ed_tobin

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I started last year getting my images copyrighted with the US government and I have a question about the correct text to use given that some images where submitted in 2009 and some in 2010.<br>

Do I just use the latest year or do I have to include both year such as "Copyright: 2009 & 2010 Ed Tobin"<br>

Thanks for you input</p>

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<p>Thanks Jeff,<br>

I travel well so I do not think fatigue will be an issuse. Great suggestions, do you have any suggestions for hotels in Delhi or which area I should look for a hotel. I have been looking at trip advisor and found one that looks really nice but it appears to be more in New Delhi</p>

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<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I will be landing in Delhi on Jan 9th and have 5 days before I meet up with some fellow photographers to photograph the southern area of India.<br>

I am well traveled in Asia but this will be my first time in India and I am not sure what I should do for 5 days. I want to photograph but it appears that Delhi maybe the wrong place to relax and adjust.</p>

<p>I would welcome any suggestions.</p>

<p>Thanks--Ed</p>

<p>I just wanted to share a website that really helped me understand the government copyright online system. I found the website very hard to understand what to do even after reading the tutorial. This is a link that includes screen snapshots of the system and explains from a photographer prospective what you need to enter.</p>

<p>http://blog.photoshelter.com/corp/2009/05/electronic-copyright-registrat.html</p>

<p>I am starting to do shows at galleries and someone mentioned that I should really copyright my images if I am publishing them to the web and then looking to sell them through galleries.</p>

<p>I have read some of the posting about copyrighting but I am still not sure what to do after reading the US Copyright Office FAQ.<br>

My concern is around the definition of published vs unpublished work. </p>

<p>From 2001 to 2004 I posted some of my photographs here on photo.net<br>

From 2004 to present I have been posting some photographs on my own personal domain<br>

2009 I have been sharing some with friends on Facebook</p>

<p>So my question are any of these photographs considered published?</p>

<p>According to the US Copyright Office submission FAQ<br>

Basic claims include (1) a single work; (2) multiple unpublished works if they are all by the same author(s) and owned by the same claimant; and (3) multiple pub- lished works if they are all first published together in the same publication on the same date and owned by the same claimant.</p>

<p>I would really like to be able to keep things simple and do a single claim for unpublished but realizing that some images have been posted to the websites listed above and that it was done over a series of years I do not see how I could submit under #3</p>

<p>Which type of basic claim do I need to do #1, #2, or #3 based on what I described above</p>

<p>I would like to purchase a printer to print proofs for showing to my local print shop so that they can better match my output; contrast and color. Also if the quality is good enough I would like to use the proofs in a portfolio to show potential galleries.</p>

<p>Since they are only proofs I do not care about archival life<br>

Size would have to be a minimum of 8.5 x 11 full sheet but it would be nice if it could print on a larger sheet of paper such as 11x17 or 13x19. With the larger size I do not care if it is full sheet printing or with a border.<br>

I only do color so I am not interested in B&W<br>

My computer is an Apple iMac running OSX10.5.7</p>

<p>I have not followed printers in the last couple of years so it would be helpful if I could get some recommendations that I could use to do some research on prior to selecting a printer.</p>

<p>Thanks--Ed</p>

 

<p>Hi,<br>

I have been using the M80 for a few years now and have been very happy with it. I purchased it on a trip to Japan when the $ was much stronger so it was a fair price for what I needed. But today I just returned from 6 weeks in Southeast Asia and to my suprise I can not get the device to work with my new Mac which runs OS X 10.5.x</p>

<p>It worked fine with my older Mac which ran OS C 10.4 but this new operating system does not even recognize the device is connect to the computer.</p>

<p>Since down grading my OS is not an option does anyone know of any tricks to try to get OS X 10.5 to recognize the device so I can get my images imported in to Aperture? I guess I could find someone to back it up on to DVD's for me but I would really prefer to get it to work with my computer because I have a few more long trips planned were I was planning on taking the M80</p>

<p>Thanks--Ed</p>

<p>Not knowing how much time you plan on spending but I always start by looking for destinations serviced by the low cost airlines such as Ryan Air then once you see where you can fly cheaply based on your time frame you can research several of the areas before picking one.<br>

Good luck</p>

<p>Great photograph Jeff and thanks for sharing your experiences. Any idea how long to plan for driving between locations?</p>

<p>All very good input. So yes the purpose of the trip is photography and I never really enjoyed staying one or two nights in a place because sometimes I feel that I just need the light or weather to improve to capture what I think would be a great image. My thoughts was in Hoi An and Hanoi that I would do day trips to other areas and while I will have a itinerary I fully expect to be changing it based on if I am having fun or not feeling a connection with the area so I am not making any hotel reservations with the exception of Saigon.<br>

Based on Jeff and Allen's feedback I am now thinking of only two days at the start in Saigon and if I want more I either change my plans or add the time on the end of the trip.<br>

As for using a large lens on people I fully agree with the exception that I really do like to take pictures where the persons is not easily identified because they are blurred due to motion or a silhouette. I guess I view them more as an actor in my photograph. The first image in this album is typical of what I aspirer to take http://julien.mammouth.free.fr/vietnam/ninh_binh/album/index.html<br>

I think I will be taking the train from Hue to Hanoi based on feedback so far</p>

 

<p>Well I have been to Sicily and Venice a few times and for the landscapes that I like to shot to isolate patterns I use my 100-400mm the most followed by my 28-70mm and lastly my 17-35mm.<br>

In Venice I used my 28-70 the most except for when I went to Burano<br>

I shoot with a 5D which is a full frame</p>

<p>Last year I spend a couple of weeks in the Dordogne area. I stayed at a B&B and the owners told me that there were seaonal rentals available in the Port De Cause village which is close to Beynac. In early June there were not many tourist and when season hits high it is mostly French tourist. I had a great time taking long walks through the country side to find great scenic vista's that I went back to when the light was right.</p>

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<p>Back in December I posed a question about traveling solo or with a tour. I got a lot of great information so thank you all and I have now done a lot of research and will be traveling solo. It would be very helpful if those that have traveled in Vietnam could comment on my itinerary as I do have a couple of questions. I have much more details to the itinerary but since my questions are mostly about modes of travel and travel time I am just giving you the overview. For each location I am assuming that I will do day trips to see the nearby sights.<br>

1. Is there much to see from Hue to Hanoi and would I be better spend my time flying of taking the train to Hanio?<br>

2. How much travel time should I plan for. Right now with the exception of Hue to Hanoi I was thinking one full day, starting early with some stops and finishing for diner and finding hotel<br>

3. What would you change on my itinerary if this were you traveling<br>

3. Still not sure what lenses to take. I really want pictures of the fishing villages, people working in the fields, some portraits of the people and children. It seems that most people took a lens up to 200mm and did not think it was enough to capture the rice fields so I am now thinking 35mm, 24-105/f4 and my 100-400/f4. I have wider and faster lens but I was not planning on taking them (16-35/f2.8 and 28-70f2.8 plus a 70mm - 200mm f/4. The 35mm is very small and fast so I thought this may be good for some quick snapshots. With this selection what would you take or leave behind<br>

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<p><b>Proposed High Level Itinerary</b><br>

Saigon for 4 nights<br>

Travel day to Dalat and overnight there<br>

Travel to Quy Nhnon and stay 3 nights in that area<br>

Travel to Hoi An<br>

Hoi An for 5 nights<br>

Travel to Hue<br>

Hue for 3 nights<br>

Travel to Hanio<br>

Hanio for 5 nights<br>

Fly to Laos<br>

Stay in Laos for 4 days going north to south maybe with flying or bus<br>

Fly to Cambodia <br>

Stay in Cambodia for 4 nights<br>

Take Mekong boat to Vietnam<br>

Explore Mekong area for 4 nights<br>

Travel to Saigon</p>

<p>Thanks in advance and I will be sure to share my experiences when I return. Right now I have my plane tickets and I arrive in Saigon on the 10th of May and depart on 21st of June</p>

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<p>Marios,</p>

<p>thank you so much for sharing this information. My email address is ed@pictorlumen.com</p>

<p>I shot with a 5D which is a full frame so I do not get any magnification. I was planning on packing only 2 lenses<br>

24-105/f4 and my 70-200/f4. I have wider and faster lens but I was not planning on taking them (16-35/f2.8 and 28-70f2.8)<br>

Given the size of the country there does not appear to be a perfect time to visit all regions. Am I correct that most of your photographs on you website were taken earlier in the day or later in the afternoon and that mid day you traveled?<br>

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<p>Marios, I have an other question</p>

<p>what lenses did you take and what would you recommend?</p>

<p>thanks--Ed</p>

<p>Thanks and let me say your photographs are amazing and I dream of taking images of the same quality as yours. I read your travel blog which appears to follow a similar route that you took.  Do you have any details on the hotels or the detail itinerary that you started with? I am trying to get a sense if I am in a different hotel everynight or if I stay in an area for a few nights and do day trips<br>

Did you book you hotels before arriving in Vietnam and if so how much in advance did you book?<br>

What time of year did you go ? I am thinking of May<br>

If you had to do it again what would you have done differently?</p>

<p>thanks--Ed</p>

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am planning on going to Vietnam by myself for 5 to 6 weeks inclusive of travel from the USA and back.<br>

This is my first time to this country and I have read many of the postings including the Vietnam photographers guide but I one question that I keep wrestling.<br>

Do I just go and deal with all of the details of hotel and local travel when i arrive or do I join a tour four a couple of weeks then go on my own once I am orientated?</p>

<p>The tour that a neighbor recommended is http://www.oattravel.com/gcc/general/default.aspx?oid=226223&linklocation=search. This tour company will reduce the price by about $1000 since I will be using my frequent flier miles for travel to and from the USA<br>

I would be grateful for the views and thoughts of thoses that have traveled to Vietnam</p>

<p>Thanks--Ed</p>

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Hi Mikhail,

 

Yes I did take it out but I did not feel comfortable doing a lot of shots because there

were always police or military around and I figured that they may have questions so

I limited my photographs.

 

The weather was cool and one day it snowed. This would not have been a problem if

the airlines did not lose my luggage and I only had a sport coat.

 

Thanks for your input the city is beautiful and the people were all friendly enough

and I never felt unsafe.

Thanks Mikhail,

 

I have arrived and to me I feel as save as I do in any large city. Seems like there are a few tourist but I do not see anyone with a camera larger than a point and shoot.

 

Today I am going to take a tour of the city with a guide and then I will decide if I want to take my Canon 5d out or just stick with the point and shoot camera. It is colder than I expected and it snowed yesterday

Hi,

 

Next week I will be in St Petersburg for business and I will have a Thursday and Friday to myself

to explore the city. This is my first time to Russia and I do not see many recent posting about St

Petersburg so I was hoping if someone could let me know of any must see places. Typically I like

to shot landscapes, architecture, and candid people shots.

 

I do a lot of travel so I am always aware of my surroundings but I wanted to see if anyone thought I

should be concerned more than normal about photographing with a Canon 5D and using a tripod. I

could always leave the tripod at home and I was thinking of bringing only one lens so I will not need

a big bulky bag.

 

Thanks--Ed

Hi,

 

I am planning on backpacking for 2 to 3 months in Asia and for the first time I am trying to go really light.

When I typically travel I take 3 to 4 lenses which are 16-35mm, 24-70mm, 100-400mm all which are

Canon L lenses

 

I also have a Canon 70 - 200mm and a Tamron 28-300

 

I was thinking of taking the Tamron since it is small and light but I have not been overly impressed with

the image quality on the 5D and I am not sure that if there is something better out there.

 

Mostly I will be shooting landscapes and then people in the markets. Most of the time it seems like I also

shoot in the 70-200mm range and sometimes longer if I can not get close enough on the landscapes or

trying to do a candid street photograph

 

The challenge is that the 70-200 is still a big lens and will really standout and I would like to just travel

light and blend in as much as possible.

 

Does anyone have a recommendation or a favorite lens that you think would fit my need

 

Thanks--Ed

Hello,

 

I am beginning to plan a vacation to Spain. I like to photograph beautiful landscapes and old neglected

buildings to show the rich textures, patterns, and colors that you can often find in such structures.

 

I prefer to go to areas that are not heavy touristed and use local transportation and walking with a few

days for hired cars to reach more remote areas.

 

So far I am considering Algeciras, Toledo, Segovia, Sierra de Francia and Sierra de Bejar.

 

I will only have about 10 days in Spain and would like to be at places that are safe so I do not have to

worry about walking the streets photographing. I am think of going in late April or May but could also do

June if it is not the high season. My guess is I will fly into Madrid and then take a train one or two other

locations where I will stay.

 

Any recommendations and comments on my short list would be helpful as well as suggestions on places

to stay to maximize my photography experience while in Spain or other locations that you think are better

given what I would like to photograph

 

Thanks--Ed

I have been to the everglades a few times and this guide has been the most usefull for getting me to great locations with limited time. Maybe if you call them the can sell you a pdf version

 

http://phototravelercatalog.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.100.exe/scstore/soflorida.html?L+scstore+qucy0854+1201375232

 

Jan and Feb are great months to go typically

When I went to South Africa I stay at the Phinda with is part of CC Africa. While they did not specialize in photography often on the jeep there was only one or two other people and I had all the room in the back to lay my equipment down and photograph. Great time, highly recommended but it to was expensive