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Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/30/2010 12:36:38 AM · #152

The other day I learned how to hold a foamboard reflector in one hand and hold the camera and manually focus it in the other hand. A much needed skill I believe.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

03/30/2010 12:55:06 AM · #153

I submitted three entries today ... :-(

03/30/2010 12:55:52 AM · #154

Originally posted by Senay:

The other day I learned how to hold a foamboard reflector in one hand and hold the camera and manually focus it in the other hand. A much needed skill I believe.

That's impressive!!

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/30/2010 12:56:06 AM · #155

Originally posted by GeneralE:

I submitted three entries today ... :-(

That's sadistic.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

03/30/2010 01:00:03 AM · #156

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
I submitted three entries today ... :-(

That's sadistic.

No, it's the other one, masochistic ...

... good thing I like the number four because I expect to see an awful lot of it in the near future ...

Senay

Canon EOS-50D

03/30/2010 01:12:36 AM · #157

Here's hoping all three of your images score higher than 5's :)

Oh and Deb get ready for a flurry of potential Free Study choices to hit your inbox within 24 hours! :P

Whoa, too many smileys *resists urge to use another*

03/30/2010 01:23:52 AM · #158

I always get the two mixed up, Paul.

And Andrew, send 'em on. Be happy to take a look! Just be aware I am apparently a cultist and a bad influence. Or something like that.

My free study has been in since the first week of the month. That's never a good sign. But it will be nice to see it again. Heck, what with early onset senility, it will be completely new to me when it pops up on my home page!

Senay

Canon EOS-50D

03/30/2010 01:30:15 AM · #159

I've heard the angry grumblings and while I believe you are a heretical revolutionist I trust your opinions. I still don't understand why people got upset, but whatever I liked the idea and seeing something different is always good.

03/30/2010 03:02:32 AM · #160

Went to watch the moon rise with

Germaine this evening.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

03/30/2010 12:41:20 PM · #161

Originally posted by Melethia:

I always get the two mixed up, Paul.

Read up on the Marquis de Sade and you'll never mix the two up again.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

03/30/2010 03:10:46 PM · #162

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
I submitted three entries today ... :-(

That's sadistic.

Hmmm... this could be a Freudian slip... maybe she really meant sadistic because you're forcing three entries on the masses at large? Shame on you, Deb... :P

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

03/31/2010 05:16:22 AM · #163

She means a Freudian petticoat.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

03/31/2010 08:15:57 AM · #164

*wandering, sipping from flute of pink champagne*

Hey everyone, what's going on? Anything new? Been up to my eyeballs in sugaring, so I've been AWOL and falling behind on my critiquing. Will try to catch up after Easter Monday. Oh yeah trip to the dentist today. Yayyy.

Andrew, your post on manually focusing with one hand while holding a foamboard reflector in the other made me laugh. Now have a shutter releaese in one hand, with a reflector and a slave flash in the other hand. Lots of fun triggering the shutter release AND popping the slave at just the right angle so it bounces off the reflector! :-)

Frankly I think what I need to get next is a donkey to pack all our gear along on nature shoots in the hills, and then a trained octopus to help hold things! It's one thing to go scrambling up along a non-existent trail with a tripod in one hand, knapsack of gear on your back and camera bag on the other shoulder. Even more fun when you encounter steep slopes and/or slippery rocks at the same time. Ahhh!

poser

Canon EOS-60D

Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom

03/31/2010 10:08:49 AM · #165

Okay I need advice, My friend has asked for her birthday that I take a family photo of her family which is 19th people of the 19 there are three babies all under a year. Any thoughts on after looking at my lenes, which one to use. I would like to do outside but it will be midday, if not outside, I have nothing in the way of lights, or background material. No flashes except what is on camera. Also I'm not a really people taking person. So any thoughts besides you're screwed :~) would help.

e10icus

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

03/31/2010 10:27:28 AM · #166

My F'Arts entry was down to the wire, time-wise, and then my flippin' dial-up hosed me. So, now I'm ending up using that for my Free Study entry. Yesterday, I saw that the "Abstract Catalog" caused quite a stir with some people and now I'm just waiting for the pummeling that I imagine I'll be receiving from my "abstract" entry. Am I the only one in here that has ended up entering either a non-entry or an out-take from the F'Arts challenge, and what are your predictions for my chances of excelling in suckdom on this one?

03/31/2010 12:18:33 PM · #167

Hey Rosemary - yes, go outside by all means unless you have an indoor venue with a REALLY big window. Try not to do midday sun directly - the shadow of a building maybe. You want to find a spot with good even light but not harsh. If it's cloudy that day, you're good. If you have to shoot in sun, don't have it directly behind you because it makes people squint. One side or the other is better. As for lenses, I'd suggest the wide end of your 24-105 - ie at 24. Take the 10-22, too, but beware that you'd not want it down much from 22 or the folks at the ends get rather short and fat. :-) Keep a pretty narrow aperture - 7.1 or so - so you get a deep depth of field and hopefully everyone more or less in focus. Get everyone arranged and take a few test shots while they're getting in place so you can check exposures, focus, etc. When you get everyone in place, tell them that they must be able to see you clearly in order for you to see them clearly. Once you shoot, shoot three or four rapid fire at a time. That's your best bet for getting everyone with their eyes open at the same time, and if you shoot rapidly like that and have one person that doesn't have open eyes but everyone else does, you can more easily cut and paste from one of the other frames - ie you hope no one really moves much.

Hopefully all that helps a little!

Message edited by author 2010-03-31 12:19:35.

poser

Canon EOS-60D