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    Photographing restaurant

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Hi All,

     

    Tomorrow I'm supposed to shoot two co-owners of a restaurant. Their restaurant was

    profiled in a huge nationwide magazine, and I'm doing a photo for the newspaper. Any ideas

    on how to capture them in a photo...I just can't think of anything visually that I can do with

    two people and a restaurant other than having them stand in front of their sign.

     

    Any ideas appreciated.

     

    Thanks

    Nick

    Illegal to shoot on public property

    in Street & Documentary

    Posted

    The below is an interesting post from here:

     

    http://thomashawk.com/2005/07/one-bush.html

     

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    So I've been hassled and harassed many time in the past for shooting

    photographs in privately owned public spaces (Starbucks, PF Chaings,

    Toys 'R Us, the new burger spot on Sacramento St. at Drumm, Tosca,

    Grand Central Terminal in New York, etc.) but yesterday was the first

    time I've actually been harassed on a public street over photography.

     

    Yesterday I was shooting some photos of One Bush St. (the building

    where Bush and Market Streets intersect) when their security guard

    came out of his little glass jewelbox lobby hut to ask me to stop

    taking photos of the building. He said it was illegal. I moved to the

    sidewalk and continued taking photos and he again asked me to stop.

    When I told him I was on a public street sidewalk he said that

    actually they owned the sidewalk and that I was going to have to stop

    taking photographs.

     

    At this point I told the little guy to call the police and have me

    arrested which he said he did. He then proceeded to follow me around

    the building, from Bush St. to Battery St. to Market St. to Sansome

    St. and try to physically put his hand in front of the lens of my

    camera as I shot the building. Fortunately I was taller than he was so

    I was able to hold the camera out of his range. It was kind of comedic

    actually.

     

    Although I've been harassed many, many times for taking photos (the

    camera goes with me virtually everywhere) this was the first time I

    was accosted by a security guard on a public sidewalk.

     

    I was looking forward to the interchange between myself the security

    guard and a cop (who I doubt he could really get to show up even

    though he kept insisting they were coming to arrest me) but I had to

    get going and was done shooting the building. So after about 10

    minutes I was on my way.

     

    I'd encourage anyone with a camera to stop by One Bush if you're in

    the neighborhood and fire off a few more shots to annoy this guy.

     

    I know I'll be back.

    I NEED YOUR SUGGESTION!

    in Mirrorless Digital Cameras

    Posted

    The g6 is the best option. In that price range and need for high resolution, you severly limit your options. There are other point and shoot all automatic cams in that price range, but they don't offer the customizable control and battery life that the g6 does. I think off the top of my head the g6 takes like 500-600 shots on a battery, the other digicams, like sony's comparable models, etc shoot about 100-150 per charge. plus the g6 uses compact flash. most other brands use proprietary expensive as hell memory, i.e. memory stick, xd picture card, etc.

    requesting a photo pass

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    I work for a newspaper and do photography. I do shoot of bands for work and in my free

    time. Bands don't like it when you shoot for yourself or a place that resells the images and

    profits from them.

     

    I would say go with a newspaper as an excuse. A local one at that, in your same area code,

    so if they had to contact you, it would at least seem semi-legit. If they call the newspaper,

    all that will happen is they'll say they've never heard of you. You could always change your

    outgoing message on your cell phone to be "Hi this is Stacy, photographer at New England

    Times (or insert local paper name). Leave me a message after the tone." Change it back

    after you get your press pass.

     

    They just don't want you taking pics of the band and making money from them.

     

    Also make sure you find out the stipulations with shooting. Every band is diff. Some don't

    want flash, some will only let you take pics during the first 30 seconds of the 3rd song,

    you name it everyone is diff.

     

    Also, don't do it last minute...that looks suspicious. If they ask what the images are for,

    use a broad blanket statement, like "My editor wanted me to get some shots for a summer

    concerts photo page" and gave me a list of things to shoot.

     

    Good luck.

    PAINTBALL SHOOT-any suggestions?

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    I'd make sure they know that if they hit you they will be held liable...you're probably shooting

    it for $$$ and it'd cost $$$$ to replace an L series lens. It's really not worth to shoot if you

    weigh it out, so build in a clause in the contract that holds them liable.

    Sorting Images in Sequential Order In CS 2

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Mandy,

     

    Ran into this exact situation last week in Bridge. You're best bet is to sort by time, which will sort the digital images, then change the sorting to manual. Then drag the images. Then do a batch rename with a custom filename & after that, a sequential 3 or 4 digit number. Then, even in windows explorer, you can sort them in ascending or descending order and have them in order, as you want them. Hope this helps.

     

    Thanks

    Nick

    FinePix S3 Pro or Canon EOS 20D?

    in Mirrorless Digital Cameras

    Posted

    The 20D is a lot more camera for your money. Especially with the rebates they've got going now. The S3 is great (I had this camera too). Fuji rating their S3 at 12MP is kinda false though. It's through interpolation that you get those 12megapixels. It's the same as going into photoshop and upping an image until you get a 12megapixel file, except the camera does it internally. It's kinda like some subwoofers are rated at 500 watts, but you only end up hearing 200 watts of sound...Fuji always overrates their cameras.

    Easiest & Cheapest way to Learn Creative Suite 2???

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    Okay...obviously I need to clarify this so idiots and smart a**es like Billy Sprague don't respond.

     

    I've used Photoshop from version 3.0 until version 7, had some experience with CS. I'm very familiar with InDesign, and not so familiar with Illustrator and GoLive.

     

    I'm not a newbie by any means. Just looking to get up to speed. And by the way Billy...Creative Suite 2 Premium isn't $600, it's $1199. And by the looks of the photos in your profile, it might help if you brushed up on your Photoshop skills.

    20D focuses slightly off from subject with 28-135 IS

    in Mirrorless Digital Cameras

    Posted

    Hi All,

     

    I've got a 20D combined with a 28-135IS lens. When I press down to focus, it instantly

    focuses and looks razor sharp, then less than a millisecond after that, it focuses slightly off

    of what it originally did, leaving me with just a little less than razor sharp images. I can then

    manual focus it just a tiny tiny amount and it will be razor sharp again. Is this the lens or the

    camera? Anyone else had any trouble?

     

    Thanks

    Nick

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