hi, would love some thoughts on a situation i found myself in.
i was asked to volunteer my time to photograph a fund raising event. this has always been done by another photographer in the past, who donates time and money to this charity. he was a guest at the event and clearly knew that someone else (me) would be shooting the event.

he came with his camera, took many photos. while i was processing, posting & tagging on facebook, i see a message on the charity's facebook page, thanking the other photographer and posting a link to view/purchase his photos. i was very disturbed by this.

i did send an email to the director & event planner (who requested i shoot the event), expressing my concern over posting a thank you & link to his site, when he was not the designated photographer. well, i got very nasty emails from both of them, saying i embarassed them and myself, being negative, my email disturbing etc, etc.

i feel i was asked to be the designated photographer, he was a guest. they were unethical in posting a thankyou to him for his photos with a link to his site to view/purchase, when he was not the designated photographer. they did post a link with my info late last night, 9 hours after posting his link.

your thoughts? would love to have some input on this, both positive and negative.
thanks!!

Hello everyone,
I get really confused about what is considered "good" photography these days. I am told it's not the equipment so is it how good you can photo shop your pictures? I think I good photographer is when you can take a good picture from the start. If I don't Photoshop my pictures then does that make me an inferior photographer? If I take a picture and I say to myself, "Wow, that is so pretty" is it really a good photo? How do I know if it should be "adjusted" or not? I see photos done by "professionals" in the photo magazine and they are so overblown in colors they look in my opinion terrible, not appealing. So, how does one determine what is really good photography these days? Tell me what you think about this photo

Greetings happy Hedgehogers! I'm fairly new to DSLR's but have a decent background in video & a fair understanding of concepts. I've recently tried a few (hundred) nighttime shots including last nights eclipse but keep having focus problems. I'm using a Nikon D330 with a Nikon 55-300 (AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR) lens but i'll be damned if i can get a good sharp focus! I've tried auto focus as well as manual but moon shots just never seem to be in focus, i can get "kind of" close but never get a really good sharp image. Is it me or am i just expecting too much out of a low end lens? Turning the lens to fully CCW, nothings in focus, backing off a bit i can get pretty close but just can't seem to get it spot on.

Thanks in advance,
John

Quite a jump--from an Argus A to a 4x5 Speed Graphic! How many times over the years of using it, did you use it's focal plane shutter? It's just us old geezers (I'm 89) that remember the separate controlls for the tension and the size of the slit--determined by a cross reference chart affixed to the camera. And on fast moving subjects, the top to bottom moving curtain producing forward leaning images.
My avatar is a cheap (about 20 bucks then) German made SLR that was my first adjustable camera at age 12.
Thanks for a wnderful thread.
Bob

Last night, I went through some of my old portfolio photos. Many of the best photos were taken with my original Canon 20D with the kit lens. In fact, I was amazed. Granted, I can do much more technically with my current gear but seeing the old photos made me remember that it's the photographer who creates the photograph and not the camera. And, if you learn to use whatever camera you have well and operate within its limitations, you can get great photos. Just some thoughts. I play guitar and I have a rather expensive custom built classical guitar. Even so, the limitations on the quality of my playing is not a reflection of the guitar but of me. I am ultimately the key in producing the sound that comes out of the guitar. Photographs are much the same.