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I have hit some sort of wall lately in my photography. It's purely a hobby thing for me (with the rare "oh hey come shoot this DJ Party thing and we'll give you $100"). I think that every one of my pictures lately is objectively terrible and I want to sell all my gear and never do it again. I could pay off my LASIK, credit cards and about 6 months of my car payments if I dumped my gear. I don't know. I can't get motivated to take pictures of anything, and when I do go out, they're bad. Blah. I'm just being a whiny babby. I don't really want to do that, but sometimes I dream about it. And this: 
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Then sell all your gear and pick up a cheap film slr, only take pictures when the mood really strikes you.
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Sep 26, 2010 07:58
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dunkman posted:I don't know. I can't get motivated to take pictures of anything, and when I do go out, they're bad. Blah. I'm just being a whiny babby.  Yeah... that "Dammit, I suck" phase is pretty hard to get through.
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Sep 26, 2010 08:01
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I can't imagine shooting with a film camera. I mean, I did it in high school for a photo class, but now it doesn't seem like something I'd do. I'm just not going to take any photos for a month and see how I feel after that. I am definitely, definitely past gearfaggotry. And by past, I mean...in a year: 
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Sep 26, 2010 08:10
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The awesome part of the gearfaggotry phase is that if you're loving broke as hell it only lasts for 3 days while you read about $6,000 Hasselblad lenses and sulk.
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Sep 26, 2010 08:23
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Moist von Lipwig posted:The awesome part of the gearfaggotry phase is that if you're loving broke as hell it only lasts for 3 days while you read about $6,000 Hasselblad lenses and sulk. yeah my big splurge was a chinese battery grip and a used 55-200 non-vr.
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Sep 26, 2010 08:31
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dunkman posted:I can't imagine shooting with a film camera. I mean, I did it in high school for a photo class, but now it doesn't seem like something I'd do.
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Sep 26, 2010 09:03
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I'm trying hard to avoid falling into the gear faggotry hole, because that'd be really expensive. Because I'm still eyeing hard towards a FF camera, and I do really want it, and it is going to be loving expensive.
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Sep 26, 2010 11:28
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dunkman posted:I have hit some sort of wall lately in my photography. It's purely a hobby thing for me (with the rare "oh hey come shoot this DJ Party thing and we'll give you $100"). I think that every one of my pictures lately is objectively terrible and I want to sell all my gear and never do it again. Seconding 'get a film SLR'. It's great fun, it makes you plan your shots, and the little gear there is (film and manual lenses) is cheap.
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Sep 26, 2010 12:59
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Moist von Lipwig posted:The awesome part of the gearfaggotry phase is that if you're loving broke as hell it only lasts for 3 days while you read about $6,000 Hasselblad lenses and sulk. It's easy to geek out about cheap gear too. What's the best upgrade I can get for $xxx, how little can I spend on a ___________, etc.
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Sep 26, 2010 14:54
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How long of a warranty does Henry's offer? Some guy is trying to sell me a D200 that still has two years of warranty from Henry's. I'm a little skeptical unless Henry's has some kind of 5 year warranty and he bought it in 2008 or something, at which point they might have still sold the D200 I guess. I don't know  Anyway, the two years warranty along with a price that's only $25 more than what I see D80s going for is making me a little cautious. I'm going to go take a look at it this week so I can tell if it's a dud but v  v
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Sep 26, 2010 16:20
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This is cool. Ability to change focus on an image AFTER you've taken it. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/23/adobe-shows-off-plenoptic-lenses-that-let-you-refocus-an-image-a/ dunkman posted:You literally own exactly the same gear as me. NICE WORK BRO
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Sep 26, 2010 16:28
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Fists Up posted:This is cool. Ability to change focus on an image AFTER you've taken it. I have to wonder how this affects sharpness etc. Regardless, that is loving cool.
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Sep 26, 2010 20:11
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I think it helps to take a break from whatever you normally do photo wise. Ditching everything and shooting film is not a bad idea at all. When I get stuck I go shoot film and it helps. When I get sick of doing stuff in the dark in the studio I go outside and shoot something else. I think changing the process a little helps you get perspective on what you were doing before.
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Sep 26, 2010 21:37
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TheLastManStanding posted:
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Sep 26, 2010 22:13
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I got lucky, I started reading here before I hit the HDR phase. So now I'll never have one.
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Sep 26, 2010 23:59
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xzzy posted:I got lucky, I started reading here before I hit the HDR phase. I like to take HDR photos and improve the tonality of the images and show them to people and when they say they like the photo, inform them that it is HDR and then very calmly, reach out and pick their nose with my little finger and make them eat whatever I dig out. EDIT: also, it kinda pisses me off that people hate certain things, but have so much trouble identifying what they supposedly hate so much, unless it's all sliders to the right extreme. Helmacron fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Sep 27, 2010 |
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Sep 27, 2010 00:24
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dunkman posted:
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Sep 27, 2010 13:34
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Helmacron posted:I like to take HDR photos and improve the tonality of the images and show them to people and when they say they like the photo, inform them that it is HDR and then very calmly, reach out and pick their nose with my little finger and make them eat whatever I dig out. I hate you and your god drat sliders. 
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Sep 27, 2010 17:28
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ease posted:What strap you got? It's custom made out of an old seatbelt with felt-like embroidery down one side of it in 3 colors, orange white and blue.
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Sep 27, 2010 18:09
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Being a photographer is loving awesome.
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Sep 27, 2010 18:19
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Whitezombi posted:I hate you and your god drat sliders. I get annoyed at sliders too, it's like every time I turn around, another restaurant has more tiny hamburgers on their menu.
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Sep 27, 2010 19:07
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Why do people care so much about straps?
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Sep 27, 2010 20:35
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guidoanselmi posted:Why do people care so much about straps? Because they keep your camera attached to you! I feel like disaster is looming whenever I walk around with a camera that isn't strapped to me. The woman I assist usually shoots without one, and I don't know how she does it. EDIT: I just got a sweet wrist tether strap for my Contax G. Now the safety is just as light and unobtrusive as the rest of the camera!
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Sep 27, 2010 20:39
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Why do people care so much about their clothes?
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Sep 27, 2010 20:39
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What's the deal with airline peanuts? e: Also some straps from the 70s and 80s are loving terrible. My Mamiya came with this plastic thing with spikes that digs into your neck at the very top of the strap. Right out of the Spanish inquisition.
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Sep 27, 2010 21:01
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McMadCow posted:Because they keep your camera attached to you! Kai does it all the time in DigitalRev videos, it's so nerve wracking when he's shooting with one camera and just tucks a second one casually under his arm.
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Sep 27, 2010 21:07
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A nice camera strap is right up there next to having a lens with a red ring on the end of it.
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Sep 27, 2010 21:07
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If I'm not wearing my camera all day I don't see a reason to use a strap.
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Sep 27, 2010 21:20
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Sometimes I use two straps. One on the body, the other on the lens.
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Sep 27, 2010 21:58
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Martytoof posted:What's the deal with airline peanuts? I saw some great ones with rainbows and stuff on them at the camera show I went to earlier this year. Actually, my two Op-Tech straps just arrived from Adorama this afternoon. They're smaller than the one I meant to get, but will do just fine for rangefinder and Sony NEX. They're really nice; my boss has one for the 5D2 and it feels like wearing a cloud.
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Sep 28, 2010 01:23
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My K10's current strap is just a length of cheap brown woolen yarn that I tripled back over itself and knotted off at the lugs. gently caress year
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Sep 28, 2010 03:28
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Sep 28, 2010 04:40
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This is kind of amusing Basically, someone on Reddit posts this link to a poorly done HDR. The guy freaks out and sends him this message: quote:"Dear Mr. xxxxxx: Of course, he posts the thing to reddit, and now that photo has 70+ negative comments (though it looks like he may be deleting them) and 25k views.
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Sep 28, 2010 16:52
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Awkward Davies posted:This is kind of amusing I love how the comments on the photo go from "Great shot! This gets an AMAZING ART AWARD!! GOOD JOB!!" to "Hey look! Some asshat is learning how to fake HDRs."
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Sep 28, 2010 17:01
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 Don't sue me bro.
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Sep 28, 2010 17:04
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I'm going to get a bunch of these printed up. It's like mad-libs. Dear [name]: It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized use of my copyrighted work entitled [name of work] (the "Work") in the preparation of a work derived therefrom. I have reserved all rights in the Work, first published in [date], [and have registered copyright therein]. Your work entitled [name of infringing work] is essentially identical to the Work and clearly used the Work as its basis. [Give a few examples that illustrate direct copying.] As you neither asked for nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for [name of infringing work] nor to make or distribute copies, including electronic copies, of same, I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein. I demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies, including electronic copies, of same, that you deliver to me, if applicable, all unused, undistributed copies of same, or destroy such copies immediately and that you desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future. If I have not received an affirmative response from you by [date give them about 2 weeks] indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall take further action against you. Very truly yours,
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Sep 28, 2010 17:05
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I wonder how many stupid people you could get with that.
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Sep 28, 2010 17:13
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I didn't realize how bad the HDR problem really was until I looked into the ghettos of Flickr and found this group http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/  It's like all these people are shifted or see in a different type of color spectrum.
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