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    What is considered by "identifiable"

    in Business of Photography

    Posted

    When it comes to model releases, how "identifiable" does somebody have to be?

    Can somebody argue against a picture of their silhouette? Or does their face

    have to be visible?

     

    For example, please see this photo of a fisherman :

    http://www.photo.net/photo/5051525

     

    I dont have a model release of this guy. Can this guy argue that he's

    identifiable because you can tell he's skinny, wears glasses, and goes fishing

    at this particular public park?

     

    I ask this because I actually have another picture of this very person which I

    wouldn't mind adding to my images that I'd sell. But this person was

    photographed near where I live so the chances of them bumping into me, while

    slight, are still there.

     

    What would you recommend in this situation?

    Colors do not match

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    What printer are you using to send out to ? Some print providers color correct on their own, some will give you profiles from their printer , and some wont touch it at all if you tell them not to color correct.

     

    Personally, I use MPIX, and even though they use sRGB, I still have them color correct and Ive been pleased with the results. They have years of experience doing this stuff. I have 2 years. I trust their judgement better than my own ( and im color blind to boot... )

    Calibrated Monitor and now getting washed out photos.

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Hey,

     

    I calibrated my monitor with a ColorVision Spyder 2 express last night.

    Everything looks sooper on my monitor. However, something appears to be off in

    my workflow.

     

    I open a NEF file in Nikon Capture, and make sure I'm using the sRGB color space

    in the color management options block. I export to Photoshop Elements 5.0 ( the

    latest version ), which is also running in sRGB. And when I go hit "Save For

    Web", I get the results you see in the below image. This is a side by side

    comparison of the image in the editor, and then in the save for web preview

    window. Whats going on here?

     

    If I look at Image >> Conver To Color Profile , the sRGB is already selected as

    well. So as far as I can tell everything in the workflow is working in sRGB.

     

     

    ....Now heres the weird thing. On a whim, I set Nikon Capture to use the profile

    created by the colorvision spyder. I then export to Photoshop, and dont do any

    converting to any color space, and if I save for web that way, it looks fine.

    But I'm under the impression this isn't what I'm supposed to be doing, is it?

     

    So, I'm really confused now...<div>00IaoR-33204584.jpg.1dbc7e7108d1acdb82843eaeaad03126.jpg</div>

    new web page with good material

    in Accessories

    Posted

    Wow. Flash. Just the name alone gets under my skin.

     

    Flash is great for web sites catering to people with ADHD, or some other non-art related web site.

     

    But when it comes to photos, let them speak for themselves and leave the flash to the other guys. This website was painful to try to sit through, when all I wanted to do was quickly look at your work.

     

    If I was looking to hire somebody, I wouldn't based on this web site.

    I've been bitten....

    in Accessories

    Posted

    Perhaps you should start posting your work and accepting and learning from critiques.

     

    You may be in for a big disappointment, because for all you know you may find found out your work is not as good as you think it is when you go to try to get somebody to hire you, after only shooting for 6 months like you say you have been.

    Nikon Capture NX

    in Nikon

    Posted

    Oh no, not at all. I was just mentioning that as an advantage. However, if you make changes to the NEF with Capture, you can save those changes with no additional cost in the size of the images.

     

    With Adobe, I believe you aren't modifying the NEF, but instead importing it and then saving it as a PSD or TIFF or whatever you choose. But when you do that, you can wind up with a larger file than what you had originally in the NEF

    Nikon Capture NX

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I've tried Capture NX, and instead purchased Capture 4.0 ( the older version ) . I've used Capture extensively before, and I just didn't like the newer interface to NX.

     

    Now, from what I understand Capture is miles above anything else when it comes to handle NEF files. However, I must admit I havent used anybody elses products. But I've done extensive research ( and believe me, I'm the guy who nerds out for hours at a time researching something ) and everything recommends using Capture or perhaps another commercial product, above anything that might be considered "free". From what I gather Capture does a much better job than Adobe Camera RAW.

     

    I like Capture because it provides a lot of functionality, that Adobe Photoshop Elements does not provide, in a non-destructive manner. I like its BW conversion functionality. Curves, tone compensation, etc. All of this can be done, without effecting the original raw file. I do 80% of my adjustments in Capture and then export to photoshop.

     

    If you wanna try Capture 4.0 its still available for 30 day evaluation, as well as purchase. For me it was $99 well spent

    Conversion factor and F/stop

    in Nikon

    Posted

    Oh man, welcome to the downfall of camera stores.

     

    Thanks to the internet, we have a great BS detector for this stuff.

     

    I was told one time by a store that the nikon 80-200 AF-D f2.8 was "easily $3,000". Yea, the same lens that sat in a store down the street from this one for $800. This guy then proceeded to try to sell me a sigma soom that cost around $150. I kid you not. This store went out of business 2 years later.

     

    Heres the sad part... I wanted to buy the $800 lens from the mom & pop store, but this guy was being a dork about it. Some of these old guys who run camera stores dont realize that they cant keep BS'ing people if they want to keep in business. In the past 3 years, about 3 stores have gone out of business. All were run by "old timers" who had tons of used manual focus stuff, gave you additude or ignored you, and would grumble when you asked about something new. Its a shame really.

    Nikon viewfinders

    in Nikon

    Posted

    It's cool man. If it wasn't for dinosaurs we wouldn't have any oil.

     

    Anyway, if you want a good viewfinder in a digital camera, look into a d1x. it has the pro level features you'ld like, a nice huge viewfinder, and still can compete with the newer cameras in terms of quality of images.

    After the leaves drop...

    in Nature

    Posted

    "Winter" has always been a difficult photo season for me. I just moved to South

    Eastern Pennsylvania from Coastal Virginia, so during the winter down there I

    always had the beach to rely on for photographic subjects.

     

    Now that most of the leaves have dropped here inland in the hills of PA, I'm

    wondering what to focus on during the winter here. Supposedly it snows, but that

    doesnt happen too often.

     

    So what I'm looking for is some advice or suggestions, of how to keep the

    lanscape & nature creative juices flowing in the barren and dry winter season of

    the northeast. Anybody have any suggestions?

    Can PSE 5 be used by professional photographer?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Personally I think you should save your money. If you are going to be working in the actual print house that sells the stock photos, ya, you might need CS.

     

    For most adjustments ( including curves in PSE5 ) , elements can handle it.

     

    I've been using PSE5 for a bit now, and am pretty happy with it. With the money I'm saving ( on features i dont reall need ), I'm going to invest in a colorvision spyder to calibrate my monitor.

     

    Also when you figure most print houses like to twiddle with images you send them on their own, your needs wont be that great. Apply an ICC profile, email, and go back to shooting.

    Newegg.com D80's are all Grey Market

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I would like to stress that Newegg is deffinately reputable. This is an isolated incident, and sounds more like buyer error.

     

    I've bought many times from Newegg, all my friends by from them, and everybody you talk to online recommends them.

     

    For anybody else reading, dont let this scare you away from their web site for other things, such as computer components, which is what they specialize in.

     

    Also, newegg has killer price on Kingston 1gig CF cards. In a week I plan on buying 4 of them for the price of 2 lexars

    My N80 is scratching film, where to repair in London?

    in Nikon

    Posted

    This is a report flaw in the N80's from a while back. I had mine fixed under warranty in 2002. You might stand a chance of yelling at nikon, and getting them to fix it for free. People have had success getting Nikon to fix out of warranty cameras when its proven to be a prior issue, kind of like when you have a car that had a recall...
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