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It's not an issue Ron, I just live in Rochester and hadn't gotten the news. I haven't needed to buy 120 in a few months since I still have 50 rolls of Portra left and 25 of E100gx, and as far as I know, my lab still runs 120 too.

Ron,

 

What Pro Dealer in Rochester are you talking about?

 

Brady

I had a wedding like this last year, and I followed the couples wishes. About six months after the wedding, I recieved an email saying that they were rather upset with the lack of posed photos. We scheduled a portrait shoot of the bride and the groom where the bride wore her gown, and the groom wore his military uniform. Overall, I would still shoot the formals posed, as I really don't believe that the Bride and Groom know what they would be missing. Even if the bride and groom do know that they want no posed images, the parents and grandparents will likely have a different view.

Daniela,

 

I just wanted to let you know that I contacted you privately through email.

 

Brady

I find that 5X7's sell more than any other size, and usually vertical images more than horizontal. For greater enlargements, overall more 16X20's sell than 11X14's.

 

The 5X7's tend to be more the traditional photos, a few formals and a little ceremony. The 8X10's tend to be more loving emotional moments of the wedding. Something like the couple dancing, or the cake feed, or just a relaxed moment between them. The 16X20's tend to be relaxed but posed formals of them. Usually because I encourage those photos for the 16X20, as 6X7 is used for them.

 

I generally leave the images as they were shot, only occasionally cropping. If the couple ask for the images to be cropped, I'll do it for the enlargements.

Salman,

 

MPix has ICC profiles available. Email there tech support and they will send you profiles for both Portra and Metallic papers. If you can't reach them, email me and I will forward you the profiles.

 

I don't use any pro lab that prints without ICC profiles, so I don't know of any that would just print under Adobe RGB.

 

Brady

When I worked on several independent films, we recorded the audio to

a mini disc player seperate from the video. Would it be possible to

adapt something like a 40gb Apple iPod to do the same job as the

mini disc player? What would the quality be like compared to the

mini disc recorder, and how would it compare to something more high

end?

 

Brady

Regarding the 28-300mm lens, I would say NO, do not buy it. As you are going to be working with someone, I would stick with what you have. If you find that you need wider, or longer, or faster, or sharper, then you haven't spent any money that you would regret. For ceremony's, I tend to work primarily with an 80-200mm f-2.8 from the back of the church, and occasionaly a wide angle prime from a balcony. For formals, I tend to use a 50mm f-1.4 and a 24mm f-2.8 and the 80-200. For the reception, I tend to use the 50mm f-1.4 for well over 80% of the shots. The next lens in line for the reception is a 24mm f-2.8. The only time I will use either the 28-105mm or 80-200mm is for either some slow dancing or the toasts. Since you are assisting, you probably won't be shooting much for the formals and ceremony, but instead the preparation and reception. I think you should work with the 18-70 and see where that leads you. If you want to upgrade lenses at some point, a used 50mm f-1.4 in great shape can be had for about $200.00, a 24mm f-2.8 in great shape is around the same, and an 80-200mm f-2.8 in great shape can be had for around $500.00, all from keh.com

 

Brady

I have a series of sports image that I took at a PGA event. The

series of image were taken on a practice day, when cameras were

permitted on the grounds. I was in attendance as a spectator, not a

hired photographer. I would like to be able to sell prints of the

series. I have spoken with the legal counsel at the ASMP and have

already received some good advice. My question is about whether or

not anyone would have ideas about how to get into touch with the

PGA. I am interested in purchasing the rights to reproduce the

images in a series of 5X7's through 20X24's. They would be only for

resale, and not commercial re-licensing. I'm not necessarily

concerned about the cost of purchasing the license, but rather how

to go about acquiring the license.

 

Also, if anyone has any first hand experience regarding shooting at

sponsored sporting events; and then trying to sell the prints after

the event, what was your experience like?

 

Brady

When I view websites, I prefer to see subject titles rather than location titles. I like to know that what I am looking at is the same throughout. For instance, if I am looking at a sports website, I like to see all track and field images together, then football together, and swimming, then baseball and so on. BUT I also like to see the appropriate category that differs from the others; such as Olympics or Super Bowl, which would contain some of the other topics, but not necessarily all of them. That way I could focus down to my sport, but if I wanted, I could focus to an event.

 

This could work similarly to your sunsets, mammals, birds... and Yellowstone, Maine, NYC... You could possibly list all major categories by type, with a slight relevant follow-up with location as another topic. Maybe base the locations in a broader field, with North East, South West, Mid West... These geographic focuses could then lead to the same categories as the major topics, now with images that are specific to both the category and location.

 

You would be able to view all the images by a type, or view all of the images by a location, with type sub-categories.

 

Brady

For the 250.00 per event, I should mention where I am working. I am located in the Finger Lakes, with most of the Photographers being based in Roochester, NY. The shoots are anywhere from Rochester and the surrounding communities to Canandaigua and Victor. Some easy jobs will run as small as 125 per day, with the larger, multi-day, ones going for quite a bit more.

I tend to get paid about $250.00 per event. They can range from about 3 hours for ceremony and formals, to about 8 hours for everything.

 

Brady

There is a significant difference. The 3170 does a fine job, especially for the price. I have had many 6X7 slides scanned on Tango Drum Scanners, FlexTight 848 CCD Scanners, and on the Epson 3170. For small prints, the 3170 is fine, but the tango and the felxtight really blow it out of the water. I cannot comment on the midrange Nikon and Canon scanners, as I have never used them. Based on the difference from the 3170 to the other two higher end scanners, I would imagine that a dedicated film scanner would be better.

I almost always shoot available light. If I am quite close to the performers, and if the stage isn't too high, then a 50mm f-1.4 is what I'll often use. Other than that I'll use an 80-200mm f-2.8. For films, I use either Supra 400 or Tmax 3200. <a href="http://www.bradydillsworth.com" >Some music examples</a>

When I did this for a local independent film last year; I did it at a pretty low rate, realizing that they could not afford more. I believe I shot at around $35.00 per roll. I was willing to do this to help them out, as I feel that I got as much out of it as they did. It was interesting being behind the scenes for a few weeks of filming.

I found that Kodak Portra 400UC was the best choice for the PGA when it came to Rochester, NY. Due to the fine grain of the film and decent speed, I would feel that this would be better suited to the task than ISO 100 film. I found that most of my shooting occured either at the wide end stopped down, or on the tele end wide open. I really only used the 24mm stopped down, and the 300mm f-4 wide open. I was shooting on a slightly overcast and foggy day at around ISO 400, f-2.8-5.6 and with shutter speeds around 1/125-1/1000th, depending on if they were covered in the shade of the trees or in the open. To see what Portra 400UC looks like, some PGA images shot on it are at <a href="http://www.bradydillsworth.com" >BradyDillsworth.com</a>

As a second note to Wegmans Grocery Stores. There are a few around the western finger lakes that run EXTREMELY clean operations. The prints are of the same proper color balance as a corrected print from a pro-lab and the negatives almost never come back scratched. I have been using Wegmans 1-hour lab's for about 3 years for personal work, and I have only recieved one roll of film back that was scratched out of about 75. If you can't find any place that does pro work, you may as well drop a few test rolls off.

In Rochester, which is about an hour from the western finger lakes (Canandaigua, Hemlock, Honeoye), there is Praus Productions. They have extremely high quality processing and quick turn around times. You can mail them the film, or take a drive when you accumulate enough to make it worth your time. Their website is www.4photolab.com.

 

Brady

It has only happened once where I was not included in the seating arrangement to eat, and I believe it was because the photographer had not told the couple that I would be attending as an assistant. After I noticed that, I spoke with the one of the wait staff and explained the situation, at which point they brought me a meal to eat with silver and glassware. If the bride asked to deduct the meal from my pay AND the if the contracts weren't signed yet; I would assure her that it would end up being the most expensive meal that she ever bought.

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I like the idea of a sports forum. I spend a lot of time at sportsshooter.com and would love to see a forum like that here. I shoot a lot of different types of sports and would enjoy seeing other peoples work and hearing of their techniques.

I've been using the L-358 for about 2 years. It is quite accurate, the battery life is great, and it is pretty durable. I have dropped it a few times, and gotten it quite wet while working in water. It is light and a little plasticy feeling. I like the extremely long neck strap, as I am 6'5" tall. Prior to this I have used the Minolta spot meter F and the flashmeter 3 and 4. All of the meters I have used performed well. The L-358 has seen a lot of use, and is very accurate, I can honestly reccomend it.

 

Brady