terry foster

<p>I was asked to do a commision a while back ..... the travel was around 250 miles round trip for half a day's photography, the location would take me around 6 hours driving there and back, they wanted all images editing ready for print.</p>

<p>They wanted to pay £80.00 for this, the price of petrol here in the UK would cost around £40.00 for the trip, you can guess what i told them.</p>

<p>Thought you all would like to view this short clip about a Freelance photographer.</p>

<p>Funny but so true.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090929103500534">http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090929103500534</a></p>

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<p >Warning contains strong language</p>

<p>You need to expose right in camera to get best results with high ISO, any manipulation with software afterwards will degrade the image.</p>

<p>I would go Nikon D700 for weddings, better high iso performance than 5D11, not as many pixels but how big do you need to print for a wedding album?</p>

<p>First of all thanks for this interesting insite to your work Jeff.<br /><br />Everyone seems to be asking technical and equipment questions but is was wondering, because of your very high reputation of being one of the top wedding photographers in the world, would you say it adds more pressure on you to get all the images a client would expect, taking into account your reputation, I would find it a bit daunting to carry that responsibility to each wedding I went to.<br /><br />Cheers Terry.</p>

<p>Michael i had a similar thing at a wedding last week, this chap would not do a thing for the group shots or anything all day, when i had got all the shots that the B&G wanted i put the 80-200 lens on the camera and got some good candid shots.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9413554-lg.jpg" alt="" width="393" height="591" /></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9413554-lg.jpg" alt="" width="393" height="591" /></p>

<p>Shot at a wedding i did at the weekend, after all the main photos were taken i like put the 80-200 lens on my D700 and get some more natural shots.</p>

<p>ISO 3200 with D700<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9128899-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="452" /></p>

<p>I use the Sigma 24-70 f2.8 on my D700, great lens for the money and nearly a thousand bucks cheaper than the Nikon equivilant.</p>

<p>Terry, can you dublicate that insane uneven radial blur by shaking your camera or misfocusing?<br>

Btw: Exif indicates no auto mode was used.</p>

<p>Kari i did not use auto mode i never do.</p>

<p>The first image looks as though the camera was trying to focus on the rope in front of the fence, also 1/1000 sec would not be fast enough if there was camera movement, if this was shot at 200mm (310mm on this camera) common practice states twice the focal lenth for minimum shutter speed (310mm = 620 sec min shutter speed for still subjects) but if the camera was not held steady you will get blur. If you look at the second image the dog is in near focus and the rest of the image is out of focus as should be at f2.8, if the shutter was faster and continous focus was used the dog would be much sharper but the rest of the image would still look the same (out of focus at f2.8)</p>

<p>I would try some more images with the camera set up right first, or let someone more experienced use the camera and lens before sending the lens back, i still think it is user error and not the lens.</p>

 

<p>Here's one you can see the settings i used if you click on details tab at bottom of photo.</p>

<p><a href="../photo/9244458">http://www.photo.net/photo/9244458</a></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9244458-lg.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="827" /></p>

<p>The first image the camera is trying to focus on the rope cable in front of the fence.</p>

<p>The second image you need to set camera off the auto mode and use A mode or M, set the aperture to about f4, put the focus to continuous and if you do not have a fast shutter speed up the iso untill you get no less than 15000 sec, track the dog with your shutter button half pressed when the dog fills more of the frame press shutter all the way down and hold it there while tracking the dog, this will take quite a few shots but you can then choose the best afterwards.</p>

<p>It is not a lens fault.</p>

<p>Terry.</p>

<p>In today’s present climate I think you need to offer discounts, here in the UK nearly all wedding photographers are offering discounts just to get the work.<br>

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I know one photographer of 20 years where he can only get 50% of what he got 2 years back. If you are still getting lots of bookings then you can be choosey, if not you need to discount.</p>

 

<p>D700 Sigma 24-70 f2.8 lens SB800 Flash </p>

<p>F4.5, 1/60sec, ISO 2500 @ 70mm<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9128899-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="452" /></p>

<p>Almost all the Churches here in the UK won't allow flash, bump up the iso and you will be fine.<br>

Heres one i did hand held no flash.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/8602531-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="452" /></p>

<p>Lindy have a look on <a href="http://www.alamy.com/">http://www.alamy.com/</a> search for a licenced image click on it for larger veiw, on the left use the calculate price and see what the rate is, Alamy offer large discounts for regular customers.</p>

<p>Hope this gives you some idea.</p>

<p>Maybe there is one thing that you missed - I think that when you have reviewed a shot on the screen, then you have to activate the dials by half pressing shutter-release again. <br />It's worth a try.<br />This may be the cause of fault Paul like David said.</p>

<p>Here is a link to the Law above. <a href="http://www.npia.police.uk/en/11700.htm">http://www.npia.police.uk/en/11700.htm</a> Section 2 para 2.8</p>

<p>Hi Bruce don't know if you have thought about coach travel but if you are doing the Citys these stop at most <a href="http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/Destinations/index.cfm">http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/Destinations/index.cfm</a> easy to book and cheap too. They do a 7 day travel where you want pass for £79.00 you can go anywere in uk wales scotland, although the latter may be to much traveling.</p>

<p>A car would be best for the freedom it would give you.</p>

<p>Yes Eric great what you can do with a bit of black plastic.</p>

<p>For some reason the link will not work.<br />Copy and paste the link and it works.</p>

<p>Watched this last night on BBC2, great viewing for anyone with an interest in photography.</p>

<p>Found it here for you all to watch. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=QsZO0gUghxA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsZO0gUghxA</a></p>

<p>Yes exposure needs to be spot on when using high ISO whatever camera you use.</p>

<p>I shoot weddings in Raw and JPEG, i do this because jpegs are quick to process and they do not show noise as much Raw files, the Raw files (14 bit off my camera) hold that much more colours and detail than a jpeg the noise is more pronounced so sometimes the jpeg can be useful for quick editing.</p>

<p>D700 ISO 2500 HAND HELD NO FLASH</p>

<p><a href="../photo/8602531&size=lg">http://www.photo.net/photo/8602531&size=lg</a></p>

<p>Marten,<br>

You can open the Raw files with Veiw NX that you got with the D700 then do any fine tuning with image, save as a tiff and you can then open in CS2 (the problem with veiw nx is it's slow) i have the D700 and CS2 like you, i was thinking of the upgrade to CS4 for about 130.00 pounds.<br>

Terry.</p>