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Show Your Images / Re: My First Attempt at Nature Photography
« on: October 23, 2009, 04:43:02 PM »
I really like it. I'm a fan of simple nature compositions.
Colors are nice too
Colors are nice too
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Business Stuff / Re: School Fall Portraits -- finished!
« on: October 18, 2009, 08:20:05 PM »
School portraits are another thing here where there is no direct likeness. I do a lot of kids sporting events in between the pro triathlons I cover, and the organizers of the kids sportsy expect a certain kickback as well. It's easy to spin it in your favor, when I do the advertiaing for the events I make it clear that "every dollar spent on photos helps support ______".
Parents buy more, it drives them to my site, and gets my product in their houses.
I've actually had four people book me for their wedding as a direct result of buying a photo from a school sports/dance event, so I can't complain too much about a kickback.
Parents buy more, it drives them to my site, and gets my product in their houses.
I've actually had four people book me for their wedding as a direct result of buying a photo from a school sports/dance event, so I can't complain too much about a kickback.
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Large Wall Portraits / An interesting quote from a British Photographer, comparing LWP's and paintings
« on: October 13, 2009, 04:35:36 PM »
In the July 2009 issue of "ProPhoto Magazine" (as far as i know, no relations to the prophoto show family here.)
http://www.photopromagazine.com/index.php/index.php?option=com_backissues&act=backissues&issue=11
It's a UK published photography magazine That i pick up every once in a while when they have an interesting article. The article I wanted to read was actually an article talking about bringing senior portraits to the British Market- a topic for another post. But what made me pay rapt attention is when the columnist (her name is Julia Boggio) posted a quote from another UK photographer named Martin Graham-Dunne. I's scan the page in, but that would be blatant copyright infringement. Here's the paragraph, from page 39 of the July 2009 issue, from Julia Boggios monthly column:
"It's just a fact of life that Americans generally love to be photographed. I think the best explanation I've heard for this came from Martin Graham-Dunne, who has worked on both sides of the pond. "America is a nation whose entire visual history tradition is based around photography, with very little history of fine art. In COntrast, Europe has a long and varied art history. Because of this, the British think painting when they think of art; not photography. Ironically, we're happy to put a huge painting of ourselves on the wall, but we consider a simple 10x8 inch photograph as 'big' and a bit garish."
Keep in mind Martin Graham-Dunne is a very successful photographer, and has worked in both the UK and the US. Here's a link to some of his stuff:
http://www.flaghead.co.uk/pages/images-qflash-8.html
http://www.illuminatusnow.com/
Thoughts?
http://www.photopromagazine.com/index.php/index.php?option=com_backissues&act=backissues&issue=11
It's a UK published photography magazine That i pick up every once in a while when they have an interesting article. The article I wanted to read was actually an article talking about bringing senior portraits to the British Market- a topic for another post. But what made me pay rapt attention is when the columnist (her name is Julia Boggio) posted a quote from another UK photographer named Martin Graham-Dunne. I's scan the page in, but that would be blatant copyright infringement. Here's the paragraph, from page 39 of the July 2009 issue, from Julia Boggios monthly column:
"It's just a fact of life that Americans generally love to be photographed. I think the best explanation I've heard for this came from Martin Graham-Dunne, who has worked on both sides of the pond. "America is a nation whose entire visual history tradition is based around photography, with very little history of fine art. In COntrast, Europe has a long and varied art history. Because of this, the British think painting when they think of art; not photography. Ironically, we're happy to put a huge painting of ourselves on the wall, but we consider a simple 10x8 inch photograph as 'big' and a bit garish."
Keep in mind Martin Graham-Dunne is a very successful photographer, and has worked in both the UK and the US. Here's a link to some of his stuff:
http://www.flaghead.co.uk/pages/images-qflash-8.html
http://www.illuminatusnow.com/
Thoughts?
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Workflow & Software / Re: Transparent Bottle Effect
« on: October 13, 2009, 04:13:44 PM »
a layer blend mode, maybe?
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Pro Photo Show & Beyond / Re: PPS #61. Shootsacs, Sensors and Space:
« on: October 13, 2009, 04:02:07 PM »Neat shot. Love the idea. Somehow she seems pasted in to me in this though. Out of place or something.
I love the silky water, and I gather that she was really in the scene. Can't exactly say what's bugging me about her though. Something just feels off.
I get that feeling to. She looks dragged and dropped in. Maybe it's the perspective, or maybe she seems oversharpened. I can't put my finger on it.
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Show Your Images / Re: My first senior portraits
« on: October 07, 2009, 01:51:08 PM »
She looks a little awkward in the first shot, but I'm not entirely sure why you'd need to gel your flash. At least from my perspective, the flash looks fine...
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Business Stuff / Re: Eventective.com For Leads
« on: October 04, 2009, 05:09:28 PM »
I might consider it. From what I saw it's not in Australia, though.
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Business Stuff / Re: New Wedding Photographer
« on: October 04, 2009, 05:08:23 PM »When it's a client who implies that a free photographer can be just as good as a pro, I still haven't really come with any solid response. I don't want to argue with them, so so far I've just politely told them that I respect their decision and if they ever decide to hire a professional, I'd be happy to work with them.
the only thing i've said is that:
"...this is a once in a lifetime event, and they've spent way too much time picking the perfect gown, the perfect venue, the perfect shoes, and making the atmosphere at the reception perfect to not be confident in the abilities of the photographer. Maybe Uncle Bob does have a nice camera, and maybe he does take nice snapshots, but is that how you'd like to remember your special day? A good wedding photographer does more than just take pictures. We're there to make your day as good as it can be, and to make sure your memories of your day are BETTER than the day itself."
I wrote an email very similar to that a few months ago when a friend of my fiancees was getting married and wanted some more information about what I do...and then said "well, my Uncle has a nice camera..."
They actually did wind up booking me, which is good
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Workflow & Software / Re: Lightroom 2.5
« on: October 01, 2009, 11:13:25 PM »
Even if lightroom runs smoother, I still wouldn't use a mac 
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Workflow & Software / Re: Lightroom 2.5
« on: October 01, 2009, 12:25:14 AM »
Yeah I notice the same thing after i updated mine. I'm quite pleased
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Say HELLO / Re: Hello from Australia
« on: September 29, 2009, 09:08:37 PM »
Welcome to the forums from another Aussie!
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Show Your Images / Re: 4 photos from St Louis, IL
« on: September 29, 2009, 06:01:38 PM »
Yeah the mantis picture is cool
Nice job!
Nice job!
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Dynamic Range & HDR / Re: Great Lakes HDR
« on: September 28, 2009, 07:22:50 PM »
It seems like the lighthouse photo is leaning a bit to the left. There's also a lot of high contrast artifacts that are a bit distracting.
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General Photo Discussion / Re: subject in scenics?
« on: September 28, 2009, 07:20:38 PM »
I think the subject of a scenic shot could be the colours above and below the horizon, but using that specific scene, it's been done so many times by everyone who owns a camera that it's such a cliche. There has to be something to break it out of the cliche... A rock formation, a sailboat, clouds, birds, a bridge in the background, anything.
With a scenic shot, in general, you need to have something that draws the viewers eye into the scene- you may have heard by now about "foreground interest".
I think it's what makes the difference between a snapshot and a great landscape photo.
With a scenic shot, in general, you need to have something that draws the viewers eye into the scene- you may have heard by now about "foreground interest".
I think it's what makes the difference between a snapshot and a great landscape photo.
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General Photo Discussion / Re: Hired for Unfamiliar Grounds...
« on: September 28, 2009, 07:09:08 PM »
I've done a bit of food photography for local restaurants, but i'm by no means an expert at food photographer.
Food photography is easy to do, but very very hard to do well. The goal is to make the food look better than it really is. It's best to look at lots of pictures around at how they are composed, and how the lighting is used to accent the textures of the different foods.
Food photography is easy to do, but very very hard to do well. The goal is to make the food look better than it really is. It's best to look at lots of pictures around at how they are composed, and how the lighting is used to accent the textures of the different foods.