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I think the students deserve plenty of praise for that stunt. Journalism is constantly and unavoidably moving away from boring truth towards interesting lies, simply because the slippery slope of editing the truth starts out so shallow. So it needs constant subversion and critique to remain closer to the boring truth than to the interesting lies. Great example in PushingKingston's link. I don't know if I agree that such post processing should disqualify one from a photo competition, but I definitely applaud it. "Awww it's so personal and emotional when it's grainy black and white" gently caress that, it's just a pretty wrapping. If a news anchor used the same pathos, they would fill the studio with candles and play Lux Aeterna while covering the war.
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PushingKingston posted:Here's a story about how one little digital alteration caused a set of photos to be disqualifed at this years World Press Photo. They're pretty serious about these sorts of changes. Even require entries to include the original RAW files: http://www.petapixel.com/2010/03/03/world-press-photo-disqualifies-winner/ But they didn't have any problem with the fake grain being applied? That surprises me.
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I just watched City of God. For those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. It's about a kid who grows up in a slum of Rio de Janeiro and wants to become a photographer instead of a hoodlum.
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spf3million posted:I just watched City of God. For those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. It's about a kid who grows up in a slum of Rio de Janeiro and wants to become a photographer instead of a hoodlum. And he gets to hook up with a journalist because she feels guilty for stealing his photos! I probably should watch it again and see what kind of gear he used.
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caberham posted:And he gets to hook up with a journalist because she feels guilty for stealing his photos! I probably should watch it again and see what kind of gear he used. Nikon F or F2 with the Photomic finder.
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spog posted:But they didn't have any problem with the fake grain being applied? That surprises me. Looks like they didn't give a crap until there was direct content manipulation. You could have tone mapped and filtered the poo poo out of it, but as soon as you photoshop a hair out of place, they'll deny the entry.
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Cyberbob posted:Looks like they didn't give a crap until there was direct content manipulation. I wonder what their policy is on stuff like perspective correction?
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I'm a member of a few groups on meetup.com and I saw someone (not a group member) posted this to one of the groups:quote:Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents! I replied with: quote:I have a friend going through a divorce, can I send them to those lawyers for some free legal counseling? If he does good in court I'll be sure to tell everyone about how great the law firm is on myspace.
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The great thing is, the previous one flaking out on her probably had a little to do with him/her not getting paid 
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I thought of something for the first time today. My cameras shutter life expectancy is 3.6tb's worth of images. (avg 25mb * 150,000).
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Just booked my first paid gig that involves significant travel, woo. Spending three nights in Portland to shoot a cross country meet that will last two hours... why they're paying for so much extra time, I have no idea, but I'm sure as poo poo not complaining. Bring on the good beer!
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I hereby resolve that in the future, if I'm going someplace dark enough that I think I'll need my 50/1.4, I'm just going to bring a loving flash and be done with it, social consequences be damned. I'm tired of thinking, every single time, "Hey I'll just shoot 1600, f/1.4 and 1/25, no big deal," then getting home and having to process the gently caress out of a bunch of noisy photos that are so underexposed and fuzzy all I can do is the most extreme and grainy b/w conversion. Every time I go out, it's like I forget all my past experiences and think my camera's magic.
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Or you can buy a 5d2 and still regret not just bringing a god damned flash because you figured ISO 6400 would let you capture some action, and never learn from your mistakes.
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jackpot posted:I hereby resolve that in the future, if I'm going someplace dark enough that I think I'll need my 50/1.4, I'm just going to bring a loving flash and be done with it, social consequences be damned. I'm tired of thinking, every single time, "Hey I'll just shoot 1600, f/1.4 and 1/25, no big deal," then getting home and having to process the gently caress out of a bunch of noisy photos that are so underexposed and fuzzy all I can do is the most extreme and grainy b/w conversion. Every time I go out, it's like I forget all my past experiences and think my camera's magic. Or you can do what I do and lock it at iso 1600, 1.4, and 1/50th and just know things will be underexposed and will need boosting.
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Hooray! I was asked to shoot a xmas party/boat cruise. They wanted me to shoot for about 6 hours and then join in the party, and they wanted to pay me $1200. Then the company's CEO got a $9500 bill for overseas phone/data usage because he just had to play with his new iPad while travelling and has decided that they don't really need a photographer for their party 
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Man I really want to get into event photography, but I really don't want to shoot weddings.
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Seems like you could just do that then. Nobody says you have to do weddings
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Martytoof posted:Seems like you could just do that then. Nobody says you have to do weddings Weddings are pretty much the only time the average person will ever pay out four figures on photography.
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Well, I mean I certainly wouldn't do event photography without weddings for a LIVING, yeah 
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HPL posted:Weddings are pretty much the only time the average person will ever pay out four figures on photography. Not true. Don't forget blackmail.
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This lens and the desensitization to ugly naked people that being a Goon provides.
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I look forward to pistol grip cameras in the future when we have LCD glasses to give us a video feed of what the camera sees. Screw awkwardly holding a viewfinder up to my face!
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They look and sound like an excellent way to get shot in the US.
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hey dorkroom, does this sound like an nice opportunity to buy poo poo and turn for a profit? http://slo.craigslist.org/ele/1994978155.html quote:Canon Power Winder A The extra copy/paste is theirs. I wonder how reselling all of it to keh would go? I figured the Mamiya 645 and 80 mm f/2.8 should do $300 at least if in decent condition?
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guidoanselmi posted:hey dorkroom, does this sound like an nice opportunity to buy poo poo and turn for a profit? poo poo, if you get it, I call dibs on canon a1 and 50 f/1.4 edit: If you decide to sell that particular item AIIAZNSK8ER fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Nov 12, 2010 |
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I'd probably be interested in that FD 24mm myself, I'd jump on that deal if I were you.
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My brother just sent me a picture message holding up a roll of Kodachrome 25 with the text "I should really clean my room more often." Between this and the roll of Technical Pan I found in a basket on the the kitchen table last month, I'm going to have to toss my whole house from top to bottom in search of discontinued film.
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What precautions do I have to take when flying with the following: Polaroid Land 350 and several packs of FP100c Pentax K1000 with Arista B&W and a Kodacrome 64 Canon 40D & several lenses I've flown with the Canon before with no problems - they let me take it as a 'handbag' in addition to my carry-on. Can the rest of that stuff go through the X-ray scanner? Is it pushing it to try to take all of that in one bag and still take another carry-on? Does the fact that I'm flying internationally make any difference? Basically I have no idea where to find rules & regulations for flying with photo gear. 
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Update: the guy from CL refuses to list the condition of the stuff, insisting I just come and buy it. It's also 140+ miles away and my friend close wouldn't know what to look for. I think I'll pass unless someone's around Santa Barbara.
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Tshirt Ninja posted:What precautions do I have to take when flying with the following: I've flown from the UK to Australia and back again with almost that exact film equipment and not had a single problem, and the film was fine going through all those carry-on X-ray scanners too (3 times on the way there and again coming back)
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Tshirt Ninja posted:What precautions do I have to take when flying with the following: If the Arista is 400 and you plan on pushing it, I'd ask for a hand-check. The rest of the stuff can go through a carry-on scanner.
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I'm behind on my The Economist subscription, but I was reading the October 9 issue this morning and was struck by a comment. At the end of an article about a travelling exhibition of Eadweard Muybridge's work, they sayquote:Something beautifully photographed, Muybridge's entire career reminds us, will be beautiful in the photograph whatever it was like in fact. That profound change in point of view altered the visual arts for ever. Also, the part about "altered the visual arts" implies that prior to Muybridge's work, people believed only beautiful objects could make beautiful images. Could somebody with some Art History background please let me know if this is true?
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ExecuDork posted:To your mind, does this mean even something ugly (rotting meat, as an extreme example), if photographed well, can make a beautiful photograph? Do you agree with this statement? Personally, I have trouble differentiating 'beauty' and 'interest'. Rotting meat could have lots of potential as an interesting subject, so I would deem it a candidate for a beautiful photograph, sure. I'm sure there's meaning to be found in rotting meat. I only take issue with uninteresting art. If it doesn't speak to someone, I can't really even call it art, since art in itself is about communication or definition of self. I guess art is inherently beautiful, because to be art, it must have some sort of meaning, and therein lies beauty. e. Muybridge would have lived just before Picasso, who was one of the revolutionary post-Impressionist cubists. The Impressionists and most artists afterward challenged the ideals of the Academie, which was basically an elite art society in France, who would only accept classically 'beautiful' art. Picasso's cubist figures were radically ugly by contemporary standards. You're in about the right time period for art to lose the traditional meaning of 'beauty', though certainly earlier Impressionists like Degas were criticized for painting models with blue skin (he was told they looked like corpses), despite being traditionally beautiful women. (Correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while since I took Art History) Tshirt Ninja fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Nov 13, 2010 |
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I really like Steve McCurry's work. Are there any photographers with a similar style I should check out? I'm in a slump right now and need some inspiration to get me excited about shooting. It's cold out, there's no snow and the sun sets at 4:30 and I work until 5.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q32V6ysLcZs Photo mode video from leaked copy of GT5. Edit: low-res screenshot: 
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I really want an F6. Bad. I don't want to buy it used, I want it new, but I am nowhere even remotely close to being able to afford it. I am also petrified they are going to discontinue it soon. I think I'm going to have to get a second job or just a better first job... the problem is I don't really have any marketable skills anymore besides photography, but I can't pursue that because I don't have the balls. I wish I didn't like camera stuff so much. Why couldn't I have liked baseball or basketball? You just pick up the ball and play, you don't need $2,300 cameras. 
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It's like REAL LIFE   Rated PG-34 posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q32V6ysLcZs
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I need to share this. Click here for the full 800x1066 image. http://mandmgirlsphotography.webs.com/apps/photos/ ease fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Nov 15, 2010 |
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