matthewkane

Yeah don't shoot for someone that wants to retain rights to your images... $10 an hour

and no portfolio pieces? No thanks.

Email 20 photographers in your area that you think are the "BEST" and spill your guts to

them about how passionate you are to help and learn. Make it heartfelt.

Tell them you'll be their mule.

Hopefully someone bites.

Go to your local library and get a book about "Search engine optimization".

Read it, apply it, learn from it.

Learn about keywords, links, PR rankings, blogs, sitemaps, metatags, descriptions, and the

like. Seems daunting at first and it is but it will all make sense in time. It's all connected.

Perhaps consider advertising on wedding websites, in magazines, printing brochures,

business cards, etc. Most importantly get out and talk to people.

I would do away with row ten shot #2 from the left. Pole in the shot, kind of awkward

expression, doesn't do much for me. All the others are great.

Lucas when you hand over 10-15 rolls of undeveloped film they are getting the blinks, the

underexposures, the overexposures, etc. Some photographers want the creative control to

only release their BEST to clients. I would never let a cd of unprocessed digital files go out

my door, nor would I let 10 rolls of undeveloped film. To each his own though. Whatever

works for you may not work for others and vice versa.

Nice images... I like the site. There is a typo though 'beautifully' is spelled wrong on the

front page. You have beatuifully.

Check that. Cheers

Yes I layed in bed last night pondering a million things. More or less just needing to stay

motivated and to start marketing much more agressively.

Jon has some good points. I agree. Although the decision to divy up photos into sections

before, during, after, etc... is just a personal preference. I think it can help to tell the story

sometimes. However I'm in the process of making a new site and am struggling with what I

should do with my galleries to. 1 complete wedding and another miscellaneous page? 2

complete weddings no miscellaneous page? Is it even beneficial to have misc page?

Thoughts on this appreciated.

Hurrah booooo. Hurrah boooo. YEAH! Real men don't look at LCD screens! Sure fire sign of

a poser.

Ok so now do I need the Pro bundle package to use with RAW files??

I'm assuming the 8 bit version Home bundle only works on jpegs and 8 bit .tiffs?

Which do you prefer?

Thanks

I have heard they cause pictures to lose texture, depth, and overall appeal.

I have also been told many people were astonished when they first saw what it could do...

but soon disappointed thereafter when they saw the prints. Should I even buy this prog?

Obviously using it in moderation is key. But I just wondered what your thoughts were.

Thank you

The more I read this post the more I think I'm just looking for a shortcut. The key to using

noise ninja is to use it selectively right? How about suggestions on doing that properly.

As I've also heard many bad reviews on this software.

Thanks

Wow yeah that's quite a pickle. I think the cloning in of the painting is the best idea to.

The white wall makes it look bland. The blue sky makes it look way to fake.

Better luck next time!

I have noticed that using noise ninja with the smooth slider up can make skin look softer

on images. Which is good and bad depending on desired effect. Well I have recently shot a

wedding. I have already done the entire edit. I refuse to do it over again 'although I

probably should'. I just acquired noise ninja unfortunately 'afterwards'. I'm going to run

noise ninja as a batch action now and that will just have to do this time around.

My question is sure it's always subjective but generally speaking what are your settings

like when you run this as a batch action?

Where would be a good starting point taking into account that I have already sharpened

my images? If you were to blanket an entire folder with noise ninja what do you think you

would set it on to where it wouldn't be overkill and wouldn't be less than effective?

Thanks a million

Happy shooting!

Know that to rid yourself of those pesky shadows - up the ISO, open the aperture,

lengthen the shutter speed to allow more ambient in to wash them out, or fiddle with the

Flash exposure compensation. Combine all four to taste.

After you have already done your edit? Will it make my photos lose sharpness?

Which version do you recommend and where should I buy it?

Or do you recommend a completely different noise reduction software these days?

Thanks

I like the photo in the lower left hand corner the best... and also agree with Mary about the

one above that!

Try posting this on www.craigslist.org in your specific area. You'll have better luck finding

someone there.

Take care