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DaNzA: Sep 11, 2001; :D; Grimey Drawer

Do they count as snapshots? :v:

# ? Feb 4, 2010 09:20

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# ? May 10, 2024 19:09

fenner: Oct 4, 2008

diarrhea for girls posted:

Found a link to this guy over in the Cycle Asylum:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=536451

Dude rides a motorcycle and brings along his 5D MkII/16-35 F2.8L setup in his tank bag. When he sees a good shot, he grabs the camera by the top and just fires away with his index finger while riding one handed. He has some outrageously beautiful shots.

Says most of the time he shoots shutter priority between 1/80 and rarely over 1/200, mostly 1/125. If he's shooting into the sun he'll even go so far as to use manual mode.

Jesus christ... This guy is either very skilled or has a deathwish.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 09:46

psylent: Nov 29, 2000; Pillbug

Cyberbob posted:

Has anyone used The Turning Gate lightroom gallery templates?

Tempted to buy them, they look drat good as far as lightroom generated websites go.

Yep I do. They work brilliantly, totally worth it and the paypal integration is fantastic too.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 10:27

XTimmy: Nov 28, 2007; I am Jacks self hatred

fenner posted:

Jesus christ... This guy is either very skilled or has a deathwish.

You would think a wireless trigger gaffered to his handlebars would be logical.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 11:16

INTERGALACTIC MEAT: Nov 24, 2008

XTimmy posted:

You would think a wireless trigger gaffered to his handlebars would be logical.

He's still got to hold the camera somehow, might as well be firing and holding with the same hand, leave the steering for the other.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 16:11

forest spirit: Apr 6, 2009; Frigate Hetman Sahaidachny
First to ~~Fight~~ Scuttle, First to ~~Fall~~ Sink

You think that's cool? I've been watching this video for months, it's toronto photographer filming himself riding a bike, no handed, with a 12-24 on his 5d2. It's so loving wide, and it's soooo loving cool:

http://vimeo.com/4964539

# ? Feb 4, 2010 17:00

HPL: Aug 28, 2002; Worst case scenario.

Penpal posted:

You think that's cool? I've been watching this video for months, it's toronto photographer filming himself riding a bike, no handed, with a 12-24 on his 5d2. It's so loving wide, and it's soooo loving cool:

http://vimeo.com/4964539

That's actually insanely unsafe if he's looking through the viewfinder, which on second thought he probably isn't. One time I tried walking around while looking through the viewfinder with my Tokina 11-16 at 11mm and I nearly fell in a ditch because it's hard to see which direction you're actually walking in, strange as that sounds.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 17:33

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Skiing with � 85mm up to your face: not loving recommended :toot:

# ? Feb 4, 2010 18:12

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

evil_bunnY posted:

Skiing with � 85mm up to your face: not loving recommended

OK you really can't tease us with that without the rest of the story. :f5:

# ? Feb 4, 2010 18:19

PREYING MANTITS: Mar 13, 2003; and that's how you get ants.

fenner posted:

Jesus christ... This guy is either very skilled or has a deathwish.

He also takes his glove off because he can't use all the buttons/dials on the camera, when he's done he puts the glove back on. Haha. The guy mentions later in the thread that he used to professionally race and has trained himself to ride one handed in turns and stuff and now uses the camera as a way to keep himself from riding "too crazy" on the street.

Penpal that biking video is awesome! I don't think I could ever be relaxed enough to do something like that, cars are just too unpredictable.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 19:07

Pompous Rhombus: Mar 11, 2007

INTERGALACTIC MEAT posted:

He's still got to hold the camera somehow, might as well be firing and holding with the same hand, leave the steering for the other.

Avenger clamp + tripod head (or add in a Magic Arm) would work fine, I've seen some cool videos done with that combo. I'm personally kind of leery about putting anything with moving parts in a tank bag, as there can be a significant amount of vibration coming from the bike. (Saddlebags I feel better about, especially soft ones with clothes and other crap in them to insulate it.)

As far as the glove I don't see why he doesn't just buy a cheap pair, and cut out the pad of the thumb and index finger on the hand he uses to shoot with. I did that for a winter and it worked fine.

If I had a 5D2 of my own, I'd make you guys a 12mm video of me riding :smith:

# ? Feb 4, 2010 22:26

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Pompous Rhombus posted:

If I had a 5D2 of my own, I'd make you guys a 12mm video of me riding

I wanna see a video of you riding while wearing that :zoid:

hat.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 22:28

brad industry: May 22, 2004

Can we all pitch in and donate that guy a super clamp or something, wtf.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 22:31

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

DJExile posted:

OK you really can't tease us with that without the rest of the story.

Was on holiday shooting friends goofing around on snowboards. Track turned to powder. I managed to keep the camera out of the pow, but a friend has a pretty hilarious "after" shot of me in the lift where my outfit picked up a distinct white cast.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 23:14

McMadCow: Jan 19, 2005; With our rifles and grenades and some help from God.

GOD drat IT, I hate the Model Mayhem forums sometimes. I was posting in a critique and someone cut apart a montage for a model. I suggested that perhaps the original photographer is the only one who should be editing the photos they own, and a model claimed that it was "well versed" that models have the right to edit shots they're in. It pisses me off because I've had to deal with that in the past and it's such a prevalent misconception I can't believe how many people have got it so dead wrong. :argh:

# ? Feb 5, 2010 02:33

Mannequin: Mar 8, 2003

I love photography, hate what photographers sometimes do. Here's an interesting essay about the coverage in Haiti.

Lens Blog - NYTimes.com posted:

_{February 4, 2010, 5:15 pm}

Essay: Too Many Angles on Suffering?
_{By PATRICK WITTY}

Photographers from across the globe descended on Haiti last month after the earthquake. As the death toll grew, more photographers arrived � some with a deep history of working in Haiti or in conflict zones, some with neither. Some photographers were sent on assignment, supported by the budgets of large news organizations. Some went on their own dime.

_{Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press

A policeman aimed his rifle at looters in downtown Port-au-Prince on Jan. 26.}

At one point there were almost certainly too many photographers in Haiti. But which point? This question is scarcely new. It attends every war, every conflict; each famine, disaster and political upheaval. �I think it goes without saying that I believe it important that photographers are there to document the event,� said Uriel Sinai, a photographer for Getty Images, who was there.

Few would disagree. But the scope of coverage in Haiti seems to exist on a different scale. Ron Haviv of the VII agency said that in times of crisis, Haiti is a �haven for photographers.�

�Amazing story, people and images are there,� said Mr. Haviv, who has been traveling to Haiti for 20 years and made pictures there after the earthquake. �Being so accessible and inexpensive has always led to an abundance � and sometimes overabundance � of photographers during the various coups, insurrections and natural disasters. Quite often during these times, it was normal for three to six photographers, plus the occasional TV crew, to be all working the same scene.�

Mr. Sinai acknowledged that �it feels awkward when you get to a scene of violence, tragedy, or chaos, et cetera, and there are more photographers around a subject than there are even people at the scene.�

�When you are there in the moment, and there are photographers crawling all over the place, it simply feels weird,� he said.

It�s worth noting that in troubled areas around the world � not just Haiti � numerous photographers often are in the same place at the same time, frequently traveling there together.

�First and foremost, it�s an issue of safety,� said David Gilkey, a photographer for National Public Radio. But he does not see this as an impediment to good coverage. �Even though you are traveling with another photographer, you are almost never duplicating each other�s work,� Mr. Gilkey said. �While two people may be looking at the same thing, they�re seeing it in different ways.�

More than a dozen photographers covered the landing of U.S. troops at the ruined National Palace on Jan. 19. The scene recalled a photograph by Alex Webb of American soldiers landing on the beach in Haiti in 1994, facing what looked like a battery of news photographers. This year, many photographers were drawn to a statue, untouched by the earthquake, standing solemnly amid the destruction. Besides those in the slide show, other versions were taken by James Nachtwey, Charles Ommanney and Riccardo Venturi.

There is no question a tragedy of this magnitude demands a thousand eyes or even more. But do they all have to be staring at the same thing? When does redundant become intrusive?

_{Carl Juste/The Miami Herald (Associated Press)

Sarla Chand recovering on Jan. 14 after being buried under rubble for more than two days.}

Some photographers drew the line at themselves. Despite having worked in Haiti many times, for instance, Christopher Anderson of Magnum decided to avoid the earthquake and its immediate aftermath. �I have never felt comfortable covering natural disasters,� he said.

Christopher Anderson posted:
Wars and other types of human-made tragedies are different. There are questions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, political complications, et cetera. I feel like my voice as an observer has a purpose.

But with an earthquake or tsunami, I don�t have a purpose. There is no need for explanation or contemplation. There is only the immediate need for the news photographers to go and report what has happened.

I am not a news photographer. I would just be composing pictures of misery. Not to mention being another mouth to feed and another camera in the face of someone who has just lost everything. In the days and weeks immediately after something like this, all that matters is that the news pictures help drive a response of aid. I didn�t feel like there was anything I could add to that. They didn�t need me getting in the way.

Paradoxically, the question could soon become: are there enough photographers covering Haiti?

As celebrity television journalists begin to leave and the spotlight on Haiti dims, photography, in many ways, becomes even more crucial. Lynsey Addario, who arrives in Haiti Thursday on assignment for The New York Times, said she felt conflict about not going just after the earthquake struck. But she realized that important stories will need to be told as the recovery continues.

�While the first phase of the Haiti story is coming to an end, there is a whole new stage of people moving on with their lives, and trying to rebuild what they can in a totally shattered psychological and physical infrastructure,� Ms. Addario said. �I sometimes feel I can be a more effective photographer, and do more in-depth coverage, if I do spend more time on stories without the �pack�, and choose subjects that I feel are lacking coverage.�

�There will be many quiet, important features to do.�

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/essay-13/

tldr; photographers are selfish people who exploit bad situations with little care

# ? Feb 5, 2010 03:14

brad industry: May 22, 2004

But if we don't send a million photojournalists over there how will I get that sweet, sweet disaster porn? I need images of poor, brown people looking noble every time anything bad happens in the world to make me feel better.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 03:24

forest spirit: Apr 6, 2009; Frigate Hetman Sahaidachny
First to ~~Fight~~ Scuttle, First to ~~Fall~~ Sink

That's pretty disgusting. I mean, I'm all for photojournalism, but that picture of all the photogs huddled around the injured person just makes me angry

# ? Feb 5, 2010 05:16

Dread Head: Aug 1, 2005; 0-#01

On that note.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 05:48

DanTheFryingPan: Jan 28, 2006

And another. Bucharest gay pride in 2008. All those photographers were probably hoping for another wild riot, but this time the march was peaceful.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 11:33

XTimmy: Nov 28, 2007; I am Jacks self hatred

Girl in the middle rocking an Amnesiac shirt. Represent! (UV filter though)

XTimmy fucked around with this message at 11:52 on Feb 5, 2010

# ? Feb 5, 2010 11:39

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

Documentary about Nachtwey, War Photographer, is good and talks a lot about photojournalism... although I certainly do not think most crisis photography is done by people like Nachtwey. But some do good things.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 16:27

TsarAleksi: Nov 24, 2004; What?

It's no different than all the shooters standing in one spot at a football game-- people just aren't really creative enough to find their own images.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 17:08

Brozekiel: Jul 20, 2007

Here's a 7D suped up with a panavision lens

and a sample of its pretty amazing low-light video

# ? Feb 5, 2010 17:08

JAY ZERO SUM GAME: Oct 18, 2005; Walter.
I know you know how to do this.
Get up.

TsarAleksi posted:

It's no different than all the shooters standing in one spot at a football game-- people just aren't really creative enough to find their own images.

Except it's difficult to portray sideline shooters as exploiting their subjects.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 17:16

TsarAleksi: Nov 24, 2004; What?

Interrupting Moss posted:

Except it's difficult to portray sideline shooters as exploiting their subjects.

Naturally, but it could be termed exploitative if there were 1 or 100 shooters.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 17:40

Pompous Rhombus: Mar 11, 2007

Just want to say thanks for that history of photography podcast link, it's interesting stuff and has been keeping me going at work all week.

# ? Feb 5, 2010 19:59

DanTheFryingPan: Jan 28, 2006

Interrupting Moss posted:

Documentary about Nachtwey, War Photographer, is good and talks a lot about photojournalism... although I certainly do not think most crisis photography is done by people like Nachtwey. But some do good things.

Great documentary, by the way. Here's a scene where he justifies what he's doing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3VoyjUP8hg

# ? Feb 5, 2010 20:07

Mannequin: Mar 8, 2003

TsarAleksi posted:

It's no different than all the shooters standing in one spot at a football game-- people just aren't really creative enough to find their own images.

I think the point is that photography is becoming so mainstream, and the demand for imagery is so strong, (or perhaps it's being forced upon us), that ethics tend to go to the wayside when it comes to acquiring those images. It's not equally comparable to sports photography because the question of ethics never comes into play.

# ? Feb 6, 2010 05:20

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Turns out F bodies are pretty good at stopping bullets :toot:

TsarAleksi posted:

Naturally, but it could be termed exploitative if there were 1 or 100 shooters.

You're either missing the point or seriously comparing warfare to sports with regards to the suffering they inflict on populations.

# ? Feb 6, 2010 14:47

poopinmymouth: Mar 2, 2005; PROUD 2 B AMERICAN (these colors don't run)

At some point it gets ridiculous because the extra bodies would be far more useful doing aid, rather than capturing yet another photo from the same angle. Everyone thinks they have the eye that will capture the photo that will do far more good for whatever the conflict is than their direct actions could help, but I am positive it is past that point in Haiti, some of those photos are disgusting, knowing they could be out digging people out of the rubble or assisting doctors, rather than shooting 12 fps next to 10 other rich white western photographers with gear worth 10x what the average haitian makes in a year.

# ? Feb 6, 2010 21:41

Pompous Rhombus: Mar 11, 2007

Has anyone ever been to a camera show/swap meet? There's one near me next weekend, I'm thinking about going. Kinda iffy about leaving a ton of poo poo in the car... do people without a table carry it all around with them or what?

poopinmymouth posted:

At some point it gets ridiculous because the extra bodies would be far more useful doing aid, rather than capturing yet another photo from the same angle. Everyone thinks they have the eye that will capture the photo that will do far more good for whatever the conflict is than their direct actions could help, but I am positive it is past that point in Haiti, some of those photos are disgusting, knowing they could be out digging people out of the rubble or assisting doctors, rather than shooting 12 fps next to 10 other rich white western photographers with gear worth 10x what the average haitian makes in a year.

I would think there are plenty of able-bodied Haitians milling around with no jobs, I don't think they're really hard up for unskilled labor.

# ? Feb 6, 2010 23:55

Cyberbob: Mar 29, 2006; Prepare for doom. doom. doooooom. doooooom.

psylent posted:

Yep I do. They work brilliantly, totally worth it and the paypal integration is fantastic too.

I did a quick cyberstalk and found your main photography website, what TTG products did you use to create that? I'm loving the fading etc.

I was planning on using just TTG Pages and then finding third party flash for any galleries or slideshows I might need

Cyberbob fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Feb 7, 2010

# ? Feb 7, 2010 05:43

mcosio: Jan 20, 2009

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/106/1066150p1.html

# ? Feb 7, 2010 06:34

DanTheFryingPan: Jan 28, 2006

evil_bunnY posted:

Turns out F bodies are pretty good at stopping bullets

Here's an interview with Don McCullin, the owner of that camera.

quote:

From 1961: war photographer, mainly for the Observer and the Sunday Times
(Cyprus, Viet-nam, Cambodia, Congo, Biafra, Israel, Northern Ireland).
After a reportage about the massacre in Sabra and Shatila (Lebanon) decides to quit war photography and to photograph landscapes.

DanTheFryingPan fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Feb 7, 2010

# ? Feb 7, 2010 09:27

poopinmymouth: Mar 2, 2005; PROUD 2 B AMERICAN (these colors don't run)

DanTheFryingPan posted:

Here's an interview with Don McCullin, the owner of that camera.

I just saw this retrospective at C/O Berlin yesterday. :smugface:

# ? Feb 7, 2010 12:25

unixbeard: Dec 29, 2004

poopinmymouth posted:

I just saw this retrospective at C/O Berlin yesterday. :smugface:

ooh i saw this too. I think his picture of the albino african kid will stay with me forever. C/O Berlin has some great exhibitions, i miss it.

# ? Feb 7, 2010 19:27

some kinda jackal: Feb 25, 2003; �
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Someone want to ID the Nikon body and lens they keep in the net at NHL games? Was watching hockey and this brought out the camera nerd in me :3:

Now I wish I was watching the HD feed instead

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# ? Feb 7, 2010 19:36

HPL: Aug 28, 2002; Worst case scenario.

Martytoof posted:

Someone want to ID the Nikon body and lens they keep in the net at NHL games? Was watching hockey and this brought out the camera nerd in me

A D2 of some sort. I would have thought they would use a D3 because it's a high ISO monster.

# ? Feb 7, 2010 19:47

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Fragrag: Aug 3, 2007; The Worst Admin Ever bashes You in the head with his banhammer. It is smashed into the body, an unrecognizable mass! You have been struck down.

Guess who I met and listened to for several hours at his house?

Magnum photographer Carl De Keyzer

He was very talkative, managing to answer most of our questions by introducing himself and his work. He elaborated on how he started off, how he makes his living etc etc...
He also absolutely loves electronic music. The first thing you notice when you enter his atelier aren't the cameras because they aren't there, you notice this absolutely huge analogue synthesizer.

# ? Feb 7, 2010 19:50

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