POTN Aussie Club #7 - Feng, where's my invoice?

justAL wrote:
Here's the other shots from "Al's gallery of awesomeness"

I dont wanna look

Sorry Bruce but I think they are CT 301's that Tony was using. The strobe was from Dragon Image.....work is fooked. 3 people here down from 9. It's a bit ****e as you know so well.

kewlies. we are permanently down from 8 to 2 here... its the awesomest... Yet they dont know why no projects are moving ahead...

coalcliff wrote in post #9198286
yeah, only cause you love the delivery guy Phil!

Oh yeh. That must be it, Damo.

Richard, agree with whoever it was, second shot's a cracker!

Bruce_Bird wrote in post #9198296
got me a new phone for work - HTC Touch Pro 2...
Seems to have more bells and whistles and clouds than ever before...

Just getting used to my new work HTC Hero. Very cool device.

S7000 wrote in post #9199558
Richard, agree with whoever it was, second shot's a cracker!

+1 (can't really add much more..sad ain't it ? :confused

amsm wrote in post #9199854
Just getting used to my new work HTC Hero. Very cool device.

+1 (can't really add much more..sad ain't it ? :confused

I am highly under-qualified.

S7000 wrote in post #9199860
I am highly under-qualified.

I'm highly brain-addled atm...well, that's my story and I am sticking to it.

-Pleiades- wrote in post #9199141
Long story short (ha!), the gear I purchased recently (50D, 70-200, studio lights and few bits and pieces) I put on a credit card because I am/was getting heaps of work and needed the gear before I had a chance to save up for it all.

I also work full time where I leave at 8.30am and get home a touch before 9 each night which doesn't leave me much time to edit photos etc (or really, to have a life). I've dropped back on the shoots now, but when I was doing 1 or 2 a week I just got a massive backlog of photos and was spending every waking moment editing photos, it was taking the fun out of photography for me.

I'm not in a position to become part time, nor do I want to, so unfortunately it's the photography that has to go at the moment. I hate credit cards and I hate debt so because I will no longer be making money from photography the gear has to go to pay off the card.

In regards to the gear I owned before (5D, 24-70, flash etc) it's kind of a case of all or nothing with me. And at the moment it will be nothing, I'll probably just get a cheap point and shoot and that will do if/when my current work situation changes.

It's breaking my heart, but hey, it's gotta be done at the moment.



lol, as much as I'm ashamed to admit it, I'm already there....or technically my house is in brookfield, but hey, melton is melton I guess.

What kinda work flow are you using? maybe you just need to streamline your work flow?

ed. wrote in post #9199911
What kinda work flow are you using? maybe you just need to streamline your work flow?

or maybe he needs a firesale and sell me the 5D cheap

BOSS wrote in post #9199253
@Kinnon,sorry to read that,couldn't you keep at least one body,couple of lenses and flash. At least that way you can still do stuff for yourself with maybe the odd paying job now and then.

I thought about that, but I think for the moment I'll be satisfied with a glorified P&S. I don't really get much time to shoot for fun anymore so I'll see how long I'll last.

ed. wrote in post #9199911
What kinda work flow are you using? maybe you just need to streamline your work flow?

Import photos into lightroom, flag the ones to edit, edit them, and export them.

coalcliff wrote in post #9199493
sell up now and in a year or two buy it all back at 1/4 of the price! Silver lining to the cloud currently above you!

That's the plan. I don't know how much longer I'll be able to last in melbourne so when I do move back north again I'll make sure I get a job that doesn't take so much time out of my life and then I'll have the time and energy to focus a bit more on photography.

Bruce_Bird wrote in post #9200006
or maybe he needs a firesale and sell me the 5D cheap

Are you talking about me Bruce? What's a firesale?

Bruce_Bird wrote in post #9200006
or maybe he needs a firesale and sell me the 5D cheap

Hmmm Kinnon maybe many things but she is not a gender bender.

yea, it was a joke..
firesale - when people are in need of $ urgently to pay the taxman, rego, or mortgages etc, they sell something they own oober cheap or burn it to claim insurance. Known as a firesale...
Several people I know have been in that situation (me inc) at sometime

BOSS wrote in post #9200059
Hmmm Kinnon maybe many things but she is not a gender bender.

apologies if Pleiades is the female type person.. Hard to tell from the nickname

Ahhh, right. Nah, no firesale here. But if I do hit financial strife I'll let you know!

I am the female type, at least last time I checked :P My real name is in my sig (Kinnon), but that is rather masculine as well. I've been getting it all my life so it's all good!

Maybe I need to have words to the title fairy if they still hang around these days.....

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9187182
Which focal length do you prefer?

That's the main question to answer for sure.

I've not had the 50/1.4, but have got the 50/1.8 which used to be a favourite when I was starting out on a 400D, but 50mm doesn't do a lot for me on a 5DII. The 85/1.8 didn't do anything for me at all, but the 85/1.2L is a completely different beastie, am really liking mine so far.

-Pleiades- wrote in post #9200109
Ahhh, right. Nah, no firesale here. But if I do hit financial strife I'll let you know!

I am the female type, at least last time I checked :P My real name is in my sig (Kinnon), but that is rather masculine as well. I've been getting it all my life so it's all good!

Maybe I need to have words to the title fairy if they still hang around these days.....

Avatar fairy?

DAdeGroot wrote in post #9200546
That's the main question to answer for sure.

I've not had the 50/1.4, but have got the 50/1.8 which used to be a favourite when I was starting out on a 400D, but 50mm doesn't do a lot for me on a 5DII. The 85/1.8 didn't do anything for me at all, but the 85/1.2L is a completely different beastie, am really liking mine so far.

Is the 50/1.8 on a 400D an adequate lens for a wedding shoot for friends who aren't expecting brilliance or should I bite the bullet and shell out the extra $$ on the 1.4 version?

I have until February to buy.