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when i first read your pic caption, b/c of the font, the l and the o to me seemed like one letter, hence i read "ain't she a hooker?". now that's funny!

ok, since i am not a leica connisseur, which bodies and lenses are those? i am guess that these are not M6, M7, or MPs, since i see the external viewfinders.

some very funny shots here! what's the guy with the kilt worried about? looks like he is wearing shorts underneath? also steve, it might be just me and the late/early hour, but i am missing something in looking at your pic - not sure quite what. is it the fact that they are on times square?

another "normal" yet expensive option would be to get the 35/1.4 if you only want to stick with primes.

yikes, that sucks. you would think standing next to the door at the far left would be ok. maybe it's time to buy the new nikon 200/2 lens! wait, on second thought, it might not have hit the market yet. g'luck!

ok, so that really is Al.

Vanessa, perhaps actually stating why you feel you can "receive" a free wedding photo service might help your case here. Perhaps a 200 word statement or less. Trying to be "cheap" (not saying that you are, just hypothesizing here) is really not a good reason, no matter how much $$ it saves. People here make $ to earn a living (and to pay for all that expensive L glass!). Or perhaps this is some sort of joke.

 

Marc, please tell me that was just a "joke" image and not really Al.

which "this" is which?

nice shots. how did you scan them in and what dpi settings did you use? idk if it is just me, but i am noticing substantial compression artifacting on several of them. but, i know PN also screws up a few of my pics too which i know are fine, so who knows.

<i>It could always be a photo.net affair. Shoot together and compare results. Might be fun. :)</i><p>

kinda like a PN reality show wedding?

<i>Tim McPain , jul 11, 2004; 03:46 p.m.

YES, I will do it.</i><p>

 

tim, is this for the grooming position or the photog position? ;)

marc, great set of shots! my favorite is this one <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/2511763">..here..</a>.

<p>question for you - how did you make your greens so vivid, in fact your whole outdoor posed shots seem to have such great pastel hues? thanks for sharing your very touching work!

you might also try posting this <a href="http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/27">>>>HERE<<<<</a>

100 is near 85 too.

i second the fredmiranda plugin. i use it all the time - it's great!

and to sort a person's folder based on the timestap would be great. that way you can see the last 10 new images instead of just the 3 you get on a person's page.

marc,

the reason i was asking is b/c the size of the framing you used there to me doesn't look like it is the original framing. it looks like it was cropped on the sides. while i rarely disagree with the way you frame things, for some reason the fact that the girl has her left eye/forehead cropped off is a bit disconcerting to me. in fact, to me, her face is the most catching part of that shot for me - it is the humor that contrast with the seriousness of the dress. that is creative license and we can agree to disagree on framing. but, i did want to make sure that you did in fact crop the shot.

marc, why the close crop on the "return" shot? i would like to see the bridesmaid's entire face. or was this a vertical shot and that just happened to be the edge?

teresa, now that's a shot you don't see everyday! i like it, especially since you can see the guests beyond.

sorry dont have these items, but here is a review on the panasonic:

 

<a href="http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/fz10.html">steves digicam</a>

btw kevin, nice shot!

kevin, not to sound ...<insert word that is escaping me at the moment>... but all digital cameras in the past and near forseeable future will be obsolete at some point in time. at that rate, it's foolish to spend any money then on digital b/c it'll be obsolete. the question is, can the unit do whatever you want it to do when you get it. if so, and the benefits outweigh the costs - which can be different for each person - then get it. of course, i still shoot film only and don't have a DSLR. i have a near organic experience everytime i see slides on the light table.

 

as far as lenses for the original question, many people use a tamron 28-75 f2.8 (including myself on my elan iie) and have very good results with it, at a fraction of the canon counterpart's price.

michael, i liked what you did in the hand shot, but in the last shot you just posted, i can't look at it without a feeling of vection being induced which makes me queasy(sp?)...

i would think if you are trying to judge sharpness, etc., just to minimize the number of confounding variables, i would use a tripod at the same location.

since you are going for an Asian theme (rising sun), how about a font which is more oriental in nature? (as opposed to us occidentals ;)