RE: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...
He is an over achiever. I am still learning to use the computer mouse with my left hand, but I will try to put up a page of kid pics soon. Will let you know. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7... What a clever little man!! Only my first was anywhere near sitting/standing before seven months, the other two have been lazy! lol. My daughter is 14 mths old and only just walking now, mind you she doesn't NEED to walk cause the boys carry (or DRAG!) her everywhere! Can't wait to see some shots of him when your hand is better!
Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...
Hello Tanya, Lookin' good! I, too, just started shooting an FA 50/1.4. But on an *istD - I do like the focal length and the lens is very nice to work with. I like your style. Thanks for sharing, Bruce Friday, November 28, 2003, 11:57:57 PM, you wrote: TMP Hi guys, TMP I finally got myself enabled with an AF50mm f1.7. I have been using the A TMP until now, TMP but the focus has died on it, and I am too lazy to have it fixed. Anyways, TMP thought I'd TMP post some test shots I took with it on Thursday. Not sure of exact TMP settings, but they were TMP all hand held, so would be at least 1/60, Pentax AF360fgz fill flash on TMP some, MOST taken TMP at or around wide open (f1.7). All taken on Kodak t400cn, except for those TMP with coloured eyes - TMP they were taken on Fuji NPH400 (my favourite!), and converted to bw in TMP Photoshop. TMP http://www.tanyamayer.com/familypics/mayerkids.html TMP Click on the thumbnails to enlarge... TMP Hope you like! Seems like a lovely lens to me - sharp, but not too sharp for TMP portraits, and yep, I TMP know, it is about time I got one. Plus, its a good chance to show off my TMP kids to you lot... hehe... TMP tan.x.
Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...
on 11/29/03 8:57 AM, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.tanyamayer.com/familypics/mayerkids.html Beautifull children and shots Tanya! Gotta think about at least one of this small gizmos :-) Just another reason to take more and more photos :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...
I can tell you from experience Sylwek, having your own bundle of joy to photograph whenever you want is MUCH MUCH more expensive than any of the current digital SLRs. You could certainly get a Medium Format rig for less as well. Cory Waters has two kids and LOTS of photographs of each. - Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:33 AM Subject: Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7... on 11/29/03 8:57 AM, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.tanyamayer.com/familypics/mayerkids.html Beautifull children and shots Tanya! Gotta think about at least one of this small gizmos :-) Just another reason to take more and more photos :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.544 / Virus Database: 338 - Release Date: 11/26/2003
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Thanks heaps for your comments guys! Cory, it is funny you should say that actually! I was going to post yesterday, when Herb etc were debating about PDML'ers who don't shoot enough etc. Currently,I shoot about 20-30 rolls per week. Of this, 1-2 is just for fun, 15-20 are for work, and on average, I would shoot at least 2-3 rolls per week of my kids!! VERY expensive indeed. The girls at the local lab (where I send my personal stuff, not work) just roll their eyes in exasperation when i arrive there a couple of times a week and dump a handful of film on their counter! Mind you, the kids are obviously very used to it. My 5yo was making a sandwich today and came in holding up a piece of cheese. He said mummy, i don't think you've taken a photo of me with a piece of cheese ever. H, I was like, ummm, you don't need to have a photo of EVERYTHING that you do matey. To which he answered well, you take a photo of me doing everything else, and i eat cheese EVERY day on my sandwich so i thought you'd like a photo of it too... Plus, he told his teacher the other day, when asked about what mummies do in the home (they were learning about gender roles etc, and of course his answer was mummies give cuddles, and they read stories, and they cook yummy jam drops (a cookie that i bake him)... oh, and they take photos of EVERYTHING i do (apparently, he rolled his eyes whilst making the comment!). So, yep, having kids sure does keep the photography bank in the red, BUT it makes for lots of practice, and many GREAT memories to show them when they grow up. Sylwek said: Beautifull children and shots Tanya! Gotta think about at least one of this small gizmos :-) Just another reason to take more and more photos :-) Sylwek, not sure if the small gizmos you were referring to were my kids or the little 50mm lens that I used, but either way, they are both great to play with! lol. David, i'd love to see some pics of your little miracle! congratulations on his arrival! he is getting to a lovely age, plenty of cute smiles to photograph, and once he is sitting on his own, it makes life alot easier too! Bruce, it is a nice light lens, and great focal length. Probably wouldn't be able to use it for shooting kids other than my own though as it distracts them too much when you get that close to them, and can be difficult to get natural expressions. Will keep using my 135mm I think, but for my kids they beg me to take their photos and the closer the better! tan.x. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 10:45 PM Subject: Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7... I can tell you from experience Sylwek, having your own bundle of joy to photograph whenever you want is MUCH MUCH more expensive than any of the current digital SLRs. You could certainly get a Medium Format rig for less as well. Cory Waters has two kids and LOTS of photographs of each. - Original Message - From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:33 AM Subject: Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7... on 11/29/03 8:57 AM, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.tanyamayer.com/familypics/mayerkids.html Beautifull children and shots Tanya! Gotta think about at least one of this small gizmos :-) Just another reason to take more and more photos :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.544 / Virus Database: 338 - Release Date: 11/26/2003
Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...
the just for fun are the most important. they are the ones where you can experiment and try things just to see what happens. with large format, just about every shot is a money shot. that and the limited range of focal lengths available forces a lot of conservative shooting techniques. i said once that if you had film with 10 stops dynamic range, you could shoot a lot of great landscape and nature shots at high noon on a sunny day and was thoroughly ridiculed for it. now that i have a set of Photoshop filters for automatically layering exposures, i have been shooting 6 stop scales for a total range of 10-11 stops on my digital cameras and taking pictures of deep shadow to full sunlight. it opens a lot of possibilities of getting good landscape and nature shots in the middle of the day. the limitations of slide film have forced landscape and photographers into early morning/evening, and overcast day photographers. there are a whole lot of other days in the year too. gotta think out of the box. Herb - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 8:24 AM Subject: Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7... Cory, it is funny you should say that actually! I was going to post yesterday, when Herb etc were debating about PDML'ers who don't shoot enough etc. Currently,I shoot about 20-30 rolls per week. Of this, 1-2 is just for fun, 15-20 are for work, and on average, I would shoot at least 2-3 rolls per week of my kids!! VERY expensive indeed.
Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...
- Original Message - From: Herb Chong Subject: Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7... i said once that if you had film with 10 stops dynamic range, you could shoot a lot of great landscape and nature shots at high noon on a sunny day and was thoroughly ridiculed for it. now that i have a set of Photoshop filters for automatically layering exposures, i have been shooting 6 stop scales for a total range of 10-11 stops on my digital cameras and taking pictures of deep shadow to full sunlight. it opens a lot of possibilities of getting good landscape and nature shots in the middle of the day. the limitations of slide film have forced landscape and photographers into early morning/evening, and overcast day photographers. there are a whole lot of other days in the year too. gotta think out of the box. I have tried this technique also with great success. I have found that sometimes the best light is straight overhead, and a longer range film would be nice. There isn't a film made that won't have problems securing a 10 stop range with printable results. William Robb
Re: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...
What a clever little man!! Only my first was anywhere near sitting/standing before seven months, the other two have been lazy! lol. My daughter is 14 mths old and only just walking now, mind you she doesn't NEED to walk cause the boys carry (or DRAG!) her everywhere! Can't wait to see some shots of him when your hand is better! - Original Message - From: David Madsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 4:54 AM Subject: RE: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7... Sitting on his own? He is already standing on his own! And my hand is in a cast so my wife has to do all the picture taking right now. I guess I could hold the camera upside down in my left hand and press the shutter release with my pinky. But them all the pictures would be upside down, LOL. David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com
