Posts for: crazydaddio
Mar 31, 2019 17:30:18 #
Shutterbug243 wrote:
Shot from the SF side, parked car at south end of bridge in a parking lot, walked west through the brush and found a path that ended up in line with the bridge, I think it only took round 15t mn. to get there.
So that would be sunrise not sunset?
Mar 31, 2019 16:52:43 #
Was just there 7 days ago for one day enroute to Kauai. Socked-in so couldnt get any shots.
This is an interesting angle....what is the location and how did you get there? Is there a roadside near here?
(looks like a near-sunset shot ....assuming it is from the Sausalito side)
This is an interesting angle....what is the location and how did you get there? Is there a roadside near here?
(looks like a near-sunset shot ....assuming it is from the Sausalito side)
Mar 31, 2019 15:51:12 #
Shots of Humpbacks off the Na Pali coast of Kauai Hawaii.
For those who saw my Dominican Republic post of the Jungle Dirt Buggy ride in the rain, I risked (again) my 70D and 50mm1.4 to the water and waves of a 5hr wild Zodiac ride through the swells of the North Shore of Kauai. (added a 150-600mm Sigma to the dry bag...I am going to buy one of these bags ! :-)
Thanks to whoever recommended the OptTech raincovers. Bought a set for short and long lenses. Worked flawlessly and are a cheap and effective solution for light useage.
The junping whale shots are not as sharp as I would like, hard to nail it while standing on a zodiac in 5-20ft swells with a 600mm lens and scanning the ocean for action. You have about 3 sec to see the breach, find the whale in the viewfinder, spotAF and have the lens lock on....and not fall in the ocean....wife held onto my shirt...didn't push me in so she must still value the marriage.
For those who saw my Dominican Republic post of the Jungle Dirt Buggy ride in the rain, I risked (again) my 70D and 50mm1.4 to the water and waves of a 5hr wild Zodiac ride through the swells of the North Shore of Kauai. (added a 150-600mm Sigma to the dry bag...I am going to buy one of these bags ! :-)
Thanks to whoever recommended the OptTech raincovers. Bought a set for short and long lenses. Worked flawlessly and are a cheap and effective solution for light useage.
The junping whale shots are not as sharp as I would like, hard to nail it while standing on a zodiac in 5-20ft swells with a 600mm lens and scanning the ocean for action. You have about 3 sec to see the breach, find the whale in the viewfinder, spotAF and have the lens lock on....and not fall in the ocean....wife held onto my shirt...didn't push me in so she must still value the marriage.
Mar 30, 2019 11:36:13 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Just lovely. I love waterfalls, so I'm always partial to those images. But that spout is awesome!
Risked the $100 fine for being in the swell zone. Worth $100 to get the iconic shot. Surf forecast was virtually flat. Low risk.
Mar 30, 2019 10:00:49 #
Sometimes worry in my soft-sided camera bag but when airline travelling I use my Lowerpro 450 protactic bag which is pretty sturdy. Still, I often seperate so to reduce any torquing. When I go out for the day, if it fits, I dont seperate.
Mar 30, 2019 09:55:42 #
Latest pics from my recent Kauai trip.
Queens bath, Waimea canyon, Spouting Horn and Secret falls, Opeakka falls, breaching humpbacks and Napoli cost (from the top and from the bottom on a Zodiac....Kauai is a target rich environment! (Threw a surfer in there too....).
Brought 5 lenses and 2 bodies and used them all!
Queens bath, Waimea canyon, Spouting Horn and Secret falls, Opeakka falls, breaching humpbacks and Napoli cost (from the top and from the bottom on a Zodiac....Kauai is a target rich environment! (Threw a surfer in there too....).
Brought 5 lenses and 2 bodies and used them all!
Mar 19, 2019 01:22:32 #
Strodav wrote:
Welcome. You will get a lot of advice here, much ... (show quote)
I had heard that faster clock speed is more important than whether it is an i5 or i7.
I7 has more cores and threads but these are used primarily for gaming and hyper intensive multitasking. LR and PS generally dont take advantage of these extra cores and threads.
(They may in the future....dont know)
I have biased my recent (desktop) purchase to
1) highest clock speed for CPU
2) min 16g (i installed 32.....running both LR and PS and have regularly exceeded 16g of memory usage but 16g is probably enough with no noticeable lag)
3) ssd vs harddrive- scratch pads, SW install, OS should be in the SSD, main pictures you work on in a High speed internal HD ... backups on cheap external drives.
4) 6g vram gtx1060 (overkill but hey, why not)
5) IPS/4K monitor 27"
With this setup, the responsiveness is awesome and the screen is perfect for editing.
Laptop with these specs will be VERY expensive especially since the 32g of laptop memory is expensive. If you can get a gaming laptop with 16g, SSD, and good vram you can drive an external monitor and it should be ok.
...but still expensive :-)
Some computer stores will have demos that you can try out the config to see if it is fast enough for you....
Mar 15, 2019 22:24:18 #
Mac wrote:
Other than for professional photographers (those who earn their living through photography) how many lenses are really needed? On full frame camera is anything more than a 35mm or 50mm and a specialty lens, ie a telephoto, or macro, or something else depending on the focus of interest really needed? I know that lens manufacturers want us to think we do, but do we really?
16-35mm
24-70mm
70-200mm
...all 2.8
150-600m
85mmF1.4
Macro lens
....anymore is extraneous....and I got them anyway and constantly fussing over primes to replace 'em (and did in several cases)
Mar 3, 2019 20:54:36 #
Part time photographer (full time Engn Dir) and gear junkie. Started in photography about 7yrs ago and have been an addict since. Absolutely consumed everything on the web related to wedding/portraiture (artistic/street/photojournalism style) - with a little home-studio work.
Engn and mgmt experience combined critical capabilities for creating a good wedding photgraphy "experience" for the client - meticulous planning, customer service mentality, redundancy/backup plans for everything. Under promise and over deliver.
I started off free and increased my pricing from there ;-)
I now offer all-in for $1,895 including engagement,
- wedding (all day 7am until the B&G release me),
- minimum 300 digital photos (avg around 500-800).
- 2 -> 40pg photobooks - I design the photobooks myself and the B&G can make changes. I have found if I start with a blank sheet and collaborate, the B&G get overwhelmed and can't make decisions so I give them a digital proof-book and they can make changes. These are very inexpensive and the quality shows it but the clients are shown examples before they even book me and all have been quite happy with them. I would love to do $1000 wedding albums but need to do more research and maybe get a mentor, mistakes make for an an expensive screw up :-)
- 2nd shooter is extra (Client almost always pays it, usually only $300 and not all day)
I am only now starting to do prints. I have an "enthusiast" printer with 6 color cartridge bay and started doing some prints as part of the family package. Sitting is $175 and the prints are "my cost" (ink and paper only) until I know I can deliver professional quality pics either with a Pro-10 printer or using a lab. For now, I dont even advertise printing but am starting to offer "at cost".
- have done 2 destination weddings - I will do 1 per year and make it a vacation. Offer full week journalistic coverage if they want including on-call for family dinner and late night walks on the beach. They LOVED it. Their favorite photos of the week were not even shot at the wedding !
I do about 5-7 weddings per year and ~15-20 other paid shoots. I have a website but dont advertise. Word of mouth only. All my weddings have been referrals ("I know a guy who is excellent") or they attended a wedding where I was the shooter. Basically, they watched me work and I assume they liked what they saw.
I have had ideas for a Concierge Photography Company servicing exclusively C-level clientele and their families for several years now. This is the type-A exec with money to burn and no time. Basically, Mom gets the nanny for the trip and Dad's gets a biographer (Photo/Video). Most execs I know are also hard driving adrenaline junkies and would love to have a 4K movie and some 20x30's of him hucking cliff's at Whistler or jet skiing in the Caribbean. Anyway, too much work with the insurance, hiring combo skier/photographer/videographer/scuba-diver/mountain climbers would be a pain. Also, the marketing work , dealing with disgruntled A-types who thought the ripped young photog made a pass at his wife etc etc would quickly turn this into a job versus a passion.
...For now, I will stick to continuing to learn the wedding biz. That's plenty of adrenaline and stress.
....and no bridezillas to date. I basically set expectations and then say "yes" within that for the entire day. So far so good. Last wedding a shot the bride LOVED me and hated all the other vendors and yelled at them (they deserved it btw). I truly believe a bridezilla is "mostly" a result of poor expectation setting or bad service. There are exceptions and I do not want to find out who they are. Usually will know during the first meet and greet and will decline the business if I can't meet expectations.
Net: my pricing is about 25-35% less than the full-time pro's charge in my area and what the client gets in return is more than what they expected in return for taking a risk on a "non-professional".
Love this thread, anemic as it is, would like to hear more real-world tips and experiences too.
Engn and mgmt experience combined critical capabilities for creating a good wedding photgraphy "experience" for the client - meticulous planning, customer service mentality, redundancy/backup plans for everything. Under promise and over deliver.
I started off free and increased my pricing from there ;-)
I now offer all-in for $1,895 including engagement,
- wedding (all day 7am until the B&G release me),
- minimum 300 digital photos (avg around 500-800).
- 2 -> 40pg photobooks - I design the photobooks myself and the B&G can make changes. I have found if I start with a blank sheet and collaborate, the B&G get overwhelmed and can't make decisions so I give them a digital proof-book and they can make changes. These are very inexpensive and the quality shows it but the clients are shown examples before they even book me and all have been quite happy with them. I would love to do $1000 wedding albums but need to do more research and maybe get a mentor, mistakes make for an an expensive screw up :-)
- 2nd shooter is extra (Client almost always pays it, usually only $300 and not all day)
I am only now starting to do prints. I have an "enthusiast" printer with 6 color cartridge bay and started doing some prints as part of the family package. Sitting is $175 and the prints are "my cost" (ink and paper only) until I know I can deliver professional quality pics either with a Pro-10 printer or using a lab. For now, I dont even advertise printing but am starting to offer "at cost".
- have done 2 destination weddings - I will do 1 per year and make it a vacation. Offer full week journalistic coverage if they want including on-call for family dinner and late night walks on the beach. They LOVED it. Their favorite photos of the week were not even shot at the wedding !
I do about 5-7 weddings per year and ~15-20 other paid shoots. I have a website but dont advertise. Word of mouth only. All my weddings have been referrals ("I know a guy who is excellent") or they attended a wedding where I was the shooter. Basically, they watched me work and I assume they liked what they saw.
I have had ideas for a Concierge Photography Company servicing exclusively C-level clientele and their families for several years now. This is the type-A exec with money to burn and no time. Basically, Mom gets the nanny for the trip and Dad's gets a biographer (Photo/Video). Most execs I know are also hard driving adrenaline junkies and would love to have a 4K movie and some 20x30's of him hucking cliff's at Whistler or jet skiing in the Caribbean. Anyway, too much work with the insurance, hiring combo skier/photographer/videographer/scuba-diver/mountain climbers would be a pain. Also, the marketing work , dealing with disgruntled A-types who thought the ripped young photog made a pass at his wife etc etc would quickly turn this into a job versus a passion.
...For now, I will stick to continuing to learn the wedding biz. That's plenty of adrenaline and stress.
....and no bridezillas to date. I basically set expectations and then say "yes" within that for the entire day. So far so good. Last wedding a shot the bride LOVED me and hated all the other vendors and yelled at them (they deserved it btw). I truly believe a bridezilla is "mostly" a result of poor expectation setting or bad service. There are exceptions and I do not want to find out who they are. Usually will know during the first meet and greet and will decline the business if I can't meet expectations.
Net: my pricing is about 25-35% less than the full-time pro's charge in my area and what the client gets in return is more than what they expected in return for taking a risk on a "non-professional".
Love this thread, anemic as it is, would like to hear more real-world tips and experiences too.
Feb 10, 2019 14:28:15 #
boberic wrote:
Is IS obviated by fast 1/400 shutter speed, and therefore might as well be off? And/or at what speeds is sabilization unnecessary?
Depends on focal length, lens resolution and sensor density (and how fast your subject is moving). I try not shoot my stabilized 600mm lens under 1/1600 without a monopod and even then I need to be VERY careful. My 35mm with no IS I need to be at 1/125 or better in my 5DmkIV due to the incredible resolution of the lens and the higher mp of the sensor.
It seems there is no perfect formula. To answer your question, just leave the IS on for all the reasons the other posters have said....
(PS. What I discovered shooting sports is that the "speed" of my camera shake exceeded the speed of the target relative to the sensor. Hence the longer the focal length, the higher the shutter speed....and the 1/focal length rule starts to not work very well. When I say camera shake, i mean very slight movements but at 600mm, that slight movement is magnified immensely. My monopod allowed a lower shutter speed...more impact than IS frankly. I only needed 1/640 to stop the action but had to shoot at 1/1600 to overcome hand held camera shake at 600mm. (Could shoot 1/800 at 200mm) Monopod solved the problem.)
Feb 10, 2019 14:14:56 #
Extra memory cards AND a WD Mypassport. End of the day, stick the memory card in the SD slot, autodownloads in minutes and create a new folder each time so no overwrite.. Photos are on 2 media. Use a new card each day or when you run out. Sleep peacefully.
Feb 1, 2019 07:03:30 #
rcarol wrote:
I would have considered using the following product:
https://www.samys.com/p/Camera-Wraps--Skins/9001132/18-Rainsleeve-2-Pack/23607.html?origin=product-search&gclid=CjwKCAiAyrXiBRAjEiwATI95mZRnOgUaoieQP53xlpFLBSnl_CoGnZKz9Gegz5v9SOXxrTPi2i_MnhoCV14QAvD_BwE
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Definitely picking a couple of these up. Thanks for the link....
Jan 31, 2019 15:22:31 #
Grnway wrote:
All excellent points! When I take my camera to an... (show quote)
Sigma is expendable as it has no resale value (I dropped it and bent the filter ring), and I dont ues it for paid work - weddings - as its AF is a little too unreliable. Love the IQ from it though !! ...highly recommend it.
I didn't show the other photos where a TG5 or a camera would not have cut it (either due to IQ, DOF, shutter speed or general "speed of taking photo". Any phone camera image I have ever seen from my wife's Samsung S9 once zoomed starts to mush.
In the end, I dont know whether the photo I capture will be a 20x30 wall hanger or relegate to a Facebook post. Gotta have the gear just in case :-) (And I had a Gopro3 and 6 with me).
Thanks to everyone for their feedback.
Probably going to buy the dicapac case to put my 70D/Sigma1.4 for the zodiac trip and put the 5dmkiv/70-200f2.8 in a dry bag for when the boat stops.
Unless the boat sinks, I should be ok :-)
Jan 31, 2019 15:13:52 #
duane klipping wrote:
My thoughts too. And 10k to do buggy riding in a jungle. 10k is a lot for Dominican vacation unless paying for the whole party. To each their own.
I agree with many not to take your good gear in those conditions.
I agree with many not to take your good gear in those conditions.
I paid for the whole party....and that includes the flights being free on my points. Total real cost would have been closer to 20k.
Jan 31, 2019 06:23:48 #
bkyser wrote:
This is what I like about our section. There are ... (show quote)
Godox ad600 is what I am saving up for.
Shoot it at the ceiling and you can make an entire ballroom look like daytime...like you, for now, lots of little yongnuos on RF transmitters....