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<p>Lead by example. Tend your own garden. Unless the photographer is absolutely ignorant to what he is doing, you are not going to get through to someone like that until an occurrance arises that humbles them off that high hill they stand upon. Again, lead by example. Bring no harm and tend your own garden.</p>

<p>I'm looking to create and have my own fine art style book made. I know there are a number of companies out there (Blurb - PhotoBook Press). I'm looking to hear suggestions and experiences. I prefer not to have to spend over around $50 per but will consider if the deal is right.</p>

<p>I was looking for opinions on what folks thought was the best overall flash setup for wedding photography? It might be too generic a question, I know, but aside from sticking with your own manufacturers brand (in my case Sony), what other setup options are there. A recent wedding I shot, I found that my flash (Sony F58-AM) performed well but not as well in parts as I would have liked - for one, my recycle time, at times, seemed to lag. Are there reliable, portable, better battery options folks can suggest?</p>

<p>Sounds like a lot of work. I understand that noise can be an issue but I've also experienced where the lack of humidity can also help keep noise reduction down. This shot is 40 minutes in length, f/4.5 ISO 200. I've had many successful images that I've printed 13X19 without all that interval work. But hey.., whatever you believe will work for you.</p><div></div>

<p> Does anyone have any experience with the Rogue FlashBender by Expoimaging. Scott Kelby TV seemed to find it interesting but didn't get into at any length. Here's the link: <a href="http://www.expoimaging.com/">http://www.expoimaging.com/</a><br>

I was thinking about picking this up in addition to the diffuser I use now (Ultimate LightBox System) - or do folks think it overkill to have multiple diffusers?</p>

<p>another example</p><div></div>

<p>Searching for that mood - then you will need to keep your images tight and smallish. You'll want small segments. Sandy Hook can offer some of that. I've taken quite a number of desert like images with simple rocks and sand with no trace of vegetation.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm in the market for a reflector to do some small group portraits outside - 4 to 7 people. What size would work well for fill, bounce and such?</p>

<p>When I was in my early/mid twenties, weight of gear was never an issue. If that's what you want to carry around and you think you'll use it, then more power to you. As I got older I trimmed my travel bag because it would turn out that I rarely used all that I brought - couldn't tell me that at the time though. Personally, I'd drop the hasslebald and lens. Otherwise, enjoy the trip, make it a trip of a lifetime. That weight, again, never overly concerned me when I was your age, I just muscled through it and made it happen. Enjoy!</p>

<p>B&H - it's the best, most reliable store around the city if not the country. Not always the best price but always competitive, great service. I do 99% of my photography/video shopping through them.</p>

<p>Sandy Hook in NJ for a quiet sunrise or sunsets (go during the week). Harriman State Park - lots of variety - closer than the Catskills.</p>

<p>The drive from Boston to Acadia will run about 5+ hours or more depending on traffic. Make your reservations now. You can look Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce for lodging ideas. Bring bug juice - if it's warm, mosquitoes will be starting to become a presence. Also, sunrise is very early. Depending on where you are staying and wanting to shoot 4am wakeup is not unheard of. Otter Cliffs is always a must for one morning and of course Cadillac is classic for sunrise and sunset. Late morning and Late afternoon <em>(essentially after you finish your sunrise shooting or just before going to sunset destination)</em> make for good shooting at Jordan pond. The Asticou Garden should be in nice bloom then as well. Bass Harbor Light is a good late morning or late day spot. If you want to shoot Thunder Hole in good light, then early morning is the time for that. The coast line from Sand Beach to Otter Cliffs is all for the morning - I find that to be how it works best for that time of year - though Sand Beach itself doesn't offer a good sunrise opportunity because Great Head gets in the way. But a hike along the trail around Great Head offers a terrific view of The Beehive.</p>

<p>There are a host of trails that go up and around the many mountains and offer great views as well but these are lesser known, and lesser traveled for the most part but can be spectacular if you are into that kind of adventure. What I gave you were pretty simple highlights that can be done with relative ease in the short time you have. It will be crowded that weekend, so prepare your mind for that - pack sweaters and a jacket, because mornings can be chilly and I've been on top of a very windy Cadillac for sunrise wishing for a pair of gloves and more layers at that time of year.</p>

<p>Thanks all for the responses and I will keep the tips and suggestions in mind.</p>

<p>Here's an article on "Thinking 4X5 in a 35mm World" I wrote 6 years ago.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.photomigrations.com/articles/0408100.htm">http://www.photomigrations.com/articles/0408100.htm</a></p>

<p>When you want to lose weight, it's 75% diet, 25% exercise. Same thing in photography, 75% business, 25% actual shooting.</p>

<p>Well I'm putting away my pennies for a 7 to 10 day trip to Iceland in July of 2011 - exact week to still be determined. I've gathered up some good information in the archives here as well as elsewhere but am always looking for more info. The plan is to rent a 4x4 or 4x4 camper and do the Ring road with excursions. I'm sure we'll trod the same places as many others have but I'm also looking for any other "off-the-beaten-path" places as well. The primary interest is landscape/travel/culture style images. The east coast looks like it isn't represented as well as many other parts - is it because people just don't bother, nothing much there, or what? When a place is overlooked I generally don't mind trying a day or so to find something. Just because it isn't a main attraction doens't mean it doesn have attractive things about it. </p>

<p>So any tips on travel conditions, food tips, parks, places to stay, camping ideas, or the odd overlooked places would be greatly appreciated. What could the best week in July be to travel?</p>

<p>Bass Harbor Light and Acadia is worth as much bulk time as you can afford. If you like lighthouses, Owl's Head, Pemaquid and Marshall Point are good ones. Monhegan is interesting to a point. For one, it's a little more run-down than I had anticipated And if you want to get good nature landscape style images you'll have to spend the night because you can't get there early enough for the nice light and you have to leave on the last boat out before the good late day light arrives. But if you want to experience lots of nice artwork and want a unique day to stroll around an island, it is very nice for that. </p>

<p>The coast is beautiful. There are so many nooks that the time for discovery is endless.</p>

<p>Acadia - Cadillac Mountain, sunrise & sunset. Otter Cliffs, Thunder Hole ( the initial route when entering the park) sunrise. Jordan Pond - a couple hours after sunrise, a couple hours prior to sunset. The Bubbles - I've gotten some interesting sunrises from there. Bass Harbor - morning or afternoon, not good for sunrise or sunset at that time of year. Beech Mountain - quiet side of park, great secluded sunset spot - pretty easy hike. The Ovens, but you have to access it via private property so you have to ask for permission and you only want to go to it at low tide - be humble about it and it isn't a problem. Asticou Gardens but it will have peaked by the time you go. The Wild Gardens have lots of interesting ferns as well as other things. </p>

<p>I've been to Alaska twice. Once by cruise the other was a family trip where we spent 4 weeks there in the summer. The cruise is great. Waters through the inside passage are very smooth - never any rocking. I did lots of hand holding shots at 400ISO with longer lenses from the side of the ship. We cruised in Septmeber - it was cloudy nearly everyday, with a little shower here and there but it never got ion our way. Temps were essentially sweater weather.</p>

<p>I spent the summer there with my family - way back - we camped via motor-home. That is a great way to do it as well. I was there in July through early August. Weather was great -very comfortable - some evenings you needed a light jacket. We didn't killed by mosquitoes either. IN the summer you'll experience much more of the "midnight sun" than you will in September. I remember running around the camp grounds at 11pm with the sun just getting low in the sky when we were up in Fairbanks. It's an entirely different vacation by land. If you can afford the money and time to do a land route for a few days, it should be well worth it. The sights, sounds and smells are so much different than a cruise. </p>

<p>From responses all over the web, it seems the 3600 will not work with the 58. Oh well..., guess I'll have to start saving lots of pennies if I want to do dual flash stuff.</p>

<p>I recently purchased the nice expensive 58 flash for my A700. I want to use it with my 3600 (Minolta). The 58 is the controller and the 3600 is the off camera flash. They both are on the same channel and I was told to switch to Ctrl 2 (I've tried on ctrl 1 as well) and still no luck in getting the 3600 to fire. Now - if I take off the 58 from the camera and use the popup on my A700, the 3600 fires as an off camera flash. I seem to have a disconnect going on with my 58 in talking to the 3600. I must be missing a setting. Can't figure it out at the moment and don't believe that it is an inability for the 3600 to work in concert with the 58. If anyone has ideas - I'm all ears.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Learn the T/S. Keep working it. You will not regret it. What you will regret is when you are in some of those magnificent buildings and your wide distorts so much that it will be disappointing. Unless that kind of thing doesn't bother you. But since you bought the T/S, I'd get out and start using it and using it often - practice, practice, practice.</p>

<p>And the tripod of course.</p>

<p>If you are shooting architecture, I would make sure the tilt shift lens went on that trip. All those other lenses are nice but you'll be bowing the hell out of everything with those wide angles and software can only do so much.<br>

For weight purposes, the wide zoom, the long and the T/S with a flash would be all I needed.</p>

<p>Theatre District/Times Square for the hussle and the color. Central Park - as much or as little variety there as you like. And generally anywhere..., the city offers so much variety that it's hard not to find subjects to shoot.</p>