gregoryl

<p>Hello Samuel<br>

Weddings are hard. I did four back in the days of film and that was enough for me, too much stress. At least now you can check to see if the flash was firing properly, exposure was OK, the eyes were open etc etc etc. If you enjoy doing it and it's for free you aren't likely to get flak. On Aaron and Sarah's wedding you have a variety of shots. There are lots of sources for poses, ideas and such depending how much you get into it. For a small wedding like this you got some nice moments. As noted the wide angle distortion is being aggravated by your being tall and pointing the lens downwards. Crouching down will help with some of it and require less work in pp to correct it. There is so much going on at weddings and people are distracted and details are often noticed only after the fact when things calm down. One thing I noticed was the cuffs on the grooms shirt sticking out which I find very distracting. Nit picking. Like any photo some things will bother some people and not others. Photographing people is hard as most people don't like how they look in photos, multiply it by dozens and it's hard to get it to come out to everyone's satisfaction. In the digital age some things can be corrected or mitigated in pp if you have the time and inclination. A few key shots might be worth the extra time and effort. The bride with the parents is one. I did a quick edit to show what I mean. I tried to correct the distortion, reduced the flash shadows, and suggested a tighter crop. Offer it for your consideration, just my 2 cents.<br>

Regards<br>

Greg</p><div></div>

<p>Hello Jeremiah<br>

I wouldn't put the money into that old a camera. The bodies are basically the disposable end of the system. Good lenses hold their value but at the rate new bodies come out they depreciate like a new car and the new cameras are leaps and bounds ahead of the K10 that's about 5-6 years old. My K10 has a crooked mirror and I've had to crank the correction to get it to focus properly but mostly it just sits in a case as back up. I picked up a K7 a couple of years ago new for $900 but they keep coming down in price, could probably get one for less than half that now. The K30 has pretty good features and reviews. Ebay or local sites like Kijiji etc can be good deals if you know what you want and are patient. Anyway like I said to start I don't think it's worth it, it's not a collectors type of camera that holds value. I'd say get something new with a warranty or a good deal used on something newer.<br>

Regards<br>

Greg</p>

<p>Hello Allan<br>

Just to muddy the waters have you looked at the Benro travel angel series II. Comes with an Acra compatible ball head, has higher load capacity 12 kg vs 5kg for the Manrotto and folds up smaller. I got the aluminum A2682T from China on ebay shipped taxes, duty etc $215 Cdn in 6 days. They also make a carbon fibre version and ones with 5 sections but it wasn't worth the extra cost to me for a few ounces weight. I didn't want the reduced stability with the exta section. The other bonus apart from a nice bag is that the one leg can be unscrewed and joined to the centre column and you have a monopod with a ball head for those places that won't let you use a tripod, and it comes with a knob you can attach and use it as a trekking pole. It's a really slick outfit. Here's a couple of links<br>

http://www.benro.com/Products.aspx?cid=208&pid=209&nid=210<br>

http://www.benro.com/Products.aspx?cid=208&pid=209&nid=ben#<br>

Cheers<br>

Greg</p>

<p>Hello Matt<br>

(Trying this again as I messed up on the original post. Posting two versions together.)<br>

It's hard to describe what it is you want exactly because everyone has a different interpretation of your words. That's why a picture is worth a thousand words. If you shot it in RAW you have much more you can do with the image regards to manipulation. With a screen capture of a low res jpeg there isn't too much you can do. Here is my take on it and a version with a lighter foreground.<br>

Regards<br />Greg </p><div></div>

<p>Hello Matt<br />Here's another version with slightly lighter foreground. There are literally hundreds of ways to alter it, just depends on what you want it to look like in the end.<br>

Greg</p>

<p>Hello Nancy<br>

I'm not sure why you want an audio book to explain exposure. It's like a photo book without photos or diagrams to explain what's in the text. Since photography is a visual medium and vision is where we get most of our sensory input I would suggest a video or visual medium. It would be much easier to absorb and retain. If you are looking for clear and concise explanations on exposure this is a good one http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm not a video but this site explains all the basics in a clear way. It is a learning site on the basics of lens, processing etc short and well presente, the home site is http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/. As far a videos of course there is YouTube, I typed in "photography exposure" and got 3,610 results. Most are 3 to 10 minutes long. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=photography+exposure+tutorial&oq=photography+exposure&gs_l=youtube.1.0.0l6j0i5l3.8309.14593.0.17837.20.20.0.0.0.0.106.1764.18j2.20.0...0.0...1ac.1.yyPgkyGARoQ<br>

Cheers<br>

Greg</p>