Thanks for the knowledge. I have to bookmark this thread to come back to from time to time. Hopefully other folks will chime in with their camera experiences.
Camera Talk.....
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montanablur said:
This is so true. It funny how many baby / little kid pics that are obviously taken standing fully straight up. Just getting to eye level with the child makes a huge difference. Another tip for portraits is to put the subject off of the center axis so that the person is 1/3 of the way into the frame. Obviously lock the focus in first.
Another thing that comes to mind with composition is that most of the time you should either move closer or farther away from the subject compared to what feels right.
V22Guy said:Ben, I just don't get people sometimes. That one guy is a total ass. Probably goes home at night and hugs his precious star trek collection. LOL. During the "pepsi challenge" I thought the D70s was a very nice camera. The three main reasons I chose the 20D was" 2 additional MP, the menu display / menu control, and finally the feel. Yes it just felt good
On another note Ben, I grew up about 1.5 hours north of you in a little town called Chehalis. Next time I go home to see the parents, we should hook up for a beverage.
Yes, I work for Boeing, on the defense side of the house.
Yeah, you are probably getting a lot of dirty looks from the environmentalist crowd.
Yeah, you are probably getting a lot of dirty looks from the environmentalist crowd.
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Four pages, still on topic and nearly all constructive??? Is this the end of Dweb as we know it????
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Photography is a wonderful thing.
I encourage everyone to visit this photographers site.
http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/
I encourage everyone to visit this photographers site.
http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/
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montanablur said:
Amazing and sobering photographs. All difficult, and I won't hijack Paul's thread by saying more.
KJ
barefoot said:...as for photoshop...try k a z a a...its a little cheaper there!
holy crap! i just noticed that i am a "frequent poster"! f'n A man
Holy crap! I just noticed that you are a thieving, stealing, copyright violating prick!
montanablur said:
I dabble in all aspects of photography and pretty much consider myself a jack of all trades master of none....this photography is one genre I have never ventured into. I had a chance to go to Iraq and signed on to go and then chickened out at last minute...I really wished sometimes I had made the journey but it was right around the time Nick Berg lost his head in Iraq literally and I had a bad gut feeling and watched that video of him and put myself and my own family in that position.
I decided against going, but regret all the great images I would have gotten and the advancement of my photographic career if I had of made it back alive and intact.
Along the same lines:
http://www.jimmacmillan.com/iraq/index.html
Although they are not featured in his website (probably because they are now the property of the AP) Jim won two Pulizers last year for his photography in Iraq, both photos featured my brother in the fighting in Najaf, Iraq. Any of the photos that are labeled Najaf or Falluja are of my brother's platoon, in which he was a Squad leader and Platoon Sgt.
He has been shooting film for a long time. When he went to Iraq the AP gave him a 20D and some other Canon. But, in his own words, he had his personal equipment, a D70 and a D2h sent out to him after Najaf because they are, "more intuitive, and easier to use on the fly."
Which doesn't actually say much, since that is a pretty subjective judgement. But hey, he used both!!
http://www.jimmacmillan.com/iraq/index.html
Although they are not featured in his website (probably because they are now the property of the AP) Jim won two Pulizers last year for his photography in Iraq, both photos featured my brother in the fighting in Najaf, Iraq. Any of the photos that are labeled Najaf or Falluja are of my brother's platoon, in which he was a Squad leader and Platoon Sgt.
He has been shooting film for a long time. When he went to Iraq the AP gave him a 20D and some other Canon. But, in his own words, he had his personal equipment, a D70 and a D2h sent out to him after Najaf because they are, "more intuitive, and easier to use on the fly."
Which doesn't actually say much, since that is a pretty subjective judgement. But hey, he used both!!
RBBailey said:
More great stuff....yeah it was the Associated Press that offered the assignment to me as well. I was taking my own gear though. They were going to furnish a new Laptop though that I would have been able to keep....whoohoo
Michael Slade said:Holy crap! I just noticed that you are a thieving, stealing, copyright violating prick!
I wondered how long it would take for someone to make a call on that...lol and jump on that bandwagon...lmao
V22Guy said:Just ordered a Pelican 1524 case with Adjustable Padded Divider System. Here's a pic:
Paul,
That Pelican case is cool for storage of your gear, but is NOT feasible for when you are actually using your gear. You need a good camera bag...my favorite for professionals are Domke...they are the best bar none.
I myself still like the shoulder strap style of the Domke J1 or F5....I keep a bag with my extra gear on my shoulder or very close by at all times. I always have at least 2 camera bodies with me at all times...again why I like the bigger Domke J1 or F5, but if you just have a single body a Domke F2 or F3 should work nicely.
Here is an original Jim Domke F2....my favorite of all time
http://cgi.ebay.com/Domke-F2-Jim-Do...561739174QQcategoryZ50507QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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V22Guy said:
Damn, and you said I had some gourmet shit? LOL I've got freeze dried Tasters Choice and you bring out this gourmet shit.
When I purchased that 1524, I was thinking strictly on the basis of storage and transport in the Pig. I like that bag you linked, but what about in the outdoors? In my mind, a back-pack type set-up would be great for hiking / climbing over stuff. Last year at Moab, I was trying to carry a camera while climbing up some rocks to get pictures. One wrong move and that camera is in pieces
LOL! Thanks guys. Last night I was looking at Macro lenses for that whole 1 to 1 thing at 7 inches. Pretty cool stuff.
Tomorrow I am flying to Jacksonville, NC for work. I am going to take a Canon Powershot G6 (7.1mp) and try to shoot some aircraft flying around.
The JDAM was called in by a SEALs team that was with my brother's platoon. His FC and the SEALs got tired of being shot at from that building, they couldn't tell where it was coming from. So they just had it bombed. It really is as close as it looks in the photo, only across the street and down a block from where the photo was taken.
V22Guy said:When I purchased that 1524, I was thinking strictly on the basis of storage and transport in the Pig. I like that bag you linked, but what about in the outdoors? In my mind, a back-pack type set-up would be great for hiking / climbing over stuff. Last year at Moab, I was trying to carry a camera while climbing up some rocks to get pictures. One wrong move and that camera is in pieces
Have you checked out these Paul?
Lowepro:
http://www.lowepro.com/Products/
I'm digging this one, not just because it has rover in the name either.
http://www.lowepro.com/Products/Backpacks/waterproof/DryZone_Rover.aspx
Or Kata:
http://www.kata-bags.com/videoLobby.asp
Their stuff is a little more funky. On the plus side, they also make body armor.