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    powder or liquid chemicals?

    in Black & White Practice

    Posted

    Which chemicals? Two things to consider - some chemicals in powder form can go

    airborne more easily and are probably poisonous. So, you should take precautions when

    preparing some things for the darkroom. The other thing though is the shelf life of some

    chemicals in dry form, vs. in liquid vs. prepared for use (combining the ingredients). You

    might find the powder form has a longer shelf life?

    <p>

    Between the two, I sometimes pick up some chemistry in a pre-pack in a bottle to which

    you simply add distilled water for alternative processes I do. Keeps the airborne dust

    down, good shelf life? Cheaper shipping than liquids given enough distance and materials.

    Fake Walls

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    I use 2" thick 4 ft. by 8 ft. styrofoam insulation panels from the Home Depot here in the US. I

    painted a couple of them. But better was I covered a few with cloth. Anyway, they are

    lightweight, easy to move around, etc. If you put two together in an 'L' and tape them they

    will stand upright.

    <p>

    I put a white baseboard on the bottom to make it look more realistic.

    <p>

    Pretty convenient.

    1Ds3 availability

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    I pre-ordered through

    <a href="http://www.mpex.com">Midwest Photo Exchange</a> in August and they shipped

    it to me the day it arrived from Canon (saw the announcements earlier in the week that

    Canon had started US shipments) - we did have a mildly amusing conversation over the $20

    extra for overnight delivery vs. two day delivery - got it on December 1. I really like the folks

    over at Midwest!

    <p>

    The camera's not bad either:-)

    A rather cool web site with fashion (and other) ad photography

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    I stumbled across this web site <a href="http://www.holgerappel.com/index.html">

    http://www.holgerappel.com</a>. Check out the archives - a variety of edgy ads - a lot about fashion, a

    lot about product, and then a whole bunch of other things.

    <p>

    I found the imagery quite creative and edgy.

    <p>

    Couldn't figure out what group to post this to - I was mostly looking at the people in ads and fashion.

    Colour space - sRGB Vs Adobe RGB

    in Nikon

    Posted

    Why a Wide Gamut space like ProPhoto? So, I go back to images continually. You may

    repurpose them for other print devices. Use the Color Think profile viewer to see how

    color spaces overlap and fall short. ProPhoto is large enough to encompass most profiles -

    Adobe RGB is smaller.

    <p>

    Why is this important? Things change. Once you convert out of the RAW file to begin

    editing, you have to choose a color space. Given different output devices, you would

    simply as a last "print" step convert a master file to a print file - be it sRGB, printer/paper

    profile, etc. The large color space allows you to preserve as much color information into

    the final color space as possible. I faintly recall that Adobe RGB fell short of one axis in a

    printer color space? or some such that I viewed.

    <p>

    I'm thinking the new enhance magenta ink in Epson 7880 probably exceeds one of sRGB

    or Adobe RGB with the expanded gamut.

    <p>

    Anyway - I use a wide gamut color space for master files to preserve as much info as

    possible for future use.

    How to get worthy portrait subjects

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Hey Sara - I responded to your props question in my portfolio.

    <p>

    Hey, I'm probably old enough to be your grandfather! So you listen to me:-)

    <p>

    I guess the confusing thing in your post was - are you trying to set up a portrait business

    or are you trying to find people to shoot fine art images? If portraiture - then brace

    yourself for whoever offers you money. But since you want models for free it seems you

    might want to do fine art images?

    <p>

    Anyway, my understanding of TFP/CD is you shoot your stuff and you do some shots that

    the model wants. Focus on

    <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com">modelmayhem.com</a> to start. Get some

    solid images on line and shoot anyone who will show up! If you're not paying, yeah you

    may get flakes.

    <p>

    But shoot anyone who says yes and build a compelling portfolio to get more takers for

    TFP.

    Colour space - sRGB Vs Adobe RGB

    in Nikon

    Posted

    Capture in RAW 16 bit when critical. Process in a wide gamut space like ProPhoto RGB, and

    convert at last step to sRGB for web or other end use.

    <p>

    I moved from Adobe RGB a couple years back to ProPhoto. Preserves more of the capture on

    raw conversion than Adobe RGB does.

    Retirement Lunch - gels?

    in Lighting Equipment

    Posted

    So, I guess what I'm trying to say - you're shooting/processing digital - a white balance

    card shot in the environment (and various depths in image) will allow you to accurately

    white balance the scene? Gels seem somewhat more complicated than necessary for what

    you are doing? I guess the gels (as stated) should balance the strobe temperature with

    ambient light - but I'm sitting in a hotel conference room with fluorescent bounce up light

    against an off white sound reducing tile ceiling and unbelievably a mix of halogen and

    incandescent floodlights point down illuminating most of the room.

    <p>

    What gel combo would white balance that? Eeeek!

    I'd rather sample the room with a white balance card.

    <p>

    Maybe I am nuts.

    Retirement Lunch - gels?

    in Lighting Equipment

    Posted

    I tried a white balance - masked foreground and main subject and white balanced on shirt.

    White balanced bkgd with an inverted mask - but had a hard time finding anything neutral to

    balance on - ended layering a masked 10% Blue (80) Photo Filter on top of background to

    cool down my neutralization attempt.<div>00NULI-40097284.jpg.9dacaaff455012ae965d5211a2f3f9e3.jpg</div>

    What makes a limited edition print limited edition...

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    Limited edition - for a given size print, artificially cap the number of prints you will make.

    An edition of 10 say, each print labeled 1-10. You have to keep track of the edition sales,

    it is considered inappropriate to have two '1's say.

    <p>

    Maybe that's what they mean. I wonder why they recommend it though - might be

    prevailing style of prints sold in gallery. Limited Edition caps the number of copies that

    can be made - and is used to justify a premium price.

    <p>

    Note you can have different numbers for each size (5 large, 10 medium, 20 small prints).

    Whete to find models for fashion shoot?

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    I've been watching the students at the school I am attending part time and they have a whole

    quid pro quo thing going on!

    <p>

    Put up an ad on bulleting board in your school. I suspect you can get student's to model for

    you - and you in turn will do something for them (shoot something or model yourself). I've

    seen that they have a *lot* of empathy for each other's homework deadlines!

    <p>

    My son is a student there - and he has helped me with my photography homework - I

    understand the pressures more...

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