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I've definitely burned my dumb self while mindlessly discharging it into my hand, happily clicking away the test button after forgetting it was set to 1/1.
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evil_bunnY posted:I've definitely burned my dumb self while mindlessly discharging it into my hand, happily clicking away the test button after forgetting it was set to 1/1. Burned as in 'ow' or burned as in 'there is a red mark that stays for a while'? Because I know the 900 has more kick than the 800, but I'd happily pop the 800 on bare skin any day. Of course, I'm also the guy who, upon buying any new flash or strobe, fires it into his face to see how bright it is.
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SoundMonkey posted:Burned as in 'ow' or burned as in 'there is a red mark that stays for a while'? Because I know the 900 has more kick than the 800, but I'd happily pop the 800 on bare skin any day.
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SoundMonkey posted:Of course, I'm also the guy who, upon buying any new flash or strobe, fires it into his face to see how bright it is. For a few years growing up, I had a bedroom with no windows (yes I was allowed to leave it at will and there were no shackles). At any rate, I had hours of fun with my mom's camera flash, firing it off and searing an afterimage into my retinas. It only lasted a handful of seconds, so I had to do it a lot. 
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evil_bunnY posted:Burned as in 'ow why do I post dumb things' Ah, I see. I thought you actually meant you were injured by it, which seemed a bit outlandish. Interesting alternate use for hotshoe flashes: 'charging' glow-in-the-dark materials like glow tape. Before most theatre shows, someone with either a point & shoot or a bigass flashlight will go around and charge important glow tape pieces so the actors don't trip and die during the first blackout before the stage lights have had a change to charge the tape. Of course, if you get bored and make a template, you can also use this to write profanity into glowtape.
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SoundMonkey posted:Also, if you have a gel swatchbook, just make a note to be careful with anything with a 'trans' number of 40% or less. R59, which transmits 2% of the light that passes through it (meaning it's really loving dark), will melt and burn within ten minutes in a theatrical light fixture, and that's with it being nearly two feet from the bulb. Just consider, when putting gel on, that you're asking a really thin sheet of polycarbonate to absorb a large portion of the energy coming out of what is potentially a really big flash. Since I have no idea where I would even look this up, is there a code for a piece of infrared-pass gel (opaque to anything shorter)?
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I have also in no way abused my near-limitless supply of glowtape to product an 8x10 glow-in-the-dark panel on cardboard. It's fun to write on it with a laser pointer.
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Paul MaudDib posted:Since I have no idea where I would even look this up, where could I find a piece of infrared-pass gel (opaque to anything shorter)? If you mean what I think you mean (gel that passes only infrared light and nothing else), it doesn't exist, because theatre has no use for that. You could get something pretty similar by using a few layers of really dark red gel (R26 springs to mind, but some could be darker). Find dark reds whose spectral charts show high transmission at infrared wavelengths, and stack a couple together. You can find the spectral charts on Rosco's website I think, basically just a graph of the gel's transmission over the visible and not-quite-visible spectrum. Working out what wavelengths gel passes light at is actually really useful, since some of them have weird peaks and valleys where you wouldn't expect. R59 makes a pretty good blacklight gel, but adding what is actually a pretty light purple (R47) cuts out most of the rest of the visible light while still passing the UV. SoundMonkey fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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Paul MaudDib posted:Since I have no idea where I would even look this up, is there a code for a piece of infrared-pass gel (opaque to anything shorter)? How big do you need? Totally exposed E6 film is commonly used as a cheap infrared filter.
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I've wanted to do this for ages now, so I finally sat down and made it happen: f/8 and be there: The photojournalism/documentary photography megathread I've never started a thread before and I'd love for this to stay active in the Dorkroom, so if anybody is interested in checking it out and letting me know how I might be able to improve the OP I'd be grateful.
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Hey r/photography, looking to start a small on the side photography business just as a way to make extra cash, and need advice on a cheap camera I came across.quote:So my fiance' is getting laid off in a few weeks from his job as a contractor. He's dabbled in photography a bit in the past, but has always wanted to do freelance/small photography type things (nature pictures, animals, small photo shoots, etc.) for extra cash. Never had the money for equipment before, but he's found a camera online that looks great to him and me, but we are looking for advice on the specs. I figured you guys could help a bit! Any info would be appreciated. It's a great read. Turns out she's an ordained minister and wants to offer wedding photography packages... http://www.reddit.com/r/photography/comments/19gpux/hey_rphotography_looking_to_start_a_small_on_the/
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woot fatigue posted:Hey r/photography, looking to start a small on the side photography business just as a way to make extra cash, and need advice on a cheap camera I came across. I like to think the difference between us and reddit would be that we would fakepost serious suggestions to her. But wow.
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Paragon8 posted:I like to think the difference between us and reddit would be that we would fakepost serious suggestions to her. I tried my best upvoting with various sockpuppet accounts to give it more views/potential, but unfortunately it's fallen off the page.
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woot fatigue posted:I tried my best upvoting with various sockpuppet accounts to give it more views/potential, but unfortunately it's fallen off the page. Well at least the consensus best lens for a newbie in the canon thread is now the TS-E 24mm
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Paragon8 posted:Well at least the consensus best lens for a newbie in the canon thread is now the TS-E 24mm It's a good focal length on a crop sensor at 38.4mm. It may be a tad slower than the 40/2.8 pancake on a full-frame, but similar in focal length with plenty of features to grow into.
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woot fatigue posted:It's a good focal length on a crop sensor at 38.4mm. It may be a tad slower than the 40/2.8 pancake on a full-frame, but similar in focal length with plenty of features to grow into. I know you’re being satirical, but it would be a convincing act anywhere but SA.
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Actually, I was at a wedding this summer where the staff traded off on camera duties, using a camera just like that. Seriously, the DJ was the photographer during the ceremony, then the wedding officiant became the photographer during the dancing. Apparently they were quite proud of saving a bunch of money by hiring one group that "handled everything", but the pictures came out just as well as you can imagine.
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Mar 1, 2013 22:50
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If you're at a really cold event, you can use the strobe setting on flashes as a hand warmer.
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bisticles posted:Actually, I was at a wedding this summer where the staff traded off on camera duties, using a camera just like that. Seriously, the DJ was the photographer during the ceremony, then the wedding officiant became the photographer during the dancing. Apparently they were quite proud of saving a bunch of money by hiring one group that "handled everything", but the pictures came out just as well as you can imagine. I.. umm.. actually shot one wedding where I officiated. It was only because I knew the people and the photographer they hired called them about 45 minutes before the ceremony and asked if they could bail him out of jail.
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squidflakes posted:I.. umm.. actually shot one wedding where I officiated. It was only because I knew the people and the photographer they hired called them about 45 minutes before the ceremony and asked if they could bail him out of jail. Who do you think you are? Sara Frances?
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woot fatigue posted:Who do you think you are? Sara Frances? Wedding Photography: Your post-modern officiant PoV
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Speaking of lovely wedding photographers:quote:I am looking for young trainees who would like to do wedding photography and once they are suitably trained by coming to a number of weddings they will be given paid work.
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Yep, all "trainees" come equipped with $2500 cameras plus lenses.  Glad the teacher doesn't give any poo poo about portfolios.
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bisticles posted:Guess I'll take my posting elsewhere Thank GOD.
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SoundMonkey posted:Thank GOD. You could learn a lot from him.
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xzzy posted:Yep, all "trainees" come equipped with $2500 cameras plus lenses. If someone has $5000 worth of gear they must be good. Why else would they have all of that expensive equipment?
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mr. mephistopheles posted:If someone has $5000 worth of gear they must be good. Why else would they have all of that expensive equipment? But I have 5 thousa . . . oh.
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"Yeah, I got a $5,000 pro camera system" *Gestures to pickup truck bed full of Pentax ME Supers*
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Nikon users need not apply. Heh Edit: why are all professional photographers massive cunts? From buying/selling on CL, the new dads looking for a camera to take babby pics are an absolute pleasure to work with. The "pro" photographers show up 30 min late with reeking cologne and 6 ft pole wedged firmly up rear end, hem and haw and then try to low ball you. INTJ Mastermind fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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INTJ Mastermind posted:Nikon users need not apply. Heh I bought a GR1s from a photojournalist and he was just happy that it was going to someone that was actually going to use it as opposed to flipping it on eBay.
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Photojournalists in my experience are way more pleasant than many other photographers, especially the ModelMayhem type "pros" that seem to be everywhere.
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BobTheCow posted:Photojournalists in my experience are way more pleasant than many other photographers, especially the ModelMayhem type "pros" that seem to be everywhere. I like to think the MM guys are just full of hatred due to how many flakey assholes they deal with on a regular basis.
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Shmoogy posted:I like to think the MM guys are just full of hatred due to how many flakey assholes they deal with on a regular basis. I think I posted about this before, but the last time I used MM to find some models for a compensated tattoo shoot, I ended up getting around 30 models confirm that they would be at the shoot, and 2 that actually showed up. Of the no-shows, there was one entire call-with-lame-excuse and the rest were just complete and total flakes.
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Then obviously the best photographers are the MM 'pros' that constantly tell everyone that models don't flake on them. Heh, don't know what your problem is, bub, my models always show up
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Helena Christensen & Portrait Photographer Mary Ellen Mark on Capture. There's a Pentax 67 in there if you catch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3eSMVsRqww
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Several days ago I was looking at the pictures I just took and this one kept catching my eye. I didn't exactly know why but I just liked the picture. About half a day later, it hit me like a brick. I just made an accidental homage to Eggleston.  Sumner, Mississippi by William Eggleston Of course, it wasn't deliberate but I just love the similarities. Even the red stripe on his sweater evokes the red tie on the white man.
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Fragrag posted:Several days ago I was looking at the pictures I just took and this one kept catching my eye. I didn't exactly know why but I just liked the picture. That's paper.
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Fragrag posted:Several days ago I was looking at the pictures I just took and this one kept catching my eye. I didn't exactly know why but I just liked the picture. Ah, yes, there are black people in both pictures!
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