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BEphoto

12th of January 2009 (Mon), 02:34

cool, glad to see some people finally jumping on this thread. Maybe once we get some more we can get some groups going at some point.

I'll definitely be headed to the zoo in the next month or so to give my 70-200 f/2.8L IS a whirl. Should be picking it up in the next couple of weeks.

Im in arlington btw, but work in dallas and am frequently all over the metroplex.

Texas Wingnut

13th of January 2009 (Tue), 00:46

McKinney Area here!

Ziffle

13th of January 2009 (Tue), 19:24

Allen checking in .... glad this is going.

BEphoto - i'm jealous you can play w/ a new toy - 70-200mm f2.8. Very nice.

Some day ... i'll get there.

BEphoto

13th of January 2009 (Tue), 19:38

Allen checking in .... glad this is going.

BEphoto - i'm jealous you can play w/ a new toy - 70-200mm f2.8. Very nice.

Some day ... i'll get there.

Haha. I'm attaching it to an XT though, so needless to say I'm jealous of your 50D. :)

Decided to go the glass route first instead of body since glass will last a lifetime and bodies are more like computers nowdays. Replaceable every 2 years or so. Bleh.

elgillet

15th of January 2009 (Thu), 18:46

Rowlett by weekday evenings and weekends.... But in McKinney during the workday (got a day job)..

There is a forum called the www.TexasPhotoForum.com (http://www.texasphotoforum.com/) that has specializes in the state of Texas and then has sub levels of the various cities from there. such as Dallas / Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, etc.

BEphoto

15th of January 2009 (Thu), 20:15

eric.brown

15th of January 2009 (Thu), 20:26

Live in Wylie, work in Irving. Wife and I are both Canon shooters. She's much better than I am :)

DallasPhoto

15th of January 2009 (Thu), 20:47

Hey fellow Texans! My name's Dallas... for real, no lie, that is my real name.

I live in weatherford, just a few outside of Fort Worth... The GF and I both shoot Canon gear! Hit us up if you wanna shoot!

lukeeesteve

19th of January 2009 (Mon), 20:43

Keller checking in

hobbes2112

29th of January 2009 (Thu), 16:56

I'm in west Fort Worth

mikeltang

5th of February 2009 (Thu), 00:24

I live in Murphy, go to school in Richardson, and work in Plano. Just started photography, so I'm still learning a lot. Any tips/advice would be appreciated.

hobbes2112

5th of February 2009 (Thu), 10:57

I live in Murphy, go to school in Richardson, and work in Plano. Just started photography, so I'm still learning a lot. Any tips/advice would be appreciated.

Best tip I have is keep reading this site :)

I've learned so much it is crazy.

BEphoto

5th of February 2009 (Thu), 11:39

Best tip I have is keep reading this site :)

I've learned so much it is crazy.

agreed 100%

also, learn to use the search function on the forum or you will learn to hate it due to all of the jerks that will ruin your thread by telling you to search.

Thankfully i knew that coming into this forum, so i try not to post repetitive questions. lol.

Ziffle

5th of February 2009 (Thu), 17:34

I live in Murphy, go to school in Richardson, and work in Plano. Just started photography, so I'm still learning a lot. Any tips/advice would be appreciated.

In the equipment section ... there can be a little feed back on not using search.

But in the picture sharing section is a good place to hang out.
Post pictures and you will get direct feed back.

Around POTN - reading material that is often suggested in 'Understanding Exposure' for any experience level. But great for beginners.

It answers more than this is 'a f stop' and this is a shutter speed.
It dives into the 'why / when / how'.
-Why do i chose f8 on a shoot when i can select f4 thru f16 (example)
-if i am shooting a lake/shore shot w/ some clouds at sun set - how do i meter correctly?

It is a big softcover book. I actually read it last year and keep it for reference.
I have been shooting pictures since the film days and picked up digital in the last 3 years.
I learned a couple of new techniques and reinforced others. good stuff.....

And Welcome to POTN.

Look forward to seeing you around.....

Later,
_Mark

BEphoto

5th of February 2009 (Thu), 20:45

Around POTN - reading material that is often suggested in 'Understanding Exposure' for any experience level. But great for beginners.

Agreed! Great book for sure.

mikeltang

6th of February 2009 (Fri), 00:33

In the equipment section ... there can be a little feed back on not using search.

But in the picture sharing section is a good place to hang out.
Post pictures and you will get direct feed back.

Around POTN - reading material that is often suggested in 'Understanding Exposure' for any experience level. But great for beginners.

It answers more than this is 'a f stop' and this is a shutter speed.
It dives into the 'why / when / how'.
-Why do i chose f8 on a shoot when i can select f4 thru f16 (example)
-if i am shooting a lake/shore shot w/ some clouds at sun set - how do i meter correctly?

It is a big softcover book. I actually read it last year and keep it for reference.
I have been shooting pictures since the film days and picked up digital in the last 3 years.
I learned a couple of new techniques and reinforced others. good stuff.....

And Welcome to POTN.

Look forward to seeing you around.....

Later,
_Mark

Thanks for the advice. I have been doing a lot of reading in the various forums and found lots of tutorials to keep me busy for a while.

I got my camera about 2 weeks ago, but I've been practicing a lot. Here are some of the pictures I've been taking if you guys want to take a look.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mikeltang

- Mike

BEphoto

6th of February 2009 (Fri), 00:45

by the way, you might wanna check out the Texas Photo Forum (http://www.TexasPhotoForum.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=19219) as well if you havent already. Very similar to POTN, just an all texas crowd (with a few exceptions)

mchong75

15th of February 2009 (Sun), 12:58

Frisco here

moradventurous

15th of February 2009 (Sun), 13:59

North Dallas here!

I've owned a few canon p&s cameras, and used my dad's original digital rebel numerous times. An XSi will be arriving tomorrow from the man in the brown truck, so I hope to be posting a lot very soon!

Doslyn

15th of February 2009 (Sun), 22:01

Hello everybody from North Richland Hills.

Ziffle

16th of February 2009 (Mon), 04:56

Well new members ... wlcome to POTN.

Becareful .... there is so much information around here it is easy to get lost for ....days!!

Just playin'..... about getting lost.

Look forward to seeing you around.

VGP

23rd of March 2009 (Mon), 00:46

Bump for the Dallas area folks

FrickzPicz

23rd of March 2009 (Mon), 02:58

not quite dallas but I am texas. abilene here.. and I fly free.... so I could be in dallas in 30 mins. ya I love my 70-200 2.8L. I still got a lot to learn.

VGP

23rd of March 2009 (Mon), 10:59

Since no pics yet, let me post one :)

Here from two nights ago ;)

http://www.vgpinc.com/pictures/myrandomphotos/pictures/16.jpg

Ziffle

23rd of March 2009 (Mon), 17:03

VGP,
nice shot.... interesting perspective/composition.
This could be a jpeg conversion thing...
I notice a little noise in the image. I downloaded and processed thru Noiseware.
It cleaned up nicely, mainly the sky.

Later,
_Mark

overclock

23rd of March 2009 (Mon), 17:13

I'm in Keller as well!

DavidSR

24th of March 2009 (Tue), 14:09

Rowlett over here..Come on guys..the weather is getting nicer and my fiance will be leaving me for about 3 weeks leaving me with nothing to do..we gotta plan something :)..

BEphoto

25th of March 2009 (Wed), 01:06

are all of you guys registered on the Texas Photo Forum yet? if not, sign up here....http://www.TexasPhotoForum.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=19219

Ive met a lot of great people through that site.

DavidSR

25th of March 2009 (Wed), 09:33

are all of you guys registered on the Texas Photo Forum yet? if not, sign up here....http://www.TexasPhotoForum.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=19219

Ive met a lot of great people through that site.

Already a member with the same screen name :)

BEphoto

25th of March 2009 (Wed), 11:18

Already a member with the same screen name :)

same name here as well.

Ziffle

25th of March 2009 (Wed), 11:22

just signed up under Ziffle - okay .... same name.

johnathan

6th of April 2009 (Mon), 18:47

NRH here.And new member at Texas Photo Forum with the same name my name Johnathan !

Ziffle

6th of April 2009 (Mon), 21:34

NRH here.And new member at Texas Photo Forum with the same name my name Johnathan !

and ..... nrh is where?

johnathan

7th of April 2009 (Tue), 06:34

Sorry
It is North Rhicland Hills. Next to Keller,South Lake,Watuaga and Hurst. North East of Fort Worth. Considered North East Tarrant County.

bswallace1000

22nd of April 2009 (Wed), 23:20

I am in Dallas a few blocks from downtown.

badgerW

24th of April 2009 (Fri), 00:16

Hurst / NE Fort Worth / NRH area here.

mpot23

6th of May 2009 (Wed), 15:23

Midlothian checkin in. Wife and I just started getting in to photograhy a little more seriously. Got some decent gear and now need lots of practice. Tons of great info from the people on here.

Also just joined the Texas Photo forum. Can't wait to check it out.

Artdime

6th of May 2009 (Wed), 15:54

I am in the North Arlington / Grand Prairie area. Quite a few locals on here! :D

KJImages

6th of May 2009 (Wed), 15:56

Another vote for Keller here...

KJ

Ozimax

6th of May 2009 (Wed), 23:38

Just wanted to see how many people we've got from DFW here on the forums. Would be nice to shoot with other people occasionally. :)

Surprised there isnt an "official" thread for DFW yet, as big as it is here, so figured i'd start one!

Texas? No way. We have a couple of ranches here in Australia that are as big as Texas.

However, most are far bigger ...:wink:

antricacy

13th of May 2009 (Wed), 05:04

I'll be moving to El Paso this fall. Fill me in! I'm an East Coast girl currently living in Hawaii.

Ziffle

13th of May 2009 (Wed), 10:31

I'll be moving to El Paso this fall. Fill me in! I'm an East Coast girl currently living in Hawaii.

I'm not sure if that is a good thing (east cost girl in Hawaii) .... or chaos....;)

antricacy

13th of May 2009 (Wed), 13:28

I know for sure it won't be easy to adapt to El Paso's or even Texas' lifestyle. I've been to San Antonio though. What should I expect from El Paso?

olnacl

13th of May 2009 (Wed), 21:44

Arlington checking in.

Menelaus

15th of May 2009 (Fri), 10:59

Addison here.

hobbes2112

17th of May 2009 (Sun), 21:02

I know for sure it won't be easy to adapt to El Paso's or even Texas' lifestyle. I've been to San Antonio though. What should I expect from El Paso?

The only thing I know about El Paso (other than the Marty Robbins song ;) ) is that it is closer to California than Dallas. That may be a good or bad thing depending on your position. It looks like there is quite a bit of cool terrain around there. Lots of Army people too.

dawnron1

19th of May 2009 (Tue), 08:00

Watauga here

Menelaus

6th of August 2009 (Thu), 16:50

Anyone up for a walkabout in the Deep Ellum area?

bswallace1000

6th of August 2009 (Thu), 18:01

Anyone up for a walkabout in the Deep Ellum area?

When are you going? I was supposed to go with a friend on Tuesday but he backed out. We haven't been out to shoot for 3 weeks. I did manage to get out for a few minutes with another friend to get a shot of Reunion Arena.

Menelaus

6th of August 2009 (Thu), 19:24

I'm sure weekends would work best for folks, but I'll be unavailable the next two. I work in Deep Ellum, so really, I could do weekdays after 5 for the most part.

VGP

6th of August 2009 (Thu), 22:55

:cool:

Ziffle

6th of August 2009 (Thu), 23:00

i would not mind a walk about in deep ellum.
i want to check out the area for e-sessions and other possibilities.

maybe a little strobist playin....

weekend works best for me.

Later....Mark

Ralph Merlino

7th of August 2009 (Fri), 00:01

Just moved to Texas recently,
fifty miles below Dallas in Corsicana

bswallace1000

8th of August 2009 (Sat), 15:15

Anyone up for a walkabout in the Deep Ellum area?

Today is a good day for anyone that is interested in Deep Ellum. There is an unveiling of a new wall at Swiss.

It was dark and I didn't have any lighting with me but I had to take a picture anyway. Here is a section of the new wall. The amazing tallent in the photo is my son!

http://brentwallace.smugmug.com/photos/613855263_2nadD-L.jpg

Ralph Merlino

11th of August 2009 (Tue), 00:40

There site seems to be down.

CaptainCutler

1st of September 2009 (Tue), 22:50

Just moved to Flower Mound from Illinois. Been a POTN member for awhile.

Ziffle

2nd of September 2009 (Wed), 09:11

Just moved to Flower Mound from Illinois. Been a POTN member for awhile.

Welcome to the Big "D".

and what ... you play w/ hurcs?

Menelaus

2nd of September 2009 (Wed), 14:01

The new Dart rail stations are just about finished along Good-Latimer, and there are some neat new sculptures down there too. If I ever get some free time, I'll have to shoot a little.

XoZe

10th of September 2009 (Thu), 13:19

Noob here in Dallas....

VGP

10th of September 2009 (Thu), 16:41

The new Dart rail stations are just about finished along Good-Latimer, and there are some neat new sculptures down there too. If I ever get some free time, I'll have to shoot a little.

I take the blue rail daily....i may have to jump on the green to check it out

Noob here in Dallas....

Hello :WAVE:

Menelaus

10th of September 2009 (Thu), 17:11

The green line opens the 14th I believe.

heyimnick

24th of September 2009 (Thu), 10:10

Plano checking in... dont be jealous.

VGP

24th of September 2009 (Thu), 10:55

The green line opens the 14th I believe.

I never looked, but i think my train comes later no because if the green :(

LimeBye

5th of October 2009 (Mon), 10:23

Hi. Carrollton checking in.

I've been chasing trains around north Texas with a P&S and video for many years. I've recently become interested in improving my photography skills (and gear...) and expanding my range of subjects. My mate shoots Canon and I took it up too so I can borrow his lenses that are otherwise way out of my league. ;)

Wyant50

14th of October 2009 (Wed), 14:10

Arlington!

Apollo.11

17th of October 2009 (Sat), 02:43

irving

VGP

17th of October 2009 (Sat), 02:48

:cool: Glad to see this moving!

macroshooter1970

17th of October 2009 (Sat), 08:38

Just moved in from AZ, the Midwest now the Dallas area.

macroshooter1970

21st of October 2009 (Wed), 00:43

Any plans for anyone to meet up. I'm new to the area and wouldn't mind getting out sometime.

BEphoto

23rd of October 2009 (Fri), 00:25

That would be cool.

Dokk

7th of January 2010 (Thu), 17:11

Hate to bump a thread that hasn't been touched in 2.5 months; but just wanted to say:

Denton, checking in. :)

mr_ecktid

5th of March 2010 (Fri), 12:54

bump, Rockwall checking in!

macroshooter1970

5th of March 2010 (Fri), 19:20

I'd like to get out one day, just got back to the DFW area after 3 months. Still new around here and don't know any locations or anyone yet. I'm sure something will happen sooner or later :)

Doslyn

10th of March 2010 (Wed), 22:43

North Richland Hills here. If I have already posted that, please disregard.

VGP

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 14:39

still hoping this topic stays alive :cry:

Todd Lambert

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 14:49

It's alive... at least I think.

I was out and about in south Dallas yesterday, shooting these: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=841659

It's in a sketchy section of town, so it would be nice to have someone with me when I go to places like that - so the invitation is open and there for anyone in this thread.

8-)

macroshooter1970

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 17:32

It's alive, my only problem is I'm still new here and don't really know where to go. If anything pops up like I see Todd just posted feel free to let us know :)

Ziffle

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 20:45

yepper Todd, i would be down for a little urban grunge shooting.

Nothing carved in stone but a little heads up notice and we can see.....

last time i did urban stuff was last year in Taiwan.
Later,
_Mark

Todd Lambert

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 21:26

I'm planning on going back to this facility this weekend...It's a rather large facility, I only browsed through one building (of three) and only two floors of the 4 floors it consists of.

If anyone is interested. Saturday or Sunday, I can do either day.

macroshooter1970

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 21:28

what time do you think you would leave?

Todd Lambert

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 21:35

I'm flexible, whatever works. That said, I'm not really an early morning person... ;-)

macroshooter1970

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 21:37

sounds good to me

Todd Lambert

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 21:59

Cool! Where would a good place be to meet? Where are you coming from?
Here's a parking lot in Deep Ellum (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dallas&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.981213,92.373047&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Dallas,+Texas&ll=32.781762,-96.781752&spn=0.000923,0.00141&t=h&z=20), we can meet at, say 1:00pm?

You can find my cell phone on my website: http://toddlambert.com/contact/

macroshooter1970

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 22:03

Todd Lambert

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 22:09

Alright, so we're both coming from opposite sides of the downtown... heheh.. I think that parking lot is right in the middle, and it's pretty close to the facility.

I'll be in a Red Chevy Silverado truck.

macroshooter1970

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 22:12

ok, tan ford taurus. I'll pm you my number so when you see it you know it's me.

Todd Lambert

15th of March 2010 (Mon), 22:25

Cool... looking forward to it! 8-)

Menelaus

16th of March 2010 (Tue), 01:16

Count me in if I'm available Sunday, which I should be.

Todd Lambert

16th of March 2010 (Tue), 01:28

Rock on... we're going to make this a group shoot!

PM'd you both.

Redaddiction

16th of March 2010 (Tue), 02:26

From Arlington and visit DFW once a month.

Menelaus

20th of March 2010 (Sat), 13:47

Rock on... we're going to make this a group shoot!

PM'd you both.
Well, weather has gone from 68 and sunny to 45 and snowy. You guys make the call ;)

Todd Lambert

20th of March 2010 (Sat), 16:20

Yeah, I got an email cancelling from Mike. So, let's maybe try and re-schedule for next weekend? I may still go out and shoot tomorrow weather permitting, but it's probably not worth counting on at this point, I guess.

VGP

24th of March 2010 (Wed), 22:28

:cool:

Butch Cassidy

25th of March 2010 (Thu), 18:53

Hey !! I missed this thread, I am in the Dallas area,( Corinth) I am interested, if you Flatlanders will allow a Hillbilly to join, Count me in.I am new back into photography after a 25 year hiatus, So I am really new to Digital, but I have a cheap camera and a lens.:)

macroshooter1970

17th of April 2010 (Sat), 22:04

Has anyone been to the Dallas Arboretum lately

macroshooter1970

5th of May 2010 (Wed), 21:54

whats everyone been up to?

Menelaus

6th of May 2010 (Thu), 13:03

Day job's keeping me very busy, haven't had any time to get out recently.

Butch Cassidy

8th of May 2010 (Sat), 05:01

see thread about Dallas downtown night shoot,

FrickzPicz

8th of May 2010 (Sat), 15:44

Hey guys!! just bought a new body!! finally got a 50D!

apixelintime

11th of May 2010 (Tue), 11:06

Richardson in da house!

Howdie to all y'all!

macroshooter1970

17th of May 2010 (Mon), 21:24

Hey guys!! just bought a new body!! finally got a 50D!

hows it working out for you?

macroshooter1970

17th of May 2010 (Mon), 21:25

anyone here shoot macro

mr_ecktid

18th of May 2010 (Tue), 20:47

rockwall signing in

VGP

20th of May 2010 (Thu), 22:48

:cool:

apixelintime

21st of May 2010 (Fri), 09:43

anyone here shoot macro

I have been working on that. I bought a set of cheap tubes and tried them with my Tammy and my fifty... I have been trying to work out a couple of issues, I find that I need a TON of light - I have the equivalent of several thousand watts of light but placement is killing me. And overall focusing - because of the less than razor width of focus, I am having difficulty producing pleasing shots. I dont like bugs, but have been working out with spices. Think I am going to try to build some type of modified rail system.

macroshooter1970

21st of May 2010 (Fri), 09:50

I have been working on that. I bought a set of cheap tubes and tried them with my Tammy and my fifty... I have been trying to work out a couple of issues, I find that I need a TON of light - I have the equivalent of several thousand watts of light but placement is killing me. And overall focusing - because of the less than razor width of focus, I am having difficulty producing pleasing shots. I dont like bugs, but have been working out with spices. Think I am going to try to build some type of modified rail system.

Do you have any samples to show? What are you using for light?

macroshooter1970

21st of May 2010 (Fri), 14:32

Has anyone been to the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge

7Ddame

23rd of May 2010 (Sun), 10:42

hey,
Not born and raised, but my photography bug was caught here in dfw!

DarthVader

7th of June 2010 (Mon), 09:54

Let's go cow tipping :lol:

Todd Lambert

12th of June 2010 (Sat), 12:57

We met last night for a downtown night shoot. We got roof access to a 20-story building, which was great!

We had a blast - hope to do it again soon, so if you any of your are interested, speak up!

Here's a few shots from yestedays shoot:

http://lambertphotography.com/forums/2010-06-11-twilightscapes-610.jpg

http://lambertphotography.com/forums/2010-06-11-twilightscapes-611.jpg

http://lambertphotography.com/forums/2010-06-11-twilightscapes-612.jpg

http://lambertphotography.com/forums/2010-06-11-twilightscapes-613.jpg

Dave Mimlitch

13th of June 2010 (Sun), 09:01

Dave in Carrollton adding to the list. I just found POTN a few days ago, and this thread this morning.

Great shots Todd!

apixelintime

14th of June 2010 (Mon), 16:56

BTW Todd - Thanks for the tips on night shooting... The shots I got after I reset were TONS better!

Looking at your last image makes me want a WA lens now too! Oh - I would be happy to hang on to that 70-200 for you so you don't have to lug it around... Given that you aren't using it too much - >sigh< the things I do for my brothers!

ToadMum

5th of July 2010 (Mon), 20:05

Just North of DFW, please add me to the list.

apixelintime

6th of July 2010 (Tue), 09:30

Todd - didn't I post photos here after yours? Did I get pulled? Hummmm!

Butch Cassidy

6th of July 2010 (Tue), 18:24

Chris, I thought that you posted, but were they in the night time thread? or the dallas meet thread. I'm not Todd, but I think that is the case.

Todd Lambert

6th of July 2010 (Tue), 18:27

Hey, just saw this... yes, I think Butch is correct.

By the way guys, let's not get too busy... let's get together soon. I'm open next weekend if anyone is interested in doing a shoot somewhere. I haven't shot the Fortworth water gardens before, if anyone is interested in that, the stock yards, the sky line, whatever.

I'm up for anything.

Butch Cassidy

6th of July 2010 (Tue), 18:33

Todd, Chris, count me in for the weekend, the only thing I have going is a 6:35 tee time Sat morning, so anytime after !:00 . Tell me where and what time.If you come my way We can meet and take my truck.

apixelintime

7th of July 2010 (Wed), 11:41

I am out for this weekend (just double checked - Beth has us booked solid)... I am working on getting reshoot for a senior for sometime during the weekend of the 17th-18th - I think that she is wanting the Arboritum... When I get that scheduled I will know better what I can do that weekend.. Any thoughts on timing? I am usually better on Saturdays.

Butch - Were you able to get some fireworks shots? I heard (too late for me to get there) that there was a display in Fair Park on the 5th. I shot Kaboom town in Addison...Need to get the shots over here!

Todd - I really like the layout of your website - do you have any "non-custom, in the can, already created" website packages that you would let go of for not too much $$$? I do have some HTML and CSS knowlege... I have a domain - apixelintime.com hosted at godaddy. Let me know.

I thought I posted them after Todd's shots in this thread... I know the images were a little large, Thinking they got "modded" out... Oh well - no biggine on that... I also posted them in either night time or 30 second exposures as well...

Definately lets try to work on another meet!

Butch Cassidy

7th of July 2010 (Wed), 18:05

Chris, I heard too late also, I drove out to La Jolla on Tuesday and flew back on thursday night. I did not go to office on Friday,So I did not know about the fireworks. But lets get a shoot together with Todd.

mr_ecktid

8th of July 2010 (Thu), 22:33

im up for a meet, preferably after the 20th, but am flexible

apixelintime

9th of July 2010 (Fri), 16:09

Butch/Todd - Okay - I have a psuedo-senior shoot (non paid, she is 15, her dad will be there) on 7/17 6-7:30 ish. I have asked her if it would be okay if I brought another photog along - waiting answer - Interested? (Deep Ellum - although this may change)

7/24 from 3-5pm - paid senior shoot.

Looks like I am good for anything outside those times.

Butch Cassidy

9th of July 2010 (Fri), 18:54

I am in if they agree. I have some gear if you need it.

CRob

11th of July 2010 (Sun), 21:10

I'm from Burleson, but because of military im currently in VA. Will be moving back soon though

apixelintime

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 09:59

Butch/Todd - Just a thought for a possible meet Saturday Night - 7/17... I went to a Rangers game last weekend and noticed that there are some really cool features of the ballpark. Also, while walking over to the park, "Jerry World" was off in the near distance and would make a cool perspective study... Plus, I got addicted to night photography from your buliding shoot, Butch. You all up for it?

Todd Lambert

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 10:03

I'm up for it.... sure. I've only been down there during the day, but I wondered what it'd be like to shoot there at night.

apixelintime

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 10:12

Cool - I will call Butch and see where we are... Then I will get specific.

apixelintime

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 10:29

Okay - Lets meet up at the Wal-mart. It is a stones throw from there...

915 East Randol Mill Road, Arlington, TX

I think that if we meet up in the "outer parking lot" at 8pm, we should be good to go.

I have changed my truck, I have a black Dodge Ram quad cab - Butch is in a black Chevy extended cab. Todd - I think you were in a gray-green Scion or Cube right? Butch and I have each others phone numbers - Todd, I lost yours when I lost my iphone last month. E-mail yours to me
christopher at apixelintime dot com

and I will reply with mine and Butch's and forward yours to Butch as well...

Anyone else up for an Arlington Night shoot?

Todd Lambert

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 10:36

Just emailed ya. I'm in dark blue scion xb, the box!

apixelintime

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 10:42

Just emailed ya. I'm in dark blue scion xb, the box!

WOW - those sodium lights in the loading doc threw my colors off!

Okay - I will work the w-mails and will see you both tomorrow night...

Butch Cassidy

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 19:49

Chris, Todd, I am in. I will meet both of you at Wal Mart. Looking forward to it. Chris Thanks for getting it together and the phone call today. See you there

mchong75

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 22:12

Can I join?

Todd Lambert

16th of July 2010 (Fri), 22:45

Definitely! Would love to meet up with ya.

Can you do tomorrow night at the Wal Mart?

If you want to PM your phone, I'll forward it on to Butch and Chris and give you our numbers as well.

Todd Lambert

18th of July 2010 (Sun), 04:08

A couple of shots from our meetup in Arlington today... Cowboys and Rangers Stadiums:

http://lambertphotography.com/forums/2010-07-17-arlinton-1177.jpg

http://lambertphotography.com/forums/2010-07-17-arlinton-1178.jpg

http://lambertphotography.com/forums/2010-07-17-arlinton-1179.jpg

Butch Cassidy

18th of July 2010 (Sun), 09:39

Todd, Great pics and what a good time we had as usual. Chris, Thanks for setting up the shoot. ( Todd, you are on the clock for next shoot, LOL ) I am sure you will come up with something Special. Thanks to both of you, I learned a lot as usual. Both of you please post more of the pics.

mchong75

18th of July 2010 (Sun), 11:14

Sorry I couldn't make it last night.

Found one of my bedroom closet with mold and water damage. Somethings been leaking for months and I had no idea until my brother noticed the smell.

apixelintime

18th of July 2010 (Sun), 21:17

Okey Dokey Pokeys!

Here are mine... Thanks again Bruce for the loan of your battery. As an aside note, I cannot for the life of me find my charger... I bet it is hiding in plain sight, watching right now and laughing. I have ordered another and it WILL have the car adapter with it... I bet it is a loooong time before I go out to shoot and not check my charge...

So without further fanfare - the photos:

1.)
http://www.apixelintime.com/20100717_arlington_IMG_1848.jpg

2.) This is a 2 image pano because Todd made me use that crappy 85mm 1.2L of his...(JOKE! Thank you for letting me use this - hope the drool marks come off) On my 40, I had to almost go back to the road and still had to take this in 2 shots...
http://www.apixelintime.com/20100717_arlington_IMG_1852.jpg

3.)
http://www.apixelintime.com/20100717_arlington_IMG_1881.jpg

4.)
http://www.apixelintime.com/20100717_arlington_IMG_1892.jpg

5.) Okay - this is just me horsing around - It is a ghostly self portrait.... As someone who hangs around in "people" I already know I cut off my feet!
http://www.apixelintime.com/20100717_arlington_IMG_1905.jpg

Okay Todd - it is on you... Cook us up an adventure! I hope my charger comes in time...

Butch Cassidy

18th of July 2010 (Sun), 21:36

Chris, LOL, I will bring my extra battery and my charger. We had plenty of power. Your pics are Great. Todd is on the clock . But He will have a plan. It was another Awesome shoot and a fun time too. Thanks again for putting it together.

Todd Lambert

18th of July 2010 (Sun), 21:36

Oh, man... Chris those are sweet!

I love #4 - that is some great composition.

I am trying to think of somewhere cool for us to shoot this weekend, hopefully it will be cool.

Michael Chang, you're still invited.. sorry to hear about your mishap.. anything revolving around leaking water is a bad, bad bad.... ouch

If you're around this upcoming Saturday, we're planning on doing another shoot somewhere in the Dallas area (not totally sure where yet, will post more details in here soon)

apixelintime

19th of July 2010 (Mon), 10:41

Todd - thank you sir! You are a great teacher! #4 was my fav, and I usually lead with my best, but I wanted these to go chronologically. I actually prefer yours to mine from the bridge... I bet I could crop and get the look of yours but I would lose all sorts of detail.

I like your pullback of the stadium in the daylight. I just wish there was more water in the lake (moat!)

It is funny, the shot (#2) where I used your 85, here it just looks like a crop of anything else I took, but at 100% if there were a person in there, you could see what he was thinking. That lens is just that sick!

I have an idea. maybe in the next month or so, lets all have a meet at a "meeting place" that has wifi and power and the 3 of us bring our laptops. Bruce, we will get you to speed so you can put your stuff on line as well. I really want to see what you have shot!!!!!

Butch Cassidy

19th of July 2010 (Mon), 18:11

apixelintime

20th of July 2010 (Tue), 10:04

You guys are so far ahead of me, But both of you are so willing to help. I appreciate you and Todd for putting up with me and my questions. I have learned so much in the 2 shoots. I am ready for the next one.

It is just a learning curve - Todd and I are where we are at because we reverse engineered things and asked questions. If we work it correctly, you may be able to get a jump on the curve by learning the good that we have learned and not going through the "wrong stuff". On the internet stuff, he is by far the master... He could 'fart' better websites than I could build! I have learned a lot from the both of you as well...

If you want, I will write up a few things to do prior to any kind of "computer" meeting that we have.

Butch Cassidy

20th of July 2010 (Tue), 17:15

Chris, thanks I need to buy a laptop. what kind do I need.

apixelintime

20th of July 2010 (Tue), 17:27

Chris, thanks I need to buy a laptop. what kind do I need.

OOh - there is a can of worms that is frightening.

1st choice to make - PC or Apple... I went with PC as that is what I have always had and my desk top is too.

I have a 4 or 5 year old Compaq that is in need or replacement. I think I gave about $450 for it new at MicroCenter... You could easily get by with similar money with better bells and whistles that what I have (tech grows "cheaper" by the minute). For a little more, you could have a kick @$$ image editing laptop. I run all of my non 9-5 work on it.

I think that Todd is a Mac guy... I personally have never used one, but I certainly would not be opposed to trying one out. I understand for imaging they are the way to go. As close to an apples to apples comparison, the mac is going to be about 2-3x more $... A 15" Macbook pro is going to start at about $2k...

mchong75

20th of July 2010 (Tue), 21:59

Chris, thanks I need to buy a laptop. what kind do I need.

As far as personal computer goes, there's so many choice out there.

Over the last 15 years, I've used everything from an HP desktop / laptop, Sony Vaio's, Dell's and finally the Mac's.

Don't get me wrong, there's not a single personal computer out there that's perfect or trouble free. Apple has it's shares but, I've noticed Mac's are far less prone to system crashes, errors and virus infections.

Sure, it cost a little more than the Window's based PC's but, it's certainly worth every penny.

For home office, I love my iMac 27" and for traveling, I use my 15" Macbook Pro.

zerovision

20th of July 2010 (Tue), 22:18

As far as personal computer goes, there's so many choice out there.

Over the last 15 years, I've used everything from an HP desktop / laptop, Sony Vaio's, Dell's and finally the Mac's.

Don't get me wrong, there's not a single personal computer out there that's perfect or trouble free. Apple has it's shares but, I've noticed Mac's are far less prone to system crashes, errors and virus infections.

Sure, it cost a little more than the Window's based PC's but, it's certainly worth every penny.

For home office, I love my iMac 27" and for traveling, I use my 15" Macbook Pro.

+1 from up her in Anna. Used PC for years had problems with them all. Bought HP, Toshiba, Sony, built several and it didn't matter it would have its problems. Now using Mac. Got a Macbook Pro 15" and the 24" monitor with it, that I am on now, it is running slower than I would like, but it and my 13" are working fine. Got Snow leopard when it came out and when I upgraded from my 13" to my 15", I was able to connect one of three different options from one computer to the next and when OS X was done I had a mirror HD on my new 15" in a matter of minutes. I love all the easy to use software that came with it. Only issue that I recently read about is that the new USB 3.0 and SATA upgrades that run 5Gb/s will not be available for awhile. I have tried to find an express card that would work with my Macbook Pro, but nothing so far, but the only way I would trade my Mac for a PC is if it were a Super computer and then I would sell it so I could by more Macs.