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<p>Thanks everyone for your suggestions so far. I appreciate it. Kent, to answer your question, like I posted earlier, due to a tight budget I can only rent one lens and since I will be doing far more photography then video, I generally use a prime. Paul, thanks for the invite! I will be in West Yellowstone, but will be venturing into Wyoming and Idaho as well to fish. Are external mics expensive to rent? What would be a quality one to use. Remember, I'm a novice in video so I probably wouldn't know the difference anyhow. Haha.</p>

 

<p>Hello everyone, <br>

I am going on a week long photo shoot/fly fishing adventure in Montana in September and was thinking about renting the Nikon D600 along with the 24mm Nikkor prime lens to test (for possible future purchase). Thing is, I want to capture a lot of the action fly fishing via video as well. I've never used video on a DSLR and was wanting to know if anyone has a good recommendation for a quality piece of glass that will do a good job with both scenarios: Photography and Video. Due to a tight budget, I will only be able to rent one lens. Any advice will be helpful. <br>

PS. I would prefer to use a prime lens.<br>

Thanks, Jeff</p>

<p>Thanks David, Marcus, and Luis! Your responses have been helpful!</p>

 

<p>I received an email this morning from a client of mine whose wedding I shot. She told me that the designer who did her dress wants some images for her website/business. How do I go about this process? Unfortunately my contract was somewhat generalized, and there were really no specifics about image rights and so forth. I know I'm missing something here but just wanted to see if there is a quick solution to this. Thanks! Jeff B.</p>

<p>Good point JDM. I do as well. Thanks for the advice on the other sites Mark and Sanford.</p>

 

<p>If there was one website that you had to view on almost a daily basis that was PHOTOGRAPHY RELATED, what would it be? (And I don't mean online stores like B & H, Adorama, etc.) Thanks!</p>

<p>Thanks guys.</p>

<p> Freelance work. But information on portrait work would be helpful as well. thanks. </p>

<p>Are there any websites that are similar to monster.com, careerbuilders.com, etc. but are specifically aimed at photographers? Trying to search for freelance work (besides craigslist) and it's pretty hard to locate. Thanks! Jeff</p>

<p>Thanks everyone again for your input. It's been a big help already.</p>

<p>Thanks Matt!</p>

<p>Thanks Jeff! I appreciate the response.</p>

<p>Hello everyone. I have a problem that I hope you all may help with. I've got quite a few places of business around town that are willing to display my work and over the past couple weeks, I have been having a blast getting these prints printed, framed, and displayed all over town. Problem is much more are to be displayed and obviously framing doesn't come cheap! Is there anything you all could recommend? Maybe a specialty framing company online or by chance somewhere in my home state of NC? Or is it better just to start building the framing myself and if so where to start? I really appreciate any feedback. <br>

PS - The majority of my prints are "panos" with the average print size ranging from 30"- 40" </p>

<p>Thanks for the advice Nathan.</p>

<p>I was wondering what the protocal is to see if a restuarant/retail store in my area will put some of my work on there wall to sell. How do you go about that? Do you simply give a picture (preferably already framed) to them and simply say "this is a gift if you would kindly hang it on the wall. Btw, if someone wants to buy a print, here's my contact information as well as pricing on a card that we can put beside the print." Or do you go the route of asking them just to sell your work in they get a percentage of every sale? And lastly, what's the best way to approach them?<br>

I'm starting to sell a lot of prints and I'm getting a lot of positive feedback about my work from people I know, but I want to start putting it out there so people who don't know me in my community can see my work. thanks for your time, Jeff B.</p>

<p>Thanks for the input guys. I'll give you all more feedback when I talk with this "potential client." I don't think it's a scam per say, (the person is from a town close to me and from his social media site, looks like an avid/extreme fly fisherman, which is what my photos primarily represent) but with that being said, I will take all you alls info into consideration. Hope it works out though. </p>

<p>I'm a "semi-pro" photographer who earns most of my business through wedding/family photography, but my great joy is landscapes. Anywho, I post a lot of my landscape work on social media sites and a person whom I don't know has sent me a message regarding a business opportunity. The email was vague, and told me to contact him later in the week. Thing is, I've never sold any of my landscape work and don't really know how to figure in a reasonable price. I shoot HDR panoramics and a lot of the work requires long hikes to remote locations, traveling, software, time, printing, etc. I obviously don't expect anyone here to say "this is how much you charge" but I'm just a little stuck on a price that is profitable to me and that doesn't scare away any future business opportunities. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions/ideas that you may have. Thanks for your time. Jeff </p>

<p>I appreciate eveyone's incite. Thanks. I'm taking all your suggestions into consideration. The more I think about it, obviously quality is definitely more important than versatility. Maybe another prime is the way to go. Maybe the canon 24mm or the 28mm. </p>

<p>Thanks everybody for the responses. In a nutshell, I'm looking for a versatile lens for many categories. I shoot weddings, social events, family portraits and landscapes when I go fishing (I'm a fly fishing fanatic). Weddings and family portraits are the two important ones here though, as that's where the majority of my work is. I guess my number one feature I'm looking for is a constant fast lens. "IS" is nice, but I've read (like some of you have already posted) that non "IS" lenses are generally better optically. I would love to own another prime in the near future also, but at the moment I'm looking for something more versatile. Thanks, Jeff Bogle</p>

<p>Bob disregard the last sentence on the last post. I didn't even see your comment about the Tamron...unles you have another suggestion. Ha, thanks again. Jeff Bogle</p>

<p>Thanks Bob! I appreciate your response. I'm a fan by the way. I actually do have a 50mm f/1.4 that is usually on my camera all the time, and the majority of my quality shots are from that. There's just times when I can't simply "back up" enough to get the shot. I have recently built an in-home studio and I just simply don't have the room! Not to pester, but do you have another quick solution. Thanks, Jeff Bogle</p>

<p>OK, so I've completely racked my brain trying to get to the bottom line for my next lens on my Canon 40D. Problem is, I think I've done TOO MUCH research. Every little feature for each lens that I have printed and mounted on my bulletin board keeps racing through my head. This is good here, well this is good there, and so on. I'm looking for a good quality "all-purpose" lens, but mainly good for studio portraits, as well as location family portraits too. My question to you all is, out of these 5 lenses, which would you choose (and if you have a better suggestion please tell me). And to save time, my budget can't be more than $600. That takes away my WANT which is the canon 17-55, along with a few others.<br>

1. Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 EX DC OS HSM<br>

2. Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II VC<br>

3. Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.0 DC Macro OS HSM<br>

4. Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro<br>

5. Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Fi II LD Asperical (IF)</p>

<p>Thanks! Braindead Lens Buyer<br>

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<p>Thanks you all. I will probably stick to the 50mm 1.4 in the gym. Even though I won't be able to get a wider angle (I will use the 24-70 as well though) the low light conditions will be easier to work around. I do have diffusers as well. Thanks again. </p>

<p>Help please. I'm shooting a wedding this weekend and I took the tour of the venue(s) that it will be taking place at and realised that the lighting, particularly for the reception, is really bad, as in really dark. The reception is being taken place in a gymnasium attached to the church and the only light it will be getting is from the candles on each table and a few at the head of the entrance. To put it plainly, no light. What would be the best way to approach this? I've got 70-200 f/2.8, a 24-70 f/2.8 and a 50mm f/1.4 to work with and only a canon speedlite 420EX. Thanks. </p>

<p>Thanks everyone for your input. I appreciate it. I've got a 17-55 with a 40D body. Like it was mentioned before, I'll just have to shoot every angle possible with a tripod, go to work in Lightroom and pick the ones that best suit them. Thanks for letting me know about shooting at f/8. That was one of my concerns. Also, would shooting in HDR be beneficial or would that be a waste of time? Thanks again everyone. Jeff</p>