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<p>What color is the pug? Is the problem that the camera is having trouble auto-focusing before the pug moves? Or that you get motion blur? Or that you can't capture the expression you want?<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>

<p>Craig, I agree. In this case I felt like I had the opportunity to educate her, and she was very respectful. </p>

<p>Both of my kids are headed into creative careers so they are sensitive to copyright issues. My son is a college freshman this year and I've been meaning to ask how they address it in his classes. </p>

<p>Bert and Mark M, thank you for your additional comments and links. I'll look at them this weekend. I didn't expect a definitive answer and I've been surprised by how difficult (apparently) it is to determine fair use. It was eye-opening for me.</p>

<p>I don't think anyone would take this to court. I'm certainly not going to. For one thing, I'm not sure she's even old enough to legally have an account on Instagram. I don't know her. She found the pictures by doing Google searches and has no connection with most of the athletes in the pictures. Some of the pictures in one collage were mine, and even though she did not use the whole pictures, she used the essential parts. The parts she cut out were just background. <br /><br /><br>

I exchanged some messages with her and she was apologetic and respectful. She deleted the collage, and I gave her some links to copyright information so she can decide if what she is doing is legal. I suggested she discuss it with her parents. I also told her that if she had asked my permission, I probably would have given it to her (if it was acceptable to the parents of the athletes, who are both minors).</p>

<p>And I promise I was kind!</p>

<p>More than anything, I wanted her to be informed. because it's obvious that she had no idea that she might be doing something wrong.</p>

<p>Thank you, Benoit. I spent another hour last night reading about fair use, and I don't think that her work falls into that category. </p>

<p>After browsing around Instagram last night, I found a number of accounts with the same sort of content. The users call them "edit" accounts and their sole purpose is to showcase graphic design skills (using photographs taken from the Internet).</p>

<p>I'm going to suggest she do some reading at the Stanford website linked above.</p>

<p>I should add that her ultimate goal is to increase her number of followers, and promote her graphic design skills. But the photos are unaltered, other than to cut out the subjects, arrange them in a collage, and add a few words. I'm not sure she has created anything that meets the fair use standards.</p>

<p>Thanks, Jeff. I've already read this website. It seems to me that ultimately the test of fair use is decided in the courts, and that it's largely dependent on the individual work + the interpretation of the judge. But that, generally speaking, simply making a collage of other people's photos (without permission) to distribute to one's friends isn't fair use.</p>

<p>I suppose I'm just looking to see if my understanding is on track.</p>

<p>I come across this a lot among the young people I know. They assume fair use means any use as long as they don't sell their work. But I think it has a more narrow meaning.</p>

<p>I'm trying to understand fair use, and derivative and transformative works. </p>

<p>Generally speaking, is this fair use?</p>

<p>The "new" work is a photo collage made up of people cut out from other photos (found through Google searches, not taken by the collage artist, and used without permission). The people in the collage are the subjects of the original photos. The collage artist, a young athlete, is motivated by her desire to showcase the athletic talents of the people in the collage. Sometimes she adds inspirational quotes she finds on the internet.</p>

<p>Even though she isn't selling the collages, would her work be considered fair use? And is the act of creating a collage of photos (with no alterations other than putting them together in a collage) derivative or transformative? </p>

<p>I have an opportunity to help this young person understand copyright infringement, but I want to make sure I'm on the right track in understanding fair use.</p>

<p>Tyler: I'll let you know. I took this photo recently as part of a set of photos I planned to experiment with, so it was easy to find. If I come across anything with more blue tones in the original image, I'll try again.</p>

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<p>The tone isn't quite right, but the image isn't quite right either. I'm wondering how it would look on a landscape or environmental portrait.</p><div></div>

<p>Does this come close to what you are looking for?<br>

<br />I'm also wondering if camera the camera should be set to spot metering so that the subject is properly exposed but the light areas are blown out.</p>

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<p>Have you tried adjusting the white balance, or adding/subtracting things in the HSL panel? </p>

<p>I have a Nikon D600, and outdoors it makes very contrasty pictures. When I want to immediately decrease the contrast, I switch the camera calibration to camera portrait. (That's a Nikon setting, of course, but they have one for Canon.) I also flatten the tone curve by raising darks and shadows.</p>

<p>I'm trying to finish up Christmas photobooks today to take advantage of the Blurb sale. I have a lot of purchased presets which will get me close to a flatter look. I think (this is my non-expert opinion) that it starts with the lighting. But if I have time, I'll try out some things and see if I can get close.</p>

<p>Tyler: I assume you're shooting in raw? What do you use for camera calibration? Also, what do you use for the tone curve?</p>

<p>If I remember correctly, she also uses a lot of backlighting.</p>

<p>I follow someone on Instagram, himarin, who has a similar style. One of the things that attracts me to her pictures is the cooler, clean tone. She also knows how to use light. And I think she mostly uses film. </p>

<p>http://instagram.com/himarin#</p>

<p>I notice she also has a flickr stream, but the pics there are different than the ones on her Instagram stream.</p>

<p>I've never tried to edit for her look, but I would start by knowing how to read light. And then reducing contrast (so that they look "flat") and cooling the white balance in LR. </p>

<p>Renee: I've been getting emails from B&H and Adorama about Black Friday sales, so you may find something there. Like Carl, we've ordered many electronic items online, including camera lenses, laptops, and a TV. We've never had a problem. It is wise to know the store's return policy - my sister had to return a TV to Adorama - but I've always found that items are packed well enough to handle the shipping.</p>

<p>Don't know if this will help. The photographer who has done some tutoring for me recently posted a link on his facebook page to the ViewSonic VP2365-LED. He said he bought 2 plus the X-Rite calibrator for his assistant.</p>

<p>Andrew, that's a good question. I have a list of follow-up questions for this week and it's on my list.</p>

<p>Tudor, thank you. I had forgotten that I have the Nik Sharpener Pro. (Got it in a package.) I'll open it up and try it out. Also found out that the printer has time to make a proof for me before they print the posters, so that gives me more confidence.</p>

<p>I just photographed a painting, which will be used to make an inspirational poster. The painting is 18" x 24" with a dark area off to the right where the person will put the text. The poster will be printed at the same size as the painting.</p>

<p>I'm using LR get it ready for print. Is there an ideal amount of sharpening one should apply for a poster? The painting is more abstract, not realistic.</p>

<p>Thanks, Andy. I found a way to save all the photos to the camera roll. It's way past time to clean out the camera roll, so this is good incentive to do it.</p>

<p>I'm about to upgrade from an iPhone 4 to a newer iPhone. I have a dozens of pictures taken inside the Camera+ app, but not saved to the camera roll. Will these transfer along with everything else to the new phone? If not, do you have any recommendations for quickly saving them?</p>

<p>I'll add one. Photo is from my backyard, irises in bloom. </p><div></div>

<p>Sorry for the triple posts. Server issues.</p>

<p>Thanks, Andy. </p>

<p>Thanks, Andy. </p>

<p>Thanks! The settings surprised me because I have edited another photo for my friend (taken with a 4) with a higher ISO. I wonder what triggers the iPhone to increase the ISO?</p>

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