anyone has a couple of do's and don't's ABC Step 1 2 3 -- settings to use in Manual mode... let me know -- quick I'm leaving in 3 hours and have never done this before...?!

by **phatj** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 18:42:15

Exposure metering on modern DSLRs is pretty reliable, so I wouldn't sweat it. Use spot metering and make sure the spot is on whatever you want to be the focal point.

Shooting in RAW can give you a little latitude in post-processing if something winds up a little overexposed.

by **Youseff** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 22:29:00

http://www.google.com/images?client=saf ... 36&bih=764

just got this beezy. I have only shot two rolls of film, but I'm already impressed on how they came out. It's 120 film, which gives you 10 shots, so you're not getting a lot of value for your dollar, but 120 film gives you a higher quality than 35mm.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95253113@N ... 036222518/

by **Youseff** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 22:42:42

I don't have a light meter, btw. I plan to get one, so all of those were "eyed." It's a heavy guy, and it has a BIG mirror so people recommend using a tri-pod for every shot, but those were all handheld. I'm excited to see what it can do for landscapes.

by **EndlessSummer** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 22:45:28

I was just on a fairly high-production TV commercial shoot that was all shot with a Canon 5D. The video those things produce is absolutely astonishing. If I had vast amounts of disposable income, I'd love to have one.

by **Dick Allen HOF** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 14:52:56

College baseball season started last weekend

by **Woody** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 09:41:44

This is pretty awesome:
http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut ... he-future/

LINK NSFW

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:02:58

My mom has this old picture of my grandmother when she was a little girl. The picture was pretty beat up, but I managed to clean it up quite a bit in Photoshop. Anyway, I was hoping to make a large print of it, but I wanted to see how it looked in a 4x6, so I uploaded to Walgreens.

Now it's supposed to look something like this:

The one Walgreens printed looks like that just about 20 times darker. Does anyone know of any place online that's good for developing old pictures like this or do you think Walgreens just fucked up this particular one by mistake? You almost can't see anything in the one they made.

edit: FWIW, the one I scanned and edited was not the same size as the one displayed here. I made it much smaller just for viewing on here. The actual one is around 1700x2700.

by **Woody** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:07:09

If you have something you value and want to look nice, don't get it printed at Walmart, pharmacies, etc... they're usually crap.

Try Mpix.com or something like White House Custom Color. We've used both and they do a nice job. They stand behind their work too

by **Woody** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:07:48

Also, your grandmom is creepin me the fuck out

by **WheelsFellOff** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:14:52

philliesphhan wrote:

by **Woody** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:20:11

that's the greatest thing i've ever seen

by **jamiethekiller** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:20:33

i don't even get it. but i do yell at my dog "swiper no swiping" all the time for no apparent reason

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:23:55

Thanks
Also, that picture is likely about 100 years old, so it probably should creep you out. That seemed to be the pose everyone went for in those days: creepy as possible.

by **Woody** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 14:28:39

I have my grandparents' wedding photo (she was born in 1918). Terrifying

by **Monkeyboy** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 17:44:47

It's like she's trying to steal your soul..... and succeeding.

I should send the old/new photo guy the pics of my brother and I. My grandparents had a gigantic photo of my brother and I in pajamas on their living room wall (yes, I'm scarred from it). My younger brother has his head leaning over onto my shoulder. It was 1971, so we were 4 and 2 years old. As part of my grandparents' wedding anniversary in 2003, we found similar pajamas and had a second picture taken in the same pose as a bit of a joke (and to further scar me). Anyway, same idea as what that guy did, except his is much more artsy.

by **scottdg** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 14:07:35

I decided not to upgrade and bought some really good glass that should be here tomorrow. I love B&H. This camera better last because I doubt I will be upgrading to the D700 (or the 800 when it comes out) now.

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