Photo-talk: Semi-Off-Topic

[Zero]

Thought this would be helpful to keep the banter and off-topic chatter down from this forum's threads.

[VVTI1.8]

i started my digital photography on monday and seems interesting! on wed. models will be coming to my class and i will be taking photos of them :), hope their hot :chuckles:

[mrluilou]

are you going to use the film camera for it?

[VVTI1.8]

lol ^^^ no that was for last semester, im going to be buying one but want to hear what the teacher recommends, it does have to be slr, hopefully i get it and learn how to use it before i head to san francisco

[mrluilou]

are you guys going to use lighting equipment for the shoot? it sounds like fun !

[VVTI1.8]

yea, the room has its own little photo studio, the teacher has tn adapter that goes on the camera and when you take the picture the big ass light create a flash its pretty cool and sounds cool, come down and check it out!!

[Zero]

Interesting.
My short term goals are to take a photography and Japanese language class.

I should take them both and see if my job will pay for them.

[jdm_trd99]

Interesting.
My short term goals are to take a photography and Japanese language class.

I should take them both and see if my job will pay for them.

i took japanese back in hs it was a fun class, we would watch anpanman and eat bento boxes on class..if your taking it i suggest writing down the kanjis on index cards so you can easily study them and remember

[Zero]

i took japanese back in hs it was a fun class, we would watch anpanman and eat bento boxes on class..if your taking it i suggest writing down the kanjis on index cards so you can easily study them and remember
Good to know.

anpanman
:rofl:

[Kangaruu]

Breadman?

[jdm_trd99]

Breadman?
yep
http://terakoyasu.sakura.ne.jp/img/chara/anpanman03.jpg

[wel_565]

thank you! :laugh:....

[mrluilou]

yea, the room has its own little photo studio, the teacher has tn adapter that goes on the camera and when you take the picture the big ass light create a flash its pretty cool and sounds cool, come down and check it out!!

what school do you go to?

[VVTI1.8]

what school do you go to?

citrus college in azusa, i wanted to take jap. but it was like a 5 unit course and thats alot of mula :>(

[Xx04xGTxX]

Interesting.
My short term goals are to take a photography and Japanese language class.

I should take them both and see if my job will pay for them.

Hospitals don't pay for those kinds of classes most of the time :(

[Zero]

Hospitals don't pay for those kinds of classes most of the time :(
How do you know I work a hospital? :AF:
STALKER!

[Xx04xGTxX]

How do you know I work a hospital?
STALKER!

haha you were like the only one on the off topic section that mentioned you worked for a trauma hospital just stuck with me i suppose. Plus I am a stalker

[o0o0oitzsuzi]

http://100strangers.com/

if anyone is interested!

[Zero]

Congrats to Billy on winning comp.#7. :thumbup: Nice shot!

The Archived thread has been updated!
There's a new competition out, check it out.

[mrluilou]

i already did :thumbup:

[J-Easy]

This should help get your photographic creativity going.

21 Great shots and how they were taken (http://digital-photography-school.com/great-reader-shots)

[mrluilou]

those are some pretty impressive pictures :AF:

[Zero]

Bump!

I'm gonna work on some bokeh stencils.

Anyone want some festive Christmas stencils?
I've got a 50mm prime lens that I'll be making stencils for.

[Xx04xGTxX]

I figure this is the right place to post this so here goes... When you guys/gals shoot at night what kind of lighting setup/flashes are you useing? And for the second part how do i take a silhouette photo :(

[mrluilou]

what do you plan on shooting at night? if its architecture stuff i just lower the aperture and slow down the shutter speed and keep the iso as low as possible. silhouette pictures the subject must be backlit

[Xx04xGTxX]

At night the only thing I have trouble with are cars :\ most of the other stuff i can do at leaqst so far I can, I guess i just have trouble finding a spot for back lighting

[mrluilou]

At night the only thing I have trouble with are cars :\ most of the other stuff i can do at leaqst so far I can, I guess i just have trouble finding a spot for back lighting

cars? that's a different story :chuckles: you have to have at least 2 speedlites to get a decent picture.

[Xx04xGTxX]

Well no speedlights now... maybe one day ill rent them for a shoot after i get the huge bump out of my car. On another note... in about a month and a half I'm going to a big car meet/trackday/carshow/drifting thing haha and I was curious what 2 lenses would be the best to use?

[mrluilou]

don't rent out a speedlite :ugh: for a car meet just take whatever lenses you have that are wide angle!! i like using my prime lens sometimes because it gives some pretty sharp pictures

[Xx04xGTxX]

lol no the speedlight rental was for a single car photoshoot. The rental for the car show was a lens

[mrluilou]

what camera do you have? rent like a 17-55mm 2.8 lens :gap:

[Xx04xGTxX]

A Rebel xs/1000d.... i'm assuming thats wide angle?

[mrluilou]

i think anything below 28mm is considered a wide angle? :ugh:
correct me if i'm wrong

[Xx04xGTxX]

lol its very possible, i wouldnt know lol... so when they asay a 10-22mm uwa or w.e that means wide

[mrluilou]

i think anything below 17mm might be considered ultra wide angle

[Xx04xGTxX]

So much to learn.... so li... well I guess i have time haha... thanks for the help man

[mrluilou]

no problem man :thumbup:

[Ervino]

i wanna buy a really nice lens for landscape and/or portraits....any recommendations?

[mrluilou]

from what i've read most people choose a telephoto lens for portraits. they choose a lens that's has a focal length of 85mm or more w/ a large aperture. for landscape most people would go w/ an uwa lens :shrugs:

[Ervino]

i see....let me borrow yours then luiluo :)

[mrluilou]

I'll lend it to you but you gotta let me borrow that 70-300mm :naughty:

[Zero]

Erwin, a UWA lens is great for lanscapes. For portraits, a prime lens such as the 50mm 1.4 is pretty handy. A 1.8 should be more affordable though.


I think I'll go purchase a Canon 430EX II flash off of B&H. They've got the lowest prices so far @ $280 shipped. That's fawkin' cheap compared to the $20 discount I have with Best Buy, whose $329.99 price tag is the same throughout several other stores.

[Xx04xGTxX]

I realize what I'm about to post has to do with photoshop, but it also has to do with photography and videos. I use PS Preimier elements to edit movies and whatnot.. but I can't figure out how to get pictures to show up right. They show up loking very off like bad editing in PS. I'm trying to do a video that most would do in windows video maker that is basicly pics running with music in the background. Can anyone help?

[mrluilou]

what looks off??? the colors? maybe your monitor is not calibrated

[Xx04xGTxX]

No it's only on PS... and its like too many colors? lemme open photoshop and see if i can figure out what part would have to be edited to look that way



NVM... That will take entirely too long. This may sound stupid but uhh how do i take a screen shot? Then I'll just post it

[Zero]

Press the PRINT SCREEN button somewhere at the top right section on your keyboard and paste it into a new window on PS.

[Xx04xGTxX]

Ok i'm not dumb anymore

http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/uu299/SilverxCeli/badbadbad.jpg

[Xx04xGTxX]

Ok well I somehow sixed the Elements problem... not sure how :shrugs: Oh well.

Anyways I'm going to a really big car meet/drag/drift competition on the 20th of this month.. I want to rent a lens or 2 to take with me since I won't have my supra ready to make any passes. I was thinking about taking these 2 lenses Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye , and Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM .... I chose these because I think they are wide angle(although I'm not sure) so can anyone think of a better lens or more suitable lens to take?

[mrluilou]

i say rent the 10-22 and get something w/ a bit more reach if you want to take pics of the cars drag racing. get something like the 70-200mm

[Xx04xGTxX]

does the 70-200 have more reach than my 75-300?

[mrluilou]

of course not :faint:
what other lenses do you have?

[Kangaruu]

No, the 75-300 has more reach.

70-200 should give you better pictures due to the quality glass.

[Xx04xGTxX]

haha I didn't think so but I thought I would ask.... and I have a 50mm 1.4, the 18-55mm kit lens, and the 75-300mm

[o0o0oitzsuzi]

What happened to all the photo competitions? Lets start it up again!

[Zero]

Other than Joey/J-easy, has anyone else had their flickr images invited to be "sold" on Getty images?

I got an invite for 7 of my photos and another one for 9.

If you've been invited, have you sold anything before? I need a few model release forms, but I am weary to have them use images I took of my family members. :shrugs: