ken_dunn1

Thanks, after digging a little more the GL2 may be more what I need. The weight and cost of the XL is prohibitive as I will be doing some pretty long dayhikes with it (5 miles +).

I am a still photographer that is going to try some digial grabs for

a customer of mine (mosly landscape kinda stuff for filler) and was

wondering about which unit to purchase. Easy to use, light, good

wide angle, great colors are I guess the most importaint. THinking

on the Sony DCR-VX2100 right now, will this get professional

results? Lookin for the Canon 20D of video, lol

My local Wal Mart has them for $60-70 best I can remember

If they manage to keep the noise down at the higher speeds then this camera will be interesting. It worries me that 800 is the top speed without custom functions.

I have been using a 550 with my 20D now for a few days and not had any problems. It is worlds better exposure than the same flash on the 1D which is horrid.

Bob, if Canon put IS on the camera bodies and you had an IS lens, would you get 4-6 stops, lol.

I think this type of photography is best with natural lighting, tripod, velvia or vs, and maybe a small reflector.

if it is a moonless night try about 4 hours at 5.6, that should be in the ballpark. I have used this and the exposures are pretty close, although something always seems to screw up my picture, usually airplanes. Be sure and use a film that can take that kind of exposure like E100 family. Good luck.

You may not catch many fish in a small pond, especially if you are just fishing for catfish, but if you also have a line out for bluegill, one for bass and another for trout, then you increase your chances considerably. That is the purpose of this question, should I not be so focused in a small town and should I promote them together.

I think a point I meant to get across was that there are no photographers around this small town and I am not sure if there is enough commercial work to keep one busy (unless this tourism gig keeps going, which it may or may not). Thanks to all for advise so far

I guess I have came up through the ranks like a lot of professional

photographers, hobby for years, part time for a few more, now I was

offered a huge contract that let me go full time pro. It will last

about 6 months, make a really good amount of money during that time,

and get more work from them later. I have a few other customers

that I also work for. I started doing nature photography which got

the attention of some local tourism people, which led me to work

with an ad agency (small) that has expanded me into lots of

different areas, notably healthcare. The big contract I have is

part of a tourism project. So now I have to get busy and be a pro

and here is one of the problems I am facing. I am in a small town

(only big town is 100 miles away), maybe 5000 people, not really any

other photographers other than maybe one other portrait (which I

really don't want to do much of). I want to do commercial, but I

need to know if I need to focus on certain areas that are my strong

points like tourism, or do I need to do it all and promote it all on

one promo piece (I am about to get something published to promote my

photographic services). Should I show wedding, nature, healthcare,

tourism, etc together or do I need to specialize? Any other

suggestions?

dmax is much more importaint than dpi. I think I will keep my Polaroid Sprintscan with a 3.9 Dmax and 4000 dpi

Just returned from there on the 29th, color is getting there, maybe 50-75%. Peak color up towards Crested Butte around the 26th, suspect that Telluride will peak this weekend or early next week, same with DD.

Gonna be in the Montrose area starting on the 25th looking for fall

color of coures, also looking for a good overnight hike with lots of

high country photo ops, something like 10-15 miles, will have a

shuttle if need be. Also is there water on the trail and how is the

color coming along. Thanks a bunch

Kenny

I guess I should have made it clear that in my area it is Amish, and I have asked and they turned me down very matter of fact. The link to the article is exactally what I was talking about, I don't think people have a right to take photographs of children if it makes them uncomfortable, which you can tell in the photographs it did, and there were no parents around. I know if my 13 year old daughter came in and told me someone was following her taking pictures I would be really upset and he if he didn't have a good explaination, he would be have to bend over if he were gonna take anymore pictures with that camera. I photograph kids all the time, my biggest customer is a federally funded tourism project, but I also make sure they are very comfortable and I always get permission from parents.

I don't know what you mean about the other kids not having the same rights, I think they all do, its just that their parents, as far as I know as a religion, don't object. Also just becasue NG does it does not make it right. I am not picking on him either, I thought I was careful not to be too hard on him about it. I was just making a point and wanted to know what others thought, and obviously some agree because he has gotten some feedback about it.

I saw where Reichmann had some images up now of some Mennonite kids

going to school that struck close to home with me. THe images where

great, but I have passed on some great shots of these folks becase I

felt it was not moral and it is against their belief and I respect

that. He makes it clear that what he done was legal because they

were in a public place, and he also states that it was moral for the

same reason and the fact that it was not commercial. HOwever he

puts the pictures on his website that sells his video, so I am not

so sure that it is not commercial. Also I find it questionable to

photograph children knowing that the parents would not approve. If

he had been photographing kids in a city park and the parents asked

him to stop and he didn't he would be asking for big trouble. He

says they were not harrassed, but also says hints they were made

uncomfortable (and what kid on a country road would not be if a

stranger stops beside them and points a camera at them). I just

want to hear what others say about it.

 

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/locations/school-days.shtml

Well, I had a 10D and shot some digital beside my film camera and like the film better. Everytime I bring this up I get flamed, but hey, I have shot like 20,000 digital pictures in the past year or so, but I like film better for nature. Buy yourself a good used OM2 or something for $150 and a good lens (I bet you can buy the OM bellows and close up lenses now on the cheap, best there are) and load it with Velvia, if you know what you are doing you won't be sorry, or better yet buy a used Mamiya 645 for next to nothing, add an 80 and a 150 with Nikon 5T and 6T and get results that will blow your mind.......could do all that for less than $1000 including a fair tripod (all used of course) (avoid the J body as it has no mirror lock up)

I like the Blue RIdge Parkway between the Smokies and Asheville. You always hear that its crowded too, but I have not had any real problems. I am afraid we have had so much rain this year that it will screw our color up.

"open vista with blue skies and vibrant autumn color".....I think you just answered your question there. You are looking at the colors. I think that if you said you were hiking with lots of interesting trees with textures and leaf patterns or something like that, B&W may suit you. I shoot Mamiya 645 and can carry an extra back if I need to, but now I just do it in photoshop. An extra rebel body would only weigh a few ounces and take up very little room as well.

I have printed about 15 prints that average 16x24 and the two of the ink carts show 80% while the others still show full. Also consider that I am sure it used a lot of ink to prime the printer that will not be used when changing carts (The carts don't set over the printhead). I have heard that these printers are much less expensive to operate than Epson (they need no cleaning cycle like the Epson do because they use a different technology) and they just need less ink to print for whatever reason. What finally made me buy the printer was that I emailed a guy that had both and he said the only reason he had the Epson was because it would take really thick stock and he had a need to do that from time to time (I think it was really thick, like cardboard). The prints are wonderful, the paper is really great and here in the states its (the paper) the same price as Epson, so you may want to dig deeper into that. The paper has a really nice heavy back, almost feels like canvas. If you get it plan on using roll paper, it seems to work much better, but I have gotten the hang of sheets a little better. I have never been able to get the rear sheet feeder to work, I don't know how you would line it up, there is no tray, just a slot and they expect you to stick it in there straight! Anyways, it is a very affordable alternative to the Epson, and I can't imagine the prints looking better as I feel inkjet has gotten so good that I think it will take a different process to improve much.

OK, bought it and it makes wonderful prints, as good as anything I have seen. The sheet feeder is not much, but the roll paper works great and the cutter does a good job. The software is OK, a bit confusing, but you get the hang of it (even tho you pick roll paper you still have to size it for the cutter). Has tons of papers to pick from in the profile, and it seems to be dead on as far as color matching the monitor right out of the box. Any more questions just ask.

Well, went ahead and ordered, will let you know how it works in a couple of weeks.....

all 7 colors of 8 oz bottles of cave paint is $280. That is more than 2-220 cart sets x 7 carts at around $100 per cart, $1400 vs $280 is a pretty huge price difference if you ask me.....

I was thinking about buying either an HP designjet 130 or Epson 7600

and one of the things that scares me about the Epson was all the

different inks. I saw where Lyson has something called cave ink in

bulk that you can get and use in CIS for the machine. Anyone used

it and is it truely an all purpose ink?