The best way to send large amounts of data in one e mail (up to 2Gb!) is to use wetransfer. Go to www.wetransfer.com drag and drop the files into the box, add up to 8 e mail addresses and a message and send. Yesterday I sent 146Mb in under a minute and it went through a firewall that blocked attachments of 1Mb!!! I dont know haw but it works.
I use the Custom Bracket Mini RC - 50 Dollars US I believe - All their products are engineered very well and will last.
http://www.custombrackets.com/products/camera-flash-brackets/cb-mini-rc.html
Hope this helps
The cameras are as good as the users - both are top quality but the Nikon lenses are a touch sharper and have better Bokeah.
Line of duty - it goes with the job - get real and get a life!
Good effort - Hope all goes well with the portraiture
If the Ripper Street is the one from over here then it is VERY good, as there is an American actor in it I would expect it to be seen in the US. Even the early forensic science is pretty accurate! That is saying something as a lot of the Forensic based programmes are so inaccurate. I have contacted the programme makes here in the UK to try and get in as a Forensic Adviser but to no avail now that I am self employed!
I am with Prairie seasons on this. Most of my post production work is in LR4 with the odd photo going from there into CS2 and back for output HTML files for the client to choose from. Once tried you will wonder why not before! The only downside is the cost implication - try free for 30 days from the Adobe site.
Now I know that we all want to go new, BUT consider a factory refurbished D3X or D800 - that might come in under budget. There are some good bargains on Amazon or E Bay - look mfor the number of shutter actuations. That is one thought the other is why go full frame? The quality of the sensors will take an image to 20x16 easily especially shooting raw and converting to TIFF for printing. In this recession I doubt that your customers will want more that 20x16, rather several smaller images for a wall cluster. However, as we sa on this side of the globe - "you pays your money and takes your choice" Regards.
Practice on anything moving fast until it becomes second nature. Stand by the road and photograph cars with all the different combinations of settings you can think of and then practice some more. The event is where you make your money not where you learn your skills!
Quantum Trio is brilliant
Lightroom keeps up with the different formats of RAW files. LR4 has no problem with up to and including D4/D800&E after that I dont know as that is the latest camera I have.
Linear polarising filters over the lights and one at 90degrees offset over the lens. This will improve the colour as well as cutting down glare and reflections. A sheet of matt black card with a hole for the lens helps as well. Use a longish focal length lens - 105 is ideal.
Apple Aperture -v- Adobe Lightroom. If you use Photoshop then you can swing between the two Adobe products easily which I am not sure that you can with Aperture. I am an Apple person but use the Adobe products together and would reccomend that course of action.
Definatley the f/2.8 - it will give you more scope when you get more proficient etc Save up a bit more !!!
Shoot everything as colour RAW files then import into light room de saturate but keep the colour layers and adjust these till you get the effect you want. Or shoot JPEGS and import into Photoshop in adjust channel mixer click monochrome and then adjust the three sliders to get the effect you require. Regards BRIAN P