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I was considering a minimalist business card with basically my name, profession, a website, and a QR code leading to that page. Sounds good to me in theory but not so sure about in practice.
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Drewski posted:I was considering a minimalist business card with basically my name, profession, a website, and a QR code leading to that page. Sounds good to me in theory but not so sure about in practice.
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Nov 25, 2011 00:05
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Cockwhore posted:what's the point of a QR code? Just have an easily memorable domain instead.
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Nov 25, 2011 00:40
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evil_bunnY posted:This. The worst is people using QR codes for sites that aren't mobile-optimized. Guess what 99% of people scan their codes with? The stupidest is when people have a URL in a QR code, but it leads to a Flash site.
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Nov 25, 2011 00:48
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The absolute worst is when the QR code gets parsed wrong and it takes you to the wrong website. Not sure I'd want to risk a client being sent to a porn town.
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Nov 25, 2011 00:53
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The absolute worst is using a QR code.
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Nov 25, 2011 01:01
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And they're ugly.
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Nov 25, 2011 02:00
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I think they're cool for getting small amounts of data into a device without needing flash storage or a network.. but they get used in retarded ways. If you could encode your email and phone number into a QR code, and scanning it added that data to a phone's contact list, that might be a cooler use. But they end up being nothing more than redirects to websites.
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Nov 25, 2011 03:24
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You know how everyone says "you're going to hate everything you shoot now anyways" when you first get a camera? I went to Europe ~2 weeks after I got my first dslr. I was so proud of those photos. Recently I was talking to my mom about gifts for my boyfriend's parents, and she suggested I put together a calendar of some Europe pictures since that's where my boyfriend's mom is from and it would be a nice memento. I hate almost every single picture I took. Like not even "eh, this is alright", I can't even find 12 pictures to put in a calendar and I took over 2000 pictures that trip. I'm embarrassed to give them a calendar of my lovely work...I think I'm going to scrap that idea. Does this feeling ever go away?
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Nov 25, 2011 05:24
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CarrotFlowers posted:Does this feeling ever go away? Not really, you can always find problems with your own work.
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Nov 25, 2011 05:50
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If you're satisfied with your work, you aren't improving.
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Nov 25, 2011 05:56
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But like...even now looking back on recent photos I can pinpoint things I would do differently or I can say "I know I can do better than this". I just want to not be embarrassed about my stuff when I look at it a year down the road. I think that's different than knowing you have room to improve. I don't expect to ever stop learning.
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Nov 25, 2011 06:02
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I think I learn more in post than I do behind the camera. That said, I definitely learn a ton from every shoot. I try something new with every shoot, that's for sure. EDIT - to expand on this. When I first started shooting, my post process revolved around "peeling" away bad shots until the best of a given shoot was all that was left. I changed to 'culling in' and started working to promote good photos and really started to make progress in learning actively from my post sessions. You really take notes when you come home for a shoot and find that you're left with a lot fewer good shots than you expected. That prompted me to look more critically at both successes and failures with an eye for what to correct or what I did right. I think what I ended up giving to the client improved as well as I didn't sneak some shot in that wasn't great but was the best of a given motive. Elite Taco fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Nov 25, 2011 |
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Nov 25, 2011 06:26
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I think I can probably count on one hand the number of photos I took that I flat out LOVE. I don't think I'm a terrible photographer or anything. My technique is allright, they're usually technically okay looking photos, but I have a HUGE problem with taking INTERESTING photos. Ironically, the photo I shot that I love the most probably isn't all that interesting and has 1001 technical problems, but every time I see it it makes me happy and puts me in the mood to go shooting. I don't know what it is: 
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Nov 25, 2011 06:45
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Martytoof posted:I think I can probably count on one hand the number of photos I took that I flat out LOVE. I don't think I'm a terrible photographer or anything. My technique is allright, they're usually technically okay looking photos, but I have a HUGE problem with taking INTERESTING photos. If it helps I think that's a great pic too. Well I will definitely keep plugging away at it happily. Its a good thing practicing is so much fun.
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Nov 25, 2011 07:09
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Thank you  It was a total fluke but it makes me excited to go out and try stuff
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Nov 25, 2011 07:10
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Lightroom is 90 bucks on amazon right now.
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Nov 25, 2011 16:02
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A5H posted:Sweet. I'll just do it as text then. Cheers guys. What kind of client are you going for? Retail clients love cutesy logos. Business 2 Business, I haven't found that not having a logo hurts me at all.
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Nov 25, 2011 20:42
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From the PYF .gif thread, illustrating the difference between focal lengths.MrBigglesworth posted:
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Nov 26, 2011 01:04
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I can't look away.
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Nov 26, 2011 02:04
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Holy poo poo I've gotta try that.
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Nov 26, 2011 03:34
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:What kind of client are you going for? Retail clients love cutesy logos. Business 2 Business, I haven't found that not having a logo hurts me at all. I do automotive stuff, so dudes with literally millions of pounds to spend.
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Nov 26, 2011 05:03
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Cockwhore posted:what's the point of a QR code? Just have an easily memorable domain instead. Depends on your target audience. My website stats get about 20% of its hits from my QR code link which is on all material I send to editors and PR/marketing people. Tech people (nerds) don't use QR codes, people who literally live all day on their iphones/androids use them a lot. Whatever gimmick you can use to get people who have 100's of domains to look at every day is a good gimmick.
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Nov 26, 2011 05:24
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So here's a question for you. I posted a link to one of my photos on Flickr about 20 minutes ago on my Facebook, and within 5 minutes my stats shot up to over 220 views, which needless to say is uncommon for me. I went into the referrals and each one of my photos was viewed once. Is it weird of me to think that a computer was scanning through my collection?
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Nov 26, 2011 06:05
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I'm sure tons of people use them (if not, they wouldn't have caught on), I just can't comprehend how pulling up some camera app and waiting for it to focus and decipher a QR code is ever faster than typing in a URL, unless your website is gopher://members.donnysdiscountdialup.biz/~fjohnso3/.
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Nov 26, 2011 06:14
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Drewski posted:So here's a question for you. I posted a link to one of my photos on Flickr about 20 minutes ago on my Facebook, and within 5 minutes my stats shot up to over 220 views, which needless to say is uncommon for me. I went into the referrals and each one of my photos was viewed once. Is it weird of me to think that a computer was scanning through my collection? I'd assume just a bored person before I'd think it was a bot, though I'm sure bots crawl all over that site (sites like flickrhivemind come to mind) but it'd be weird for a bot to be triggered via your Facebook page of all sites.
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Nov 26, 2011 06:15
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PREYING MANTITS posted:I'd assume just a bored person before I'd think it was a bot, though I'm sure bots crawl all over that site (sites like flickrhivemind come to mind) but it'd be weird for a bot to be triggered via your Facebook page of all sites. 200 views within minutes? I suppose. It's just weird to think that they'd look at every single one of them. And in the same size, not stopping to look at different photos at different sizes. Drewski fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Nov 26, 2011 |
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Nov 26, 2011 06:21
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Drewski posted:200 views within minutes? I suppose. It's just weird to think that they'd look at every single one of them. It does sound pretty suspicious though, do you use any Flickr apps (like Flickr Tab) on FB or did you just manually post a link?
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Nov 26, 2011 06:51
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Can someone post the bar chart that shows there are way more photos on facebook than flickr, and similarly many more on flickr than picture libraries like Getty and Corbis?
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Nov 27, 2011 00:37
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xzzy posted:But they end up being nothing more than redirects to websites.
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Nov 27, 2011 01:00
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PREYING MANTITS posted:Yeah, a few minutes time is a bit weird but someone just mashing the arrow keys to go through to each photo could probably do it. It was just a manual link.
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Nov 27, 2011 02:48
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Stockholm's Fotografiska gallery has an exhibition of Nick Brandt's On This Earrth, A Shadow Falls. He's famous for his unconventional, portrait-like wildlife shots. They look amazing in person, so check it out if you have the chance.
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Nov 27, 2011 13:08
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A5H posted:I do automotive stuff, so dudes with literally millions of pounds to spend. If I were you, I'd create an auto specific logo and webpage. Maybe show the outline profile of a camera with speed lines where the barrel of the lens is the front of a car.
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Nov 27, 2011 17:40
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:If I were you, I'd create an auto specific logo and webpage. Maybe show the outline profile of a camera with speed lines where the barrel of the lens is the front of a car. I've started working on a webpage on wordpress I just really suck at it  I don't know what you mean about that logo?
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Nov 27, 2011 18:18
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A5H posted:I've started working on a webpage on wordpress I just really suck at it he means a camera moving super fast like a car with speed lines.
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Nov 27, 2011 18:21
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Or just use a photo of a woman in a bikini, because nothing says that you're serious about car photography like a woman in a bikini, or so it would seem.
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Nov 27, 2011 18:51
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I'm talking like launch stuff by the way, not that kind of photography. I want to be as good as Easton Chang.
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Nov 27, 2011 18:57
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A5H posted:I'm talking like launch stuff by the way, not that kind of photography. What's launch stuff? I looked up Easton Chang, and if you're talking about making advertising photos, I'd just stick with where you are going and just use your name in a nice font.
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Nov 27, 2011 22:12
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:What's launch stuff? I looked up Easton Chang, and if you're talking about making advertising photos, I'd just stick with where you are going and just use your name in a nice font. Launch photography. Company launches a car - I take a bunch of pictures to give them for their sites/magazines etc. Then I stick around and shoot 1 to 1 with the journalists to fill in the gaps they want filling. Easton does mostly ad stuff where as I don't have the time and budget to go that extreme. But I love his use of lights in a lot of shots and that's do-able.
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Nov 27, 2011 22:34
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Sidenote: Holy crap Lightroom is much better with an extra 4 gigs of ram. That is all.
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Nov 28, 2011 06:10
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