jaina

<p>Hello,<br>

Anyone with experience with this agency?<br>

Since they require exclusive representation, I'd like to get more information about their standing, success rate and interactional experience, etc etc before I hand over rights to them.<br>

I am not experienced at all in the business aspect of photography and would like to find out as much as I can from those who are.<br>

Thanks<br>

Jaina</p>

<p>p.s.<br>

Laws on such matters are irrelevant in Mumbai. Its a very different world. Knowing or not knowing the law will make no difference if someone does take serious offense...<br>

jaina</p>

<p>Mikhail,<br>

I do street photography in Mumbai as well. I have the opposite experience. Using the arm-around-the-shoulder technique, everyone in Mumbai is easy to deal with, including the constables. Yes a few places ARE off limits and its not hard to understand after the Taj attack. But within a month after the attack I took images of VT station interiors, by just speaking to the official in charge. The only tool you really need is sweet talk and sincerity in Mumbai.<br>

Hope this helps.<br>

jaina</p>

<p>I've been trying it out for low light,a nd every single time, I've come away feeling bad about the results at 10000+ ISO.<br /> Just the presence of that setting gave me confidence to go out and use it...but all the images turn out grainy.<br /> Why have such high ISO settings if the output is going to be unacceptable?</p>

<p>The grain may not be obvious in this downsized image but its awful in the original large image.</p><div></div>

<p>Brett,<br>

I do the black background thing a lot.<br>

In the situations I shoot in, I get a lot of crowds or junk in the background. The person I am shooting is special for one reason or another - and having a million other things going on in the picture defuses the impact of that special thing.<br>

So to get rid of all that clutter - I just select the trash and blacken it all.<br>

This is not a 'defense' since I see no reason to defend myself against anything...just an explanation for why I do what I do.I really do not see why it should upset anyone.</p>

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<p>Debesh,<br>

Remember to collect your 7% GST refund at the airport - otherwise the prices are not comparable to other places.<br>

Call in advance and check the price from several dealers - each time a new dealer turns out to be the cheapest in my experience. Ensure that all quot you a GST included price.<br>

Lords, Cathay Photo are good starting points.<br>

jaina</p>

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<p>and I think it is okay to pronounce it however people like.</p>

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<p>In the international school here in Singapore, we face this all the time, with kids coming from as many as 30 countries.<br>

Although the popular notion is that proper nouns can be pronounced in any way - IMO that logic is faulty.<br>

A name has been assigned by the name-giver to give it a unique identity. The name has either a meaning attached or an association or an origin attached to it. If the phonetics change, it may no longer communicate the identity we are referring to. <br>

So in a native language of some place I might say Dhaaaveed and be calling out to David - or Maaath for Matt - but would that elicit a response from the person I would be calling out to?<br>

IMO there is a right way to pronounce a name and the rest are wrong ways even if they are accepted and used by large numbers.<br>

And in the case of Nikon - it has got to be the way intended by its makers : Ni-kon.</p>

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<p>Based on everyone's input, I realise that I am facing 4 issues:<br>

1. Naming<br>

2. Storing the various life stages (original - finished)<br>

and<br>

3. Managing (keeping track of) the batches of post processing (beginning with sorting/trashing and then correcting / enhancing)<br>

4. Managing the batches of submissions<br>

Thanks for the inputs - I will now read all the comments again to grasp them better ...and come up with a system to manage this.<br>

Jaina</p>

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<p>Thanks Jim, Edward, Dan,<br>

I am creating a structure based on your methods and will check with you, once I have it firmed up logically.<br>

In the meanwhile one question: do you hold on to the intermediate files (of postprocessing) forever or just keep the original and the final images?<br>

Jaina</p>

<p>Thanks Edward for the detailed note.<br>

I don't completely understand everything that you have said but that's because I am a novice at the software as well (have never used metadata...) but I am beginning to understand and will explore further based on he words you've used.<br>

The posts on DAM are quite comprehensive (i.e. scary!).<br>

Just when I thought I had identified allll the possibe areas in photogrpahy that I knew nothing about.....along comes a whole new subject called DAM....<br>

Thanks again!<br>

jaina</p>

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<p>That works for the naming the original or the final files - its the stages in between that are getting hard to manage.<br>

But what about the period in which you are still processing the images - do you have a method of naming that helps you to recognise the stage of process they are in?<br>

I seem to have too many folders ...with originals, then WIPs, then finals then backups then uploaded, and waiting to be uploaded etc...for EACH event. Some are temporary folders, others permanent ...so if I lose track - which happens all the time with my other lives distracting me away from photography - I spend a lot of time 'rebooting' my mind to de-confuse the mess I've created with the filing!<br>

Any ideas?</p>

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<p>Hi,<br>

I have just recently begun to get serious about photography and am learning on my own.<br>

Is there a standard folder - subfolder organisation method that helps you to keep track of all the variations that emerge in the process from original-final?<br>

Thanks<br>

Jaina Mishra</p>

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<p>Leslie,<br>

Thanks - I will look at the Sony for the future.</p>

<p>Edward,</p>

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<p>You can shoot a still with a D3x in the middle of a video sequence. However this causes a brief interruption in the video clip<br>

How can I do that? Thanks</p>

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<p>shun</p>

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<p>It is fine for web display and actually exceeds what we typically post on our Wednesday image threads, but it is not good enough for most other applications.<br>

that's great news. the compromise won't feel so bad now..</p>

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<p>Elliot, - I think your suggestion sounds good - its not that terrible to carry a compact P&S!</p>

<p>John, Ikka - thanks for the detailed explanations - I will read up more on the subject.<br>

Hamish, I will experiment with the 'tripod' (which is another burden for a lazy 5'2" woman) and the AF-on - I read about that in the manual...but have yet to try it. Will also try to cheat by just 'setting' it to tripod ...but using it as handheld...<br>

All,<br>

Thanks for all the inputs - I think the conclusion is that the image quality will definitely suffer in one way or another in the frame saved from a video compared to a still. Will either prioritise or add on a P&S.</p>

<p>Thanks<br>

Jaina</p>

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<p>Wow, so many replies, while I was sleeping.....will process them all with the help of some caffeine now!<br>

jaina</p>

<p>Hi Leslie,<br /> Not only are technicals beyond me, manipulating all the various parameters for each new situation is also something I am struggling with! So all of you here are certainly way more knowledgeable than I am!</p>

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<p>Elliot,<br /> <em>"compromises"??? If you need a high quality still, don't shoot it with video or with a video camera.</em></p>

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<p>you may not need to compromise, but me at 5'2" I get very burdened with the stuff I have to carry around. I love taking stills, but sometimes - like in Lion Dance performances on the street, I'd also like a video capture and it would be nice if I didn't have to lug along a video recorder AND a still camera IF it were possible.....therefore I asked this before I go out and experience the results for myself....<br /> Elliot, Leslie, Marios, thanks for all the info - I have only Nikons, but its always good to know about the rest.<br /> Thanks again.<br /> jaina</p>

<p>John, that's a good point about 24fps capability.<br>

Am also wondering if saving frames from videos taken with regular camcorders is equally easy...</p>

<p>Leslie, the user's manual says that AF is possible in the tripod mode but not in the handheld mode after recording starts.<br>

Marios, I guess with your explanation, I will stick to using this for just stills since thats what its best at ...and use an additional video camera for the videos.<br>

Thanks</p>

<p>Hi,<br>

Would like to get inputs from experts on this...what are the pros and cons of taking videos and then saving frames versus just taking stills?<br>

I want to experiment with the video+frames but would like to go into it informed about the compromises if any...<br>

Thanks<br>

jaina</p>

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