Another Arizona POTN get together (3)?

[JmprSteve]

Michael: sorry to hear of your loss.

[Kristy]

Hey Everyone, as you all now I haven't been around for a while. I was taking care of my mother. On September 29 she lost her battle with cancer.

As I am dealing with her loss, I will try to slowly get back to normal and pick up my camera again soon.

Michael, my thoughts are with you. I understand, as I lost my mother to cancer as well. I always felt comforted in knowing that I was able to care for her during her difficult days...

I hope that also helps you, just knowing that you gave her your best. It is never easy, but time does heal..

I hope you don't mind the religous sentiment.. It is never good
to assume, but I love the verse..


http://ksnyderphoto.smugmug.com/Other/About/Sympathy-copy/626320705_iXX3K-L-1.jpg

[Cmonster]

I'm sorry for your loss Michael :(

[Michael O]

Thank You guys, I appreciate the sympathy.
Kristy, that is beautiful, thank you.

[azboricua]

Ok, I need some C&C. My second shooting opportunity. These are my mom's fiance's parents. They wanted waist up only, individuals and one or more together. These are my keepers, cropped and resized for web otherwise SOOC. They are going on vacation this weekend to visit family out of state and want to have one of the "together" ones printed to leave with the family there. They are so good to me I could not turn down the chance at giving something back. I think 4 is my favorite of the 2 together. Background will be edited in PS. I had nothing to work with in such short notice (yesterday) but a bed sheet and my lights to blow it out.

1
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/AZBORICUA/IMG_1546.jpg

2
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/AZBORICUA/IMG_1543.jpg

3
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/AZBORICUA/IMG_1539.jpg

4
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/AZBORICUA/IMG_1532.jpg

[john69az]

Ok, I need some C&C. My second shooting opportunity. These are my mom's fiance's parents. They wanted waist up only, individuals and one or more together. These are my keepers, cropped and resized for web otherwise SOOC. They are going on vacation this weekend to visit family out of state and want to have one of the "together" ones printed to leave with the family there. They are so good to me I could not turn down the chance at giving something back. I think 4 is my favorite of the 2 together. Background will be edited in PS. I had nothing to work with in such short notice (yesterday) but a bed sheet and my lights to blow it out.

I think they look pretty good. It looks like you have good seperation from your subjects to background so putting something in PS should be easy. I personally would leave more room around them and not crop so tightly. If you want to put the image in a frame with a mat you need a little extra room there. Couldn't get him to show his pearly whites? :)

[azboricua]

I think they look pretty good. It looks like you have good seperation from your subjects to background so putting something in PS should be easy. I personally would leave more room around them and not crop so tightly. If you want to put the image in a frame with a mat you need a little extra room there. Couldn't get him to show his pearly whites? :)

I was lucky to get the smirk, he is a non smiling joker. Very very funny guy. I think I might of made the crops too tight but then again with the new background from PS I will give it more room. I cropped them this tight because I only had about 6 feet wide of background to work with. They were about 3 feet away from it.

[cntry]

Wow so much going on! Here's one from the Porsche Shoot me and AP did weeks ago:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=941624

CC appreciated, overdone?

[sundevilstormin]

couple more Canyon shots from early Monday morning

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4132/5058818678_d1443beea9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/5058818678/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5058792020_f474ffbc17_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/5058792020/)

[Ruckus99ss]

For a halloween bet comp...plus Roxi's a huge Cards fan!
http://www.photosbyruckus.com/Other/Roxi/roxi4/1037372880_GeYi6-L.jpg

http://www.photosbyruckus.com/Other/Roxi/roxi2/1037358361_wEeNE-L.jpg

[ToferPhotography]

Michael, Sorry for your loss - if there is any consolation the pain & discomfort that typically accompanies cancer - is no longer causing them pain.

[ToferPhotography]

sundevilstormin - AMAZING shots!!!

How was the storm coming over yesterday? after the tornadoes I'd be freaked out up there!

[john69az]

Awesome shots of dogs, stars, canyons and the in laws...

[RickRandhawa]

:)

I start being the photo assistant for a glamour photographer today, very excited!

For a halloween bet comp...plus Roxi's a huge Cards fan!

Great work. I like the vividness/color.

[john69az]

:)

I start being the photo assistant for a glamour photographer today, very excited!

Congrats wish I had more time to do things like that.

[Michael O]

Thank You Chris.

[john69az]

Christian I just got this at the door. Now I hope it is as easy as it sounds.

[azboricua]

Christian I just got this at the door. Now I hope it is as easy as it sounds.

It is soooooooo easy, mine came in yesterday. Installed in 60 seconds or less, I didnt keep track. I have acess to all my files at home from work, my Droid X, or pretty much anywhere else that I have internet. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jbdavies]

It is soooooooo easy, mine came in yesterday. Installed in 60 seconds or less, I didnt keep track. I have acess to all my files at home from work, my Droid X, or pretty much anywhere else that I have internet. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't you have to leave your computer on all the time for this to work though? I have the same type of thing from Tonido and whenever I turn my computer off... I can't access anything on my computer.

[azboricua]

Don't you have to leave your computer on all the time for this to work though? I have the same type of thing from Tonido and whenever I turn my computer off... I can't access anything on my computer.

Nope, only the actual pogoplug itself. It acts as a server, no PC required for it to work. Just an external hard drive connected to the pogoplug. But the pogoplug is for external drives, if you want to access your internals drives thats another story.

[jbdavies]

Nope, only the actual pogoplug itself. It acts as a server, no PC required for it to work. Just an external hard drive connected to the pogoplug. But the pogoplug is for external drives, if you want to access your internals drives thats another story.
Ooooooh. I see. Still pretty cool.

[Kristy]

techie heads.... lol... ;) (pretty cool)

[jbdavies]

techie heads.... lol... ;) (pretty cool)
Just think, Kristy, you could access your kid pictures anywhere in the world with this. Show off your work, try to add clients. Such a wonderful business tool. ;)

[Kristy]

Just think, Kristy, you could access your kid pictures anywhere in the world with this. Show off your work, try to add clients. Such a wonderful business tool. ;)


haha.. with my technological challenges, it would only take me 8 hours to install it, and then my drive would crash. lol....

[jbdavies]

haha.. with my technological challenges, it would only take me 8 hours to install it, and then my drive would crash. lol....
Good point. Haha.

[azboricua]

haha.. with my technological challenges, it would only take me 8 hours to install it, and then my drive would crash. lol....

I have to give it to this device. The setup is literally a check list for your cable connections, hitting "Next" a few times confirming each connection, enter a username and passwork for your account security and BAM. You're set. I think all routers/modems should be this way, have a beginners setup and an experienced setup.

The Bestbuy cheatsquad would go out of business. Even though I personally think they are of no use and should not exist. They charge people $30 to upgrade firmware on a PS3, I mean come on, you push two buttons, walk away, and its done. They charge something like $100 to remove the bloatware from computers, let me stop right here. If anything makes me ridiculously angry, its Bestbuy.

[sundevilstormin]

my wife just installed DropBox (2GB free) and it is a 'cloud' base folder system accessible from any web-enabled device

[azboricua]

my wife just installed DropBox (2GB free) and it is a 'cloud' base folder system accessible from any web-enabled device

Dropbox is also very good. Specially when you need to share something with someone on the fly. Only drawback is you need to upload everything and me having terabytes full of stuff that just isnt an option.

[john69az]

I have to give it to this device. The setup is literally a check list for your cable connections, hitting "Next" a few times confirming each connection, enter a username and passwork for your account security and BAM. You're set. I think all routers/modems should be this way, have a beginners setup and an experienced setup.

The Bestbuy cheatsquad would go out of business. Even though I personally think they are of no use and should not exist. They charge people $30 to upgrade firmware on a PS3, I mean come on, you push two buttons, walk away, and its done. They charge something like $100 to remove the bloatware from computers, let me stop right here. If anything makes me ridiculously angry, its Bestbuy.

Yeah they do rip people off for stuff that is pretty easy if your a techie. I never would charge what the stores charge When I would do repairs or installs I would always be 50 - 66% of what the big box stores charge and alot of times didnt charge for some things.

my wife just installed DropBox (2GB free) and it is a 'cloud' base folder system accessible from any web-enabled device
Cool I will check that out sounds like another solution. :)

[john69az]

anyone know a good source for free digital backgrounds? I have a decent portrait of a friend just a distracting background.

[azboricua]

anyone know a good source for free digital backgrounds? I have a decent portrait of a friend just a distracting background.

Check this out: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=287093

[sundevilstormin]

anyone know a good source for free digital backgrounds?

The *ahem* internet? ;)

[john69az]

Single light 53" Midi Octa 7D 24-70 @ 70mm - Does this background look natural enough?



C & C Please.

[azboricua]

Something a litle darker maybe? I think its a bit distracting.

[john69az]

I think you are right. This looks much better.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5060460077_decf37b967_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5060460077/)CH2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5060460077/) by john69az (http://www.flickr.com/people/53049399@N07/), on Flickr

I got it here if anyone needs a free digital background.

http://theosphotos.blogspot.com/

[azboricua]

Thats it! :) I think that looks 100% better. He has a little bit of a halo effect on his hair.

[john69az]

yeah i see the orange tinge but cant figure how to get rid of it. i used the blur tool to soften the edges which helped.

[scottcolbath]

Czech Aero L-39.

This one was getting a new paint job out at Wickenburg airport. I spotted it last week and went back and forth with the paint shop, trying to nail them down to a good time to shoot it. As it turns out, I got some morning shots that were not in the best location, but the owner and his test pilot/trainer were there later today to fly the jet off to Deer Valley for some minor tweaks before this goes home to what I understand is Reno.

The aircraft belongs to Bret Cox, a very nice guy and apparently a master at start-up companies. He's made his millions. The test pilot/trainer is John Penney, a rather decent pilot. :cool: Look him up.

Here's a teaser. I have lots to sort through.

http://wookiee.smugmug.com/Airplanes/L-39/IMG3103/1038153132_LEdnk-L.jpg

S.C.

[Kristy]

I think you are right. This looks much better.

CH2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5060460077/) by john69az (http://www.flickr.com/people/53049399@N07/), on Flickr

I got it here if anyone needs a free digital background.

http://theosphotos.blogspot.com/

I think the second one looks really great. :)

I have to give it to this device. The setup is literally a check list for your cable connections, hitting "Next" a few times confirming each connection, enter a username and passwork for your account security and BAM. You're set. I think all routers/modems should be this way, have a beginners setup and an experienced setup.

The Bestbuy cheatsquad would go out of business. Even though I personally think they are of no use and should not exist. They charge people $30 to upgrade firmware on a PS3, I mean come on, you push two buttons, walk away, and its done. They charge something like $100 to remove the bloatware from computers, let me stop right here. If anything makes me ridiculously angry, its Bestbuy.

Yeah they do rip people off for stuff that is pretty easy if your a techie. I never would charge what the stores charge When I would do repairs or installs I would always be 50 - 66% of what the big box stores charge and alot of times didnt charge for some things.




Okay, so basically you guys are open for hire in the event a "non-techie" runs into a problem that is beyond her scope of knowledge....? lol...

[Kristy]

Czech Aero L-39.

This one was getting a new paint job out at Wickenburg airport. I spotted it last week and went back and forth with the paint shop, trying to nail them down to a good time to shoot it. As it turns out, I got some morning shots that were not in the best location, but the owner and his test pilot/trainer were there later today to fly the jet off to Deer Valley for some minor tweaks before this goes home to what I understand is Reno.

The aircraft belongs to Bret Cox, a very nice guy and apparently a master at start-up companies. He's made his millions. The test pilot/trainer is John Penney, a rather decent pilot. :cool: Look him up.

Here's a teaser. I have lots to sort through.



S.C.

cool shot... I still can't figure out how you guys make panning seem so effortless...... definitely not something I am proficient with.

[john69az]

Czech Aero L-39.

This one was getting a new paint job out at Wickenburg airport. I spotted it last week and went back and forth with the paint shop, trying to nail them down to a good time to shoot it. As it turns out, I got some morning shots that were not in the best location, but the owner and his test pilot/trainer were there later today to fly the jet off to Deer Valley for some minor tweaks before this goes home to what I understand is Reno.

The aircraft belongs to Bret Cox, a very nice guy and apparently a master at start-up companies. He's made his millions. The test pilot/trainer is John Penney, a rather decent pilot. :cool: Look him up.

Here's a teaser. I have lots to sort through.

http://wookiee.smugmug.com/Airplanes/L-39/IMG3103/1038153132_LEdnk-L.jpg

S.C.
I saw this and immediately wanted a RedBull Great Capture.

[john69az]

I think the second one looks really great. :)





Okay, so basically you guys are open for hire in the event a "non-techie" runs into a problem that is beyond her scope of knowledge....? lol...


I would definitely help if I could. Thanks for the comment...the first background was really scary the more I looked at it.

[john69az]

Another Shot not bad we took 4 and I liked 2 thats a 50% keeper rate.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5060776639_0675b39e7a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5060776639/)CH3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5060776639/) by john69az (http://www.flickr.com/people/53049399@N07/), on Flickr

I need to keep working on the extraction to get rid of the jaggies.

[azboricua]

My almost end result, I dont know what else I can improve, but I know I could so C&C away.
Please :lol:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5060968083_edd53d57f5_b.jpg

[Carrabango]

I'm far behind on reading all the recent posts, but good work everyone as usual! I was driving past the town lake this evening, and it looks like it's filling up again!

http://chrisbangphoto.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v16/p792912641-4.jpg

http://chrisbangphoto.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v12/p569511395-4.jpg

[john69az]

My almost end result, I dont know what else I can improve, but I know I could so C&C away.
Please :lol:



I don't know if the background works with his shirt. Maybe a brown? Maybe try toning down the highlights on the right side of her hair. Just another thought if it gets a frame and mat it is going to cut off more of thier bodies on the lower potion of the picture. If you can move this up that would be good. Looks awesome though. :)

[sundevilstormin]

Anoterh Grand Canyon shot processed

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5061716810_daf1bd936d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/5061716810/)

[TaggM]

My almost end result, I dont know what else I can improve, but I know I could so C&C away.
Please :lol:

You and ZenFox had the darnedest unluck with plaid patterns. What about selecting out the subjects and then shifting the backdrop hue over to greenishes?

I use this every now and then for the weird color combinations to pick the 3rd or 4th complementary shade:
http://www.sessions.edu/Design-Career-Center/Design-Tools/Color-Calculator.asp

Here we go: neon lime

[TaggM]

: (

Best wishes, Michael.

[TaggM]

Video from my yard this afternoon. Click image to watch. :)


Good capture!

I had just stepped into a pizza parlor for lunch buffet when we had the upside-down and sideways hailstorm with 20' visibility. In October. In Phoenix.

On the way in, there was a flash flood alert. When I finished up and drove home, there were 15' trees felled by the wind and strewn across the roads.

[azboricua]

You and ZenFox had the darnedest unluck with plaid patterns. What about selecting out the subjects and then shifting the backdrop hue over to greenishes?

I use this every now and then for the weird color combinations to pick the 3rd or 4th complementary shade:
http://www.sessions.edu/Design-Career-Center/Design-Tools/Color-Calculator.asp

Here we go: neon lime

I see what you're saying. I think this is a tad better. The wheel says that with her dress and his purple and blue I should be a greenish yellow.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/AZBORICUA/IMG_1532-Yellow.jpg

[john69az]

I see what you're saying. I think this is a tad better. The wheel says that with her dress and his purple and blue I should be a greenish yellow.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/AZBORICUA/IMG_1532-Yellow.jpg

That does look good :D

[azboricua]

Ok, green or yellow?

Oh and Tagg thank you for the helpful advice, calculator is now saved in my dock for future use.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j211/AZBORICUA/GreenJpeg.jpg

[disneydork06]

that pogoplug looks really cool. would be a lot more helpful than just plugging in and taking out each of my 3 externals to find out which one has the photo I need/want. thank you powerbook for only 2 usb ports...

Nice job with the digital backgrounds. wish I could do that stuff...would clean up a heck of a lot of photos for me. Every time I try to do something like that I just get too frustrated and stop, mostly because it's too much work and gets me all jittery that I can't sit still for that long. like when I edit tons of photos :-/ or maybe I'm just doing the digital bg all wrong. most likely since I don't know what I'm doing. I think all I need is a new laptop battery and I won't have to worry about only using my computer at my desk where it has to stay plugged in or else I'll lose all information in less than 5 minutes of it being unplugged.
I think it's time for bed, I need to stop rambling...goodnight!

[TaggM]

anyone know a good source for free digital backgrounds? I have a decent portrait of a friend just a distracting background.

John, your question inspired me to play around with Photoshop. Gotta say, I much prefer GIMP's fractal and pattern generation features for authoring random patterns.

Adobe's Exchange (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?s=5&from=1&o=desc&cat=-1&l=-1&event=productHome&exc=16) has many new contributions.
http://www.texturemate.com/
"Welcome to my Repository of Free Textures, Brushes, and Design Articles."
http://www.milanda.eu/studio/downloads.html
Free brushes from real clouds! Great idea.

Anyway, found this, too:
http://theosphotos.blogspot.com/
Some [low resolution] free backdrops.

@azboricua:
Glad you like that java gadget. Did you check out the other free stuff provided by Sessions?

[john69az]

Check this out: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=287093

Thanks a good reference thread.

The *ahem* internet? ;)

You so funny this is the *ahem* internet. Asking friends sometimes saves a lot of searching. :)

John, your question inspired me to play around with Photoshop. Gotta say, I much prefer GIMP's fractal and pattern generation features for authoring random patterns.

Adobe's Exchange (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?s=5&from=1&o=desc&cat=-1&l=-1&event=productHome&exc=16) has many new contributions.
http://www.texturemate.com/

http://www.milanda.eu/studio/downloads.html
Free brushes from real clouds! Great idea.

Anyway, found this, too:
http://theosphotos.blogspot.com/
Some [low resolution] free backdrops.

@azboricua:
Glad you like that java gadget. Did you check out the other free stuff provided by Sessions?

Thanks Tagg, You are very helpful and I appreciate you. :)

[azboricua]

John, your question inspired me to play around with Photoshop. Gotta say, I much prefer GIMP's fractal and pattern generation features for authoring random patterns.

Adobe's Exchange (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?s=5&from=1&o=desc&cat=-1&l=-1&event=productHome&exc=16) has many new contributions.
http://www.texturemate.com/

http://www.milanda.eu/studio/downloads.html
Free brushes from real clouds! Great idea.

Anyway, found this, too:
http://theosphotos.blogspot.com/
Some [low resolution] free backdrops.

@azboricua:
Glad you like that java gadget. Did you check out the other free stuff provided by Sessions?

Bookmarks galore. :lol:

I havent as I was rushing yesterday to get a nice matching color for the background, I need to order some prints today to sample to them. Im going to look at some other thing on that website tonight. Thank you for all your help, I really appreciate it.

[john69az]

Ok, green or yellow?

Oh and Tagg thank you for the helpful advice, calculator is now saved in my dock for future use.



Kinda like the yellow better but think either one would work mixed with a tad bit of brown. IMO :)

[TaggM]

:)

Thanks, guys. Glad to help out.

Speaking of which, back to my volunteer job. Maybe I can finish this up and get out shooting today!

Any of you going to Fashion Week?

[azbojo22]

Micheal, so sorry for your loss. I also lost my mother this year and my prayers are with you and your family.

Re Digital Backgroud resources. Check out http://www.cgtextures.com

And here is a related thread: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=637636

[azboricua]

Micheal, so sorry for your loss. I also lost my mother this year and my prayers are with you and your family.

Re Digital Backgroud resources. Check out http://www.cgtextures.com

And here is a related thread: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=637636

Thank you, I was looking for this and could not find it. I read the thread before and could not remember where it was.

[ToferPhotography]

Regarding the digital BG ... to me it looks too "fake" almost. I will say it is clean and nicely done, just seems like 2 images put together (which it is) but IMHO too easily noticed.

[azboricua]

Regarding the digital BG ... to me it looks too "fake" almost. I will say it is clean and nicely done, just seems like 2 images put together (which it is) but IMHO too easily noticed.

know of any ways of making that better and less noticeable?

[jbdavies]

know of any ways of making that better and less noticeable?
One thing I found out about doing backgrounds... make sure the lighting matches. lol Or is somewhat close.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/jbdavies/6e285b36.jpg

This shot... took me 4 hours to edit, just the background. I'm not saying it looks good... but it's acceptable to me, and my family. Haha. So that's all that matters.

But I stole the background from somewhere online, and replaced what was there... you could see the street, street signs, and even a car. I zoomed in very very close and edited all the edges using a tablet. It was a pain... but overall, it turned out decent.

[azboricua]

Im never doing a "replace background" ever again. Or atleast not intentionaly. It is a pain the butt.

[jbdavies]

Im never doing a "replace background" ever again. Or atleast not intentionaly. It is a pain the butt.
You're telling me. Dumb me and wanting to do this... but I didn't think that I would have to do every shot like this. Haha.

[azboricua]

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Link to details (http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=2284167)

[AZAlphaDog]

know of any ways of making that better and less noticeable?

Um, yea get it right in-camera or at least as close as possible. As in shoot with the background you want to use. Why make things harder than they need to be?



This shot... took me 4 hours to edit, just the background . . .


I can't see that being a very viable way to make a profit on family portraits. :cool: I'm just saying . . .


But I stole the background from somewhere online . . .

but wait, I thought we were NOT supposed to steal other peoples work? Wouldn't it piss you off if someone was using your landscape shots to SELL family portraits?

again, I'm just saying.

:lol: :lol:

In my opinion working with hair is the worst/hardest and most frustrating thing to try to do in post and should be avoided at all costs.

[john69az]

You're telling me. Dumb me and wanting to do this... but I didn't think that I would have to do every shot like this. Haha.

Yes I agree pain in the butt. as for realism try using a slight gaussian blur on the background. might help.

[john69az]

There are free places like here

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

to steal other peoples work and I think he stated this was for his family... Just Saying

:):)

[azboricua]

Um, yea get it right in-camera or at least as close as possible. As in shoot with the background you want to use. Why make things harder than they need to be?

I dont know if its the internet (since you cant read intentions and feelings) or what but your posts come off a little straight to the point and harsh. Sometimes a little troll-ish. Again it could just be the internet.

[AZAlphaDog]

I dont know if its the internet (since you cant read intentions and feelings) or what but your posts come off a little straight to the point and harsh. Sometimes a little troll-ish. Again it could just be the internet.


That is why there is happy faces with smiles in there.

And the "I'm just saying"

Not trying to be harsh.

It's all rainbows and unicorns boys.

[azboricua]

That is why there is happy faces with smiles in there.

And the "I'm just saying"

Not trying to be harsh.

It's all rainbows and unicorns boys.

ok, gotcha, its just the way im reading it. Didnt wanna offend you or anything. I just wasnt sure.

[john69az]

That is why there is happy faces with smiles in there.

And the "I'm just saying"

Not trying to be harsh.

It's all rainbows and unicorns boys.

You mean Unicorn's & Glitter! lol

[TaggM]

There are free places like here
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml


Woah. Nearly unrestricted usage rights for derivative works in print and Web publication, for free? Getty really lowered the compensation bar for stock photographers, and people are supplying them with photographs.... Good thing I didn't pursue stock photography -- especially as an income stream.

[john69az]

Woah. Nearly unrestricted usage rights for derivative works in print and Web publication, for free? Getty really lowered the compensation bar for stock photographers, and people are supplying them with photographs.... Good thing I didn't pursue stock photography -- especially as an income stream.

Each image has its own usage rights but this is a great resource for use in website design or photographic art. Yes I agree with places like this I don't see how a stock photographer can compete. There was a thread I was reading on how the internet & technology in general has affected photography. The gist is adapt to the market or you may not have one.

Going back to what Frank was saying a few weeks back about not comprimising your price is very true. If you have the talent people will come. If you compromise on your value as a photographer then what is your worth. :)

[AZAutoPhoto]

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/pho/1995768438.html

100MM f2.8 MACRO for $300

Good deal?

[AZAlphaDog]

:)

Any of you going to Fashion Week?

Yes.

<sarcasm>Oh dear, I hope that didn't sound too harsh and troll-ish.</sarcasm>

[jbdavies]

I can't see that being a very viable way to make a profit on family portraits. :cool: I'm just saying . . .

but wait, I thought we were NOT supposed to steal other peoples work? Wouldn't it piss you off if someone was using your landscape shots to SELL family portraits?

again, I'm just saying.
Well, seeing as how it was my family... I'm not making any thing off these. lol Just home made cookies from my mom. :)

[AZAlphaDog]

I thought you would know that I don't really care. I was just giving you a hard time . . .

poking fun at you, teasing you, a bit of the old "wink, wink, know what I mean, say no more" stuff, but it appears that as this is Fri. and the international day of "up-tight-ness" I guess I should have kept my comments to myself.

I love the cookies, I just want to eat them all up.


nom, nom, nom

[john69az]

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/pho/1995768438.html

100MM f2.8 MACRO for $300

Good deal?

I would say yes. I would jump on it if I didn't have that lens.

[sundevilstormin]

I love the cookies, I just want to eat them all up.
nom, nom, nom

GREAT work on THAT background!:mrgreen:

[jbdavies]

I thought you would know that I don't really care. I was just giving you a hard time . . .

poking fun at you, teasing you, a bit of the old "wink, wink, know what I mean, say no more" stuff, but it appears that as this is Fri. and the international day of "up-tight-ness" I guess I should have kept my comments to myself.

I love the cookies, I just want to eat them all up.


nom, nom, nom
I figured. lol One of the disadvantages of the internet... you can't really sense sarcasm/joking/etc. Haha.

[AZAlphaDog]

Oh, I can't take credit for that one, I stole it off the internet . . .

wait I can't read the screen through all the tears in my eyes from laughing so hard at the shear lunacy of all this . . .


:lol: :D :lol:

[john69az]

It's all good I love the cookies too! nom nom nom

[RickRandhawa]

Christian-consider a tighter crop of the background, it looks weird to me how much room is above their heads and to the sides, when it's cropped so high up on the actual subjects.

[RickRandhawa]

You and ZenFox had the darnedest unluck with plaid patterns.

It just occured to me that my life would be a lot easier if all my female models were nude

In the name of art, of course. :D :D

[john69az]

It just occured to me that my life would be a lot easier if all my female models were nude

In the name of art, of course. :D :D

Then you would have all new kinds of posing problems... Lol :)

[Ruckus99ss]

I've gotten a lot of comments on how cute this picture is so entered it in a contest. Can you guys please help me out and vote (your allowed 1 vote a day per ip address)
http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/photocontest/dogs/10/10/08/roxi

[john69az]

I've gotten a lot of comments on how cute this picture is so entered it in a contest. Can you guys please help me out and vote (your allowed 1 vote a day per ip address)
http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/photocontest/dogs/10/10/08/roxi

I voted, funny this came up as I am filling out my early ballot.

[Carrabango]

It is soooooooo easy, mine came in yesterday. Installed in 60 seconds or less, I didnt keep track. I have acess to all my files at home from work, my Droid X, or pretty much anywhere else that I have internet. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the tip on this one guys! Just got one myself! Really cool :)

[john69az]

Its taking forever to encode files but that is to be expected since my rips were the 100% VOB files from my DVD Collection. Music was already MP3 so I it just indexed that. :)

[-AP-]

I dont know if its the internet (since you cant read intentions and feelings) or what but your posts come off a little straight to the point and harsh. Sometimes a little troll-ish. Again it could just be the internet.


That is why there is happy faces with smiles in there.

And the "I'm just saying"

Not trying to be harsh.

It's all rainbows and unicorns boys.

This is a really funny post me.. Doug is just "Unique" lol.... :lol: I'm just sayin..

Great shots all..!! I have nothing interesting to add, but I did hit the GC a couple of weeks ago. Took the train out of Williams..

http://www.aerial-perspectives.com/photos/1025014237_KX4dL-XL.jpg

And then I did my weekly football pictures for my work buddy. It was a little emotional because my buddy's wife past away last year from breast cancer, and the whole team
placed pink stickers under their eyes with her name written on them. It was almost surreal. Her name was Amy, and she was soo full life and energy. She passed while only in her 30's..

With that, Michael, I'm very sorry for your loss as well...

Kenny.

http://www.aerial-perspectives.com/photos/1031911698_RnRqK-XL.jpg

[azboricua]

I've gotten a lot of comments on how cute this picture is so entered it in a contest. Can you guys please help me out and vote (your allowed 1 vote a day per ip address)
http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/photocontest/dogs/10/10/08/roxi

I voted for ya!

[-AP-]

I voted for ya!

Missed the post.. I voted too..:D

[john69az]

This is a really funny post me.. Doug is just "Unique" lol.... :lol: I'm just sayin..

Great shots all..!! I have nothing interesting to add, but I did hit the GC a couple of weeks ago. Took the train out of Williams..


And then I did my weekly football pictures for my work buddy. It was a little emotional because my buddy's wife past away last year from breast cancer, and the whole team
placed pink stickers under their eyes with her name written on them. It was almost surreal. Her name was Amy, and she was soo full life and energy. She passed while only in her 30's..

With that, Michael, I'm very sorry for your loss as well...

Kenny.



I have wanted to go on that train ride for a long time. How are the photo ops and do they have a open photog car? I like your shot there very nice. I could imagine if they got some snow how nice that would be. :)

[-AP-]

I have wanted to go on that train ride for a long time. How are the photo ops and do they have a open photog car? I like your shot there very nice. I could imagine if they got some snow how nice that would be. :)

Lots of photo ops... It really was a lot of fun. Particularly if you have a young family. It was pretty entertaining. They had a funny banjo player and accordion/harmonica player performing on the way there. And then a simulated train robbery on the way back.
I don't think they had an open car, but they did have an observation deck. The only thing I would have done differently was plan to stay longer. We drove up the first day just in time for dinner and then took the train the following day with a ride home afterwards.

Next time I would plan maybe 3 or 4 days. 1 day in Williams, and 2 at the Canyon, maybe 3 there.

http://www.aerial-perspectives.com/photos/1025016037_hM5FC-XL.jpg

[john69az]

Thanks I might see when I can plan a trip up there on my 3 day weekend. :)

[sundevilstormin]

A couple more processed and posted:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/5063635381_9c8279c8a5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/5063635381/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5063635427_bd48e791f8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/5063635427/)

[john69az]

I found this on youtube and it is actually a very informative series. I know some of us are way advanced but I learned some things watching these so I thought I would share.

http://www.youtube.com/user/snapfactory#p/u/121/_7l-uLyO_0I

[azboricua]

I found this on youtube and it is actually a very informative series. I know some of us are way advanced but I learned some things watching these so I thought I would share.

http://www.youtube.com/user/snapfactory#p/u/121/_7l-uLyO_0I

I've learned tons from this and Dom Bower, I watch a lot of youtube for advice and tips.

Just came back from a 10 mile bike ride, feeling good.

[ToferPhotography]

I've gotten a lot of comments on how cute this picture is so entered it in a contest. Can you guys please help me out and vote (your allowed 1 vote a day per ip address)
http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/photocontest/dogs/10/10/08/roxi

Vote for ya!
- looks like I have another photographer in my area (I am Litchfield/Thomas area)

[Ruckus99ss]

thanks for the votes...yea cwescape i'm over on dysart/buckeye rd area

[ToferPhotography]

If you are on the westside, tomorrow 10:00 - 14:30 (Sunday)

Pebblecreek car club - carshow in Goodyear at the ballpark!

http://pebblecreekcarclub.com/forms/Flyer.pdf

[Ruckus99ss]

I'll be at the Cardinals game unless I'd stop by

[RickRandhawa]

Last minute notice, but in 2 hours (5pm) a few of us will be getting together in a park and practicing lighting. Both my roommate and I have been meeting up with photographers recently and learning about lighting...today we plan to really nail it in. Shoot me a PM if you wanna come.

We'll be near Lindsay and Queen Creek Rd in Gilbert.

[azbojo22]

Kenny, very nice shot of the canyon. We took the Grand Canyon Railway back in July and I have to agree it was alot of fun.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5065833477_67269eaa78.jpg

And the marshall came thru looking for criminal types... he found my son of course!...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5065832727_9d2c1d48d1.jpg

[john69az]

nice shots bob. Now I really want to go.

[disneydork06]

Hey guys, I have some ideas i want to bounce off of you folk.
I'm thinking of another camera body to help me out some. I currently have a 1dmk2 and was thinking of either getting 1dmk2n or 5d classic. I found both for a similar pricing. there's a lot I can benefit from getting either. I plan on using it for help with portraits, sports, weddings etc etc. I'm used to using 1D bodies and would be nice that I can share batteries but I think i can get a bunch of batteries for the 5d for around the same pricing. I might even just switch to this newer body and get rid of my mk2.
I have thought of going even newer but idk if I can spend that much more money yet. I could wait and save up more money and go with another body such as the mk3. I'm not that interested in getting the newest. just out of my price range. and i do want to stay within the 1.3 FF cropping.
thoughts? ideas? shoot me now cause I'm an idiot for considering such a change?

[sundevilstormin]

A Grand Canyon shot I processed as a fake tilt-shift on a whim - South Kaibab Trail, Cedar Ridge and O'Neil Butte

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5063679775_1185f7e50a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/5063679775/)

[Carrabango]

A Grand Canyon shot I processed as a fake tilt-shift on a whim - South Kaibab Trail, Cedar Ridge and O'Neil Butte

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5063679775_1185f7e50a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sundevilstormin/5063679775/)

Love all your GC-pictures :) This one is cool too!

[TauntDevil]

I was wondering, where do you find models or model out here? I tried modelmayhem but i found out that you have to already have taking shots of two models which is abit difficult to do when you dont know anyone who is a model or a photographer that does photos of models. Can anyone help me out on finding models?

[john69az]

I was wondering, where do you find models or model out here? I tried modelmayhem but i found out that you have to already have taking shots of two models which is abit difficult to do when you dont know anyone who is a model or a photographer that does photos of models. Can anyone help me out on finding models?

I guess you could ask friends at first. Does Model Mayhem require your models to be Professionals? There is a section on Craigslist called Gigs / Talent and you could list an ad for models Trade Posing for a CD of the pictures TFCD. :)

[john69az]

I found this guy in my hood showing his POTN Pride!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5069767909_2becf9f9ed_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5069767909/)POTN-Pride (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5069767909/) by john69az (http://www.flickr.com/people/53049399@N07/), on Flickr

We had fun Chroma Key Style.

[john69az]

Hey TauntDevil I really like your car shots in your photostream.It's cool to see the pictures that can be made when you just forget about trying to fit the whole car in the shot. :)

[TaggM]

I was wondering, where do you find models or model out here? I tried modelmayhem but i found out that you have to already have taking shots of two models which is abit difficult to do when you dont know anyone who is a model or a photographer that does photos of models. Can anyone help me out on finding models?

Are you still in school? Get your friends to have their parents let them model for you.

[TauntDevil]

I guess you could ask friends at first. Does Model Mayhem require your models to be Professionals? There is a section on Craigslist called Gigs / Talent and you could list an ad for models Trade Posing for a CD of the pictures TFCD. :)
I dont really have any friends in the same state as me haha but good idea with craigslist. Ill definitely give that a try

Hey TauntDevil I really like your car shots in your photostream.It's cool to see the pictures that can be made when you just forget about trying to fit the whole car in the shot. :)
Thank you very much. I really appreciate the complement. Love your black and whites. B&W really give great mood and touch. Also the beer picture haha. Made me smile

Are you still in school? Get your friends to have their parents let them model for you. Im not in school anymore. Graduated early.



In other words. Yesterday i went to take photos of a cheff thats going to a proffesional cook off and needed a picture for the magazine that they are putting him in. So i went and took a few pictures. I took a few but i didnt like many so i only prefered two of them and also gave him one other that i messed around with that i guess he liked. Here are the three images. Tips on what to do next time or ideas. I couldnt think of many poses that the magazines would prefer, so i just went with what i felt was best.

1http://dl.dropbox.com/u/806508/_MG_37822-Edit.jpg
2http://dl.dropbox.com/u/806508/_MG_37855-Edit.jpg
3 (Not used) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/806508/_MG_37909-Edit.jpg

[Dean Rachwitz]

Back from vacation! Spent a relaxing week in the Colorado mountains and am dreading going back to the daily grind tomorrow.

Got to try out the new-2-me 80-200 2.8 while I was at the cabin. Damn, DoF is shallow at 200mm, wide open! I am not sure AF doesn't need some fine tuning, but when it is on, it looks pretty good. Let me know what you think of the image below.

This JPEG is straight-out-of-the-camera. I can probably improve it a bit from the RAW file. This Mountain Chickadee was kind enough to let me get a few nice close shots.

Full size image here: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5070192411_f6b7d82ef1_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5070192411_86fc2e64aa_b.jpg

[disneydork06]

I was wondering, where do you find models or model out here? I tried modelmayhem but i found out that you have to already have taking shots of two models which is abit difficult to do when you dont know anyone who is a model or a photographer that does photos of models. Can anyone help me out on finding models?

talk to random people at tempe town lake?

[disneydork06]

Back from vacation! Spent a relaxing week in the Colorado mountains and am dreading going back to the daily grind tomorrow.

Got to try out the new-2-me 80-200 2.8 while I was at the cabin. Damn, DoF is shallow at 200mm, wide open! I am not sure AF doesn't need some fine tuning, but when it is on, it looks pretty good. Let me know what you think of the image below.

This JPEG is straight-out-of-the-camera. I can probably improve it a bit from the RAW file. This Mountain Chickadee was kind enough to let me get a few nice close shots.

Full size image here: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5070192411_f6b7d82ef1_o.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5070192411_86fc2e64aa_b.jpg

very nice. I loved mine back when I had nikon. great lens especially with the sports that I shot with it. just wish I had a faster body with it...

[TauntDevil]

talk to random people at tempe town lake?

hahahahaha good tip, will do...






Not joking, really ill try it

[RickRandhawa]

hahahahaha good tip, will do...

Not joking, really ill try it

Join meetup.com, find some hobbies you enjoy and go make some friends dude.

Another option would be to pay a MM model about $75/hour to pose for you. This might be beneficial especially if you don't know how to pose models or just want to build your portfolio.

[Dean Rachwitz]

Few more:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5071004554_cc8ff3d009_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5071004852_c2cfef76a6_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5070219819_07b730d628_b.jpg

[john69az]

I dont really have any friends in the same state as me haha but good idea with craigslist. Ill definitely give that a try


Thank you very much. I really appreciate the complement. Love your black and whites. B&W really give great mood and touch. Also the beer picture haha. Made me smile

Im not in school anymore. Graduated early.



In other words. Yesterday i went to take photos of a cheff thats going to a proffesional cook off and needed a picture for the magazine that they are putting him in. So i went and took a few pictures. I took a few but i didnt like many so i only prefered two of them and also gave him one other that i messed around with that i guess he liked. Here are the three images. Tips on what to do next time or ideas. I couldnt think of many poses that the magazines would prefer, so i just went with what i felt was best.

1http://dl.dropbox.com/u/806508/_MG_37822-Edit.jpg
2http://dl.dropbox.com/u/806508/_MG_37855-Edit.jpg
3 (Not used) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/806508/_MG_37909-Edit.jpg

Looks good I would have gotten higher than him looking downward a little bit a little too much nostril in these. a plastc stepstool with just two steps or even a chair if convienient. My thoughts...

[john69az]

Dean Brilliant Shots DOF is awesome. Can't wait to see what else you do with your new lens. :)

[scottcolbath]

Few more:

Tack sharp Dean. They look great.

S.C.

[Kristy]

Last minute notice, but in 2 hours (5pm) a few of us will be getting together in a park and practicing lighting. Both my roommate and I have been meeting up with photographers recently and learning about lighting...today we plan to really nail it in. Shoot me a PM if you wanna come.

We'll be near Lindsay and Queen Creek Rd in Gilbert.

Show us the pics.... :) Did you have a fun outing.

Kenny, very nice shot of the canyon. We took the Grand Canyon Railway back in July and I have to agree it was alot of fun.


And the marshall came thru looking for criminal types... he found my son of course!...

Looks like a fun train ride... nice pics from all of you who have a similar collecton of the "robber".. lol...

Hey guys, I have some ideas i want to bounce off of you folk.
I'm thinking of another camera body to help me out some. I currently have a 1dmk2 and was thinking of either getting 1dmk2n or 5d classic. I found both for a similar pricing. there's a lot I can benefit from getting either. I plan on using it for help with portraits, sports, weddings etc etc. I'm used to using 1D bodies and would be nice that I can share batteries but I think i can get a bunch of batteries for the 5d for around the same pricing. I might even just switch to this newer body and get rid of my mk2.
I have thought of going even newer but idk if I can spend that much more money yet. I could wait and save up more money and go with another body such as the mk3. I'm not that interested in getting the newest. just out of my price range. and i do want to stay within the 1.3 FF cropping.
thoughts? ideas? shoot me now cause I'm an idiot for considering such a change?

Not sure, but if you like the 1.3 crop, I'd not switch to the 5D classic since it's full frame...

A Grand Canyon shot I processed as a fake tilt-shift on a whim - South Kaibab Trail, Cedar Ridge and O'Neil Butte



Beautiful images!! :)

I was wondering, where do you find models or model out here? I tried modelmayhem but i found out that you have to already have taking shots of two models which is abit difficult to do when you dont know anyone who is a model or a photographer that does photos of models. Can anyone help me out on finding models?

Ask random people that you think are either pretty or confident...the girls will be flattered by someone wanting to use them as a model.... (i would offer to have them bring a friend along). Or go to a meet up practice thingy where people are getting together for practice... you can learn from others' experience and get some shooting and helpful hints as well. :)

I found this guy in my hood showing his POTN Pride!

POTN-Pride (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5069767909/) by john69az (http://www.flickr.com/people/53049399@N07/), on Flickr

We had fun Chroma Key Style.

Love the colors... where's the rest guys?

. Yesterday i went to take photos of a cheff thats going to a proffesional cook off and needed a picture for the magazine that they are putting him in. So i went and took a few pictures. I took a few but i didnt like many so i only prefered two of them and also gave him one other that i messed around with that i guess he liked. Here are the three images. Tips on what to do next time or ideas. I couldnt think of many poses that the magazines would prefer, so i just went with what i felt was best.



You need to improve the light IMO. I'm not being harsh, so please don't take it that way. What are you using to light the subject? He needs to pop off the background...so you need to light it in order to create separation... also..maybe lower your ISO.

The color temperature on these is pretty warm, and there is a strong yellow cast on my monitor. Are you shooting a white balance card for reference?

Also, keep en eye on the backgrounds to make sure they aren't competing for attention. The lines in the mages really make a difference as to where they eye lands.... ideally, you want first to have the eye hit your subject, and then gently wander around the image to see the other elements. If that makes any sense at all...

Back from vacation! Spent a relaxing week in the Colorado mountains and am dreading going back to the daily grind tomorrow.

Got to try out the new-2-me 80-200 2.8 while I was at the cabin. Damn, DoF is shallow at 200mm, wide open! I am not sure AF doesn't need some fine tuning, but when it is on, it looks pretty good. Let me know what you think of the image below.

This JPEG is straight-out-of-the-camera. I can probably improve it a bit from the RAW file. This Mountain Chickadee was kind enough to let me get a few nice close shots.

Full size image here: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5070192411_f6b7d82ef1_o.jpg


Looks like LOVE... :) Congrats on the lens... :)

[matrix311]

Few more:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5071004554_cc8ff3d009_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5071004852_c2cfef76a6_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5070219819_07b730d628_b.jpg

Wow that lens is sharp as a tac man, I love the colors and sharpness. Great choice of lens it seems. I dont know much about Nikon but I do know about quality photos and those are some quality photos!

[TauntDevil]

Join meetup.com, find some hobbies you enjoy and go make some friends dude.

Another option would be to pay a MM model about $75/hour to pose for you. This might be beneficial especially if you don't know how to pose models or just want to build your portfolio.
I cant pay them because i dont have models to join MM which is why im looking for a model so i can join MM hahaha

Looks good I would have gotten higher than him looking downward a little bit a little too much nostril in these. a plastc stepstool with just two steps or even a chair if convienient. My thoughts...
Thanks for the tips. Ill keep that in mind next time i shoot. Was in a little bit of a rush since he had a few weddings to cook for but next time ill have to think about that. Again thanks for the tip


You need to improve the light IMO. I'm not being harsh, so please don't take it that way. What are you using to light the subject? He needs to pop off the background...so you need to light it in order to create separation... also..maybe lower your ISO.

The color temperature on these is pretty warm, and there is a strong yellow cast on my monitor. Are you shooting a white balance card for reference?

Also, keep en eye on the backgrounds to make sure they aren't competing for attention. The lines in the mages really make a difference as to where they eye lands.... ideally, you want first to have the eye hit your subject, and then gently wander around the image to see the other elements. If that makes any sense at all...

I was using natural light since i didnt have time to setup, was abit rushed, as for a white balance card, i have the XTi which you just need white in a picture to set it but i didnt have a white one on it at the time so i just used normal stuff. The color of the resort is very warm and makes me not like to do shoots there as i did the shoots for their website. It seems really hard to work with and i dont have gels to use when doing shoots here
I think i understand what you mean about the background but, for the lines i kinda didnt get it but maybe because im new and still have so much to learn, i get what you mean about the eyes though. Thank you for your tips and all. It really does make a differance.

[RickRandhawa]

Show us the pics.... :) Did you have a fun outing.



Had a great time, I'm going to make it a regular thing.

I really didn't edit any of the pictures except for one, as we were just practicing lighting (and still need to clean up the green). I loved the expression...it was a "OMG I can't believe you said that" expression.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5073396684_11650240e7_b.jpg

[FlyingPhotog]

Throwing some backlighting on your subject will help with better separation from the green...

Helps kill the reflected color.

[RickRandhawa]

Throwing some backlighting on your subject will help with better separation from the green...

Helps kill the reflected color.

I realized I hate green or any sort of backgrounds. Gonna stick to "real" backgrounds (outdoors/beds/couches) from now on...this extracting people and adding fake backgrounds stuff isn't for me.

I created a logo this morning, what do you guys think?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5073451380_3aeb5f630f_z.jpg

[FlyingPhotog]

I like the logo but http://www.zen-images.com/index.html already exists... :(

[john69az]

Had a great time, I'm going to make it a regular thing.

I really didn't edit any of the pictures except for one, as we were just practicing lighting (and still need to clean up the green). I loved the expression...it was a "OMG I can't believe you said that" expression.


Thats cause OMG I did say that. :)

Throwing some backlighting on your subject will help with better separation from the green...
Helps kill the reflected color.

On the subject then not on the background? I think we were just throwing light everywhere like Unicorn's and Glitter! lol

I realized I hate green or any sort of backgrounds. Gonna stick to "real" backgrounds (outdoors/beds/couches) from now on...this extracting people and adding fake backgrounds stuff isn't for me.
I created a logo this morning, what do you guys think?


He said bed... ha ha

I like the logo but http://www.zen-images.com/index.html already exists... :(

Yeah nice logo same thing happened to me Roudrunner imaging was also taken. :confused:

[FlyingPhotog]

On the subject then not on the background? I think we were just throwing light everywhere like Unicorn's and Glitter!

Yes, on the subject...

When we'd use Green Screen for TV, we'd put the standard Key, Fill and Backlight on the subject, large "broads" on the chroma-key screen to get that lighting as even and difuse as possible and then usually add a couple "kicker" lights behind on each side to put a bit of rimlight on the subject to help "cut them out" from the background and to cut down the green splatter.

[Dean Rachwitz]

very nice. I loved mine back when I had nikon. great lens especially with the sports that I shot with it. just wish I had a faster body with it...

Dean Brilliant Shots DOF is awesome. Can't wait to see what else you do with your new lens. :)

Tack sharp Dean. They look great.

S.C.


Looks like LOVE... :) Congrats on the lens... :)

Wow that lens is sharp as a tac man, I love the colors and sharpness. Great choice of lens it seems. I dont know much about Nikon but I do know about quality photos and those are some quality photos!

Thanks all! I thought the images looked pretty good, but it's always nice to get confirmation from others, especially such esteemed colleagues as yourselves. :)

[FlyingPhotog]

Thanks all! I thought the images looked pretty good, but it's always nice to get confirmation from others, especially such esteemed colleagues as yourselves. :)

Standards = Raise Them! :lol:

[RickRandhawa]

Standards = Raise Them! :lol:

30 posts a day....holy hell, wanna use my account for a few days? I need access into the glamour/nude section. :D :D :D

[john69az]

Here is another one. Yeah we only had a main a reflector and a kicker somewhat on the background.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5073720914_609bb4572f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5073720914/)IMG_0084 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5073720914/) by john69az (http://www.flickr.com/people/53049399@N07/), on Flickr

I just saw a few splashes of green i missed. must be naptime.

[FlyingPhotog]

30 posts a day....holy hell, wanna use my account for a few days? I need access into the glamour/nude section. :D :D :D

I've been around POTN for almost four years now. I used to post a lot more than I do now.

The average is very front-weighted... ;)

I also get quite a bit of traffic on my Transportation Posts (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=11078010#post11078010) and I like to try and respond to each person who's kind enough to comment. Toss in a couple of other simple, BS chat threads and the total begins to climb.

Oh, and this thread (quickly headed toward Version 4) is one of the longest running Regional threads on POTN...

[john69az]

30 posts a day....holy hell, wanna use my account for a few days? I need access into the glamour/nude section. :D :D :D

Hey whats your hurry? You will get there. :)

[john69az]

What do you need like 500 posts? or some pictures to share?

[john69az]

Wow look at that hmmm post #500 Lol :)

[TauntDevil]

Hey whats your hurry? You will get there. :)
haha i agree. I want to post there and talk to teh people about their pictures in there etc but cant. All good, i cant wait all year etc :) Once im able to, hopefully ill have pictures of my own to post in there

Wow look at that hmmm post #500 Lol :)
hahaha nice

[john69az]

Funny I don't feel any different after posting in the G&N Section... Lol all in good fun.

[TauntDevil]

Funny I don't feel any different after posting in the G&N Section... Lol all in good fun.

I dont see any differance in it. Just another section. :)

[john69az]

I dont see any differance in it. Just another section. :)

I cannot confirm or deny that I have changed in any way since posting in the G & N section. Lol :D

Nope same techniques maybe less clothes but not always. :)

[azboricua]

I just went full frame, lol, so gittery with anxiety I could barely type. :lol:

[Kristy]

Not a huge deal.. pretty bodies photoshopped to perfection... lol.. some nice lighting techniques, some good posing, some need help. lol...

On another note... went camping.. took a few pictures for fun.. nothing too exciting, but it's always fun to shoot just for "me". ;)

My Little One...
http://ksnyderphoto.smugmug.com/Family/2010-October/IMG9698-16x9/1043245076_PB7dW-XL.jpg

Girlfriends... (my oldest to camera right)
http://ksnyderphoto.smugmug.com/Family/2010-October/IMG9654-16x9-2/1043527384_aXXqh-XL.jpg

Beautiful Sunset @ Camp
http://ksnyderphoto.smugmug.com/Family/2010-October/IMG9687-16x9/1043246740_VjZWt-XL.jpg

Snappy Little Critter...
http://ksnyderphoto.smugmug.com/Family/2010-October/IMG9765-16x9/1043306083_PXijd-XL.jpg

[Kristy]

Here is another one. Yeah we only had a main a reflector and a kicker somewhat on the background.

IMG_0084 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049399@N07/5073720914/) by john69az (http://www.flickr.com/people/53049399@N07/), on Flickr

I just saw a few splashes of green i missed. must be naptime.

Even with the splashes of green.. I love the shots, look so naturally fun with the smiles. I think good time was had by all! :) Thanks for sharing!

I've been around POTN for almost four years now. I used to post a lot more than I do now.

The average is very front-weighted... ;)

I also get quite a bit of traffic on my Transportation Posts (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=11078010#post11078010) and I like to try and respond to each person who's kind enough to comment. Toss in a couple of other simple, BS chat threads and the total begins to climb.

Oh, and this thread (quickly headed toward Version 4) is one of the longest running Regional threads on POTN...

Ha ha.. You live on this forum... I think for all your wee-night hours when no one is around, there is always someone playing that game where you say the next word that comes to mind... what was that thread? I actually haven't seen it in a while..