Using a single strobe (NOT hotshoe flash)- creative examples - mark II

abbadon31 wrote in post #15488887
Nice work mike
nice to see some of your work

Thanks Scott, I dont post my pictures too much.

thanks for the kind comments Scott!

JAC Wagon wrote in post #15488648
Y

To me, wanting to hide your cameras SN is like me wanting to hide "Canon" on my camera when I shoot. I just think its a little extreme. But if theres a valid reason, please enlighten!

Scott shares quite a bit with this forum, i'm sure if you asked "what lens was used" or "what sync speed " he would have no problem telling you, if he says the EXIF is none of anyone's business he's entitled to that opinion

i would rather have him around posting photos and helping people than be pissed off at someone's insistence that he include his EXIF data

Apparently alot of photographers now hide their camera make's for political reasons... China/Japan aren't too friendly for example.

Personally, i LOVE exif datas, but i would never want to publicly distribute my camera's SN, Canon's SN registry is not legal grounding and anyone can register any number, i don't believe they even keep track (i've never tried to purposely register a camera already owns to test it but you're welcome to).

So what i do is have an action in photoshop, to add my copyright info/website/contact information/ and strip any information i deem abusive. You'd be surprised how many world class photographer's have a phone number in their photographs. The downside is that its not an international standard (it should damn well be in the bernes convention) so alot of sites strip the data to save the 3kb or so it takes to embed it. (Let me give you a spoiler, other than the FL which you should be able to guess really easily, the fstop won't matter and the iso is either low or high, shutter speed will either be sync speed or low.) all of which can easily be guessed by looking at the images, i'm extremely consistent in how i shoot (film background) so exif is probably useless to any experienced tog but i still love the free information share for new togs.

Stripping or concealing exif ends up screwing photographer's everywhwere because even if you don't want someone to know you shot it with a canon/nikon/85mm, you should still want them to know YOU shot it and where to reach you should they want a licence.

I don't mind giving out my setting or my lighting setup on an image.

abbadon31 wrote in post #15487141
Well if you have to ask then you never had anything stolen or had false claims on your gear. Have the police show up and say you stolen someone else gear, and having to pull out my boxes and receipts to prove it mine.

Hey is you want to give me your Social and the 4 digit security code on your credit card, please post those here.

Ummmmm.. that is why I asked. ANd I dont think that SS number and CC number is an accurate comparison to having a serial number from a camera or lens. But thanks for answering my question.

Sacadelic wrote in post #15492256
Ummmmm.. that is why I asked. ANd I dont think that SS number and CC number is an accurate comparison to having a serial number from a camera or lens. But thanks for answering my question.

Well you have a right to your own option as well as I and I think I was clear in mine. If your one of those persons that think this can't happen to me kinda thing that's all good. I have been on the other side of the fence and it can happen.

I think the topic has been fully covered above and to keep dreading it on is just childish.

EXIF or to not EXIF your choice.

abbadon31 wrote in post #15492318
Well you have a right to your own option as well as I and I think I was clear in mine. If your one of those persons that think this can't happen to me kinda thing that's all good. I have been on the other side of the fence and it can happen.

I think the topic has been fully covered above and to keep dreading it on is just childish.

EXIF or to not EXIF your choice.

Whoa whoa whoa.... All that I did was say thanks for answering my question and say that I didnt think that it was an accurate comparison. I did not ask for a response.

I hide my exif although not for any particular reason. I personally like to look at a photo and try to figure out how it was done either in my head or by getting my camera out and experimenting. Exif takes the fun out of all that...

Anyway onto a photo:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/amatravers/8383​892557/

Some new stuff, it's been a while...

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/scooter71/83853​60216/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/scooter71/83842​75757/

Matravers wrote in post #15493335
I hide my exif although not for any particular reason. I personally like to look at a photo and try to figure out how it was done either in my head or by getting my camera out and experimenting. Exif takes the fun out of all that...

Nice shirt....


I got one from THE FRO too

thx!!!….I love wearing this giant watch….lol

That watch is beautiful!