nathansanborn

Thank you everybody in this old thread. I was able to fix mine in under 15 minutes.

<p>Had a great camping weeked for the summer solstice. Some friends and I (about 100) had a little camp out/music festival out in the middle of nowhere. It was full of visual treats and I snapped more than 750 photos over 4 days. The trip was finished with a trip to White River Falls here in Oregon. There is an old power plant there from around the turn of the century. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but the fine volcanic sediment in the water ruined the turbines, so hydro power wasn't such a good idea long term.</p><div></div>

<p>Here's the soft box on the camera.</p><div></div>

<p>Or just bounce it.</p><div></div>

<p>10' direct flash</p><div></div>

<p>7'</p><div></div>

<p>Now direct flash</p><div></div>

<p>10'</p><div></div>

<p>at 7'</p><div></div>

<p>Here are some examples to show. Don't judge the exposure (they look underexposed to me), I used an old Vivitar 550 thyrister flash that I had an equally old Lumiquest soft box for.</p>

<p>I did shots at 5,7,and 10 feet with the softbox, direct flash, and bounced off a white celing for comparison.</p><div></div>

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/films/color_reversal_films/index.html

When selling anything, product knowledge is much less important than we think. The most important thing is to

understand your customers needs and wants. Once you fully understand the customers problem, you can then match

their problem to a few different solutions. The value of a sales rep does not come from his knowledge of his product, but

from his ability to clearly understand his customer's needs. Manufactures make books that know all about their products,

and they release a new one each year which usually becomes obsolete as soon as printed, I'll let them know all the

product knowledge, all I need to do is know where that book is.

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I would start by visiting these establishments and asking them "Who decides which artists go on your walls? May I speak

with them? What can I do to have some of my art on your wall? How have you handled sales of art on your walls with

artists in the past?"

<p>Using my new Holga 60mm f8 on my D7000. Fun times to be had!</p><div></div>

Rodeo Joe,

 

Just curious on the reasoning for "softboxes every time"

<p>In portraits, you need to be aware of exaggerated features. If you get too close to your subject especially with a wide angle lens the features closest to the camera will appear larger. This can be used to make interesting portraits, or it can make your subject look very awkward.</p><div></div>

<p>The $50 was for the two lenses and shipping. I still shoot a bit of film, but I usually sticker shock at the cost of developing and printing with 35mm, I'd be in for a real wake up with medium format. Plus as I don't do it very often I'm at the mercy of the photo lab for results.</p>

<p>Nice dumpers!</p>

<p>Any pointers you have would be loved as well.</p>

<p>And the pinhole</p><div></div>

<p>Here is the Holga 60mm f/8</p><div></div>

<p>I guess I'm a sucker for toys and newsletters. Got the B&H newsletter last week and could not resist the Holga pinhole lens for Nikon DSLR, and hey, while we're at it, I remember barely resisting the Holga 60mm f/8 so lets get that too.</p>

<p>I really do think it's silly to spend $50 to make a $1100 camera work like a $25 toy. But I'm silly. I'm gonna keep them with me until I find the perfect scene or person to capture with it.</p>

<p>What sort of images have you found the most enjoyment making with this type of lens? I'd love to see some of them.</p>

<p>Here are some shots for comparison.</p><div></div>

Pretty easy. Since you are lighting the subject artificially you can decide what exposure you want to use. Lets say for

example you want 1/60th of a second at ISO 100 f 5.6. Set your light meter up with 2 of those items like 1/60 shutter ISO

100 and meter the lighted side of your subject.... Now move the light closer or farther away from your subject until you get

the 5.6 that you want. Once you have this meter the shadow side and look for it to be no more than f2. If the shadow side

is too bright, use a dark surface like a big black sheet of poster board or something on the shadow side to block light from

reflecting onto the subject and providing fill.

 

Your other questions... What would the shutter speed be? Whatever you want it to be.

 

How can you make sure what the shadow and highlights are? The bigger f number/smaller apeture will be your

highlights, the lower numbers/larger apeture will be your shadow.

Let me elaborate.... If your meter says something has f2 light, but you expose it at f5.6 it will be dark.

<p>Saddie,<br>

It sounds as though you are on your way already. As you take many steps forward in your learning curve, you may have some stumbles (think watching your child figure out this whole walking thing). That's expected/OK/how you're gonna learn.</p>

<p>Remember though, you can always take a step back. I would consider using the scene mode on your camera. One of the scenes is "portrait" and I think the symbol looks like an icon of a child or something. Shoot around with this mode a bit, paying attention to what settings the camera picks and seeing how changes affect the picture. Then on the big day you should have portrait mode as your old stand by ensuring you get shots, taking the pressure off and allowing you to explore with A or S or M or P (I still never figured out P mode, what it is, what it does, where it is useful).</p>

<p>Also, don't buy another lens yet. I do agree that the 50 1.8g is a fantastic lens, and my favorite all purpose lens on the DX is the 35 1.8g. These lenses will help, but you do not need them. I would put the 18-55 on and go.</p>

<p>Also +1 on the bounce flash.</p>

<p>Maurice Orozco, thak you for the encouraging words last week. Also about last week, Chris Wick, loved your photo. Looks like any problems with that picture were easily fixed in the lab (pun definitely intended)</p>

<p>I read a great tutorial from Zack Arais that someone linked to from one of the forums about white seamless and I got inspired to do a self portrait. Now thanks to the magic of photoshop the word believes that I have a giagantic secret white room!</p><div></div>