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"Whenever we go out together, your photos are much better than the ones I take. Your camera is really expensive." "I'd like my photos to look good like yours, I'd better buy a nicer camera." Motherfucker: they are portraits of stationary children in bright sunshine. Just cause I have a m4/3, and you have an iPhone, it's not an equipment issue.. 
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To be fair cell phone pictures usually don't look that good. But those people aren't gonna learn how to use a better camera anyways lol.
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Aug 13, 2016 01:14
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Yeah one thing you can't do with a cellphone is get great background separation with a shallow DOF. But yeah even simple composition basics would improve just about anyone's cellphone photography skills. One thing that absolutely nobody does that makes a world of difference when photographing kids is to actually kneel down to their level.
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Aug 13, 2016 01:25
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I've only done one kid shoot, but the ironic shots of the kid in a pile of beer bottles were the best.
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Aug 13, 2016 02:59
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I live in the middle of the historic old-town. There are a bunch of awesome gothic and baroque buildings, fountains, art-deco street furniture, etc. If I look out of my living room window I can see a procession of people taking photos in the street outside - a lot of old people with brightly coloured compacts, a poo poo-ton of people taking pictures with a phone or tablet but also a bunch of people with nicer gear too. Sometimes if I am bored or I have some shots left at the end of a roll, I'll head out at dusk and set up some long-exposure shots of the illuminations. Because of the MF gear, I get quite a lot of people heading over to talk about the camera and I hear that all the time. The best one was a guy with some FF Nikon complaining that he couldn't get decent shots with his gear. I was like 'dude, I'm using a camera that was designed in the 1940s with exactly two controls that can be set on it once the film is loaded. You have a box of loving miracles by comparison. Didn't have a tripod, didn't know about light metering modes, was using the popup flash for subjects that were maybe 30m away from his lens.
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Aug 13, 2016 16:02
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Helen Highwater posted:using the popup flash for subjects that were maybe 30m away from his lens. i try not to be too much of a snob (especially since i myself am like sub-hobbyist at best) but this is the one thing that drives me absolutely insane. just think about it for like 10 seconds! gently caress! also people who leave all the focus beeps and loud fake shutter noises turned on
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Aug 13, 2016 18:16
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When we had the "blue moon" way back my mom heard about it on the news and asked me to take a picture of it. She said something like "you may have to use flash".
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Aug 13, 2016 21:15
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OTOH I hate it when passerbys give me unsolicited advice. Yes, I know the image will be backlit now gently caress off. (I actually act very gracious and just smile and say "thanks but it's intentional" to them in person though because I'm not a dweeb)
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Aug 14, 2016 18:07
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Wow you can still get film for that?
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Aug 14, 2016 19:25
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Is there any other activity where someone will give the credit to the equipment and not the user? 'What a delicious dinner, you must have a great oven' 'Great game, you must have a good racket' 'You fixed my car quickly, you must have an expensive toolset' 'Thanks for the blowjob, you must use good toothpaste'
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Aug 14, 2016 20:34
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spog posted:Is there any other activity where someone will give the credit to the equipment and not the user? Golf. That new oversized, titanium, diamondium coated driver really made your game better!
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Aug 14, 2016 21:21
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VendaGoat posted:Golf. That new oversized, titanium, diamondium coated driver really made your game better! christ yeah golf. Wild EEPROM posted:Wow you can still get film for that? EVERY GODDAMN TIME
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Aug 14, 2016 22:51
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spog posted:Is there any other activity where someone will give the credit to the equipment and not the user? PC video games lol
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Aug 15, 2016 00:45
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Wild EEPROM posted:Wow you can still get film for that? I used to until Fuji decided to pull FP-100C out from under me. 
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Aug 15, 2016 00:46
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Just read your posts, you must have a really bad computer
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Aug 15, 2016 03:30
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feigning interest posted:Just read your posts, you must have a really bad computer 
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Aug 15, 2016 03:34
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akadajet posted:When we had the "blue moon" way back my mom heard about it on the news and asked me to take a picture of it. She said something like "you may have to use flash". Imagine if everybody around the world used their flash when taking pictures of the moon. It would be like a flickering discoball above our heads 24/7!
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Aug 15, 2016 07:01
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feigning interest posted:Just read your posts, you must have a really bad computer
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Aug 15, 2016 18:32
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i get around this by using really crappy old cameras, which is also my excuse when the pictures are bad.
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Aug 15, 2016 21:33
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feigning interest posted:Just read your posts, you must have a really bad computer  Holy poo poo: I've not had a burn that good for ages.
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Aug 15, 2016 22:11
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Helen Highwater posted:I was like 'dude, I'm using a camera that was designed in the 1940s with exactly two controls that can be set on it once the film is loaded. You have a box of loving miracles by comparison. This reminds me of my visit to Durmitor National Park in Montenegro last week. I was setting up my gear for a shot at the bank of Black Lake, when some girl stands next to me and fires up a burst mode - she took around 50 exposures judging from the shutter sound. And there I stand, setting up a shot for around 10 minutes, taking exactly one picture on Provia 100 with my P6. And I'm sure that one picture will be better than all of hers.
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Doctor Bombadil posted:This reminds me of my visit to Durmitor National Park in Montenegro last week. I was setting up my gear for a shot at the bank of Black Lake, when some girl stands next to me and fires up a burst mode - she took around 50 exposures judging from the shutter sound. And there I stand, setting up a shot for around 10 minutes, taking exactly one picture on Provia 100 with my P6. And I'm sure that one picture will be better than all of hers. Post the picture, let us judge.
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Aug 16, 2016 01:02
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Although the P6 is a Really Good Camera that cool people shoot so it probably will be good.
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Aug 16, 2016 01:03
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Doctor Bombadil posted:This reminds me of my visit to Durmitor National Park in Montenegro last week. I was setting up my gear for a shot at the bank of Black Lake, when some girl stands next to me and fires up a burst mode - she took around 50 exposures judging from the shutter sound. And there I stand, setting up a shot for around 10 minutes, taking exactly one picture on Provia 100 with my P6. And I'm sure that one picture will be better than all of hers.
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Aug 16, 2016 01:25
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rohan posted:Joke's on you, she was bracketing all 50 exposures and will combine them into a single, glorious piece of HDR beauty. You mean HDR horror.
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Aug 16, 2016 03:08
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big scary monsters posted:Post the picture, let us judge. I just need to finish the roll and get it processed. (I hope i didn't srew it up, first time shooting slide film.) alkanphel posted:You mean HDR horror.
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Aug 16, 2016 14:02
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Didn't DigitalRev have a series of celebrity photographers shoot with crappy toy cameras? edit: oh here I found it: https://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalRevCom/search?query=cheap+challenge 
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Aug 17, 2016 06:37
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Is he actually a photo celebrity or just a lovely blogger
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ansel autisms posted:Is he actually a photo celebrity or just a lovely blogger isn't being a lovely blogger the main path to being a celebrity in the photo world these days? or I guess rape if you are Terry R
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ansel autisms posted:Is he actually a photo celebrity or just a lovely blogger They should do Ken Rockwell
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8th-snype posted:I guess rape if you are Terry R Googled Terry R., confirmed celebrity photographer status. The Internet posted:'I Felt a Dick Pressing Into My Face': Terry Richardson Strikes Again
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Aug 18, 2016 00:29
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Actually Terry Richardson has poor eyesight and that's just how he sees.
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Aug 18, 2016 17:52
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Terry Richardson: I'm gonna be a father! PR Manager: idk Terry that's not very on-brand Terry: ...with my photo assistant who is nearly half my age!!! PR Manager: 
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Aug 18, 2016 18:04
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Eh I was using that screenshot more as an example of a lovely camera rather than an example of a "celebrity photographer".
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Aug 18, 2016 19:27
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alkanphel posted:You mean HDR horror. You mean Pastel Colored poo poo.
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Aug 18, 2016 22:01
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akadajet posted:They should do Ken Rockwell According to k-rock he should have no problem with it. As long as they bring him and his kids to McDonalds.
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Aug 18, 2016 22:44
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Lugging my crap around inside Carlsbad Caverns, someone points at me: "that's what I want to get someday, a good tripod like that." Just go buy one? They aren't made of gold.
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Aug 19, 2016 02:41
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"Have Marvin take it, he's a photographer!" You buy one "fancy" camera and that's all you are to them, the photographer. I'm already on selfie duty with a 7ft wingspan...
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What are those, Digital Rebels? He must be a poo poo photographer.
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