Posts: DebAnn | Ugly Hedgehog

wind and wave

Fantastic!

pfrancke wrote:

my favorite birds

Lolumina soft release button

Aug 30, 2018 07:42:17 #

(Links and Resources)

I use the stick-on kind - they have a very textured surface. They stay put - haven't had any fall off of my 3 cameras. I will try to remember where I got them - it was an online gadget company that sends me emails.

DaveO wrote:

I have been looking at these and I believe they are "stick on". These and similar products have been reported to fall off in some cases.

I have been investigating due to a tingling and partially numb index finger due to spinal surgery.

Post Processing - cropping

Aug 29, 2018 08:02:09 #

(Wedding Photography)

Depends. If I'm cropping a photo for my own use, I custom crop a size that I think works. Then I have a custom matte made to order. if I'm doing a crop for someone else, I ask what traditional size they'd like - 8x10, 8x12, etc.

Tim Stapp wrote:

What format do most folks crop to? Normal camera format (2x3), portrait frame size (4x5/5x7) or?

Aug 29, 2018 07:53:20 #

Under the Tuscan Sun...

Looks like a wonderful place to spend a month. Great shot.

Pixeldawg wrote:

I am staying in a castle in Tuscany for a month, and went out for a walk and saw this view of the neighbor's house. I am 17km from Cortona, in the middle of nowhere, but it is a spectacular nowhere. This was shot with my iPhone, too. Hope you enjoy!

Aug 29, 2018 07:50:08 #

Sydney and the Orange Sunflowers

Lovely!

Golden Rule wrote:

Before I send my camera in for cleaning this week I had to get in a few shots.

Aug 29, 2018 07:39:09 #

Green Sea Turtle, Apo Island, Philippines

Wonderful!

danniepolley wrote:

One of my favorite turtle pictures from my last couple of years snorkeling in the Philippines.

Update on Cape Breton wedding

Aug 28, 2018 15:57:57 #

(Wedding Photography)

Thanks bkyser. I find it hard to decide on colour casts when that's actually what the eye sees so, do I want reality or a revised version of it? I guess there's not a definitive answer,

Aug 28, 2018 12:27:50 #

Results of Detroit Zoo Photo Contest

All of them are good. Congratulations on your win.

Fotoartist wrote:

Well, the results are in and I managed to win one of the final prizes, $150.
Below are my entries and the eventual winner they chose. I kind of figured going in that something with human interaction is what they would be looking for rather than a purely nature shot and "First Encounter" was it.
Thanks.

Aug 28, 2018 12:20:47 #

CEASE and DESIST; Taking pictures at a small wedding and reception

As an occasional wedding photographer for family, I have asked the minister in the church to please introduce the photographer/s and ask that no-one else among the guests obscure our view of the proceedings and also don't use flash. It has been respectfully announced and, to my knowledge, no guest has been offended. This way, when it's time to shoot photos after the ceremony, everyone knows who is the official photographer and then it's easy to say, "please let me shoot the photos the bride has requested and then you are free to shoot whatever you want." That has worked well for me. I would never demand a "me only" shoot.

rwww80a wrote:

I have been taking pictures for 50 years (started with a Nikkormat FTn) with candids at the many weddings I have attended through the years.

This was a first!

In the ceremony program there was a statement (printed in the middle of the first page of the program) about the "excellent" photographers the couple had hired and not to take cell phone pix and post during the ceremony. I had my Nikon 7200 and took some pix and went to the reception took a few more. The sister of the bride came up to me and said cease and desist, I tried to tell her that what I was doing was to make an album of candids for a gift for the happy couple which I have done many other times. I stopped, didn't want to make the bride unhappy. I even had the grandparents come up to me as ask me to shoot some portraits of them - which I declined to do at that point because I wasn't the "official" photog. It made me feel bad for them later because I never saw the official wedding photogs over on the side of the room where they were sitting away from the noise.
Later the mother of the groom came up to me and explained that the picture statement in the program was done at the photographers insistence because the photographers didn't want their time and photos "devalued" by amateurs at the wedding. THEY are the picture takers and no one else can shoot the wedding? First I've heard of that! I had even been trying to stay out of the pros way so I wouldn't get in their way or ruin their shots! By the way, on the next day there must have been at least 10 postings on Facebook of cell phone vids and photos from the wedding and reception.

Are the pros really that paranoid and insecure about their work AND that amateurs could possibly make their work look bad or not as good? The photogs didn't even have the b...s to ask me themselves?

Yes in the past I have had several couples or families say that the album I put together as a gift was better than the pro BUT I think that because they were family.

Any other experiences or opinions???

I have been taking pictures for 50 years (started ... (show quote)

Aug 27, 2018 16:10:14 #

Looking at the link you sent me, the light goes above the camera but left of the lens.

Weddingguy wrote:

That's why I'm suggesting the Lite-Scoop . . . it does exactly that!

Aug 27, 2018 15:07:09 #

Thanks for the info. I have a Profoto A1 as well as the Soft Bounce accessory which resembles the LiteGenius set up. However, when you shoot vertical, the unit sits off to one side. I want a setup that puts the flash directly above the lens in both vertical and horizontal.

Weddingguy wrote:

We used brackets for a number of years shooting weddings and found, the heavy flash with batteries above the camera, made the whole unit too heavy and very unbalanced.
We started using the Lite-Scoop flash modifiers about 10 years ago, which weighs almost nothing, and still allows the flash to remain higher than the lens in both portrait and landscape modes. The added bonus is the soft light it produces for people pictures! Check them out!

http://www.litegenius.com

Aug 27, 2018 14:44:52 #

Good to know. Thank you.

delkeener wrote:

I have used these Quick Flips for decades and never had a problem even when running on a LaCrosse field covering a team in practice wearing a referee uniform getting swatted by some of the players by accident. Strapped my hand to the bracket's handle and never had equipment damage.

Aug 27, 2018 14:37:27 #

A couple other hogs said they found the Stroboframe to be not very sturdy and not very smooth. What is your experience?

delkeener wrote:

They look and perform just like the original Stroboframe original. Only real difference is the foam on the handle will probably degrade after about 15 years. Only reason I have ever replaced one is when I lost the other through inattention.

Aug 27, 2018 14:27:20 #

What do you mean by replicas?

delkeener wrote:

Look for Quick Flip Flash Brackets in eBay. I have had the Stroboframe original and these replicas are just as good and very low priced. I bought my latest a month ago from an Ontario, California seller at $10.79 USD free shipping and handling.

Aug 27, 2018 10:21:45 #

A Pair of Front Yard Owls

Magnificent indeed! Great shots.

tinplater wrote:

Our gated community used to be a pine tree farm..fortunately a nice grove of trees remain and is currently home to this magnificent pair of owls. They are huge! It was near dark this evening, so dim light challenged my efforts a bit, but feel so fortunate to be able to photograph these magnificent animals.