The Photo Snob Thread

[AngoXC]

Thanks AngoXC. Your .02 cents was awesome.

I went into my local camera shop asking for that last option (bouce card which velcros to the light) the gurl bassically laughed at me and made me feel like a dickhead just because i wanted one. I tried to explain to her what it did, she then asked the other shop assistant what i wanted just to be a smart ass. I was horrified, i googled and the things do exsist. She then was saying my only option is a reflector and since i dont have an assistant following me around, there kinda usless. So i attempted finding the paper to make my own. Is there a pro name for these things? so when i go to another shop they may not laugh at me.

I called the thing a bounce card and she said that they never exisit and that it is imposible to bounce light outside.

Thanks again.

They certainly exist but they are more of a specialist item and that's probably not something you're going to find at JB Hi-Fi or Ted's Camera House.

You might be better off just making one yourself to be honest. White paper backed by black card works really well. Elastic bands or velcro on the flash can be used to hold it in place, or you can make a 'tab' that slides into where the 'wide angle diffuser' is housed, if you have it of course.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22161033@N02/2684538300/in/photostream/

 

[Callan.]

Just another from Eagle, wasn't so sure about the PP.

Thoughts?

 

[Drew.]

I don't like the top half PP, Cal. I think using the burntool on highlights, i.e the cloud gives it an unpleasant dull and grey look, also the darkness on the right hand top corner i feel protrudes into the picture too much. Cool focus/motion blur and colours/lighting on the rider but i can't feel the rest of it.

 

[Tomas]

Snobbers,
In a serious bit of a pickle. Someone broke a CF pin in my 40D body =(. Canon Australia want $500 to fix it.

Anyone else reccomend camera repair places in Sydney. I have a feeling Canon Australia are punishing me for buying a grey import. Fuckers.

Thoughts?

 

[Callan.]

Just started working on this:

Thoughts?

Before anyone says it, i purposefully made the bg flow into the jumper, same colours etc

 

[AngoXC]

Snobbers,
In a serious bit of a pickle. Someone broke a CF pin in my 40D body =(. Canon Australia want $500 to fix it.

Anyone else reccomend camera repair places in Sydney. I have a feeling Canon Australia are punishing me for buying a grey import. Fuckers.

Thoughts?

I recall a sales person telling me that the CF board for the old 400D was about $350-400 to replace.

Perhaps enquire at Camera Clinic. They're located in Melbourne but you might be able to get a quote or something prior.

Good luck!

 

[hubbie]

Conor I like that pic. Freeride-freak I like that camera. I should post up the Voigtlander I bought a while ago.

 

[hubbie]

Freeride-freak inspired me to take a shot of my 'Voigtlander Perkeo I' that I got for $8 at a second hand boat parts shop. very cool shop. Tried to find an old fashioned sort of spot in our house, and wound up at mums dressing table.

Camera takes 120mm film I'm quite sure, and seems to be functioning right, just a bit of surface corrosion. will probably go on ebay soon enough. can't be bothered with 120mm unless I go TLR or Hassy/Mamiya/Bronica.

 

[Five Miles Out]

For those in Sydney, there is a Sydney Camera Market on sunday at the Ultimo Community Sydney Center if anyone is interested. I'll be heading over to hopefully fond a Holga camer
Five

 

[hubbie]

super. do you know where the community centre is?

 

[Tristan23]

Just started working on this:

*Oliver Smith*

Thoughts?

Before anyone says it, i purposefully made the bg flow into the jumper, same colours etc

Nice. Lighting is almost bang on. It's a tiny bit hot on the left (our right) of his face/shirt though - not blown out, just a bit too bright IMO. Otherwise i'm a big fan.

 

[AngoXC]

First wedding on Saturday. Going down tomorrow (it's a fair drive) to scout some good spots. I'll not only have my stuff but a D3, 70-200 f/2.8, 60mm macro blah blah blah. This is really nerve racking depsite the 'donated' gear!

I think I'll feel better once I've seen the place.

 

[24alpha]

First wedding on Saturday. Going down tomorrow (it's a fair drive) to scout some good spots. I'll not only have my stuff but a D3, 70-200 f/2.8, 60mm macro blah blah blah. This is really nerve racking depsite the 'donated' gear!

I think I'll feel better once I've seen the place.

Good luck with it Ango. I was s'pose to shoot one on the same weekend as the the last round of the VDHS. Bummer! When she booked me in originally, there was no conflict.

 

[Drew.]

Nice. Lighting is almost bang on. It's a tiny bit hot on the left (our right) of his face/shirt though - not blown out, just a bit too bright IMO. Otherwise i'm a big fan.

+1. Awesome lighting.

 

[Unlearn]

^^^^ What lens did you use? It seems a little crowded but accurately captures the lively hood of a bee. Passion fruit flower?

I dig this. Keen to know how it was actually set up.

p.s UNLEARN. your bee shots are awesome +1 for set up you used and what lens?

Cheers guys, ok... if you don't feel like reading the story below here are the details:

On board flash and flash (SB-600) camera right fired using Nikon CLS on a tripod. Camera was hand held, manual focus using a Tamron 90mm macro lense on my D300. Spot metered, 1/100s @f14 iso 320.



The first thing I did when I walked up to this flower was look around to see what the natural light was doing, then I spent about 15 minutes sitting on the ground watching and looking for a pattern with what the bees were doing until I eventually settled on two of the passionfruit flowers around the same height and facing similar directions. Why did I do this?

There were a few things I was considering whilst watching the goings on, the first was what the sun was doing as my house casts a shadow over this area as the afternoon wears on, the second was that I had to think hard about the shadows cast by the flower on the bee. I decided I would need flash to fill the shadows which is part of why I decided on the two flowers at the same height and similar direction, I could simply throw a flash on the tripod from one flower to the other without having to reposition the flash itself i.e adjust the height of the tripod etc depending on which flower has the best action.

I tried using two flashes remotely triggered but couldn't get the flash on camera left to complement the photo, I knew I needed a flash camera right to work with the natural light. So I tried with one flash camera right without getting the shot I wanted, I needed just a hint of light from my positing (directly in front). So ramdomly I popped up the inbuilt flash and fired the flash camera right using Nikon CLS, bang, now i'm getting even light.

Composition was a hard one too, with so many elements that are so beautiful. Many people try and get the closest photo they can when it comes to macro, but for this shot I wanted it to tell a bit of a story "I am a bee and I am trawling this beautiful flower". Now compositionally taking this shot closer meant the photo was very heavy to the right and the photo felt unbalanced, so I tried to even it up with the top of the flower in the other corner, which went hand in hand with the theme I was trying to capture. I waited for the bee to sneak around the corner and got this shot. I know it's not a perfect shot, and i'm hardly an expert macro photog, but I love learning from every shoot I do.

Sorry this story was so long for just one photo, but I got into a serious... thing.


Cheers, Andrew

 

[Unlearn]

First wedding on Saturday. Going down tomorrow (it's a fair drive) to scout some good spots. I'll not only have my stuff but a D3, 70-200 f/2.8, 60mm macro blah blah blah. This is really nerve racking depsite the 'donated' gear!

I think I'll feel better once I've seen the place.

Unreal mate, all the best with it, i'm keen to see how you go.

 

[freeride-freak]

Made a light box at school, so another one of the ricoh.

And developed a film from it today, this one turned out okayy, remember im only a beginner at the whole developing thing, its good fun though.

And two ones i took this arvo practicing with the flashes.

I liked the light on this one, pity its of a scooter

Thoughts/C&C?

 

[Callan.]

Just sayin'.

 

[Tristan23]

First wedding on Saturday. Going down tomorrow (it's a fair drive) to scout some good spots. I'll not only have my stuff but a D3, 70-200 f/2.8, 60mm macro blah blah blah. This is really nerve racking depsite the 'donated' gear!

I think I'll feel better once I've seen the place.

Who donated the D3+70-200 combo? That'll be wicked.

*Schnap*

Just sayin'.

Slaying the lighting in the last two photos you've posted...you've improved like, 10 times, in the last day. Sick work dude.

 

[looseunit]

Just sayin'.

Nice work!!

My only crit and it is a very minor one with this style of shot (outdoor with wind ect ect). And that is light in nature is always above the horizon and will always cast shadows down a face not up. It is a bit of a golden rule with any portrait lighting is always to have your lights above you subject or slightly higher than to have shadows that cast down. Again a minor crit but i feel that the right hand light could have been slightly higher.