But it’s getting worse around here. A few years ago nobody would care that much. These days, with everybody happily shooting everything around them with their phones and tablets, I’ve been facing the cops twice in a month.

The thing is, the cops get called by some overreacting moron, they get to me, ask me what I’m doing, most of…Read more

OK… rant over.

While I do agree with you on the whole Win8 rant (the search feature is nice though) cars have also been “upgraded” with a whole lot of unnecessary shiat. I could write a book on the topic but I’ll keep it short: Built-in obsolescence.

Sorry for the threadjack =)

Btw, is it Thursday already? Dammit, have to go and search for…Read more

I shot this one using three rather weak, garden-variety flashes (two sb600s and my disposable yongnuo) in a setup very similar to yours, with the front flash shooting one step above the background ones. As you can see, there are a lot of shadows and the girl’s face and shoulder…Read more

/And sleep well the night before, weddings can be really boring.

Indeed, I received and email from my client this morning, she has decided to with her shots on the Ipad as they give her a look and feel more in line with her creative vision. Fair enough, I can’t complain about that.

This is as interesting as it is dumb. So what did she hired you for? Was she trying to prove something?

Unfortunately,…

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My favorite thing of all time though is the “you take great photos, you must have a good camera” line. My standard arrogant douchebag response is “yea I do, and I know how to use it.”

Soon it could be “you take great photos, you must use a good app” and then we’ll think of the “good camera” days as the golden age.

The little fish can be the real dicks.

Precisely. The less talented a photographer is, the more likely he/she is to be a dick.

My wife knows a couple of experienced, talented guys who are very nice and from them you can actually learn something.

Little fish think gear=talent;

Sure if I have 3-4 hours each way, Orionid. I suppose Tonto National Forest might count; as it’s registered and all that.
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//think I’ll settle for one of the riparian habitats; we have a few of those now, one stretches over 4 miles, 3 miles south of downtown, and I’ve got a few pictures from there now.

I think you should submit that photo for…

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Sorry to hear that, we all have them from time to time. Hope it gets better.

Thanks, at least it’s coming to an end.

I too am tempted to give up on “people” in general but I try to remain optimistic. So my strategy has become to lead off with the deflection if needed (“lucky” being one subset of that suite of strategies), however I try to…

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I wrote back a LONG email explaining resolution, file compression, software rendering and pixels per inch in printing and how high resolution shots are always needed in print work. I nicely pointed out that a five megapixel camera and five dollar photoshop app really can’t compare to 16 mgpxls and actual photoshop.

Why even bother? There was a…Read more

Okay, so I went with the lowest hanging fruit, which at least for me wasn’t so low after all. That place where I took those pictures is just awesome, but quite isolated, and somewhat tricky to get at.

Those shots are beautiful. Gotta ask, is the foreground lighting natural or did you have a lantern with you?

Thanks! =)

It was the moon. There…Read more

I just hope you are better off now you’ve quit that job.

I’ve been at deviantArt for ages, more than 5 years with my current account (the previous one was hijacked for no apparent reason), I’m admin/founder of two currently active groups and I can tell you how bad/different that site has become. I’m not saying this in the my-good-old-times-better-than-yours way, I’m…Read more

I like Guinness too but it’s too damn expensive down here to stock on it.

Do you get free beer?

This one…

I have to say that I agree to a certain point with orionid, some of the entries this week seem a little bit off, yes, there was consensus, but still. I’m not a big fan of postprocessing, I rather spent time behind the lens than in front of the computer. All of the entries I chose for this…Read more

Actually, I want a DSLR that shoots decent video. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not really into it but let’s call it some kind of assignment. Budget is low so I was told a Canon 60D should do. Currently testing a D7000 but I’m not impressed.

You can, of course, ramp your ISO as high as it will go and use no no reduction to emulate this, though sensor noise and grain really look nothing alike IMO.

Threadjack.

This is something that baffles me to this day, why do so many people think that grain looks like noise and viceversa? I’ve had some people tell me my B/W shots have lots of…Read more

You can drive in through the gate (which is kind of intimidating, the doors slide up and you can almost feel how massive they are.) People go there with ATVs and dirt bikes to make all…Read more

Last Friday I was staring at a brick wall, trying t figure out what to make of it…

So, after missing some contests I made it to this one, not all of my ideas materialised so I may post one more pic tomorrow.

Thanks sleeping!

Usually I wouldn’t mind that much but film is expensive these days.

Thanks sleeping!

Usually I wouldn’t mind that much but film is expensive these days.

Thanks sleeping!

Usually I wouldn’t mind that much but film is expensive these days.

Might as well go the fetish way and whore some votes =)

I’m going through one of those dark periods when thoughts/ideas completely fail to realize.

He was unable to register it though.