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I love the dunes. A couple of local businesses worth calling for ideas are Iona Print Studio and Lovinger Gallery both in

P-town (which on the right day is great for street photography.

<p>Images are sized to 4 by 6 including border. Have tried a few at MPIX, but still see a lot of movement in the border sizes.<br>

Jay, I hear your sentiment - but the people we'd mail these to know I like photography. A lot of errors they will miss, but borders stand out. I like the exacto knife idea - had thought of it, but seemed impractical with a large volume.<br>

Anyway, here is the current version of the photo.</p><div></div>

<p>Hey Jim, <br>

Thanks for the thought. I tried tripling the border and sent to Costco. What I got back was still way way off and varied from copy to copy. One image had the top at 1.5 x with bottom border at .5 x<br>

Wondering if anyone knows of a way to accomplish this on a volume of prints. If it was just a few, I would print on 5 by 7 and trim down with a cutter. But with 100 - 150 prints, I don't think that would work. Are any of the photo printers run at tighter specs?<br>

Thanks.<br>

Jonathon</p>

<p>Hi All,<br>

My wife and I have welcomed our first child into our hearts and lives. I decided to do our own birth announcement, and one of the elements I added is a border to the photo. My intention is to print these at 4 by 6. I have done a couple of test photos with MPIX, Adorama, and Costco and found that it the borders do not print either evenly or consistently. I understand that the photo paper can move during processing, but is there anything I can do to ensure consistency? We will need 100 or so prints. Attached is an earlier draft of the announcement (I am not on my regular computer). Thanks for your help!</p><div></div>

I very badly wanted to attend Flash Bus 2011 in Boston. Then my wife went into labor with our first child and by the time I got a little

sanity back and tried to register, Boston was sold out. I emailed Adorama to request being put on a waitlist but didn't get a

confirmation. If anyone here has an extra ticket, please let me know. And no, I won't give up my first born. She is way too cute.

<p>Thanks for sharing your thoughts - this has really got me stumped. I shot in RAW with a D300 with 70-300. I tried tweaking WB in post - but still no luck. My monitor is calibrated and the blue matches on printing. I know I can do the localized edit - but I have the same problem in all the shots - so was hoping to find a batch edit.</p>

<p>Goal 2 attached</p><div></div>

<p>Recently made my first attempt at shooting hockey - at my nephews pee wee league. My nephews jersey should be a bright purple - think Minnesota Vikings colors. In post, I saw that I only had +.7 EV dialed in, so I upped that, and tweaked the white balance. The result is much better, but still way off. I'd be grateful for any thoughts you'd have to get the color more spot on.<br>

Thank you.</p><div></div>

<p>I know its not the same as a reference from people in a forum you trust, but in the past, before making expensive purchases on EBAY, I've e-mailed other buyers to see if they were still happy with their purchases. I found people were really helpful with their responses. Good luck with your purchase.</p>

<p>Hey Laura - thanks for getting back to me. We live in Boston but have a soft spot for Texas. I already showed my wife your work :-) When I told her I wanted to shoot the birth - she was very opposed. In part, it was a privacy thing - she didn't want photos that were too intimate. And the other was the blood. Your shots were candid and intimate but maintained a line that she loved. Agreed about the bright red blood toned down in B&W in this case, but a lot of it has to do with how you composed the shots. If I was to tweak anything - to play around with one, maybe two shots, I might experiment in post to add some extra grain. As we get closer, I'll look for local photogs who might do this kind of work, or consider giving it a shot. In the meantime, my cat just "volunteered" to be a practice model.<br>

Again, congrats on what I think is a fantastic first effort! </p>

<p>Laura - wow! I love the choice of B&W - it lends a softness here that works wonders. My wife and I are expecting our first - and I've been thinking a lot about shooting the birth - but as the Dad - not sure I'll actually be able to - but maybe get my father-in-law to lend a hand. Trying to figure out what lens I would use, and how bad the lighting will be. I love the picture of Landon on the scale. Was that the 50mm 1.8? Were you able to do the whole shoot without flash? Its not like the hospital is going to let me poke around the maternity ward with a grey card ahead of time.</p>

<p>Just a quick sanity check. My wife bought me an MB-D10 from Amazon as part of my birthday gift. The unit arrived - all paper work in tact - but was missing the contact cap. Also in the box was a shipping receipt to another buyer from early January. My take is that this is a lightly used MB-D10 - it seems to work just fine and I don't care much about the contact cap. I contacted Amazon and they offered offered their apologies and two options - replace the unit - or give me a refund of 25%. My inclination is to accept the refund and head out for an inexpensive dinner with my wife. Any reason to think <em>caveat emptor</em> and get a brand new unit? Thanks for your quick two cents.</p>

<p>Hi All,<br>

So my wife wanted to buy me a photo workshop for Hannukah - and she was thinking of Eddie Soloway and Michael Melford's workshop <strong>Putting the WOW in Your Nature & Outdoor Photography. </strong><br>

Has anyone taken any of the Nat Geo workshops? Not horribly expensive at $200 - just wondering if they're worth the time for someone who is still at a beginner level. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.</p>

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<p>Must admit, I love this thread - Garrison - thank you for the outstanding and thoughtful guidance you've provided. If I may ask, with your proposed setup, would you need a video cards as well? <br>

I've taken my laptops apart, replaced fans, upgraded hard drives - but never built my own desktop - and this thread is giving me an itch. If I do scratch, and assuming it doesn't exist elsewhere on pnet, maybe I'll catalog the experience.<br>

<br /> Happy shooting!</p>

<p>Sach,</p>

<p>I have not taken the NYIP course - but had looked into it. The materials are largely books, and the instructor provides instruction via cassette tape of all things. <br>

If you like reading on your laptop, maybe consider 123di (123di.com) - you can download a sample and see if that looks like your style. The content right here on pnet is also quite good.<br>

I don't really like books that are manual substitutes. Some books I like:<br>

Bryan Peterson's Understanding Exposure (also Learning to See Creatively)<br>

Joe McNally's Hot Shoe Diaries - outstanding book on flash photography (If you want to learn about flash - definitely check out the Strobist website - strobist.com)<br>

Jim Krause's Photo Idea Index is a great source for stimulating your creativity<br>

Don't overwhelm yourself with books though - the best way to learn is to shoot - experiment - and don't be afraid. Start out in program mode - then start to take some of the control back. Setup a few "experiments" to shoot at different shutter speeds and aperture. If time allows, and you get comfortable - manual shooting is eye opening.<br>

Happy Shooting!</p>

 

<p>I know the usual rules about checking for dust on a sensor. Recently took a couple of photos with two different lenses stopped down, against a white wall. I am attaching one here. Normally, I'll see little dark squiggles as representations of dust and decide what to do based on image quality - which means usually, I do nothing. This time, I noticed three light colored circles - highlighted in red below. Would anyone have an idea of what these are? Since I don't see it affecting my images, I'm not inclined to do much - but for peace of mind, thought I'd reach out to fellow "pneters". Thanks for any guidance and for correcting my reference to our community.</p>

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Hi Everyone. Thank you all for sharing your expertise. Luis G you are right. I did leave a filter on the lens. Lesson

learned. I can post in the darkroom forum, but if I may ask- any tips on how to Photoshop the ghosts out? I usually only

do levels/curves sharpening and cropping. Thanks again!

<p>My wife and I spent a fun day in Provincetown yesterday. On the way back, I wanted to capture the last moments of sunset over the skyline. The attached photo illustrated a problem I had. Most of the photos have small green and yellow dots floating in the sky - in this case, about midway up. My guess is that these are some sort of flare based from the streetlights below - but it strikes me as so completely odd. Any ideas on what these are?<br>

I left the EXIF data attached.<br>

Thanks for your help.</p><div></div>

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<p>I'd also checkout Fred Parker's Ultimate Exposure computer http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm - happy shooting!</p>

<p>tom - a couple of reasons to use a card reader. In general, I believe the transfer rates are faster - so you spend less time moving pictures to the computer. Also, when you plug the camera in, data transfer will drain the camera battery - and bad things can happen if your camera dies during transfer. Also, note that there are different types of memory - my nikon uses CF cards, other camers use SD cards, Sony cameras tend to use memory sticks - all serve the same role - think of them like film for your digital camera.</p>

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<p>To add on to Joe W's comment if you have access to a Costco, they sell packs of Eneloops with chargers relatively inexpensively.</p>

<p>Fabiano - once read a good rule of thumb of -2/3 EV for mostly green scenes - maybe Bryan Petersen. Any chance you can bracket?</p>

<p>David - you really do need to check your exposure meter in your camera - and it would be helpful if you could post an example. What ISO is your camera set to? If you really want to understand how to calculate exposure, Fred Parkers ultimate exposure computer is priceless http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm I also like Bryan Petersen's article http://www.photo.net/learn/basic-photo-tips/correct-exposure/ I hope this helps.</p>