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    fashion and low contrast color negative films

    in Portraits & Fashion

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    You are all nuts! Nuts I tell ya! j/k.

     

    I think film(negative or transparency) is still used today because of it's reliability. Film cameras don't change like digital cameras do. Unless a digital camera can compare to a MF(4x5) or a LF(8x10) in quality, then it won't change for a few more years. Almost all film cameras are the same. The difference is film. As for digital, well, you choose from a wide variety of megapixel camera. It's still an improving digital world and if you have the best digital camera now, I'm pretty sure you won't in the next year.

     

    I mainly use transparency and then cross process. I do love super saturated films like Agfa Ultra 100, Fuji NPC 160, Kodak Portra 400UC. Negatives gives you more latitude to work with than slides.

    Erotic/pro lighting equipment - an absolute necessity?

    in Lighting Equipment

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    I was just over at Hurrell's old studio for a studio lighting class tour. Mark Vieira owns the studio now and some of his equipment. Mark showed us how Hurrell's lighting were set-up and there was nothing really complicated about it. Just basic simple lighting that works. Both use tungsten light or hot lights. Mark sets up the light one at a time and check how the light affects the subject. Each time he sets up another light (hair light), he checks how everything looks. They both use 4x5 and 8x10 cameras and so the negatives are huge. I have seen the retouchings he did on some of the old negatives and really appreciated how some people rely on their hard earned skills. Both their photographs are "hollywood" classic type portraits.

    Zoom for portraits with N80

    in Nikon

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    28-105 or 24-85. I shoot most of my portraits with my 50 1.8 and I have been very happy with it. I can get a close headshot as well as a body shot and with less distortion. The 28-105 has less distortion than the 24-85, but the 24-85 is more sharper. Either I think is the one you need. I also have the 70-300 4-5.6ED lens but I rarely use it now. If you want the background to be out of focus with an aperture of at least 4, try moving the subject more towards you and away from the background.

    Camera selection - A Newbee needs help

    in Nikon

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    I used my N55 when I took photo 1 and then after the semester was over, I decided I'd get the N80 because I've outgrown my N55. After that, I bought me an FE2. I use both the FE2 (loving the all twisting and turning of the knobs) and N80. I use the N80 more. Sad to say, I rarely use my N55 anymore.
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