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Jan 20, 2016 10:36:19   #
St3v3M wrote:


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Jan 15, 2016 21:22:54   #


Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing. She has equally impressive images on 500px.
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Jan 1, 2016 09:51:04   #
I never understood why Sony discontinued the hot shoe mount. For people who shoot off camera flash with a trigger it's priceless. Bad tradeoff.
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Dec 7, 2015 08:52:03   #
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Dec 7, 2015 08:46:08   #
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Nov 14, 2015 09:58:53   #
MT Shooter wrote:
As Polaroid laughed! :thumbup:


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Nov 7, 2015 12:07:23   #
jerryc41 wrote:
When someone asks a photographer to provide images for free, he may not be thinking very clearly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=essNmNOrQto


Great common sense reminder. Thanks for sharing.
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Oct 6, 2015 08:30:43   #
Chuck_893 wrote:
Do you think chimping is “unprofessional,” that “real” photographers don’t do it and laugh at those that do? (I did a search and there seems not have been much discussion about this on the 'Hog.)

For the uninitiated, “chimping” is generally defined as the act of checking a just-taken picture on the LCD screen of your camera. The origin and etymology of the term is not clear, but it’s generally taken as pejorative inasmuch as it implies that one or more persons are gazing stupidly at your screen and making chimp noises, as in “Oooo oooo oooo…”

Pejorative or not, chimping is simply checking your image on the LCD. It is argued (especially by street and event photographers) that if you do it after every single shot you are missing other shots, and I cannot argue with that. But it’s often implied, if not outright stated, that ”REAL” photographers simply do not chimp!” “REAL” photographers came up in film and had bloody better know what they’re doing because chimping is impossible with a film camera. That is also true.

Full disclosure: I chimp. I am not ashamed of it. I consider it just another tool, available to digital photographers. I love it. I came up in film. I know what I’m doing. But when in the studio I often used Polaroid backs in my view cameras to insure that I had the lighting and exposure right. That’s chimping, is it not? I did not know a single studio pro who didn’t do that at least some of the time.

I don't chimp every shot. We go places and do things. We spend a lot of $$$ to get there. I may not ever get back. Getting the picture right the first time is important. I chimp to check exposure and composition, and above all sharpness! I love that I can do that. I don’t do it after every shot, but sometimes I’ll sit in the shade and review shots. I don’t scratch or make chimp or monkey noises. :lol:

More full disclosure: I use compact cameras that are always in live view. I take full advantage of that. My Nikon P7800 has an electronic viewfinder that I usually have showing everything: histogram, level, and briefly, right after exposure, a freeze-frame of what it got. That’s sort of full-time chimping I guess, and I’m not sure any or all DSLR’s can do it (mirrorless may be able to). But I’m getting instant feedback with my eye to the finder and I think that’s wonderful! I still double-check at some point, mostly to insure sharpness. I will sometimes switch to the “blinkies” view, mostly because I hate blown highlights. Checking every shot is probably overkill, but why not use every tool you have?

Well, I never know when to shut up… :D So what do you think? Is “chimping” unprofessional, and do you care? (‘Cuz I don’t.) :mrgreen: :lol:
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Aug 3, 2015 08:35:32   #
jerryc41 wrote:
Boy, is this an appropriate article! How many times do we get questions from members who wonder how much photo gear they should bring with them on a vacation? I always wonder if it's a vacation or a paid photo-shoot. I would rather enjoy a fun event and take some nice pictures rather than spend the whole time concentrating on photography.

Your quote and film clip are so true and thought provoking. Thanks for the reminder.

http://petapixel.com/2015/08/01/is-your-camera-keeping-you-from-experiencing-lifes-precious-moments/

Be sure to watch the movie clip. If you haven't seen the film - Walter Mitty - it's worth seeing.
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Jul 8, 2015 10:30:37   #
I will save to PDF and my problem has been solved. I also considered scanning my documents and sending as an attachment but I did want the original software to perform as indicated. Both Adobe Acrobat and Cute PDF work fine and with ease now. Thanks for your input.
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Jul 7, 2015 10:28:59   #
Thank you all for your input. I am now able with ease to email all quotes using both Adobe Acrobat and Cute PDF. Thanks for all your support.
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Jul 7, 2015 07:15:09   #
I need help emailing price quotes from assignment and pricing software programs such as FotoQote and BlinkBid. They do not support Web based email functions and require other email communication such as Windows. Can anyone share with me what is required and how to streamline this cumbersome process. I am used to using web based email such as Hotmail and find this non web based method quite an inconvenience. What is the point of producing a detailed quote if you can only print it and not easily email it. Welcome your help.
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Apr 25, 2015 07:16:37   #
RWR wrote:
Not sure how economical, but Aaron Brothers carries a good selection of standard and custom frames. I've seen nice wooden frames at Ross Dress For Less (!) and World Imports, but cannot say if they are archival, which is the only type I will mount my photos in.


Thank you very much. I will follow up check out their costs and selections.
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Apr 24, 2015 23:17:52   #
billybob40 wrote:
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Apr 24, 2015 13:19:09   #
Don Fischer wrote:
Do yourself a favor and cut down on the number of photo's and go up on the quality of frame's. No matter what you think of frame's if your photo's don't look that great in them, people will think it's the photo, not the frame and probably it is the frame. years ago a friend that had a custom frame shop told me that most photographer's don't like mat's other than white and don't like frame's. She said they don't want anything to distract from their photo. I don't think anything could be farther from the truth. A run of the mill photo in a great frame looks great. A great photo in a cheap frame look's cheap. But frame's, even cheap one's do get expensive. So if I were going to show a bunch of photo's and didn't want to put the money into a frame, I'd put the photo on foam core and shrink wrap it. Let the customer envision


whatever frame he/she wants to. Had a guy service some lenses for me a lot of years ago. He told me to take a really good photo and mount it in a really nice frame and put a price of say $265 on it and sell the print's separate. What happen's is a really nice framing job makes the print look even better and makes the price of the print worth $90! How? Nobody believe's framing cost's that much! This was maybe 15 yrs ago so I suspect the price's have gone up. Point is, don't cut corner's on the frame, it is showing off your photo!
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Thank you for your input. I will take what you say seriously. Quite a different approach I hadn't considered.
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