peter_cohen

<p>Light modifiers. There are so many choices and some of us have very little time to experiment.</p>

<p>When he contacts you, express your concern for the person who's ill, and ask how he would like to take care of the balance due for the evening. In the future, to give yourself some protection, tell folks you have a minimum and get that up front. Or figure out that you'll be working at least x number of hours, get paid for that in advance, and then settle up the night of, or the next day. Keep it business-like, yet personal. Otherwise, you're working for free.</p>

<p>Lupo is correct. Just go to your previous install's plug-in folder and drag (or copy) the content to the CC 2014 plug-in folder. Restart PS and you should be good to go.</p>

<p><strong>Cesar</strong>: A couple of quick responses (I've been buying and selling on eBay for 11 years).</p> <p>When you use the Buy It Now feature, you can stipulate that it must be an instant payment. Also, eBay would not give out your phone number. If you got a text, did you list your phone number in the ad?</p> <p>Unless you use eBay's escrow process, you get paid from PayPal as soon as the buyer pays. If somebody sends you a message and asks to complete the deal outside of the eBay process (like asking you for your PayPal user ID), do not go along with it. You are losing a certain degree of protection by leaving eBay's system.</p> <p>In your listing, state that payment must be received in XX number of hours, or you will cancel the transaction. You can also stipulate that only buyers with a certain feedback rating need apply. Check eBay's help files, and you'll find just about every situation covered.</p>

<p>Off-topic, but relevant ... With 30-33 people of varying ages, my guess is that you'll have to swap between three and six heads/faces to make your final image. My point in saying that is to get you not to worry when you look at the images on the back of your camera and see that in each one, at least one person is not playing along. The adults will tend to look at their kids to discipline them to behave for the photo, so it's important that you let the adults know that they should just keep looking at you and you will take care of getting the kids' attention. I would have some sort of squeaky thing to get the younger ones looking right at you.</p> <p>As noted by several above, a good tripod is more important that the lens you'll be using so you can make those head swaps easily. Also, make sure you have sufficient depth of field to accommodate the front-to-back depth of your posing. Good luck.</p>

<p>Regarding the white color, it looks pretty white to me. It's never been an issue for me.</p>

<p>I have many Photoflex umbrellas, both with metal ribs and fiberglass. They all have removable black covers. I can say from experience that the fiberglass ribs are way more resistant to getting bent out of shape (they don't) than the metal when you have a light blow over outside. Removing the covers is a non-issue. Takes about 10 secs to get them off, a little more to put them back on.</p> <p>The 60" is a great size. I routinely shoot groups of up to 30 people with two 60's and get uniform coverage.</p>

<p>Suggest you upload the contents of the install disks to Dropbox or your choice of online storage provider. Them download to your laptop and go from there.</p>

<p>You have to think about the world at large and the way potential customers will think. We are all so conditioned after approximately 20 years of thinking "dot com," that I'm not sure about the value of a dot-anything URL.</p>

<p>Try this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/241695-REG/Custom_Brackets_BH1_Battery_Holder_BH_1.html</p>

<p>I have and use constantly the Tokina 16-28 2.8. I love this lens. I shoot bar and bat mitzvahs -- about 40 a year -- and this lens is my go-to for tight, close-in shots of dancing as well as ultra-wide images of large groups or even room shots. I always use it with flash, so it's always at f/5.6 or greater, but performance is superb and it produces tack-sharp prints. I used it's DX brother, the 11-16, when I used D7000s, and had similar experiences. I am now shooting this lens on a D610. The price difference vs. the 14-24 is significant and performance is pro-level.</p>

<p>As for crowd control, it's rare that you won't have to deal with it. I try to get out in front of it by telling people as soon as they get up next to me that they need to let me get the shot first and then I will have the subjects stay in pose so all the others can get their shots. Be nice, but firm. Just think of those other cell-phone-camera shooters as taking money out of your pocket by distracting your clients and dragging out the session. You need to be in charge of the session.</p>

<p>Same here. Seems like as long as you're logged in, no worries.</p>

<p>Works totally fine with the diffuser and sock. I just pull the sock around the head and remove the bottom half of the umbrella shaft.</p> <p><strong>Ellis</strong>: Outstanding suggestion! That's why you're making the big bucks ;-)</p>

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<p>Here are a couple of images of the spigot I referenced and linked to above in use with Quadra, Photoflex umbrella adapter and Softliter.</p><div></div>

<p>I had the same problem. I found this spigot almost by accident and while it's not the most elegant solution, it works great and places the Quadra in the correct position within the Softliter -- http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lighting-Extension-Spigot-for-Mounting-Studio-Flash-on-Paint-Poles-by-Gel-Clip-/380790344049?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58a8df8971</p>