Selling Your Photography Skills
Under Sell ?
Posted by Denny Giacobe on June 23, 2008 at 1:47am in GENERAL DISCUSSION
I receive a call from a local frame & art gallery owner who displays some of my work here in town, He asked if I would be interested in shooting a wedding and gave me the contacts name. When I called the groom he explained he was going to have a 15 minute ceremony and thats it, nothing fancy and was hoping to get some pictures of it next Sunday at 2pm, most of you have seen my work and I don’t consider myself a wedding photographer. So I told him I would shoot it and burn whatever I had to a CD for $150.00 and we made the deal.
I think I sold myself short but was thinking more of being able to add the shots to my portfolio. What do you think?
Discussion: Hummingbird Photo Tips
What am I doing wrong?
Posted by DeEtta Houts on May 27, 2008 at 1:29pm in DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES
Yesterday I was shooting humingbirds and the weather was cloudy and crummy. To get a decent exposure I had to have my ISO between 800-1600, I had my shutter speed at 1/4000 to catch thier wings and f5.6. I was using my 75-300mm lens with a focal length of 271 and I was having trouble getting sharp focus.
Was this because of the high ISO? What setting could I have changed? I had the same issue today, same kind of weather so lighting was about the same. Would love some advice.
Wedding Photography Tips for Beginners
FoToS By Joe, one of our online photo community members, writes;
In 2 mths i’m going to be shooting my first weding for a friend. He has seen some of my work and loves it. Now again i’m an amateur and he’s asking me to shoot his wedding. I am so nervous because i don’t want to mess up the greatest day of his life. What i mean by that is i don’t want to take pictures and then they messed up (blurry, motion, bad shots) stuff like that. What can i do? how should i handle this? What can i do not to mess up? How should i carry myself throughout the whole process?
Photographing Silver Jewellery Discussion
Sally, one of our online photo community members, writes;
Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has any useful advice for me. I run my own online jewellery boutique and I need to redo all of the photos on my website. The problem I have when photographing silver is that it tends to look gold in the photos. I honestly do not know how to use my camera like I should, I have tried reading the booklet, but it’s all Russian to me =) I have a Casio EX-Z75.
My questions are:
What are the ideal settings?
What sort of lighting should I use, and if using natural sunlight, would it be better to have it behind me when taking the photo, or behind the photo I am taking a picture of?
Any other advice would be greatly appreciated =)
How do u know u have a good photo?
Our community member igor writes: “I take lots of picture but sometimes i have problem telling which one is good which is bad.”
Gabriel by Igor (profile)
Reply by randy epperson:
A photography instructor gave our class a list for quality control:
- check exposure: appropriate for subject, mood?
- check sharpness: tack sharp where needed, depth-of-field appropriate?
- check the light: is it special?
- check the composition: clean, clear, lack of distraction?
- check the creative and emotional values: emotion conveyed, your unique perspective revealed?
Discussion: Doubts on quality possibilities
Hello to all! I’ve had a canon power shot… it broke… but was handy to travel with…Have a Sony DSC F505V… useless in the sun (only lcd screen), and too big to carry anywhere that’s not a SPECIFIC outing to take pictures… on a cloudy day or indoors! and have just acquired an Olympus Stylus 820…. am excited about LEARNING.
Photography has always been my postponed hobby… but now I’m reading your comments in the forum, and I see that most cameras are NOT “point and shoot”…
Have I made a mistake in buying such a camera, even though it seems to have good “qualifications”?Are any of your beautiful pictures taken with a “point and shoot”? I’m sure it’s just me having to learn about lighting, etc…
HDR Discussion
Hi All,What is HDR and how do I Process an image to get the great results i see on this site. Cheers for any help.
Discussion: Is photography Art?
“We hear over and over the question as to whether photography can be considered as its own form of Art. And we see numerous treatises on yes it is and no it isn’t. The main objection seems to be that it is primarily a mechanical process that handles most of the work—that the photographer has nothing further to do with it, other than some manipulation in the printing of the picture, and by most photographers is the labs that printed the pictures.”
The question that remains is whether or not the photographers themselves are true artists. Another theory is that artists must contribute their personal spirit into their creations. Could it be possible that a photographer using a mechanical device, that creates the image, could impose their personal spirit into the finished photograph?
Understanding Black & White
I’m trying to understand about B&W and sepia, and when and how to use it.
Being very color orientated, I find it hard to get a handle on it. Sometimes I’ve managed to get it right, but I don’t know what I did. It’s all hit and miss with me.
Here’s one that seemed to work really well for me. I showed it on Flickr and got good comments…
What elements make up a good B&W/sepia photo? How do you know whether it’s best to use greyscale or sepia?
How do I protect my camera from the cold?
It is rapidly getting rather cold in this part of the world (Québec - Canada) and I was wondering how best to protect my camera in these circumstances. What I’m mostly worrying about is condense in my camera, when I bring it back inside from the cold outdoors. So I guess my question is;
Photo by Cloudnine
Do any of you guys know of some way to protect a camera from condense?
