mariamaria

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mariamaria

Mr. Fstop.
YOU SAID: "Silly question I think if you've been shooting all the things you mentioned. Don't you have thousands of dollars invested in Nikon lens, off camera flashes, ect..???"

AND YOU SAID: "Heads up folks, the website with this logo belongs to someone that's been in business for 20 yrs. Don't think the same person that's asking these Questions.....

AND YOU ALSO SAID: "Why do you use this Logo when it belongs to someone else at www.maria@mariaphotography.com?"


Dear Mr. Fstop,
This is my logo and this is me.

I dont understand your comments. I am Maria of maria photography and my years of shooting was a hobby that has made me money, but it has not been my main focus as I do many other things besides creating images with a camera.

I have worked 'BEHIND' the camera for over 20 years as an actress.
I'm an artist, self taught professional make-up artist, self taught hair dresser, self taught painter, sew costumes without a pattern and create art with abstract objects.
I say this because I do have talent in experimenting and "going for it" and have approached photography the same way I do everything else.


I feel it important you understand the creative knowledge I had under my belt before I starting picking up the camera. I had been watching and working with photographers for years,... but was never interested in shooting until 10 years ago. ( I think my website shares my "collective" knowledge in the "industry" for over 20 years, not that I had been shooting for 20 years).

In photography I've had a lot more MISSES than HITS!!! And what you see on my site are my good images. I'm not a super star photographer, I know very little technically, but I have a "few recipes" that I know "work", get me the results I want and I use those methods over and over again.
I basically stick to with what I know- BUT NOW I FEEL LIMITED IN SO MANY WAYS.

I take great portraits, and shooting life-style stuff, because I KNOW A LOT ABOUT BEAUTY,... I have a great eye for framing and seeing images of beauty with color, lines, light, wardrobe, hair, make-up, locations and wind. I am very conscious of when creating images how important all these elements share in adding to a beauty of a shot.

I am aware of my limited "technical" knowledge, that is why I am on this site!

One of the best advise I think I ever got was: "You don't have to spend your money on 'the' top of the line body. Get a mid-size good 'professional' body, BUT YOU MUST BUY " the top of the line' lenses!
PUT YOUR MONEY THERE- Your Glass is everything, and get yourself a great lab!"

I short, I did just that.
I realize I'm about 10 years behind most! When I bought my first film body 10 years ago, real photographers where going digital ALREADY!

HAVING SAID THAT- I AM A BIT SLOW! O.K.. I got it!...
I'm here to focus on my photography now and DO MORE WITH MY WORK!

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS!- The photographer I sat down with who I am eager to take classes from said, "If you 'can get' these results with your images, with the little "recipes" you have been using over and over again, you are going to be dangerous when you invest some time in really learning how to use your camera!"

I'm am not embarrassed about what I 'don't know'.
My focus here on this forum is to learn.

And Mr.PRIME 7 SAID it briefly:
I was under the impression that this site is here to ask questions and gain knowledge. Am I incorrect?

jbirdmo Loc: Soon to be Chicago

Maria,
It sounds to me like you're more interested in the Canon already, but with that said, wouldn't the real choice be in the lenses? I'm a Canon shooter, and I can get about the same results from most any body (excluding old digital cameras who's sensor are not as good) that I put my lenses on including sub-frame cameras. The money is in the lenses when you're talking about the Pro lines from either manufacturer. The rest is mostly features in the camera that just make it more streamlined for shooting. I have plenty of examples of the Canon 70-200mm f2.8 L IS over on my site http://judevickery.com. Anything you find there of people is with this lens and many of the others are too. It's fair to say that I really really like this lens, and since you're hand holding using natural light I highly recommend this lens for what you do should you choose to flip to Canon.

I hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions.

---Jude

mariamaria

Hi Jude,
I'll be renting a Canon for 2 weeks to really see the difference.
Thanks so much~

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

Hello, You will not notice any difference between Nikon, Canon, Pentax etc. It boils down to whatever feels the best to you. Go to a good camera store and handle the different cameras. One thing, do not get sucked in to the handholding a camera crutch. Handholding a camera presents its problems especially when it comes to longer lenses. I dont care what anybody says, handholding a camera is not easy. I confess that once in a while I do handhold a camera but this is usually with a short lens or if I am shooting kids. Otherwise for just about 100% of my shooting I use a tripod and a good one at that. It seems that people dont like to admit that they need a tripod but if you want the best quality use a tripod and let the handholders brag all they want.