Photography? [Archive] - Page 2

Lindsan

08-02-2005, 10:57 AM

I took this for a friend who is a book artist. She made both for me and asked me to take a few shots for them now that she is setting up a website. The books are so beautiful. The first one is a journal and the second one tells the story of our visit with her and her husband in 2003. It is filled with photos that my husband and I took while there.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/karrisbok3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/karrisbok7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/kybok1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/kybok7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/kybok9.jpg

deliciousjones

08-02-2005, 11:54 AM

oh my gosh, lindsan, both of those are just breathtaking. your friend is amazingly talented!

Lindsan

08-02-2005, 01:01 PM

She really is. I am so glad she has finally decided to get this ball rolling for real. You should see some of the more artsy ones she has made. Just so incredible. :)

Little Angel '77

08-05-2005, 07:19 AM

I cam over to post this picture.
I used this with the 50MM 1.8 the day after I bought it. I boosted the contrast a smidge.

http://images.snapfish.com/3428766%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2326%3D%3A84%3D56%3B %3DXROQDF%3E2323749796572ot1lsi

solongtogo

08-05-2005, 08:43 AM

awww..what a cute kitty!!

jellybeany

08-05-2005, 09:33 AM

Here are a few that I took with my Canon Digital Camera at a festival on the lake last weekend. I really like the way they came out.

http://images.snapfish.com/3446486323232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E233%3B%3D78%3A%3D3%3B% 3C%3DXROQDF%3E23239%3B37787%3B5ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3446486323232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E233%3B%3D78%3A%3D3%3B% 3C%3DXROQDF%3E23239%3B377%3B683ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3446486323232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3B%3D78%3A%3D3%3B% 3C%3DXROQDF%3E23239%3B377%3A547ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3446486323232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E233%3B%3D78%3A%3D3%3 B%3C%3DXROQDF%3E23239%3B377%3A76%3Bot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3446486323232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E233%3B%3D78%3A%3D3%3B% 3C%3DXROQDF%3E23239%3B377%3A36%3Aot1lsi

deliciousjones

08-05-2005, 09:11 PM

a couple of shots of my daughter. i'd love to post client stuff but i'm definitely not comfortable sharing their personal portraits on a public message board. i do post them in my livejournal, though.

http://www.plamann.net/rachel/4august-1.jpg

http://www.plamann.net/rachel/4august-2.jpg

http://www.plamann.net/rachel/4august-3.jpg

can you believe i shot these with the total substandard non-l series TAMRON glass? shit, it may as well have been plastic

justHB

08-05-2005, 10:13 PM

Oh my god, she is just too perfect!

justHB

08-05-2005, 10:14 PM

lindsan - those books are gorgeous and you did a really great job of capturing the detail.

Lindsan

08-06-2005, 03:14 AM

lindsan - those books are gorgeous and you did a really great job of capturing the detail.
Thanks! :)

sravenne

08-06-2005, 04:55 PM

Chris - those are great!! Her eyes in the third picture are mesmorizing. =)

I thought I noticed that lens cap she's holding! I have a Tamron 28-75 and it's one of my favorite lenses!

P.S. Your daughter looks like an angel.

Koala_Gurl

08-06-2005, 05:08 PM

Here's a few taken with my new lens...the 50mm:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d624b3127cce931662e6da6900000016109BaMnLdu0Q
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d627b3127cce93127c0d726000000016109BaMnLdu0Q

Little Angel '77

08-06-2005, 07:58 PM

Kaloe Girl.. those are great.. do you love that lens?!

these are some I did for my sister in law of my neice

http://homepage.mac.com/cordelephotography/PhotoAlbum19.html
I don't want to post them., but this link will be up for a few days.

Koala_Gurl

08-06-2005, 09:51 PM

I am LOVING the new lens! So much fun to play with (I am still trying to learn more about the histogram to get better exposure, but without the flash, they turn out great!)

justHB

08-07-2005, 03:21 PM

We walked over to the Farmer's Market today and I decided to bring my camera to get some practice in manual mode. I figured between all the various fruits and vegetables and lighting conditions, I'd come up with some interesting pictures. Below are my favorites.

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/0009ead6

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/0009dycf

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/0009gt0z

solongtogo

08-08-2005, 06:38 AM

Lisa, please note rule #22

Selling, advertising and soliciting on Constant Chatter is permitted, but limited to the Classifieds forum only. All ads are free until August 1, 2005, at that time, it will cost $1 to run an ad for 90 days (or until it’s sold). Please visit the Classifieds Forum & FAQs for additional information.

edited by Katy - please check your PMs

KeliAnn

08-08-2005, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by justHB
I figured between all the various fruits and vegetables and lighting conditions, I'd come up with some interesting pictures.
And you were right. Those are great!

nektarine

08-08-2005, 05:25 PM

wow! HB, those are gorgeous!
awesome job of capturing the lush colors & textures!

i like the shot of the dog on the previous page as well.

**

today i goofed off taking shots of my cat with the macro function, but i'm not sure how great they're gonna turn out. i really just wanted to finish the roll from yesterday's wedding!

justHB

08-08-2005, 11:24 PM

wow! HB, those are gorgeous! awesome job of capturing the lush colors & textures! Thanks! It was really fun photographing something I don't normally focus on.

Since we had been previously discussing water shots here, I took a couple but wasn't really pleased with the results.

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/0009kr2y

Someday ...

:)

KeliAnn

08-09-2005, 01:58 PM

Thanks! It was really fun photographing something I don't normally focus on.

You've inspired me, Becky. I really need to get out this weekend and practice.

Lindsan

08-09-2005, 03:19 PM

Great stuff, Becky. The first one of the market series is amazing. I love the colours.

Here are some that I took over the weekend
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P8080939.jpg

I think I need to edit out the lampposts on this one. They really disturb me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P8080952.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P8080966.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P8070854.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P8070827.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P8070801.jpg

justHB

08-09-2005, 03:33 PM

I absolutely love the one with the boats, and the colors on the dahlia (?) are amazing!

curlygurl

08-09-2005, 05:42 PM

I agree with HB, that boat photo is just mezmerizing.

Little Angel '77

08-10-2005, 06:36 AM

Kaola_Gurl
The histogram is really easy to understand. To make sure you image isn't OVER exposed you should have a smide of the histogram in the first part of the box over to the left. It doesn't need to fill it in. To make sure your image isn't underexposed you need to have some of the histogram in the 5th box (or the last one.) and again it doesn't need to fill it. You also should have any spikes through out it, it should be like a mountain range, or a hill going up and coming back down. For more inforamtion look here:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml
These pictures are great.

Koala_Gurl

08-10-2005, 09:06 AM

Little Angel '77 - Thanks! Off to read that site now!

Lindsan

08-11-2005, 05:57 AM

Thank you Becky and Aida, I really appreciate it. :)

cynder

08-11-2005, 08:07 AM

deliciousjones, HB, and Lindsan Beautiful, lovely photos!!!!

sravenne

08-14-2005, 06:07 AM

I took a friend's engagement pictures yesterday. Note to self: do these in the Spring or Fall! It was blistering hot and humid. They could barely touch each other. :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://www.sravenne.com/mt-static/archives/joanandbill.jpg

KeliAnn

08-14-2005, 06:31 PM

http://www.sravenne.com/mt-static/archives/joanandbill.jpg

Breathtaking!

Lindsan

08-16-2005, 07:23 AM

I took these with our P&S so there is quite a lot of noise but I kind of like the colours that came out surprisingly strong.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/DSC02682b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/DSC02704.jpg

justHB

08-16-2005, 08:26 AM

That second one is terrific!

We went to Napa this weekend and I took a boatload of shots, but only really liked a couple.

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000aax04

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000abycq

I think my vision may be screwy b/c I took all the shots on manual mode and while they looked in focus to me through the camera, when I downloaded the group most were blurry.

deliciousjones

08-16-2005, 09:12 AM

Becky, I love those. The second one reminds me of something, your avatar maybe?

think my vision may be screwy b/c I took all the shots on manual mode and while they looked in focus to me through the camera, when I downloaded the group most were blurry.

This happens to me sometimes when I manually focus. The diopeter is supposed to help but I haven't figured it out yet. :)

justHB

08-16-2005, 09:59 AM

Thanks!

And yup, I have an LJ avatar like that from my first trip to Sonoma a couple of years ago.

justHB

08-18-2005, 08:47 PM

wagsgirl

08-18-2005, 09:41 PM

I'm a total amateur, but I'm following along in both this thread and the other "technical" thread...

This is my new fave shot of my little guy. Taken today at 6 months. A little washed out I think, but I could maybe "fix" that?

Edited to remove pics...

justHB

08-18-2005, 11:42 PM

That first one is really great!

Lindsan

08-19-2005, 02:27 AM

I took this one on Wednesday.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P8171147.jpg

Becky, do you find it stressful to participate in Photo Friday, having to meet a set deadline and follow a certain theme? I used to participate in Photochallenge over at LJ, but felt I never had enough time to get a really good shot (or idea) in time for the deadline. Still, I like the idea of challenging yourself to become a better photographer, and wish I had more time.

J&T2005

08-19-2005, 05:01 AM

Justhb - is that waikiki?

KeliAnn

08-19-2005, 06:28 AM

Anyone take any great photos lately?

I've been feeling uninspired, I admit. I was checking out the submissions for this week's Photo Friday contest and the fact that nearly everyone posted a picture of a hyacinth, iris, or some other purple flower really bugged me. And then I did it myself and I was sort of upset with myself that I couldn't find anything else "violet" to photograph.
I know what you mean. I find myself taking pictures of whatever is around me, and then I'm not happy with them. But I make excuses to not get out and take more pictures. This thread has helped, though, because I haven't posted any pictures in a few weeks, and I need to keep up with the Jones's. :)

justHB

08-19-2005, 08:35 AM

Becky, do you find it stressful to participate in Photo Friday, having to meet a set deadline and follow a certain theme? I used to participate in Photochallenge over at LJ, but felt I never had enough time to get a really good shot (or idea) in time for the deadline. Still, I like the idea of challenging yourself to become a better photographer, and wish I had more time. Not really. Sometimes I just don't enter anything (a couple of weeks ago this happened). I know I'll never get a noteworthy, so it's not really like I'm competing. I just use it to give me a guideline of something I can take a photo of.

J&T2005 - in my avatar? Yup.

J&T2005

08-19-2005, 04:32 PM

Justhb - love it love it! that's where T proposed so I :D every time I see it

ManteoChik

08-21-2005, 05:20 AM

I don't think I've posted in here before and I'm not sure how I missed this thread.

How about a QOTD?

How does Photography play into your life? Hobby, passion, profession, interest, etc?

**Photography pretty much consumes my life. I am a photography major finishing my last two semesters. When I come out I'll have a degree in Photographic Technology. I have always really been into film and I think I'm literally the last person on earth who enjoys printing in the black and white darkroom....lol. I have never gotten into digital until recently. At the end of every semester we have a final portfolio to do and this past semsester we had the option to choose doing it with film and printing traditionally (which is what we normally do) or all digital (which some do). I decided to do mine digital and ever since then I've been hooked. I guess I've just been a little old school for a while. I am actually really excited because I've turned the 3rd bedroom in my house into my new home office so I don't have to go up to the campus to work on my photography. I just ordered a brand new Apple Power Book (laptop) as well as the new Canon 20D and I am so excited for them to come in. Classes start up again for me tomorrow and I am so excited to get this degree finished.

justHB

08-21-2005, 10:37 PM

This isn't a skillful set of photos by any stretch of the imagination, but my cat is so adorably hilarious that I just have to share.

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000ay9dq

KeliAnn

08-22-2005, 05:53 PM

Becky - cute pictures! S/he looks like a crazy ball of flying fur. :)

greenbunny

08-23-2005, 07:20 AM

justHB

08-23-2005, 08:28 AM

What a beautiful cat! Is she a Himalayan?

My Birmans are WAY too lazy to jump that high. They won't play with anything unless I basically hit them in the nose with it, then they halfheartedly bat at it once or twice. :rolleyes:Yup, she's a Himalayan. This is her favorite game in the world. She would jump after the ball until she knocked herself out if we didn't get too bored first.

solongtogo

08-23-2005, 11:31 AM

That's hilarious HB...one of my cats does the same thing.

Sonicstef

08-23-2005, 02:55 PM

HB - those are great photos. I can't believe she jumps so high!

sravenne

08-23-2005, 05:36 PM

Very cute HB! Great action series. :D

Koala_Gurl

08-23-2005, 07:48 PM

Here goes! Spent the weekend with family, and got some good shots of the dogs & family...here are my favorites...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d603b3127cce93c9972ba18f00000016109BaMnLdu0Q
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d603b3127cce93c9aab5e19700000016109BaMnLdu0Q
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d603b3127cce93c9ae75e15500000016109BaMnLdu0Q

greenbunny

08-24-2005, 07:12 AM

I really want to get some nice shots of my cats...but I swear the second they hear the camera turn on they roll over and start licking their butts. :rolleyes:

Plus I can't get them to hold still, and they always end up sitting by a wall socket or something else I don't want in the background.

justHB

08-24-2005, 08:39 AM

Koala_Gurl - I love that second one!

sravenne

08-25-2005, 05:11 PM

here are a couple of wedding photos that i took on saturday. i just took a couple since I wasn't the hired photographer. don't want to get in the way ya know! (and i after 7 drinks, i'm sure they would've came out blurry anyways.) :eek: :eek:

http://sravenne.com/joan_bill_wedding%20002e.jpg

http://sravenne.com/joan_bill_wedding%20005e.jpg

http://sravenne.com/joan_bill_wedding%20052e.jpg

http://sravenne.com/joan_bill_wedding%20024ebw.jpg

justHB

08-25-2005, 05:22 PM

Those are gorgeous!

I'm sad because the last couple of weddings I've been to haven't been for brides who are nearly as savvy as us former WCers and their extra special details have been sorely lacking, resulting in less pretty pictures. What are they thinking?!

=)

Lindsan

08-26-2005, 04:52 AM

Oh I love that last one. Is that the groom stretching to see his bride come in? It looks like he has so much anticipation in his face. What a great capture!

games

08-26-2005, 11:41 AM

SRAVENNE , those pictures are beautiful. I especially like the lighting -- so romantic.

JUSTHB , your post cracked me up. I know exactly how you feel.

I think I'll finally be able to share a few pictures. I scanned a bunch last night. I'll see if I can figure out how to post pics.

mrsdrummer

08-26-2005, 11:57 AM

I took this over the weekend of two of my friends kids, they are so cute together. thoughts? suggestions?

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d607b3127cce93fec1d9a35f00000036108Das27lm1E

games

08-26-2005, 11:59 AM

These pictures are from Idyllwild.

34482%3A7923232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2354%3D935%3D594%3DX ROQDF%3E2323%3A66929%3A92ot1lsi

games

08-26-2005, 12:01 PM

Darn!

I hate to be such a beginner, but can anyone point out what I did wrong.

Alex

Koala_Gurl

08-26-2005, 12:22 PM

alex...looks like you are missing the http: part of whatever site you were trying to post a pic from?

Great pic MrsDrummer !!

mrsdrummer

08-26-2005, 12:23 PM

I hate to be such a beginner, but can anyone point out what I did wrong.

when you right click on your picture go to properties and where it gives the location copy and paste that into the img button.

mrsdrummer

08-26-2005, 12:25 PM

Great pic MrsDrummer

thank ya thank ya

games

08-26-2005, 01:10 PM

Thanks for the help.

Here they are:

http://images.snapfish.com/34482%3B4%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2354%3D935%3D594%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A66929%3A92ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/34482%3B4%3B23232%7Ffp47%3Dot%3E2354%3D935%3D594%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A66933896ot1lsi

JustHB, Here's my attempt at capturing water
http://images.snapfish.com/34482%3B4%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2354%3D935%3D594%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A66933897ot1lsi

games

08-26-2005, 01:11 PM

I'm on a roll.

Easy fun pictures:
http://images.snapfish.com/34482%3B4%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2354%3D935%3D594%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A66929%3A93ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/34482%3B4%3B23232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E2354%3D935%3D594%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A66933898ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/34482%3B4%3B23232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2354%3D935%3D594%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A66929%3A95ot1lsi

games

08-26-2005, 01:14 PM

MRSDRUMMER, that's such a fun summer picture. Good capture.

Alex

mrsdrummer

08-26-2005, 01:28 PM

MRSDRUMMER, that's such a fun summer picture. Good capture.

Thanks, i saw them splashing around that water fountain and i though oh that's gonna be cute. They are so funny together.

KeliAnn

08-30-2005, 11:30 AM

Some pictures from this weekend ...

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/blackbutterflybottom.jpg

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/blackbutterflytopfull.jpg

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/hummingbirdfeedingleft.jpg

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/lizzieingrass.gif

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/lizzieearsinsun.jpg

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/pinkhibiscuses.jpg

KeliAnn

08-30-2005, 11:34 AM

My adorable niece
http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/sydneibathsmile.jpg

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/sydneismileattable.jpg
[the background's a little too dark on this one, but it's a cute smile anyway]

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/whitehawaiianflowers2.jpg

http://www.kenandkeli.com/images/082805/yellowbutterflytop.jpg

sourgrapes

08-30-2005, 12:49 PM

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d609b3127cce93ef3262555400000025108AYuWjVs0aM1

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d609b3127cce93ef3468d46d00000035108AYuWjVs0aM1

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d609b3127cce93ef355094cd00000035108AYuWjVs0aM1

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d609b3127cce93e866df351600000025108AYuWjVs0aM1

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d608b3127cce9397e4fecc3900000035108AYuWjVs0aM1

Took these just for fun this past weekend. Critiques/suggestions welcomed. The last two were tweaked a bit in PS.

sravenne

09-04-2005, 07:47 AM

Took these just for fun this past weekend. Critiques/suggestions welcomed. The last two were tweaked a bit in PS.

Hey there sourgrapes. I think these are really cute. The last two have a "grainy" look. I don't know if that's intentional or not. I love her facial expressions in 1 and 2. Those are my favorite. I wonder how they would look if you gave her a punch of color or "glow".

http://www.sravenne.com/girledit.jpg

This was done by adding a duplicate layer with a "soft light" blending mode. Great pics.

cynder

09-07-2005, 09:13 AM

I have no idea where to post this anymore but does anyone have good rec's on printing photonote cards. I am a web designer who is clueless when it comes to printing. I am looking for a vendor who will take my file and print on blank note cards so no template or cookie cutter design. I also want to know what dimensions my file should be so that fonts, crop marks etc are set properly. I am trying to design thank you cards and baptism invites and I want to make up for the fact that I did not design my wedding invites which I truly regret!

PS- I know there are places like Kinko's but I have zero time to run around so I am looking for websites that might have an online proofing system.

Thanks in advance!

Lindsan

09-11-2005, 04:37 AM

This thread has been quiet for a while, where is everyone? I thought I'd post some pics of rape fields that my husband took. I love how striking the colours are.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/rapsflt017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/rapsflt004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/rapsflt011.jpg

justHB

09-12-2005, 08:57 PM

Oh, I love that first one. Great photo!

JenGirlie

09-17-2005, 06:00 PM

I thought I'd jump in with a cute picture from today...I have a Nikon D70 I'm still getting used to and was very happy to get this one of my cat this morning:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/JenGirlie/scarysabre3.jpg

justHB

09-17-2005, 06:57 PM

What a great picture Jen! I tried capturing some photos today of Dakota rubbing her face in the bunch of purple cosmos I picked up earlier, but she ran away before I could get back to her.

greenbunny

09-19-2005, 06:20 AM

I saw a great shot on my way home from work Friday. On the old bridge about a half mile from my house, there were four white pigeons sitting in a row, but nose to tail, back and forth. They didn't look wild, they looked like pets. Of course I didn't have my camera, and there was nowhere safe to park anyway to get the shot. I hate when that happens!

ManteoChik

09-24-2005, 11:48 AM

i haven't been over here in a while...I've been crazy busy with school and my portfolio's. I am very happy that I only have 4 classes left until graduation and I will be all finished with my degree in Photography. I am loving my new digital camera. I've always been a Nikon girl but just recently bought the new Canon 20D and I LOVE IT! I have also been mostly using the 75 -300mm lens and I am in *love*...lol.

I just thought I'd drop off a few pictures I've been working on recently. **None of these have been edited in photoshop yet...they were straight from my camera.

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B368%3B24%3Bot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D324%3B%3E997%3E%3B% 3A6%3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3B%3A459%3A666nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D324%3B%3E997%3E%3B% 3A6%3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3B%3A459%3A383nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B3693%3A%3C4ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B3689395ot1lsi

ManteoChik

09-24-2005, 11:52 AM

just some more....

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp3%3B%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3 D%3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B2834%3A98ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B2843%3B43ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B2839287ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2323%3D%3B%3A4%3D3 95%3D3232%3B%3A42%3A4%3B53nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B2843399ot1lsi

ManteoChik

09-24-2005, 11:56 AM

islands trip....

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E232376869%3C%3B56ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E23237686%3A344%3Aot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D324%3B%3E997%3E%3B% 3A6%3EWSNRCG%3D323285%3C%3B%3B2456nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E23237686%3A4637ot1lsi

my baby:
http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B986%3B477ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/344%3A7%3B3523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D% 3C97%3DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3B9877%3B%3A9ot1lsi

sravenne

09-28-2005, 05:12 AM

Great pics ManteoChik - I especially like the first

Well, I lost tons of sleep and a couple pounds stressing over my first real wedding. I've taken pictures once as an assistant and took some at my cousin's wedding, but this was officially my first. I have only gotten to a few, but here are some getting ready pics:

http://www.photosunscripted.com/clients/mckenzie_hester/gettingready2.JPG

justHB

09-28-2005, 07:48 AM

What gorgeous photos! I'm sure the bride will be thrilled.

Little Angel '77

09-28-2005, 12:30 PM

Courtney
The 20D rocks.... I love it too., Those are great pictures....

Sravenne
Awesome pics, is that just a PS template you put together or is that an album page :)

Great colors!

mollyeilis

09-29-2005, 01:58 AM

greenbunny

09-29-2005, 06:23 AM

For those of you who use digital, who do you have print them? (please note buying a photo printer is out of the question, so I mean online places, 'brick and mortar' places with digital printing, and so on) Thanks!

I get mine done at a local family-owned shop, Dan's. They do an amazing job with everything and are really conscientious about their work. They just won some award, Photo Finishers of the Year, but I don't know much about that sort of thing. They also offer online services and I think it's only a buck to mail them to your house. If you're interested, their site is:

http://www.danscamera.com/

sravenne

09-29-2005, 09:03 AM

MPIX (http://www.mpix.com) is wonderful!!! I highly highly recommend them.

ManteoChik

10-01-2005, 05:23 AM

Courtney
The 20D rocks.... I love it too., Those are great pictures....

Thanks for the compliment. I *LOVE* my 20D. Although for such a small person like me, my arm gets tired of shooting b/c I have to hold up the camera with my beast of a 300mm lens on it...lol...thats okay thought it's my favorite lens. I was in the studio yesterday doing some portraits with the strobe so I wasn't using my tripod and I thought my arm was going to fall off..lol.

Ummm

10-02-2005, 12:43 PM

Thanks for the compliment. I *LOVE* my 20D. Although for such a small person like me, my arm gets tired of shooting b/c I have to hold up the camera with my beast of a 300mm lens on it...lol...thats okay thought it's my favorite lens. I was in the studio yesterday doing some portraits with the strobe so I wasn't using my tripod and I thought my arm was going to fall off..lol.

which 300mm lens do you have? it's interesting that you use that lens on a 20D (with the 1.6 crop facter) in a studio for portrait - must be a hugh studio :)

mollyeilis

10-02-2005, 04:07 PM

For those of you who use digital, who do you have print them? (please note buying a photo printer is out of the question, so I mean online places, 'brick and mortar' places with digital printing, and so on) Thanks!

Oh, and this is for a long-time hobby...I love pictures and want them to be really good quality printed, but I don't think I need to take them to an expensive lab, KWIM? :)

Gah. Made an error. Didn't realize there'd been a change in printing in the years since I used (happily, mind you) Target's photo processing, and gave them a roll of film. Bleah. Seems nowadays they make the negatives, scan it in, then treat everything like it's digital. So you lose bits of your photos, like you do with digital, and that's NOT what I wanted. Realized it too late.

Oh well, I was told by a good film place (an hour away and expensive, which is why I didn't take it up there...think I will be for the future, expensive be damned) that negatives are *pretty much* negatives, and better prints can be made.

Oh and don't get me started on how difficult Target's photo CD is to deal with! No real instructions or overview, just a huge pain in the rear.

Then I took four digital pictures that I've had printed in various places and laid them all out, and damnitall if shutterfly's prints didn't turn out the best. The colors were closest to reality, it's a nice-feeling print, etc. Crazy!

Besides mpix and danscamera, does anyone else have a favorite for film and/or digital?

deliciousjones

10-02-2005, 06:22 PM

molly,

i second mpix.com. they really do a fantastic job.

KarenS

10-02-2005, 06:32 PM

So you lose bits of your photos, like you do with digital,
I don't mean to be disagreeable, but this statement is quite simply not true. You do not "lose bits of your photos" with digital. If your negatives are scanned and the images are coming out bad, then that's because of the quality of the scan, not an inherent problem with digital.

Karen

mollyeilis

10-02-2005, 09:01 PM

BethS0103

10-03-2005, 11:54 AM

Every digital service I've looked at and used takes part of the image. Some of the services allow you to crop it so that it fits the 4x6 print, others don't, but all that I've seen (and the target/yahoo service states it right up front as you're ordering) takes off part of the image to get it into the 4x6 space.I don't recall if I've ever posted in this thread before, but I wanted to respond to your previous statement mollyeilis. The cropping of a digital image actually has to do with the image ratio your camrea takes. In most good quality digital cameras these days, you can change the ratio so that a 4x6 photo won't get cropped when processed for printing (There should be a 3:2 setting in your photo quality menu.) As far as a photo negative being cropped, that seems rather unusual to me considering the ratio should match, but maybe someone who is more well versed in photography could answer that question.

KarenS

10-03-2005, 01:01 PM

What Beth said is spot on. There's a huge difference between cropping and "losing" parts of an image due to digital. When you say you're "losing parts of the image" you're saying that data is being lost in the scanning process, which causes degradation of the image. Cropping issues are a whole 'nother ball of wax.

Also, if the lab is scanning 35mm film, then it shouldn't matter if it's a digital scan or not. The ratio of the image is the ratio of the image and will translate to the right sized print. If something is being cropped, it's a lab issue, not a digital issue.

Karen

seastars

10-03-2005, 02:42 PM

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Koala_Gurl

10-03-2005, 02:47 PM

Are you printing the 150 as proofs? I think MPIX does some proof sheets (but I am really new to that site!)

I don't know about winkflash, but comparing Shutterfly & Mpix...I like Mpix A LOT better.

seastars

10-03-2005, 02:53 PM

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justHB

10-03-2005, 02:55 PM

I like mpix.com, I just wish they'd keep albums up longer because I often want to go back and reference photos later.

Another lab I've heard good things about is http://www.photoworkssf.com/. A couple of the higher end wedding photgraphers in the Bay Area use them.

Koala_Gurl

10-03-2005, 03:02 PM

No, printing the 150 for scrapbooking. Shutterfly prints too dark often, for me; Snapfish is okay; photoworks is fine quality-wise but LOUSY customer service, and pricy. Or so I think. I haven't compared Mpix and Winkflash.
got it! :) sorry, can
t help ya then. :)

seastars

10-03-2005, 03:08 PM

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seastars

10-03-2005, 03:09 PM

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mollyeilis

10-03-2005, 03:16 PM

I don't recall if I've ever posted in this thread before, but I wanted to respond to your previous statement mollyeilis. The cropping of a digital image actually has to do with the image ratio your camrea takes. In most good quality digital cameras these days, you can change the ratio so that a 4x6 photo won't get cropped when processed for printing (There should be a 3:2 setting in your photo quality menu.) As far as a photo negative being cropped, that seems rather unusual to me considering the ratio should match, but maybe someone who is more well versed in photography could answer that question.

Aha. I have an ancient Fuji digital. :)

All I know is that the digital version on my screen has a certain amount of Eamon's head, but the prints have cut the top of it off and have a whole lot more dark space to the right, and have cut off his nose on the left (which was pretty close to the side of the picture).

All in all, I don't really want professional advice here, since they would be using a far higher level of processing. I just want prints of my film for albums and the occasional scrapbooking, and I don't want them to be crap. :) I'm willing to spend *some* money but not a zillion dollars. I think it gets confusing b/c I want advice on both film processing AND digital prints. More than one company is fine...but I'm now on 16 months without printing more than "practice/comparison" prints, and I have 10 rolls of film only one of which is marked as to what it was...the situation is getting desperate! :D

I also don't like sending my film by mail anywhere...and I want a place that processes it right there in the building. Oh why oh why did my lovely little photo lab close? *sob*

seastars

10-03-2005, 03:33 PM

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mollyeilis

10-03-2005, 03:46 PM

Oh yeah, I just noticed that they mention Walgreens. I use snapfish for my online posting (except for a couple shutterflys I just did last night) 'round here, and I've previously used them for film, but their prints are just so flimsy.

I think I'll have to do some winkflash and some mpix practice runs. I was also looking last night at Ritz/Kits camera (for both digi and film), and I was impressed talking with the Tall's Camera guys a few months back (their place smells like a proper photo lab LOL).

All this talk is moot for now, though. One roll a month is what we're doing. :) I'm still not sure when I'll be able to do all the digital...ugh!

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.

mollyeilis

10-03-2005, 04:55 PM

I actually do have a question further to my other. :)

When taken to a photo lab (one that stinks like chemicals like my old one LOL), the negative is created (in some mysterious process) then the film is processed...when I picture a darkroom, similar to the xray darkroom at my chiropractic college, I picture trays of chemicals as the negative is somehow "transferred" (not the right word at all) onto photo paper. It seems like magic.

Whereas with a digital print, it's pretty much just being printed, like with a printer at home, only more high-tech?

Or am I completely off-base (if so be nice please)?

Does someone who perhaps used to have a low-tech darkroom have info on this?

Part of this is curiosity, the other park is trying to figure out why my prints from the film did such a bad job with skintone (yet did such a GREAT job with the colors from the Tulip Festival). The only thing I can imagine is that it's just printing it out and is having to do with the limitations of color variations from whatever computer they started with. Obviously I should just bop up to a stinky photo lab (I definitely have a bias towards smelly labs, don't I...maybe that's why my photo place closed, maybe all their employees filed disability from toxic chemical exposure?) and do a comparison, but that's just not going to happen just yet. :D

KarenS

10-03-2005, 06:33 PM

Here's the scoop.

At the present time whether you're printing a digital print or a film print, the *print* is made the same way. The image is transferred from the digital file or the negative to the paper and the paper is then put thru a series of chemical baths (developer, stop, fix, wash) to create the print. It's still a chemical process.

The difference is in how the image is transferred to the paper - either via a light source shining through the negative onto the paper or through a laser transfer of the digital image to the paper. But the *print* that results is still a photographic print, made in a photographic developing process.

the other park is trying to figure out why my prints from the film did such a bad job with skintone (yet did such a GREAT job with the colors from the Tulip Festival).There are multiple answers to this. One is that it's highly dependent on the film you were using. Most consumer films are designed to make colors *pop* because that's what most consumers want ... bright, vibrant colors. Photographers who photograph people will choose a film that is designed to give more accurate skin tones vs. strong color. The other is that consumer labs, like consumer films, are more geared towards giving the average consumer the vibrant color, rather than the smooth creamy skin tones. So when you use a film designed for consumers and a lab designed for consumers, the probability is very strong that they are specifically structured to create final prints that *pop* with color and they let the skin tones fall where they may. That's the difference between a consumer lab and a professional lab. A professional lab that specializes in people photography will not only encourage you to use the right film for the job, but their equipment is calibrated to make the most of skin tones and let the rest of the colors fall where they may.

Hope that helps.
Karen

mrsdrummer

10-04-2005, 09:46 AM

I shot these SUnday.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce22b3127cce94379673ffc900000066108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce22b3127cce943794eeff5500000056108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce22b3127cce9437ae63ffc500000035108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce22b3127cce9437af07bf3900000046108Das27lm1E

seastars

10-04-2005, 10:10 AM

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mrsdrummer

10-04-2005, 10:14 AM

The 2 boys weren't so willing. Mom had to tell them to knock it off more than once.hahaha but it was cute all the same. Dont' go smash your camera on my account. hahahaha.

Thanks for the compliments.

Sunshine

10-04-2005, 10:34 AM

mrsdrummer That first pic is AMAZING!

mrsdrummer

10-04-2005, 10:52 AM

Sunshine

10-04-2005, 11:15 AM

Thanks Sunshine, they were sitting on this big rock, for once the whole day those 3 were in agreement where they wanted their picture made the 2 boys wanted to play and the girl wanted her picture made. it was a blast.
They are definately darling looking children too:) And I know about 3 children, my 2 nephews and neices are Never in agreement!LOL! I have NEVER been able to take a pic of all 3 of them together!LOL!

mrsdrummer

10-05-2005, 10:44 AM

I have NEVER been able to take a pic of all 3 of them together!LOL!

The key is to get them all playing together and then tell them to pose however they want. hahaha.

justHB

10-05-2005, 11:07 AM

Oh yeah, I just noticed that they mention Walgreens. I use snapfish for my online posting (except for a couple shutterflys I just did last night) 'round here, and I've previously used them for film, but their prints are just so flimsy. I've quit using Snapfish all together. The last set of photos I ordered (for my own personal albums) came back grainy and pixelated. I checked to make sure I hadn't uploaded the low quality ones from our website and nope; they were the high quality version and should have produced very clear, vivid images. Instead, it looks like I took a wallet size and tried to enlarge it. All in all, very disappointed. When I called to complain, they offered to redo my prints, but I didn't want another set of flimsy photos, I wanted my money back so I could order elsewhere.

justHB

10-05-2005, 11:13 AM

Nice pictures poopsie. I'm sure the mother will be thrilled with them. So much better than a photo taken at Sears or some other place.

mrsdrummer

10-05-2005, 01:54 PM

Nice pictures poopsie. I'm sure the mother will be thrilled with them. So much better than a photo taken at Sears or some other place.

Why thank ya. She's seen them and loves them. She's a very good friend of mine (was in the delivery room when they cut out her youngest), and I've been telling her i want to do shots. I did her re-wedding and we loved those. When her hubby gets back from Iraq I'm gonna do more family shots for them. I'll probably steal her daughter (who seems to be more willing) and do a hole bunch of her. I just love this stuff.

kcgray

10-05-2005, 03:41 PM

I'm new here and I just wanted to say I'm glad to see a thread for photography. I scrapbook which means I take a gazillion photos so I'm looking forward to learning new things thru all of you. Who knows maybe it'll turn into another one of my hobbies.

Trina

DiscoDiva

10-06-2005, 07:28 PM

Has anyone ever had their pics printed in the local newspaper for local events, etc.? How do you go about doing that?

ManteoChik

10-09-2005, 05:22 PM

which 300mm lens do you have? it's interesting that you use that lens on a 20D (with the 1.6 crop facter) in a studio for portrait - must be a hugh studio

I have the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Zoom Lens. I really like it. I mostly use it outside and on location but I used it in the studio for some really great tight head shots. Yes, the studio is HUGE. It's a commercial sized studio w/ the 'garage doors' to the outside so you can drive in cars, ect...

mrsdrummer

10-10-2005, 02:46 PM

I took some pictures of my DH's cousins' little girl how sweet is she?
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce31b3127cce94d6d4bc7fac00000065138Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce31b3127cce94d6d4ac7fbc00000066128Das27lm1E

and with her cousin Ivanna
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce31b3127cce94d6ef113f8400000056128Das27lm1E

and with her brother(this was a hard picture to get)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce31b3127cce94d6e9603ff600000046128Das27lm1E

it's a bug

10-11-2005, 06:29 PM

Poopsie - Are you adding the Gausean Blur (I think that's what it's called) to the pics in a photo editing program or are you just taking them and they come out that way (or at least doing something to make them have the nice blur to them)? TIA!

mrsdrummer

10-12-2005, 09:28 AM

shhhhh i just use whatever shutterfly has, don't tell. hahaha. really though when i upload them to shutterfly they have that softening feature in the same spot where you can make it black and white or sepia.

Cosmogirl

10-12-2005, 01:23 PM

Hi!

I'm playing around lately with my camera. I LOVE photography, but I never had time before to really play with it before, thanks to school!
I just wanted to have opinions on my first catchlight pic:
*pic removed*
I'd love to have comments so that I can improve my photography technique.
TIA!

Sorry for the scan, there is a white line around the pic that isn't there IRL...

Lindsan

10-12-2005, 02:11 PM

Some forest pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151030b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151080b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151120b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151179b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151122b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151177b.jpg

KarenS

10-12-2005, 02:13 PM

#3 is lovely. I'd give it a touch more contrast, but other than that, I think it's really excellent.

Karen

seastars

10-12-2005, 02:59 PM

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mrsdrummer

10-12-2005, 03:22 PM

KarenS

10-12-2005, 04:40 PM

An out of focus background is caused by shallow depth of field. The wider your aperture (the lens opening) the shallower the depth of field. An image shot at f2, for example, will have a much blurrier background than an image shot at f8.

Karen

Lindsan

10-13-2005, 09:18 AM

Karen, I hope you were talking to me? If so, thanks a bunch! :D

KarenS

10-13-2005, 09:19 AM

Lindsan - anyone who was interested! :) Glad it helped!

Karen

Lindsan

10-13-2005, 09:22 AM

Oh, I meant about the compliment in your second to last post. :o

KarenS

10-13-2005, 09:24 AM

Oh .. lolol. Yes - sorry, doing 20 things at once and not paying attention properly. Whoops.

Yes, I meant your images .. the one of the forest path is really great. :)

Karen

justHB

10-13-2005, 10:05 AM

Those are really great photos lindsan. I am never quite pleased with my forest photos.

greenbunny

10-13-2005, 10:32 AM

Some forest pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151080b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/151122b.jpg

Those are exactly what I was going for when I was shooting in the redwood forest. I am so horribly, horribly jealous. The best I came up with was this:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/agreenbunny/redwoodsun.jpg

Can you offer some tips? I think maybe I shot into the sun instead of concentrating on the shadows on the ground.

justHB

10-13-2005, 10:36 AM

Those are exactly what I was going for when I was shooting in the redwood forest. I am so horribly, horribly jealous. The best I came up with was this:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/agreenbunny/redwoodsun.jpg

Can you offer some tips? I think maybe I shot into the sun instead of concentrating on the shadows on the ground.I think some of it has to do with the lighting and time of day you're shooting. I've heard that it's best to shoot in the early morning and mid-to-late afternoon if you want to get those kind of plays on shadow and light.

Lindsan

10-13-2005, 12:59 PM

Thank you Becky! :)

Greenbunny, what I did was look for the spot where the light shone through the trees the most and then placed myself where I thought the camera could capture what I saw with my eyes the most. I tried to capture the rays rather than the sun or the shadows. That's my only tip. But what I can say is that we were in a ravine and it was very moist and foggy there. Perhaps that helped too, I don't know? But thank you anyway.

greenbunny

10-13-2005, 01:36 PM

I bet moist air would help with showing the rays better...that makes sense.

Thanks! At least now I can partially blame it on the environment and not myself. :cool:

I'm motivated to get out on the App trail this weekend and take some pictures. It's pouring right now, so if it clears up a bit I might have that moist air to help me.

This is a weird question, but does anybody know if swans migrate for the winter? There's a farm near here with three swans in their pond, and I kept meaning to stop and shoot some pictures, but lately they haven't been around.

DiscoDiva

10-16-2005, 12:05 AM

I love photography but I don't know how good I am.....

San Francisco:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce34b3127cce94c90a6be49300000045108CYt2Thy3Zq

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce34b3127cce94c90a8be47300000026108CYt2Thy3Zq

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce34b3127cce94c90883654a00000026108CYt2Thy3Zq

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce34b3127cce94c90ff225a000000026108CYt2Thy3Zq

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce34b3127cce94c900d3651e00000036108CYt2Thy3Zq

Koala_Gurl

10-17-2005, 08:22 AM

DD - I think those look great!!

deliciousjones

10-17-2005, 11:59 AM

DD- Those are very nice.

Karen- Do you have two camera bags? I can't seem to find a bag that's big enough for my gear but small enough that I don't feel like I'm lugging a suitcase everywhere I go, so I bought a second, smaller bag that carries one body, two lenses, flash & meter. It's a pain to switch back and forth but I love being able to carry my camera with me without lugging the whole shebang.

KarenS

10-17-2005, 12:04 PM

Rolling case all the way, baby! :)

Here's what I use: Lowepro Pro Roller 1 (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=149687&is=REG&addedTroughType=search)

It is big enough to hold 2 bodies, 2 flashes, all my lenses, extra batteries. I also carry a waistpack that holds cards, a lens, etc.

However, I'm also looking into a backpack for variety. I have a friend who uses one and I like it a lot. I am just build differently than she is, so I need to try a couple of different styles to see what would work with me.

Karen

deliciousjones

10-17-2005, 02:09 PM

crazy suitcase!

what do you use when you just want to have one camera with you? when you're just out and about and want to be able to snap some shots of friends or family?

mrsdrummer

10-17-2005, 02:16 PM

Did more photos this weekend. My cousin's family.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce36b3127cce94f28b6a74c800000035118Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce36b3127cce94f17f2f951300000085118Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce36b3127cce94f04c48f5b900000045108Das27lm1E

KarenS

10-17-2005, 02:17 PM

Ah .. I just carry this instead:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong3/
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonG3/Images/frontview-001.jpg

Otherwise, I just stick the 20D on a strap on my shoulder and tote it around with me.

mrsdrummer

10-17-2005, 02:17 PM

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce36b3127cce94f04f5c340400000036108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce36b3127cce94f1745d54cc00000046108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce36b3127cce94f28a30340a00000036118Das27lm1E

deliciousjones

10-17-2005, 02:49 PM

mrsdrummer: those are really very nice! you have great timing and you can tell that the subjects are comfortable with you. i dont love the flash, though. flash lighting is not very flattering to the face and you lose the pretty catchlights that outdoor shooting can provide! i think you'd love natural light photography if you gave it a shot!

seastars

10-17-2005, 02:58 PM

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mrsdrummer

10-17-2005, 03:53 PM

mrsdrummer: Please adopt me and my dd. I want you as family so you'll take gorgeous photos of homely ol us!

Ha! It really helps when you have good subjects. I'm about the least photogenic person I know and I hate every single picture ever taken of me except my senior pictures. You can come to me though and I'll see what I can do.

seastars

10-17-2005, 04:09 PM

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mrsdrummer

10-17-2005, 04:10 PM

thanks.

Koala_Gurl

10-17-2005, 04:59 PM

Here are the pictures I took while at Disneyland inside Its a Small World...

The challenge here was capturing the moving scenes (and DD) while in a moving boat, not using the flash. I think I set the camera to the program mode, and set the ISO to 1600...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce37b3127cce94ca54132cfc00000016109BaMnLdu0Q
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce37b3127cce94ca6a9e2c6e00000016109BaMnLdu0Q
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce37b3127cce94ca654d6c2200000016109BaMnLdu0Q
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce37b3127cce94ca6d88edd300000016109BaMnLdu0Q

Outside:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce37b3127cce94ca590eed4f00000016109BaMnLdu0Q

My favorite of DD (thought the focus is off...I was on manual since it was too dark for auto...but I love the colors of this one!)
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce37b3127cce94ca68952c6400000015109BaMnLdu0Q

DiscoDiva

10-17-2005, 05:29 PM

it's a bug

10-17-2005, 05:31 PM

It's a bug the blur in the back ground just comes out that way. I thought you were referring to the softness. Whatever setting i have it on is causing that, I kinda think it's cool, but I wish that I knew what was setting it.

Thanks! I was referring to the blur/soft glow over the whole picture! It's good to know that you can do it in one easy step on Shutterfly. I just haven't used it on there...will have to check that out soon! Thanks again!

KarenS

10-17-2005, 06:43 PM

DD - I do really like the G3. I'm not sure it's available anymore - I think it's been replaced by the G5. But ... I like this one a lot. It can be set to full manual, but mostly DH and I use it for family photographs.

Karen

MeTheGirlie

10-22-2005, 07:00 AM

I just bought the new Digital Rebel XT 350D to mess around with as my "everyday camera". Still messing around with it, but I thought I'd share:

Some images without flash.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce00b3127cce94eea6347f9200000016108AbtGbJi5cOX

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce00b3127cce94eea7b23f8c00000016108AbtGbJi5cOX

MeTheGirlie

10-22-2005, 07:01 AM

Pumpkin Picking.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce32b3127cce94c169e8f70300000036108AbtGbJi5cOX

MeTheGirlie

10-22-2005, 07:08 AM

You guys are all so talented!

These were taken with my old Sony DSC-P92 before I got my new camera, all on a trip to Philly.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d708b3127cce9400af52907100000055108AbtGbJi5cOX

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d708b3127cce9400af3b112800000045108AbtGbJi5cOX

While I'm not that religious - I just love the architecture of old churches so I'm obsessed with them...

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d708b3127cce9400af19110a00000035108AbtGbJi5cOX

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d708b3127cce9400af0c902f00000036108AbtGbJi5cOX

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d708b3127cce9400af1d110e00000036108AbtGbJi5cOX

justHB

10-23-2005, 01:17 AM

I was playing around earlier today with my p&s, trying to take a self-portrait to show off my new hair color and 'do for some friends, when apparently, I only took a photo of my eyeball. I always see these self-portraits that are very abstract and only capture one area of a person's body and now I'm just convinced it's because they messed up. =)

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000ctsp9

Little Angel '77

10-23-2005, 01:37 PM

From a recent wedding I did...
http://homepage.mac.com/cordelephotography/iblog/C1111978458/E20051023113130/Media/dwfblog.jpg

MeTheGirlie

10-24-2005, 07:36 AM

JustHB - I love that photo! That's great. What did you use for the black background?

Little Angel - that shot is precious!

justHB

10-24-2005, 08:29 AM

It's actually our red front door but b/c I took the photo without a flash, the only area of my face that was bright was my the area directly around my eye.

deliciousjones

10-25-2005, 10:21 PM

a few of my daughter from her bath last night. mostly shot at 1600ISO, f/1.8-2.8, 60s.

i like the grain and contrast. it makes me miss film a little bit. i've had a dead battery in my film body for months now and i really ought to replace it and do this properly. ;)

http://www.plamann.net/rachel/bath1.jpg

http://www.plamann.net/rachel/bath3.jpg

http://www.plamann.net/rachel/bath2.jpg

justHB

10-25-2005, 10:45 PM

Those are great! That last face is priceless.

ManteoChik

10-26-2005, 08:32 AM

From a recent shoot down on the beach:

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7676336%3Aot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3A%3B44ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3C2%3A6ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B76763254ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3B7%3B%3Aot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3C2%3B3ot1lsi

ManteoChik

10-26-2005, 08:36 AM

continued...

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3A673ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3A755ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3B%3B42ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp63%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B767599%3B5ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B7675%3B%3B43ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D324%3B%3E997%3E%3B%3A6% 3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3C67674423nu0mrj

ManteoChik

10-26-2005, 08:40 AM

a few more....

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D324%3B%3E997%3E%3B%3A6% 3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3C6766%3B547nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D324%3B%3E997%3E%3B%3A6% 3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3C67674336nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B76756%3B%3A7ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B76764855ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp7%3Enu%3D324%3B%3E997%3E%3B%3A6% 3EWSNRCG%3D3232%3C6766%3A649nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/3453567523232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E233%3C%3D%3A88%3D%3C97 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B76765%3A%3C4ot1lsi

justHB

10-26-2005, 08:44 AM

Those are nice Manteo. The only thing I would say is that some of them seem a bit to posed. My personal preference is to see portraits that are more fluid and where it seems like you just captured a subject doing something, as opposed to waiting while they positioned their body, if that makes sense. I really like the one of her sitting on the fence, hugging her knees.

Sunshine

10-26-2005, 11:20 AM

I LOVE your photos deliciousjones!! Your daughter is SO CUTE!

Lindsan

10-26-2005, 11:34 AM

deliciousjones, those are adorable. Your daughter is so beautiful. :)

ManteoChik, I agree with HB that some of the photos seem a little too posed, but I think the second one in your first post is great. She looks good and the lighting is warm.

mrsdrummer

10-26-2005, 02:00 PM

My little God Daughter had her 1st Birthday party this weekend. So naturally I shot some photos of her. Here they are.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce05b3127cce94916aa2e4fd00000035118Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce05b3127cce94916984257200000026108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce05b3127cce94916985a44300000046108Das27lm1E

mrsdrummer

10-26-2005, 02:01 PM

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce05b3127cce94916fed251800000026108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce05b3127cce94916fb3254600000045108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce05b3127cce94917b86a44900000036108Das27lm1E

mrsdrummer

10-26-2005, 02:08 PM

deliciousjones Those are absolutely fabulous pictures. good eye.

Sunshine

10-26-2005, 02:31 PM

mrsdrummer~That foot in cake pic is priceless! Did she do it on her own?
Your goddaughter has such big and beautiful eyes:D

mrsdrummer

10-26-2005, 03:31 PM

She absolutely hated getting in that cake. and she slipped and slidded until she got to her momma. Momma was sitting there and I saw the foot and cake and was like "get the pic now stace" hahaha. It's one of my favorites also. She does have the biggest eyes. She's super sweet.

cynder

10-27-2005, 07:53 AM

Ahhh... haven't been here in awhile. Love the photos.

I am still messing with my Canon G6 and still have a ways to go but every once in awhile I will get a decent shot.

http://www.cynthiavarkey.com/samblog/images/tummy.jpg

mrsdrummer

10-27-2005, 09:11 AM

Cynder- that is too cute.

Lindsan

10-30-2005, 07:58 AM

My beautiful goddaughter. She has a terrible cold poor girl which is why her eyes are watery.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/155068b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/155069b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/155072b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/155073b.jpg

mrsdrummer

10-31-2005, 10:11 AM

I shot DH's cousin's senior pics yesterday what do ya think?

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94bf09d417f600000015108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94bf09d217f000000016108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94bf093a171800000015108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94bf091a173800000015108Das27lm1E

justHB

10-31-2005, 10:18 AM

I shot DH's cousin's senior pics yesterday what do ya think?My first inclination is to say they look kind of posey. The first could have been really great if it was a shot of her just walking along the tracks instead of squatting in the middle of them. Also, I would rely less on the frame features in Shutterfly and go with a regular black border or none at all. I tend to not be a fan of the faded borders as it looks dated. Minus the border, the second one is really nice and captures her facial features quite well.

snowzilla

10-31-2005, 11:05 AM

The diminishing perspective of the train tracks in the first shot is nice, but her white hat disappears into the sky above her head. A darker hat would have been better, I think.
Like the second shot - very pretty smile!
In the fourth shot, it looks as though she is amputated at the knees. It took me a moment to figure out whether she was kneeling, or standing in really tall grass. Either way, she looks cut off at the knees.
I'd have to agree with HB about the frame features in Shutterfly. I'd be more concerned with a really good picture and I feel like the frame feature takes away from that.
I'd say the second picture is definitely my favourite.

mrsdrummer

10-31-2005, 11:30 AM

I didn't use shutterfly for anything but posting, I'm using photosuite5 if that makes a difference. Thanks for the input these are my first senior shots and thank goodness it's for family.

Koala_Gurl

10-31-2005, 12:18 PM

I like the second one the best. The first is pretty cool too, but I noticed uneven shadows on the face.

snowzilla

10-31-2005, 12:30 PM

I didn't use shutterfly for anything but posting, I'm using photosuite5 if that makes a difference. Thanks for the input these are my first senior shots and thank goodness it's for family.

Sorry, my mistake. I thought I had read in an earlier post that you were using effects through Shutterfly to alter your images, and incorrectly assumed you were doing that here as well. :) Regardless, I think I'd skip the fancy effects and let the photo speak for itself - I did feel like a couple of the photos looked "dated" simply due to the frame effect. But it's all personal opinion! :)

mrsdrummer

10-31-2005, 01:48 PM

Sorry, my mistake. I thought I had read in an earlier post that you were using effects through Shutterfly to alter your images, and incorrectly assumed you were doing that here as well.

Until last night when i found this program that mustive come with my computer i was using shutterfly, so no biggie. I like this program but wish it did have more things on it.

mrsdrummer

10-31-2005, 02:44 PM

I took these too, I know y'all aren't fond of the white around it, but for now it's there. these are friends of Doug's and they played at the party we played at Sat. night.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94b8a2c837f200000016108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94b8a29c37a600000015108Das27lm1E

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94b8ba37b63100000016108Das27lm1E

This is my DH
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5ce10b3127cce94b8ba33b63500000016108Das27lm1E

KarenS

10-31-2005, 02:48 PM

Sunshine

10-31-2005, 02:59 PM

mrsdrummer~I just wanted to chime in too:)
For the Senior portraits, I too like the 1st 2 the best, the last ones look overposed and awkward. I LOVE walking pics too, and think the 1st one could have been better if it was more relaxed with her walking the tracks.

And as for the band pics, I think the funky colors works here b/c it IS a band:) They look fun! I like 1 and 3 best!
So this is your DH's band? Neat! My DH has a studio, but is more into production than actually playing himself. He does play the bass tho!

Seems like you have a lot of photo opportunities:D I LOVE looking at your pics!

mrsdrummer

10-31-2005, 03:33 PM

Most pro photographers I know (and I don't mean this to insult anyone ... so please don't take it that way ... this is just a reflection of what most photographers feel) is that all the funky photoshop effects and stuff are mostly used to hide technically bad photography.

since it was in a bar with crappy lighting and being such an amatuer i thought I'd thow those funky colors on there, normally i don't do anything more drastic than sepia it's just not my style. But these are some cool guys with funky personalities, so i just thought it was fun.

Sunshine my husband is in the last one, the other two guys are lead singers for other bands. I just showed my DH and he loved them. Musicians, especially rock musicians, are wierd. That's not meant to down anyone they'll tell you that themselves, so the fact that he loves loves loves these pictures was a real boost to my ego. :)

Sunshine

10-31-2005, 03:59 PM

well, I guess I am weird also, b/c I Love them too! It just gives them the "rockstar" feel, or something:p
We also know someone in a rock band, and yah.......he would prob be the 1st one to tell you he's weird!LOL! But he is definately fun!

mrsdrummer

10-31-2005, 04:09 PM

these rocker guys were a blast let me tell ya. I can't wait for them to see them.

deliciousjones

10-31-2005, 04:51 PM

i like the color effects. it makes them fun and interesting and heck, it's a band, in a bar!

J&T2005

10-31-2005, 05:04 PM

yup, I agree with deliciousjones and sunshine the color effects are muy appropriate.

I personally hate senior photos --- I had to take them 4 times because I broke the camera 3 times!!! - but it clearly comes across that 1) the subject was comfortable with you, and 2) that they're posed. I disagree with the ladies that say it's inappropriate to look posey. Sometimes, it is. BUUUUT number 2 is the most spontaneous and the best overall!

sravenne

11-01-2005, 04:46 PM

I have to say honestly that I'm really not fond of the funky colors and overprocessing. Most pro photographers I know (and I don't mean this to insult anyone ... so please don't take it that way ... this is just a reflection of what most photographers feel) is that all the funky photoshop effects and stuff are mostly used to hide technically bad photography. While I don't necessarily agree with that all the time, I do think it happens more often than not and so I'm more inclined to like a straight photograph - or one with little maniupulation, over one with funky color or effects.

Karen

I'm going to agree with Karen and this is just my personal opinion. Photoshop can do wonders to enhance pictures and save pictures, but I'm not a fan of over-processing and I think it's abused a little too often. I do like the first picture, however, his blue skin on the second doesn't quite look right to me. Again, just my own personal thoughts here...thanks for sharing.

justHB

11-01-2005, 04:51 PM

I have to say honestly that I'm really not fond of the funky colors and overprocessing. Most pro photographers I know (and I don't mean this to insult anyone ... so please don't take it that way ... this is just a reflection of what most photographers feel) is that all the funky photoshop effects and stuff are mostly used to hide technically bad photography. While I don't necessarily agree with that all the time, I do think it happens more often than not and so I'm more inclined to like a straight photograph - or one with little maniupulation, over one with funky color or effects.

KarenI agree with this as well. So often I'll see an image that I think could have been so classic in black & white and it will be over processed to hell and I'll think to myself that the photographer is probably masking some flaws with the photo.

Years ago when we were looking for a wedding photographer I came across one who seemed to have a good eye for capturing all of the moments I think wedding photography should, but every photo had a severe blue, green, or yellow undertone and I couldn't help but feel that she was trying to cover something up.

Personally for photos of friends and family (none that I would ever charge for) if I can't save a photograph I'll use extreme contrast and pretend I meant for it to look like that b/c I was trying to be artsy. =)

mrsdrummer

11-02-2005, 09:47 AM

just for fun here's what they looked like originally
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cf23b3127cce94a9fd97ebd100000016108Das27lm1E
this one is a bit out of focus but I'd been drinking a bit, hahahaha
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cf23b3127cce94a9f268abb100000016108Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cf23b3127cce94a9f2412aa800000025118Das27lm1E
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5cf23b3127cce94a9f24f2aa600000016108Das27lm1E

KarenS

11-02-2005, 09:57 AM

Yeah, I think they look better in their original version. I could even see a high contrast b&w version looking pretty good. The overtoned look, IMO, detracts from the images.

(Oh, and the second image is out of focus! :))

Karen

mrsdrummer

11-02-2005, 10:10 AM

(Oh, and the second image is out of focus! )

yes see my note above said image :) that was after a few beers haha

sravenne

11-02-2005, 01:48 PM

MrsDrummer,

I really like the originals. I agree that some contrast and b/w would work for something extra, but I think you did a great job! I like how you tilted your camera. Looks like a fun time to shoot!

Kim

justHB

11-06-2005, 12:09 AM

We went up to Sonoma today for the annual Wine & Food Affair and it was a gorgeous day. I didn't spend too much time with my camera, but I did manage to fire off a couple.

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000deged

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000dcw6z

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000dh6ac

http://pics.livejournal.com/dakotapie/pic/000dke8s

J&T2005

11-06-2005, 07:19 AM

gawgeous - I want to go to Sonoma so badly. Looks gorgeous!

Little Angel '77

11-06-2005, 02:05 PM

Oh I have some great pictures of Sonoma, if I have time I'll post them.
Those are great!

cynder

11-07-2005, 11:57 AM

justHB Sigh, I really want to go to wine country. Thanks for letting me imagine it in my head.

Just wanted to post that I got to have the talented deliciousjones photograph my baby this past week. Like every ridiculous mother, I think my child is cute but she made him ten times cuter than I thought was possible. DH was amazed how many great shots she got in a short amount of time and how she captured his cartoon eyes and pensive nature so perfectly. Thanks again, Chris!

Lindsan

11-07-2005, 12:18 PM

Great photos as always Becky! You seem to have the wine thing down. :)

TracieB

11-07-2005, 05:06 PM

I need some help. I recently started doing freelance writing for a newspaper here and they also require photos. I have a Sony HSC 5.1MP camera. I shot some events this weekend and submitted my photos, however, my supervisor told me to take lighter photos next time. He said that newspaper print usually prints dark.

So, how do I make it lighter? I'm so lost... I just shot with no flash, outside (with a lens dome because it was really sunny) and inside.

Here are some examples:

I know this isn't the greatest, and it's not one I submitted, but I deleted the rest from my computer and this one managed to slip by!
http://images.snapfish.com/345463%3A323232%7Ffp46%3Dot%3E2323%3D%3C%3A5%3D675 %3D3232%3C%3A55848%3B5nu0mrj

http://images.snapfish.com/345463%3A323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2337%3D%3C2%3B%3D684 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B%3B466%3A%3B%3A8ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/345463%3A323232%7Ffp58%3Dot%3E2337%3D%3C2%3B%3D684 %3DXROQDF%3E2323%3B%3B466%3A%3B%3A7ot1lsi

The type I'm most curious about are the outdoor shots. Should I just not use the dome again and it will be fine? I really want to stay away from using the flash. Any tips would be appreciated!

Little Angel '77

11-08-2005, 06:00 AM

I wonder if you can adjust your exposure setting in your camera?
I would over expose it for him by one stop, and see what happens.

If you don't have a camera that has manual settings, to do what he is asking, you need to rent a SLR camera.

Or you can go on EBAY? There are some cheaper end digital SLRs out there.

email me if you want help afedele@yahoo.com

Little Angel '77

11-08-2005, 06:00 AM

KarenS

11-08-2005, 07:03 AM

Yes, you'll need to learn to adjust your exposure. It looks to me like the first one is ok, but the next two are about 1/2 stop under exposed. You'll need to remember when you're shooting a dark subject, that your camera is going to try to make everything middle-gray (cameras meter for an average) and so you'll need to adjust your exposure by 1/2 to 1 stop. Your manual should tell you how to do this. Also if you're looking at selling a lot of photos, I'd recommend you pick up the book "Understanding Exposure" by Moose Peterson - it'll really help you to understand the basics and get why your camera is doing what it's doing.

Karen

TracieB

11-08-2005, 03:16 PM

Thanks for the tips, ladies. Looks like I need to pull out my manual and figure it out!

Karen - Thanks for the book recommendation. My order has been placed at Amazon ;)

GeekGirl

11-09-2005, 06:11 PM

Karen, you should get a kickback from the author considering how many copies of that book you've sold!! :D

It is a fantastic book btw, I'm really enjoying it - and learning alot!

KarenS

11-09-2005, 07:19 PM

Heh. I can dream, can't I! :) I"m glad you're enjoying it. Moose Peterson is a fabulous photographer and as good a writer ... every book of his I've read has been so easy to understand.

Karen

Koala_Gurl

11-09-2005, 08:20 PM

It IS a great book! I think I have now recommended it to about 3 other people! :)

Amira

11-10-2005, 06:37 AM

Newbie here.

I've been part of CC for a bit now but just discovered this thread today.

I haven't had a chance yet to really read all of the posts on here (so many!) but the photos I've seen on here so far are fantastic.

I'm by no means a photographer of any sort (yet) and just have a Kodak digital point and shoot camera. I love photography and have been thinking about purchasing my first digital SLR and taking some classes offered though my local community parks and rec program as a start.

I'd love to hear what you would recommend as a good starter digital SLR camera. Also if there are any good books out there that I should be reading to learn.

In any case, here are a couple of photos that I recently took of my cat. These haven't been edited at all, but I'd be interested in any feedback you might have.

http://images.snapfish.com/3454859923232%7Ffp45%3Dot%3E2343%3D5%3B4%3D5%3B5%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3C9423%3A%3A5ot1lsi

http://images.snapfish.com/3454859923232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E2343%3D5%3B4%3D5%3B5%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3C9423397ot1lsi

wendstress

11-14-2005, 12:54 PM

Ooohh! Subscribing! I love photography... At one time (long ago) I wanted to make a living out of it, but later thought better of the idea. I ended up as an engineer that takes lots of photos on the side!

"The Eyes Have It"
http://www.pbase.com/wendym/image/50427596/medium.jpg

"Hands"
http://www.pbase.com/wendym/image/50427598/medium.jpg

BuffaloBlondie

11-14-2005, 08:00 PM

I am not sure if this would be the correct place to post, but I'll give it a shot. I am looking for a program that will allow me to manipulate photos. On the same line as photoshop, but w/out the hefty price & easier to use. I am a new mom with a new camera & would love to start playing around (making announcements, cards, turning pictures into b & w, adding words...)!! Nothing to complicated! Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!! ~Jennifer

wendstress

11-14-2005, 08:15 PM

Photoshop Elements is under $100. It's all I use, and will do what you mentioned.

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/main.html

There's a link here for a free trial....

In the past, I also used Microsoft's Picture It! and really liked it.... Only reason I'm using Photoshop Elements now is because the software came with my camera. Ooops...did a quick search and it doesn't look like MS makes Picture It! anymore....

seastars

11-14-2005, 11:32 PM

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greenbunny

11-15-2005, 06:13 AM

elladee

11-15-2005, 06:30 AM

GIMP is freeware designed similarly to Photoshop. I haven't used it personally but I've heard good reviews. You can Google it.

I use GIMP. It's a powerful tool and I love it. It can be a bit confusing to use, though. There aren't any "quick fix" buttons for things like color correction or red eye reduction like some of the photo programs have. Plus, there aren't any (that I've found) instruction books about the program, so most of what you learn has to come from either trying to apply a Photoshop book to GIMP or trial and error. I guess I'd recommend GIMP if you want to do more than just make a photo black and white and are willing to take the time to learn. Otherwise, you might be better off with a different program.

Little Angel '77

11-15-2005, 09:15 AM

BuffuloBlondie
I would suggest picking up a copy of Photoshop Elements. It does the same thing as PS CS, but its not as expensive. Check Ebay. There are always copies on there.

BuffaloBlondie

11-15-2005, 03:06 PM

Thanks everybody for all of the great suggestions! I'll check them out & hopefully get an early Christmas present!

red_canuck

11-24-2005, 03:27 PM

Hi Ladies!
I'm late to the party, but wanted to share some pics. I'm just a beginner with a not-so-good camera, but I do what I can! Three weeks ago I lost all of my pictures when the computer crashed, so I'm starting over again. My favs were uploaded online, but I'm sad I lost their original sizing.

Any thought sor ideas on ways to improve?

Some of my favourites

you can't go wrong with pet pictures...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/red_canuck/Finished%20signed%20and%20framed%20photos/fergus1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/red_canuck/Finished%20signed%20and%20framed%20photos/rowan2.jpg

Some random ones...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/red_canuck/Finished%20signed%20and%20framed%20photos/winged.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/red_canuck/Finished%20signed%20and%20framed%20photos/pretty.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/red_canuck/Finished%20signed%20and%20framed%20photos/inn.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/red_canuck/Finished%20signed%20and%20framed%20photos/reddaisy.jpg

Sunshine

11-24-2005, 03:55 PM

red_canuck~All I can say is....WOW:D

red_canuck

11-30-2005, 03:24 PM

Thanks sunshine :D

Jenessa

12-03-2005, 07:32 PM

Red Canuck, great pictures! I especially love the second pic of the cat. What kind of cat is that by the way?

pontmarie

12-03-2005, 07:44 PM

Amanda - You take awesome shots!

Cali*Girl

12-04-2005, 04:10 PM

I usually just take photos at family trips and vacations, but I'm looking at turning it into more of a hobby.

Here are some of my most recent pictures:

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1365/2/26/79/94/27/2/227947926205_0_ALB.jpg

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1314/2/65/75/39/7/3/307397565205_0_ALB.jpg

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1314/2/65/85/80/76/9/976808565205_0_ALB.jpg

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1314/2/65/85/2/3/1/103028565205_0_ALB.jpg

http://images.kodakgallery.com/photos1176/2/13/44/70/81/3/381704413205_0_ALB.jpg

Jenessa

12-06-2005, 12:16 AM

I don't know if it is just my computer, but I can't see your pictures, Dens_Cinderella. All I see are boxes with red x's. I will be back to check on those pics! :)

Sunshine

12-06-2005, 09:23 AM

I also cant see your pics Dens_Cinderella...I am pretty sure it is b/c you have your photos in kodak gallery, I dont htink this site supports the kodak gallery. (Try shutterfly.com or snapfish.com or photobucket.com just to name a few)

ANyhow, I was still able to view your photos the hard way and I had to say I Like the 3rd one the best:) (What is the last picture? I can't figure it out...)

Cali*Girl

12-06-2005, 04:20 PM

Just out of curiousity...why can I see them?

I'll look around at different hosts.

KarenS

12-06-2005, 05:25 PM

Many sites don't allow passive hotlinking to other sites. You can see them because it's your account and the images are already cached in your computer. The rest of us have to copy the URL of the image and paste it into a new browser window to bypass the kodak hot-linking restrictions.

Karen

clammyinsf

12-07-2005, 06:43 PM

de-lurking. i love photography and it'll be my new year's resolution to learn more about it, specifically how to use my camera properly... i just upgraded to a nikon D70. here are a few shots taken over the last few months:

after the last SF Giants game this season
http://images14.fotki.com/v224/photos/6/67892/2710733/DSC_0015-vi.jpg?332500

http://images14.fotki.com/v221/photos/6/67892/2710733/DSC_0019-vi.jpg?500332

had a little trouble focusing this one...
http://images14.fotki.com/v224/photos/6/67892/2710733/DSC_0024-vi.jpg?500332

49er training camp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v615/clammyinsf/DSC_0219.jpg

i would really love to hear any tips on photographing kids... my favorite subjects are my nieces & nephew but it's been so hard bc they don't keep still for too long!

sravenne

12-07-2005, 07:38 PM

Hey Clammy! I had no idea you enjoyed photography! Nice to see you around! When I first purchased my Canon 20D, I tried to read through that darn manual, but I got lost (and bored). I purchased an instructional DVD which helped out a lot. Here's one for your camera by the same maker:

http://www7.ritzcamera.com/product/13271608

It's not the feel good movie of the year, but it helps out a lot, especially if you're a visual person. Good luck hun!

Kimmy

Lindsan

12-08-2005, 12:19 PM

i would really love to hear any tips on photographing kids... my favorite subjects are my nieces & nephew but it's been so hard bc they don't keep still for too long!
I try to catch them in whatever they are doing instead of having them pose for me. I don't feel confident enough to be able to demand posing yet. So mostly I just get down on the floor while they play or whatever and click away. Usually they need some time to get used to me doing that before they relax and ignore me (and stop making faces at the camera). Some of my favourites of children are non posed ones. Here are a few:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/DSC02720.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/81063c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/P5150382.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/155072b.jpg

Lindsan

12-08-2005, 02:29 PM

Here are a few ones that are more posed. The kids are adorable but I don't like these photos as much.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/161025c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/161066b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/161076c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/Lindsan/161089c.jpg

But deliciousjones is the expert when it comes to kids. I hope she comes in with some good tips. I'm interested too!

KarenS

12-08-2005, 02:34 PM

Lindsan - how are you converting your b&w images? They look very low contrast to me, even on my laptop monitor, which should be much better.

Karen

deliciousjones

12-08-2005, 04:33 PM

Hey Lindsan, it looks like you're converting to greyscale which doesn't give the photos much oomph. What editing application are you using? Maybe we can help you with your conversions!

i would really love to hear any tips on photographing kids... my favorite subjects are my nieces & nephew but it's been so hard bc they don't keep still for too long!

i photograph a lot of children and what i have found works best is to spend some time letting them get comfortable with me and my camera, and taking my time getting c