Kiwi Photographer wanted!

[MattL]

Hey Guys.

My mothers birthday tomorrow (yes i know, bit late) and Ive just realised what I can give her!

My brother departs early friday morning - hes moving to the UK. Mum has no photos of me or my brother apart from ones we had done we we were about 10!

So, im looking for someone living in Auckland who could take a couple of photos of me and my brother. I can only afford to pay you in beer, and perhaps petrol if your driving! I dont mind if you shoot my camera, your camera, perhaps its easiest if you just shoot onto my CF cards!

We are going to get it printed and framed at 8x12.

Unfortunatly I left it a bit late - wazza was going to have a go but he's since left the island!

PM me if your interested!

Cheers!

Matt

[Moppie]

PM sent, but put me down as a last resort.

FlyingPete is the man you want, unlike me he knows what he's doing :)
I have a windows background to prove it.

[joeseph]

What do you think Moppie? group effort?

[Moppie]

The Great Kiwi POTN Portrait shoot?

Why not!

[MattL]

heh thanks for the offers guys. Moppie seems like the sensible answer as hes just down the road IIRC.

Lets put our creative heads together though - what sort of shot do you think would be best?

We are both fairly tall, I think im around 184 and my bro is the sameish. We dont do too much sport, so there's no ovbious 'stand with a rugby ball' pose.

Ideas?

[Photocam]

bugger, I'm in Wellington!!

But I'll use this oppertunity to introduce myself any way....

Hi I'm Cam another Kiwi photographer :)

[MattL]

Hey Cam.

Tims from wellington - but hes off in haiwii or someplace nice!!

Whats your ideas on what sorta photo to give to Mum tomorrow?

Matt

[MattL]

and wow, there are some great images in your blog!

[joeseph]

How about a side profile sort of thing - you facing your brother?
mum's are great, they'll love any pictures of their kids.....
Moppie, don't forget to get a model release form signed!
:-)

[MattL]

heh. next thing you know mum will be look at me and my bro on a billboard!

I like the idea of a slight profile. where should we go for a nice backdrop?

[Moppie]

A model release?

oh yesssssss............................


I'll have to bring a ladder to by the sound of it.

How about bucklands beach with the sun setting behind both of you? The 300D has a pretty good onboard flash for fill I assume?

[MattL]

that sounds nice. i've also got an old 244t speedlight that is twice as grunty as the popup flash - but you need to shoot in manual and work out proper exposures.

[Moppie]

I can work out exposures don't worry about that :)

[MattL]

Im sure you can too!

looks like my brother is running a bit late, says he can get here by 4.15. Im charging all my batterys and emptying CF cards now.

You've got a choice of the 18-55mm/3.5-5.6 kit, or the 90-300/4.5-5.6

[MattL]

And tripod or monopod.

[Moppie]

Im thinking reversed kitlens on my A80, for the an extra close up :)

Tripod please, and the 90-300 could be a bit long, so the kit lens will do, although we'll take the 90-300 just incase :)

I'v just got home so will be at your place a little after 4.

[MattL]

Sounds good - i just walked in the door too. look what i just did to my flash tho!
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=80467

[Moppie]

Cool!
Ill bring my tripod as well, we can remote mount the flash with abit of tape :)

See you soon.

[Moppie]

Mission accomplished!

A bit of a rush job, and my first ever turn with a 300D, quite differnt to a 20D which I'v used before or my A80.

Just left Matt and his Brother to run off to a printer in the hope of getting there before they shut, it will be close though.

Hope you made it guys!

[joeseph]

Well done Moppie! good to see a happy ending, sure Matt will appreciate your efforts.
Now how about posting the out-takes?

:-)

[Moppie]

There were no out takes, all the photos were absolutly perfect!

Unforunatly I don't have copys of any of the photos yet, I used Matts camera and shot RAW, I don't have a RAW converter, and he was in a hurry to get to the print shop before it closed at 5:30.

[MattL]

After an anxious 40 minutes batteling with the printer, im back.

Full storey after ive cooked something to eat! Here's a teaser for you all tho:

[MattL]

Moppie, thanks so, so, so much. She's gonna love it - it looks fantastic at 8x12 framed with a black border!

Woud you like me to give you a CD with all the raw files on and a copy of Raw Shooter? Then you can really have a play. I can even give you an 8x12 of that if you want! ha! The printer messed up 3 times before finally giving us a good copy, some of them have ghosts of other photos in them, and one of them has only had 2 colours or so applied - so we are bright red!

We made it to the shop 2 minutes after closing - however i rung them whilst in the car informing them of our dilemma! They printed on a nice kodak 9810 - i think im gonna have to buy one of those. 45 seconds for a *stunning* 8x12 or 8x10.

Thanks again Moppie!

Ill post a couple more images later on tonight.

Thanks!

[joeseph]

Looks awesome guys - Moppie, you're in the wrong vocation!

[MattL]

Oh - and Moppie, the reason my card reader wasnt working became clear when i took the side off the case - the 4xusb port card was half haning out the pci slot.

I've now screwed it down hah! no more falling out for me!

[MattL]

Another one.

[Moppie]

Wow, these did come out really well!

Your more than welcome Matt, Im so glad I got some good shots for your mother.
Its was a bit of a learning experiance for me to, Iv never shot anything like a proper portrait before. Its a shame we didn't have more time though, I think we were just starting to get into it, and I was just starting to get a feel for the camera.

I actualy wouldn't mind a copy of some of the better shots and RAW shooter, might be interesting having a play. But you can keep the print ;) :D :D