edward carruthers

I have found an assistant for Saturday. Thank you for all of your responses. My wife was sceptical that I could find someone at such a late date, but this forum did not let me down.

 

Thanks again,

Edward Carruthers

I am looking for a photographer to assist during a wedding reception on

Saturday. The wedding will be in Leesburg, VA. Please email or call me if you

are interested.

 

edward@carruthers-photography.com

703-245-9287

I collected many of the guests around the cake in a similar fashion last week. The pictures look great and I think everyone had more fun. The guests were included in the cake cutting and interacted with the B&G. This was especially nice since a friend of the bride made the cake and was able to participate in the cutting.

 

Without this forum I would never have tried it.

Thanks everyone!

I have noticed that many of my photos look better with a little extra exposure when importing them into PS. I thought it was just me being an idiot with the metering.

 

Proper white balance helped my photos greatly. The Expodisc works wonders. I think an inaccurate white balance can mess with your eyes and make some images appear darker. I noticed I usually do not have to touch white balance and less exposure compensation is needed when using the Expodisc.

 

Calibrating the monitor regularly probably heps as well.

Does your camera support rear curtain sync? In my experience most people hold still until the strobe fires, thus minimizing any possible blur from movement. Therefore you expose for the background while everyone is staying still, then the flash fires and everyone moves.

I took full advantage of the situation. The priest had to break us up. After all he did tell me to kiss her.

 

This makes me think I should put the suggestion to kiss for a little longer on my list of things to tell the couple before the wedding. Has anyone ever told a couple to make sure they kiss for a while? Did they remember?

I have never had a problem with my digital camera. Works every time. I have also had cars that I never used the spare tire. Was the spare tire a waste if money?

 

When I am being payed I always have more than one camera. Consider the cost of a second body, or rental of a second body (digital is expensive to just leave in the bag most of the time), cheap insurance compared to the cost and headache of a messed up job.

I agree.

 

I have worn glasses since the second grade and hate them. I always take them off when I have a photo taken. Sometimes I forget and I regret it. I wish the photographer would remind me when I forget to take them off. Fortunately I had contacts for my wedding.

 

If a subject has glasses on and they are the focal point of the photograph I will ask if they want to remove thier glasses. More often than not the person is happy I reminded them. However, some people prefer to keep them on and I let them.

 

Just my two cents.

The filter tray just below the condenser is where you want to put those filters. I bought my enlarger used and the previous owner had trimmed the filters to fit. The filters do not have a very neat edge, but they cover the entire opening of the filter holder. Get out the sissors and cotton gloves and start cutting.

 

Good Luck.

I wish everyone who complains about Nikon would sell their Nikon gear and switch to Canon. That would drive down the prices of used gear for those of us who couldn't care less what Canon does.

I do not know Adobe's policies, but I know the policies that Microsoft set on Academic Pricing. They seem to be the most restrictive in most everything, so I feel they are a good benchmark for most licensing issues.

 

When I bought MS Office Pro for $10.00 the license stated I must use it for only educational purposes for 1 year. After that I could use it as I see fit as long as I do not violate their EULA.

 

If Adobe did not put special stipulations on it and you where a legitimate student when you purchased Photoshop you are ok using it for prints you sell. Most companies sell academic software to get you hooked during your impressionable years and thus influence your purchase of new versions in the future.

<i>Legal advice is only worth what you paid for it.</i>

 

 

<p>You can buy fill in the blank legal documents for everything from

corporations to divorces on the Internet. Can you get Model Releases,

Property Releases, and contracts for photography specific to your

state (Specifically North Carolina)?

 

<p>And if yes, where?

 

 

<p>Thanks,

<p>Edward

I currently own A D100, a N80, and a fully manual medium format

camera. I am looking to buy a flash that will work with all three. The

SB-800 is an obvious choice, but Sigma also offers a flash (Sigma

EF-500 DG Super i-TTL) that is supposed to be compatible. With the

price difference of $70 I am tempted to get the Sigma and use the

saved money for something else.

 

Does anyone own the Sigma flash? What are your opinions?

 

Does anyone know if either of these flashes has a PC socket for the

medium format lens? Or will I need a shoe adapter?

 

The sigma flash has a modeling flash. Does the SB-800 have a similar

feature?

 

Thanks,

Edward

The Nikon was set to center weighted metering, I assume this is the closest to the metering in the Minolta.

 

The comparisons where done using the same subject side by side. I set the apeture on the Nikon to match the Minolta (apeture priority mode). Apetures were set to f/5.6.

 

The Nikon lens was set to 50mm according to the barrel markings on the lens. The Minolta had the 50mm f/1.7 lens.

 

All ISO speeds where set to 400.

 

Since this is a used camera I have no history on the condition of the batteries. The camera says they are full, but it might be worth changing them.

 

I was just curious if anyone had any idea how I can get good pictures from all three metering systems when they differ so greatly.

 

I think I will line up all three cameras and photograph a standard 18% grey card and a still subject for comparison.

 

Thanks for your help.

I recently purchased a used (i.e. No user manual) N80 with the 28-80mm

f/3.3-5.6G lens. It takes good black and white pictures, the exposure

appears to be correct and they print well. For Christmas I got a

manual everything medium format camera and an inexpensive handheld

light meter. This takes good pictures as well. One day I forgot the

light meter, and used my Minolta X370 with the 50mm lens to determine

the exposure for the medium format camera. This also worked well.

 

Now for my problem. The N80 usually meters at a shutter speed twice as

long as the handheld meter and the Minolta. Therefore I do not feel

comfortable using the N80 to meter for the medium format.

 

Has anyone experienced a similar situation?

 

Why might the N80 meter very differently from the handheld light meter?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

Here are my two cents as an amateur photographer who just started in medium format. I have used a manual focus system since the 80�s, and have my own B&W darkroom. I decided to try medium format based on the fact my enlarger supports it and I wanted to see what the big deal was.

 

I found the TLRs to be scary. I was seriously looking at a Mamiya C330, but got scared off by the exposure conversion that was required for the bellows. I also did not like the offset lens situation at close range.

 

I ended up getting a nice Kowa Super 66 with the normal lens. It was about $100 cheaper than the Mamiya ($299 for Kowa). I got the Super 66 over the Kowa Six sitting next to it based on the condition of the two cameras; otherwise I may have gone with the simpler camera. I have had it for about two months now and like it because of its simplicity, negative size (6x6), and ease of use.

 

Moral of the story, first time medium format users are scared by complex cameras with unfamiliar shapes and functions. Keep it simple.

Families expect snapshots and cruise ships are big. Bring the widest lens you have or can afford. You will be limited on space and time, and will appreciate the convenience of a wide angle. Chances are the family will not care about distortion as long as they are in the same picture as their favorite attraction. Enjoy your trip.