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<p>A Fujifilm Finepix Z5, the first camara and P&S I have ever owned. I don't think I took a single good picture with that pink pice of doodoo. All my photos came out soft, out of focus, blured and just plain bad. <br>

I got my first DSLR the other day(D90), much better pictures.</p>

<p>I use a basic cotton boony style hat when shooting in the rain or if I forget my sunglasses. The brim flips up so I can shoot vertical or with a flash gun. It keeps the rain out of my eyes and viewfinder and you can dip it into the water if it really gets hot. And it has no problem staying on my head in a good wind. </p>

<p>These vidios might help you out, and give you a few idea oh how you want to aproach this project. The videos are about 10 mins total and give tips and trics on nightclub/bar photography.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NEmufNi70w">Part 1</a><br>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5WEwsVvku8">Part 2</a></p>

<p>Exposure<br>

Zoom<br>

Focus<br>

Framing<br>

Horizon </p>

<p>In that order. </p>

 

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<p >I work as a photographer at a theme park and whenever we go out to do roaming photography we have to take a picture of out name tag to identify who the photographer is taking the pictures. After doing this a few hundred times some of us have gotten creative with simple act of identification. We place the tags on flowers, in the water, trees, rocks, food bowls, signs, sand, near bird poop, on other photographers, and yesterday I set my tag inside a pair of underwater goggles. We also try for odd backgrounds and stuff just giggles. Unfortunately I don't have any of those pictures to show off but I want to hear other peoples stories of creative photography involving mundane items.</p>

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<p >Well, I got my heart set on buying a Nikon D90 with the 18-105 kit lens. My question is; is it safe to buy one of these cameras off of EBay from a private buyer or should I just pay the extra money and find the best deal from a reputable online retailer? This is going to be my first dSLR and I want it to be under warranty. </p>

<p >Also, is buying other misc. camera equipment from Ebay a good idea (batteries, filters, ect. ) or should I just avoid it? </p>

 

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<p >Practice getting your horizon right. Try taking pictures of something that has a well defined horizon line, I normally use shoreline but I take my pictures in the water, and just work at it. Try to get a feel for how you hold the camera when the horizon is right. Grid lines help tremendously as well.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice Ryan. After reading what you have to say on the subject as well as talking to some of my co-workers and stopping in at my local photo/hobby shop I think I'm going to be going with the D90. </p>

<p>Re: <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=938526">Craig Shearman</a><br /> I work for a theme park, pay is not that great and there are very few openings for anything at most parks here in Orlando right now.</p>

<p> In the past few months I have landed myself a job as a photographer having no background in photography besides having extensive knowledge of electronics. I have grown very fond of photography and wish to get into it as a hobby. On the job I have use Nikon D50s, D70s, and D90s with a verity of lenses and am most comfortable with using Nikon cameras. </p>

<p> I want to get camera for myself for practice, personal enjoyment, and to learn how to utilize my camera outside the limits my employer sets (basically all we can change is shutter speed, exposure, flash and ISO). I have settled on either getting a D90 or a D80, leaning more to the D80 due to its lesser price and I like the 18-135mm lens that comes with the D80 more than the 18-105mm that comes with the D90. My question is this; as far as photos go is the any major differences, besides resolution's, between the D90 and the D80? And dose the D80 have a the same menu system the D90 dose? What camera should I go for? Also what other equipment might some of you suggest I get along with my camera in general?</p>

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