danny_liao

1) I hate the phrase "it's nice" when you show your work. I came from a school where "it's nice" means that your work suck. It's a nice way of letting you know that your work is below mediocre. So now that phrase is forever embedded in my head as some thing weak. With that said, I hate photographers that critique work but doesn't have the balls to say the work suck and let you know where to improve. 2) security guards. 3) people who buys 5k cameras + 2k lenses to shoot birds. 4) photo related supplies...why is everything SO expensive? I am currently doing a photo project where I need frames and matting. Frames are reasonably priced BUT nice 8ply matting is rediculous. Sames goes for backpacks, filters, gaffer tape, batteries. Everything is a rip except for the camera itself. Okay...I'll stop now.

I don't really know what you are talking about but kinda have an idea. Check out this site,www.jamesfee.com. Click on A False Sense of Wellbeing. If that's it, email him. He was an old instructor of mine. Hopefully, he's still willing to teach.

i print with hahnemuhle german etching paper and sometimes white

fibers will get on the paper when printing leaving white spots. i was

just wondering, do they make spotting pens/tools for both color and

black&white digital prints? thanks in advance.

Safe Harbor is useless. I got scammed once. It was all my own stupid fault. Anyway, someone hacked into another members account. To make a long story short, the original member emailed me a week after the auction ended telling me that someone had hacked into her account. She told me that she reported to Safe Harbor but it took them 3 DAYS!!! to respond to it. By then, it was too late.

The light used on the model is what's causing the gradation. It's just light fall off.

If you go to the Apple store, or maybe online too, you could submit images to them and they will make a book for you. Pretty nice quality too, just like an actually photo book. However, I think the page/images size is limited.

nice photos and nice little story by the way.

I too was at Zzyzx. I HATE THAT STREET!!! I got stuck there cause I drove into the soda flats with my SUV. Thinking it should be fine. But 10 pictures later, I noticed my poor SUV sinking slightly. Next thing I knew, I was stuck! Costed me 350 BUCKS to get it towed out.

I'm in the market for a portable pack. I do mostly portraits so

recycle time is not a factor for me since shooting portraits is a

slower process. I would love a Profoto 7b, but I can't afford

it...pack+head+extra battery=over my budget. So the options that I

currently know of is a Hensel Porty or a Elinchrom Ranger. Can anyone

elaborate on either one of them? Or recommend/suggest a portable

pack? The Hensel is cheaper in price and comes with lots of

accessories with the kit...wireless transmitter/receiver slave, head,

TWO batteries, and reflector modifier. The Elinchrom is more expensive

and the kit comes with fewer toys...head and ONE battery. Of course

both comes with charger. That's all I know about these packs so far.

If you own any of these two, please elaborate on reliablity or any

issues you have or had with the pack.

Thanks

Dish out some money for Imageprint Software. Pricey but worth the money. Great for both color and b&w.

BAMB...I GOT THIS ONE. The answer is WHO IS TIMOTHY WHITE?! SHOW ME THE MONEY!

Gray cards and Macbeth color charts are useful to use to match your prints. Often photographers will shot one image with a gray card or a color chart. Than in post they will match the card in the image with the card IN HAND to get the color right. Very useful. Hope that helps.

I just picked this baby up about an hour ago for my D1X. It's raining like crazy here in LA so I can't really do too many test shots but I did manage to snap off a few on the way home from Samys when the rain stopped for a few minutes. I have to say, it's a great lens. The "stormy over cast" images I snapped off looks sharp! Lens focuses smoothly and zooms in and out nicely. Anyway, I was never a big fan of Tamron from previous experiences but I needed a lens that will replace my 18mm AFD (which I have to say, didn't perform too well digitally). I can't afford the NIKON AFS so I went with this one since I heard so many good things about it. $475-$40 rebate, you really can't go wrong for the price and performanc. It should perform the same with a Canon.

Ben, why do you have to be soOOo technical?=) One way or the other, it keeps power from draining just like a power switch.

 

Shannon, I'm thinking rightside is where the orange dot is right? If so, you don't want to keep it there. It will only expose your film at 1/400th of a sec regardless of where you set your shutter speed. I once had a similar problem with my advance lever not advancing but mine didn't even go half way. It turns out that I didn't have the lever on my back locked all the way. Make sure you have the lever swith all the way to the left. If that doesn't work, try removing the back and place it back on. Also, check if your lens is on properly.

I just picked up a used Mamiya 7II two days ago. I love it! I've already ran 20 rolls through it and the image quality is amazing. The built in meter is also spot on. I compared the SPOT reading to my Sekonic L508 and it is identical. I usually shoot with my RZ but needed something that's smaller and lighter so I went with the 7II. A huge influence in me selecting the 7II over the others is due to the fact that many compare this to a Leica and that many claim it is as good. Since I can't afford a Leica, the 7II was the next best thing. Some one posted this site on another thread that also helped influence my in making my decision.

 

http://www.tomwestbrook.com/Photography/mamiya_7ii.html#photos

 

Check it out. It might help you.

The easiest way is to go to your local camera shop and ask them if you could compare it to a New Minolta Spotmeter F.

You could get one of those long coiled cords and stick it in your pocket.

D-76 slightly brown??? i don't know about that. you might have a contaminated container or something.

 

one other test to distinguish between dev and fix without wasting paper is by using your film leads. keep the film leads you cut off from your 35mm and use them for the test. drop a piece in each of the chemicals. the one that turns clear is the one that's in the fixer.

It's no longer grabbing because the feed rollers have too much paper fiber dust coated on them. Get yourself some canned air and blow out the dust in the paper feed tray area and inside the printer.

The lens is great. Images are super sharp straight out of my D1X. Beautiful contrast and color.

If I were you, I shoot again. But I'll keep the 5 mistakes. Going from zone 10 to 9, does that mean you underexposed? If so, just pushed your film a stop. Next I'll reshoot and process the new batch normally and compare the results of the "mistake" to the 5 new ones. BTW, is this a class assignment from Art Center?

Palm Springs is known for their electric generating wind mills. There are tons of them. They are some what erie looking though. But I think they will photograph really well at night. You should check them out if you have the chance. You could see them off the I-10 Freeway. I don't know if you could actually gain access to the property itself, but you could definitely still photograph them from a distance...they are HUGE. The area is very dark at night. Hopefully when you are there, there will be a full moon. Otherwise, I think magic hour will be perfect.

here you go.

 

http://www.worldpressphotola.com/

To all those in Los Angeles that might be interested. Mary Ellen Mark

will be speaking at the World Press Photo 04 Exhibit at USC Annenberg

Auditorium tomorrow, Thursday Jan 27 at 7PM. I believe the event is

free. The exhibit is going on now until Jan 29th.

First, 2 megs of ram is enough. NOW, 10GIG of RAM?! MAN, what are you guys doing???=) "10 gig would be ALMOST enough but NOT quite," what are you processing?! You guys are cracking me up.