THISTLE wrote:
Long story short I went out with the wife and dog to take some pics. When I opened the tailgate the dog tried to make a break for it and kicked my NIKON d5100 and my 55 -300 lens to the asphalt. The good news is that the camera body has one of those Silicone body suits, So far, the only problem that I can see is that when I turn the camera off I am still able to observe through the viewfinder. I switched to my 18 -55 lens with the same result.
Do you think that this is going to be a problem. I can't get NIKON Service on the holiday. Thanks for listening......Bill
Long story short I went out with the wife and dog ... (
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I think I need one of those body suits -- do they make them in men's sizes?
PS like your hat
I use a Lowepro top load zoom AW. It is a chest pack and provides some off-set for my Camelback or Backpack. It holds my camera (a D5100 with a zoom lens attached and ready for use). The bottom compartment holds extra batteries, The front compartment holds filters and the rain cover.
The inside top compartment holds extra cards. On the left side of the les barrel are the cleaning supplies. At he very bottom is the lens hood and a Canon 72mm close-up lens. On the outside is attached a very small pouch that holds a Solmeta GPS and its cable.
I use an OP/TECH "dual shoulder straps" that have "quick release" snaps to the camera bag and allows for the removal/attachment without getting into & out of the shoulder straps. The bag rides over my sola plexus. The bag has a strap that keeps it from swing out and away form the body. Adjusted properly I have even jogged short distances.
Hope this helps in your quest.
It works for me.
Whether the end result is by intent or accident, real or surreal, art or photography is immaterial; I would be very worried if I liked everything.
I probably need to expand the boundaries of "my world" if this is true.
I have my criteria on what I like and do not like. It probably is not the same as everyone else's. I think that is good.
Just a thought.
I have this app and it works very well for me. I have it installed on both my iphone and macbook. I use this app nad a gps app to investigate possible locations in and around the area(s) I will be traveling through to identify the lighting and narrow down possible set up locations.
Sannye wrote:
Try The Photographer's Ephemeris. I think it's 4.99 but worth every penny. It does way more than sunrise and sunset times.
In addition to the above comments and if shooting RAW, I think I would have been tempted to try using a graduated ND filter to darken the sky.
I think the blue was distracting and I like the warmer version
amersfoort wrote:
Thanks for your comment. I've tried warming up the photo as per your suggestion. It does reduce the blue but I'm not sure that it improves the photo. Let's see what other people think.
TinkerToi wrote:
Tomorrow I have a Senior photo shoot with twins boys. They are actually mixed race, so a little lighter than usual. I've only photographed one other person of color, but it was all indoors. The shoot tomorrow will totally be outside. Can someone give me some tips please? I will bring flash with me just in case I need some fill flash. But besides that, I'm just not sure. I've read many, many articles on shooting Seniors, but none of them address people of color. Please help! Thanks!!
I have not tested this, but I think I remember from a Bryan Peterson article that he uses the term Mr. Green Jeans for an exposure process which is (paraphrased) below.
When metering intensly black and/or white compositions:
Establish the exposure using trhe cameras metering sytem by focusing on some green object, e.g. Plants, grass, etc;
Corrrect the exposure reading to minus two-thirds (-⅔) from the meter reading above.
Using this exposure setting as a basic starting point,
THEN either recompose and take the picture OR adjust the aperture and shutter speed for the desired DOF or action freezing THEN recompose and take the picture.
I hope I remembered this correctly. I would be interested in your results IF you decide to use the above.
I vote for the color one.
Very nice. I like it. I personally would have probably toned down the yellow a little.
Great production.
It does seem like this at some of the popular tourist sites.
Thanks for sharing. Great laugh.
Considering the wife is screaming in the back ground, I think you took some very nice pictures (especially the first one). Thanks for sharing your photography under stress.