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<p>I'm hoping someone can help me with what I hope is a simple problem. I have my photo catalog in iView (pre-Microsoft) and am using Lightroom 2 for editing. I'm shooting RAW in a Canon 40D typically with AWB. When I open the photo in iView, it is rendering the embedded preview, and the color looks very good, accurate. Much better than when I open in Lightroom. In Lightroom, the color looks great for a few seconds (while it uses the preview, I assume), but as soon as it's loaded the larger RAW file the color has shifted unfavorably and I have a hard time re-matching to the original preview, which is usually quite close to spot on. <br>

Can anyone help? I've looked for settings on the preview to be able to copy those over, but with no success. </p>

<p>@David that was my thought. @Frank, wow, why the negativity and condescension? Totally unnecessary. </p>

<p>I third the advice on Taking the Leap. I have many many books on this subject, and that's the best one I've found. Also ditto the smaller exhibitions in other spaces. Think about where folks with money would go--I have one upcoming show in a high-end hair salon in my town. <br>

Many many galleries just don't do photography. Find some that do, find places that have work similar or the same caliber as yours and start there. </p>

<p>Of course--I know it will be very dark (~5 hours daylight) and very cold. I live in Vermont, so I'm not a total stranger to winter survival. It looks likely that I may have snagged a local guide for parts of the trip. Still, any suggestions on day trip locales or equipment are still very welcome. Most likely I'm going to be staying in Reyk the whole time. </p>

 

<p>Hi Folks--I'm going to be visiting Iceland for photography beginning Nov 26th. This happened on a bit of whim, as an add-on to another trip, so I've only known about the trip for 2 days. Yes, I know it will be terribly cold and dark. I'll be there for 4 nights, 3 full days, 2 half days. Most of the posts I've found are about Iceland in Summer, as most aren't silly enough to head there this time of year. Any insight you can provide would be great. </p>

<p>Questions:</p>

<p>--Any special equipment I need? I have 2 digital SLRs, 3 zoom lenses (ultra wide, middle, tele), good tripod, 3 batteries for each camera. Polarizer, cable release, dust blower, ND, yada yada. Wondering if there is anything unique to shooting in Iceland that I should consider, besides gloves, warm clothing, and extra batteries for the cold. </p>

<p>--I plan on staying in Reyk for at least a night or two--is there a 2nd homebase that would be good for photography? </p>

<p>--Passability: if I leave Reyk and rent a car, how passable are the roads likely to be? Any areas I should avoid? Is renting a car by myself in winter a ridiculous idea?</p>

<p>--Biggest Photography Goal: Northern Lights. Praying for good weather and a bunch of solar activity. Suggestions for where to go (I know: out of Reyk) would be great. 2nd: icebergy lagoons, multiple shades of blue. Thoughts? 3rd: ??? What do you suggest? Since I don't have a ton of time, I'll probably have to concentrate on one or two parts of the country. Recommendations welcome. </p>

<p>Thanks much. </p>

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<p>This is a duplicate thread... ooooh moderator! </p>

<p>Most likely, Tom hit this on the head. You should be buying the prints from your wedding photographer--this is how they make their living and buy their food. They provide a CD of images for online viewing and previews, but the resolution will not be high enough to allow for printing. For exactly this reason. If you like the photos enough to want prints, reward the person who was talented enough to create them. <br>

I am quite perplexed as to why you claimed to be an aspiring professional who was picking up customers? Later it sounds like you were only trying to get prints from that wedding CD. </p>

<p>For the record, I did end up using Binder Clips (large). Worked like a charm, and super-mega-easy to hang. Recommend practicing on a piece of plywood at home to check whether they'll hold. In this case, Nielsen frames with decorator's chain attached with s-hooks to the frame. One tip--I did end up attaching the Nielsen hangers to the top rail as opposed to the sides--attached to the sides, the photos leaned forward noticeably. Attached to the top, hangs straight. </p>

<p>9 times out of 10 you'll be fine--carry-on size, goes through x-ray--they may x-ray twice or do a quick swab test on it. Easy peasy. Every so often they'll ask you to unload the bag, or otherwise put you through the rituals above (most of which sound pretty extreme to me; but if you get a grumpy TSA person, all bets are off. I've traveled often with a good chunk of gear--domestically and internationally, and the worst I've ever had is to once or twice unpack the lenses & bodies from the bag and send them through separately. To Starvy's point, though, I am a white female). Just allow yourself enough time for security if they do hold you up for a few minutes and you'll be totally fine. I would check the tripod; often a problem to carry on. </p>

<p>Thanks, Joseph. Check on the tripod, full rain gear (me + camera), wide + telephoto. Yes, we are definitely traveling by rental car.</p>

<p>I have traveled frequently with a camera/gear bag (usually a backpack or waistpack) and a carry-on-size suitcase and been fine. This is the standard one carry on and one personal item allowance. You are technically allowed one additional camera bag, but never count on that, as others have said--it is subject to TSA and airline whim/moodiness. If you get into bigger backpack territory (DryZone) you can sometimes have issue with the personal item classification, but briefcase, purse, small backpack size is fine. Keep it slung over your shoulder as you board the plane, too... looks smaller. :) (In this scenario I am assuming you only have two bags; not camera bag + laptop bag + clothes bag. Put your laptop in the clothes bag and take it out for screening). In the event you do have to check or gate-check the clothes bag, be sure you have easily accessible the laptop + anything else you don't want in the hands of the baggage throwers. <br>

At security, you will most likely only have to take out your laptop (DVD player too if you have that; ipods, iphones, whatever get through no problem). I have had one very cranky TSA person make me take out every single lens & body and put them into the little bin. Only once though. Sometimes they double screen it--if you have only one layer of gear they have to look through with the x-ray, i think you are less likely to have to unpack it. I like the idea of the ziploc baggies so you can pull them out if need be. Careful of any liquids (lens cleaner) you might have stashed in your camera bag without thinking about it. I'd personally never want to travel with my camera gear stuffed deep in a suitcase; at that point Murphy's Law will dictate you'll have to take it all out. </p>

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<p>Hi All--I'm going on vacation to Ireland in a week (volcano willing) for the first time and intend to do a lot of photography. I'll be traveling with my mom--so a lot will be more casual shooting. However, I usually do get out a few hours every other day or so without her--so I can head out for sunrises, sunsets, bad weather, or to areas that might involve more walking than she's up for. <br>

Hotel wise, we're doing 2 days in Dingle (Dingle, Kerry), 2 in Doolin (Cliffs of Moher, Burren), and 2 at Ashford Castle. I've looked at other postings but am looking for specific thoughts such as "you really shouldn't miss sunrise at X" or "if it's rainy and foggy head to X" or whatever, especially coastal locations that are likely to give good moody/rocky/water shots. I like photos with moving water, bright colors (green, I'm guessing :-), reflections, landscapes, etc. Full gamut ultra wide to telephoto lenses. I haven't put much in my portfolio on photo.net yet but you can check out http://gallery.me.com/ekovisions for some examples of my style in case that's helpful (the 2 nature galleries would be most relevant here). I'd love to know the must-not-miss places (The more specific the better) that I should either drag my mother to or ditch her for :). Thanks so much. </p>

<p>Thanks all... oddly I had already considered binder clips (I'm an cubicle dweller by day), but thought there might be a more elegant solution. I'll experiment with those and the clamps you all mention. I'll be hanging 16 x 24 work (plexi thankfully), so it'll be tad heavy but I'll use a few. If anyone else has different ideas, though, do let me know... I'll be experimenting with this over the next week. </p>

<p>I'm doing a one-month exhibition at a local retailer, in their windows. To do so, I need to hang the photos from an i-beam (construction beam) that above the windows. The windows make up the entire wall.<br>

The key is I'm trying to find an attractive but reliable solution to hang the wires to hang the photos from the beam. I need some sort of clamp-type thing (I can't wrap around the beam), to secure the wires onto the beam. The lip of the beam is about 1/4 inch thick, and plenty deep. The photos will be framed (plexi), probably 24" x 24" and 18" x 18". Likely, I will suspend 2 photos from one set of wires-the glass goes all the way to the floor, so I plan to have two images hanging in sequence (top-to-bottom) on the same wires. <br>

Ideas? I feel as though I've seen something that would work perfectly, but I can't remember what/where. </p>

<p>You'll be fine... there are a very few places that won't allow SLRs in at all (think concerts)--but for most places like churches or museums you can bring it with you even if they won't allow you to use it. Have fun! </p>

<p>Get the photographer's guide to the Maine Coast. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Photographers-Guide-Maine-Coast-Perfect/dp/0881505358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267831853&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Photographers-Guide-Maine-Coast-Perfect/dp/0881505358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267831853&sr=8-1</a><br>

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Yes, Moose are hard to find. My mom and I went a trip to Moosehead Lake, specifically in search of Moose, who we assumed were merely fictional creatures like unicorns. After a few days of trying, we finally gave in and followed the advice of locals, who suggested that the most reliable place to see them is by the place where they store the road salt. Not exactly a picturesque sighting, but it worked. Good Luck!</p>

 

<p>One big question to ask yourself: do you expect that you will need to just do overall-photo-adjustments to color, saturation, contrast, brightness, exposure, yada yada... or do you want to do lots of part-of-the-photo adjustments, like dodging and burning, removing power lines from photos, etc? Lightroom is quite good at the overall-photo-adjustments, and easy to use in that way (easier, I'd argue, than Elements). If you want to do the part-of-the-photo adjustments, you'll want Elements or full-blown Photoshop. Lightroom can also do the cataloging stuff noted above, but that is not its only role. <br>

You can download a 30-day trial of Lightroom. Probably elements too. Download both and play.</p>

<p>Mike, you've already gotten some great advice. I'm going to mention the pricing again though--what struck me is it really looks like I can buy a photo of some bride (any bride?) for $2 on your site. Huh? If I were a bride I wouldn't want somebody else to be able to buy a photo of me (maybe you can't, but it sure looks like you can). And, at $2--it's even worse than the CVS thing, I'd say. It's like you're trying to sell someone a Mercedes for $200. Are you going to think, "hey, great deal, sign me up!"--or run like he-double-hockey-sticks from it? Regardless of whether you take it off your website or mention it later, I'd re-think that structure. </p>

<p>Hi John--I agree with the comments about the red. The design colors overall are a little hard to look at. My frustration is with the galleries--took long to load, and then I don't have an easy to way to look quickly at the photos. Personally I'm a much bigger fan of the gallery with thumbnails, so I can choose the speed with which to browse. Even as a photographer, I tend to go FAST so slideshows inevitably bore me. <br>

On another note, Flash isn't compatible with iphones or the upcoming ipad. Just something to think about...</p>

<p>I'm confused by your site. You're using to promote both photography services and website design? Those should be two entirely separate websites. I was getting all into the pet photography thing and then this pool website promotion swooped in and at first I thought you had an advertisement for another company coming through your site. If I was considering you for either service I'd be turned off by the content that is unrelated to that service, and go elsewhere. </p>

<p>Two bodies. Don't worry too much about what kind, but if you need to buy a 2nd body, you may as well upgrade a tiny bit if you can afford it. I did a Safari in Botswana with a Canon 40D and Rebel xti--both were fine. I kept the cameras in a pillowcase on my lap while in the jeep. Really helps keep the dust and muck out, and easy to pull out at a moment's notice for a shot. Try to avoid changing lenses much... you'll probably keep the telephoto on nearly all the time. If you do change lenses out and about, do so inside the pillowcase. When looking for the second body, obviously make sure your lenses are compatible, but also check out battery style. In my case, it's a slight pain that I have 2 different chargers and sets of backup batteries for the 2 bodies.</p>

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<p>It doesn't take that much battery power for modern SLRs. You could buy 3 or 4 batteries, bring them fully charged, and probably be fine with a dSLR. I did a two-week trip on the river in September--and though we did have charging facilities, I thought I could have probably done without it with my 3 batteries. That was for my Canon 40D. Consider also a Canon D10 (nice for the waterproofness, though this *sucked* battery power), or a waterproof case for a G11 (very nice, very waterproof, but big & clunky. The people who had it liked it). Those allow you to take shots along the way without having to stop and get onto terra firma. Personally, I wouldn't have wanted to do the trip without a dSLR. Keep in mind that the HDR capabilities for digital come in handy, as often the exposure range is too much for film, and in shapes that don't lend themselves to split ND. If it's your thing, one of the vari-ND filters from Singh-Ray, though horribly expensive, also comes in handy for blurring the water.<br>

BTW, we did have about 4 or 5 people dunk a camera, among a group of 16 experienced photographers. I'd recommend bringing a backup for whatever main camera you have. You think you'll be good about it, but there's water everywhere....</p>

<p>OK, if you work in the IT field, can you find a way to make your job portable? If you can find an arrangement where you can work for hard cash when & where you want (maybe a set # of hours per week, but it might be in the middle of the night from Botswana), that will help you pursue the photography, regardless of type. You can probably do better off financially freelancing or working part-time in IT than you can doing any of the photography-related jobs you mentioned.</p>

<p>Hi Jack! I like the visual look--it's clean and crisp. And thank you goodness for not having music. <br>

I find the dates on the images confusing. It looks like you were in San Fran and Moscow on the same day. I know it's when you posted it, but I don't think they add anything and could be confusing. <br>

I'm also searching for a gallery somewhere? Is the only place where the images appear on your homepage? I'd love to see a gallery that featured the photos, and then on the blog actually have the photo there in the blog too. <br>

Good luck!</p>

<p>LR is awesome. It is easy to use, intuitive, and as Peter said it can handle most of what you (or at least what I) have to do. At this point, I find myself either doing in Lightroom or not doing it at all. Definitely check it out with the free trial. </p>