Did you give her a credit?
On 10/10/2010 10:31 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
About a month about I was taking pictures at a party with the K7 and
the 360 flash. I had it pointing straight up for some reason. I
forgot about it (I don't us a flash too often). I turn the camera
sideways for a vertical shot of a kid and fire the flash point blank
in his sister's face. She has a pale complexion so it bounced pretty
well , . . ;-p
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:49 PM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
I find even "Pros" in most cases clueless on the use of flash. I should
have taken a picture at the outdoor venue where the three "Pro"
photographers were shooting a stage show with bounce flash, no ceiling, no
bounce cards, just bouncing flash off of the night sky... Kind of like
all those flashing P&S, and disposable camera flashes from the nosebleed
seats at a stadium concert. I didn't know if I should to laugh or cry.
On 10/8/2010 9:20 AM, David Parsons wrote:
It is very rare to catch someone else's flash during a shot, even in a
pit situation.
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 7:51 AM, paul stenquist<pnstenqu...@comcast.net>
wrote:
On Oct 8, 2010, at 7:21 AM, paul stenquist wrote:
On Oct 8, 2010, at 4:18 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Of the almost 5000 shutter actuations I've put on my K-x since I got
it, I'd venture to guess that less than 100 have fired the flash.
Admittedly, some of that has to do with battery life paranoia -- the same
reason I've used the live view on it less than a total of 30 seconds. I
just don't find it helpful enough to warrant the power usage. And I love
the way the K-x uses available light. Focusing problems and occasional
lens-build issues be damned. It'll be tough for Nikon or Canon to lure me
away when Pentax has such great low light performance for so much less
dough.
Let 'em chuckle. In the meantime, I'll be taking pictures of them
fumbling to replace batteries in the dark.
Any pro photographers will be using cameras with multiple lithium
batteries that provide well over 1000 exposures. No one will be fumbling
with batteires. And no one will be using a pop up flash. Probably all will
have the dedicated Nikon or Canon flash with a dome style diffuser attached.
But they will shoot their long lens stuff with available light if it's
reasonably bright. The full frame Nikon has at least as good low light
performance as the Kx, with a lot more resolution and superb autofocus.
Excuse my replying to myself, but I should point out that flashes aren't
used by PJs just to compensate for a lack of light. They're a lighting tool.
If you have to shoot an outdoor speaker, chances are he or she will be
backlit or perhaps even crosslit. That's done so the speaker doesn't squint.
In that case, flash is used for fill. When those PJs shoot interview
subjects in close, they use flash, in part, because others are using flash.
Each wants to make sure that for their shot, the lion's share of the light
will be coming from close to camera, rather than from 150 degrees to the
rear. If you're shooting at ISO 3200 with no flash and ten other photogs are
shooting at ISO 400 with flash, many of your shots will be grossly
overexposed with light from odd angles. But you should be able to sneak in a
few frames between flashes.
Paul
On 10/7/2010 6:45 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
That's a very good point. I (personally) think that flashes turn just
about everything into a snapshot. So while all of others are blasting away
with flashes, I'm more likely to be shooting at f/2 without a flash. I only
own two flashes (a Pentax ringflash, and a Leica flash for a Leica
rangefinder) and don't use either.
Jeffery
On Oct 7, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
If they give me too much grief, I'll just look at their gear and ask
them, "So ... what's with the flash? I've never had to use one of those
with my K-x. What's it like?"
-- Walt
On 10/7/2010 4:38 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
One suggestion is not to get all bent out of shape when the Nikon
and
Canon shooters giggle at your Pentax.
They will, i've been there.
However i can still get photos from my Pentax gear published so i
just
smile at them.;-)
Dave
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks, Jeffery.
I shouldn't have too much trouble blending in, as I don't plan on
packing a
giant piece of glass with me. Most likely, I'll take my 70-300
f/4-5.6, my
18-55 f/3.5-5.6 and my 2X TC as a "just in case" for anything else
that
might be going on that I don't have the reach for.
-- Walt
On 10/7/2010 11:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
My opinion is to make sure photos don't look like they were posed
(as you
see on the society page), and to be unobtrusive when possible.
Blend in
without drawing attention to yourself when possible.
Jeffery
On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Hi all,
I've just received my first press pass -- as a freelance
photographer for
a couple of upcoming campaign events in a US Senate election.
Having never
done this sort of shooting before, I assume I'll get a pretty
decent vantage
point for the stump speeches and maybe some access behind the
scenes. Given
the collective years of experience on the list, I thought I'd ask
if anyone
has any tips on the best way to capture dramatic, compelling
images at
events of this nature -- what to look for, technical and
compositional
advice, etc.
Also, any advice on the best mental approach to take in shooting
events
of this nature in terms of establishing oneself as a credible
photographer
would be greatly appreciated. As a matter of background, I was
granted this
press pass by a person who had seen my work on Facebook and
Flickr and
really enjoyed it -- or at least she told me as much.
So, I have a bit of a dilemma. Should I approach this as an
ostensibly
hard-nosed photojournalist trying to capture the "reality" of the
campaign
trail in a consequential election? Or, given the very early
stage of my
development as a photographer, should I approach it as a
potential
connection for future job opportunities by taking shots geared
toward making
the subject look as good as I can?
As a matter of pure, career-minded practicality with an eye
toward
getting the proverbial foot in the door to future work as a
photographer,
I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer me.
-- Walt
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