My first amateur/pro photo shoot with the xe7....and the B word

[david_smith110]

<p>Well, its pro in the sense that his mom is paying for the film and developing. Im just glad to have such a great subject to photograph. My wifes cousin is the young man in these pics.</p>

<p>Again, minolta glass is really impressing me. I used the 50/1.7, 50/1.4 and the 58/1.4 in these shots. But I didnt keep a log so I dont remember which pic is from which lens. </p>

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[starvy]

<p>David, they are very nice indeed. Love the first series.<br>

As I came to the Classic camera forum my contact lens had to be taken off. In between putting on my glasses I read your post as XA4 and was a little startled! A paid appointment with the mighty clamshell from Olympus with zone focusing.. Aha well, you have disappointed me there. The XE7 is a very fine camera and your really nice pictures would have been even more of an accomplishment if they could have been taken with an XA4 ;)</p>

[Mike Gammill]

<p>Nice series. If your XE-7 is working well, there's no reason why it can't "earn its keep". I have a near mint XE-7 and if I had a paying job that called for 35mm but didn't need the speed of autofocus, I'd likely pick my XE-7 for the job and carry along my not-so-mint XE-5 along as back up. And of course, Rokkor glass is great and a terrific value as well. My favorite short tele for portraits was the 100mm f2.5, which unfortunately I sold when I picked up a 100mm f3.5 macro. While the macro is good for portraits, I do like the wider aperture of the f2.5 so I'm shopping for one again. Thanks for posting.</p>

[david_smith110]

<p>Thanks for the compliments guys.</p>

<p>Starvy- Thats freakin hilarious. My wife has an XA2 and if I could get pictures like this out of it I would be duly impressed. :)</p>

<p>Mike- Its not quite earning its keep but if it can turn out pics like these with my meager beginners skill then it can hang out all it wants for free. And I will have to give that 100mm a try. Thanks for the suggestion.</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Fine creative effort, <strong>David</strong>. You don't want the background to dominate your portraits, and some of that bokeh is pretty strong; the use of a longer lens would help a lot. I'm a great fan of the Minolta glass, and the XE7 has a very sound reputation. I'm looking forward to your next session!</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>Nice work. I like it.<br>

I'm not a big fan of flikr as a way to display pictures, however....</p>

[david_smith110]

<p>Rick- Thank you sir. And yes, 'strong' is a good way to describe the bokeh. Im really just experimenting with portraits for the first time and I do see myself going overboard on the background. Might have to rein that in a bit, but Im going to experiment some with it as well. Gives it a bit of a non traditional portrait look. Some of the backgrounds remind me of a Monet painting. I kinda like that. Thank you again for the compliment.</p>

<p>JDM- Thank you as well. Flickr isnt the best, I agree, but its familiar to me and its where I have all my old and new work. But it isnt free for much longer as I am about to hit the 200 pic limit at which point I have to pay. I do like all the groups available tho, those are fun.</p>

[donnie_strickland]

<p>David -- you mentioned in the other thread about placing multiple pictures in one post:</p>

<p>First you press the little tree icon at the top of the photo.net dialog box where you're typing your post. This brings up an "Insert/Edit Image" box, where you enter the URL of the image itself. To get this URL, go to your Flickr picture. Click "View all sizes". I usually click the medium size for forum posts. After you have selected a size, right-click on that picture and select "copy image URL".</p>

<p>Now go back to the photo.net "Insert/Edit Image" box and paste the picture URL you just got from Flickr. You should see this:</p>

<p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5108/5654687407_8e6ac8d652_z.jpg" alt="" width="424" height="640" /></p>

<p>And another:</p>

<p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5654687661_fae60dd680_z.jpg" alt="" width="424" height="640" /></p>

<p>Hope you don't mind I used a couple of yours for an example. Cheers!</p>

[david_smith110]

<p>Donnie, thanks for the instructions on that. I swear I was doing it that way but all I got was the broken pic icon. And no, I dont mind you using those pics at all. :)</p>

<p>Success!<br>

<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5693718285_2dd6d7de76.jpg" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>