Photogs: Those who take 'em and those who love 'em

[little man]

Originally Posted by Freckle-K

Thanks for the compliment.

I hear ya about the decisions vs $$$. Keep your eyes peeled; sometimes deals pop up when you least expect them. I wonder if there's a craigslist or swap meet style site specifically for used photo equipment....

When are we going to shoot again? That was fun!!

there's a craigslist category for cameras and equipment. i've gotten a decent deal there on some manual focus lenses.

[freyja]

If i was more savvy about camera equipment, i might trust myself to buy used. When a photo friend commented that mold is an issue in used lenses, i thought, okay, i'll stick to new (on sale) equipment.

[freyja]

Originally Posted by little man

went to the butterfly house with my sister. images here.

The series of butterfly photos are great. What a treat to go shoot them.

[Fancy]

I hadn't heard about that before. How would you know if you had a lens with mold? (seems like a silly question - would it just inhibit the view or mess with the AF feature)

Originally Posted by freyja

If i was more savvy about camera equipment, i might trust myself to buy used. When a photo friend commented that mold is an issue in used lenses, i thought, okay, i'll stick to new (on sale) equipment.

[freyja]

Freckle, i have no idea about the mold situation.

But i do know many of my local photog group have purchased lenses on Ebay, Kijijii, etc and been happy with their items.

i'm off to do some more food porn today - gotta love strawberry season. And well, chocolate, that's my year round food group.

[Fancy]

Originally Posted by freyja

Freckle, i have no idea about the mold situation.

But i do know many of my local photog group have purchased lenses on Ebay, Kijijii, etc and been happy with their items.

i'm off to do some more food porn today - gotta love strawberry season. And well, chocolate, that's my year round food group.

Your food photography is amazing. Every photo I've seen has made my mouth water! Lol the detail and lighting is spot on.

[freyja]

Thank you Freckle!

And just so you know, that when i can get my plans sorted out for a weekend down there cruising cemeteries and such, i WILL bring you some treats.

i mean, you are showing such patience, how could i not reward you for that?

[femmedyke]

I am a picture taker... with a passion for shooting any and everything. Because of that I'm trying to figure just exactly what I shoot best. . .

I have two flickr accounts.... professional stuff here and personal stuff here. I also created and designed my own website and you can find that here.

I'm new to the thread so I just thought I would introduce myself. I haven't read all the way through yet, but I will when I have some time. It's lovely to be in such creative company.

I currently shoot with a Nikon D90 : two lenses (though I'm salivating over a third right now)

I recently just had my first piece accepted to the Commonwealths Equality Dinner -- it was bid on and auctioned... It was just such a validating feeling! You can see it here.

Sorry for the excessive linkage... just thought I'd get it all out there!

ps... did I see something about strawberries and chocolate? I'll be craving that all day now!!

have a lovely weekend!

I am photographing my mama in her garden for Mother's Day on Sunday. I'm looking forward to it.

fD

[freyja]

Hi Femmedyke,

i checked out your links, each and every one of them

Great to see another talented artist amongst us here.

Please let us know when your Mother's Day photo is up (Flickr?). i will definitely be wanting to see what you have created.

[freyja]

Tonight at 9 pm, PBS has the one hour documentary on Annie Liebovitz; Life Through a Lens.

[freyja]

Food porn pic is up in my gallery.
i must say, it tasted mighty fine first thing this morning *grin*

[violaine]

i do enjoy photographing food/catered events, and will have to dig some images out soon.

here are some of the raptors- a few crows too, although, i have many still to add of the latter.

http://s895.photobucket.com/home/rap...west/allalbums



best,belle

[freyja]

- bump - bump - bump -

[Fancy]

Originally Posted by freyja

- bump - bump - bump -

A couple weeks ago I shot the local Lilac Festival, and I'm still wading through about 500 images!!

[femmedyke]

Off to shoot a recent HS grad. . . so excited, haven't posted my mums pictures to flickr yet, but I did post some photos I took at a Pet Expo last weekend.

Okay.. .so edit question... what is your edit style? Do you group photographs and then go through them? How do you stay focused when "wading through 500 images"? What programs do you use/like?

[femmedyke]

Posted a couple of shots of my mama on flickr as well as a few from my recent session. If you're interested, of course

[Fancy]

Originally Posted by femmedyke

Off to shoot a recent HS grad. . . so excited, haven't posted my mums pictures to flickr yet, but I did post some photos I took at a Pet Expo last weekend.

Okay.. .so edit question... what is your edit style? Do you group photographs and then go through them? How do you stay focused when "wading through 500 images"? What programs do you use/like?

I'm a Photoshop nerd and will pull out the images I like and ensure that color balance is optimal and that an image is cropped the way I like. I do tend to over-crop because I like a tight frame (that just sounds wrong). I'm not a purist when it comes to my images, and if an image has potential I will tweak it (burn, dodge, soften/sharpen focus, etc) until it matches my vision. I would do the same when I was working on photos in the darkroom, so why not digital.

When a batch of photos is huge (like the 500), I won't work through the entire set. I will pull out groupings for specific purposes. For example, I shot many of local marching bands because several of my friends have kids in the band and I was shooting for them to have keepsakes.

Also, I'm incredibly picky. Out of that large set, I may keep or publish a dozen.

How about you?

[femmedyke]

I have a copy of Elements8 which came with my printer, but I'm still learning all of it's functions. A copy of Lightroom is on my (sadly ever growing) wish list. I currently edit my photos with GIMP and Picnik.

I absolutely love playing and editing a photographs; adding texture, layer masks, words, playing with curves (oooh la la), sharpening and softening. It all gets me downright giddy.

In order for me to process pictures for clients in a reasonable time frame I tend to do a quick run through and delete all those I am immediately unsatisfied with and then group the remaining images into locations or scenes. From there I'll time through each group and pick my favourites. I am also very picky but for me this means I will work and re-work a photo for hours upon hours. I am still learning when it's time to walk away from a photograph that can't be 'fixed'.

[Thinker]

Originally Posted by femmedyke

Posted a couple of shots of my mama on flickr as well as a few from my recent session. If you're interested, of course

Well, now... I never knew. You are excellent!!

[freyja]

Very happy to see fellow shutterbugs in here.

Let's keep it active folks!!!

FemmeDyke - did you know you can get a 10 day free trial online, or have you already played thru a trial already?

I am a fan of many post processing programs. Adobe, Microsoft and Canon's own system. Depending on what my needs are, I like having many tools at my disposal.

Freckle - Did I miss the link to your lilac shots? ooooooh purple!