Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-09-03 Thread Derby Chang
I don't know what you are talking about, Ann. These are really natural, intimate photos, with some touching moments. The lighting is gentle and NY as a backdrop can't be beat. Such great faces. On 29/08/2013 1:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-09-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks Derby, these were pruned a lot (down from about 80) - the bright sun photos were removed except for the one of Bride and Groom with buildings.. I'm glad so many people I respect mostly liked what I pruned to and now I'm getting some good feedback from the folks who were there. ann On

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-09-02 Thread Mark C
I'm a little late coming to this Ann, but I think you have a lot of good photos there. 16,18 and 33 stand out for me. I think you caught a lot of good emotion, despite some of the technical flaws (e.g. the noisy images). I only did 3 weddings nad never did get a good shot of bride and groom

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-09-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks Mark - My wounds have healed somewhat.. :-) But truly, I'm NOT doing any more weddings... stress city! ann On 9/2/2013 21:43, Mark C wrote: I'm a little late coming to this Ann, but I think you have a lot of good photos there. 16,18 and 33 stand out for me. I think you caught a lot of

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-29 Thread Bill
On 28/08/2013 9:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting - I'm glad I got my K5 paid for, but I would rather have not done the posed pics - This is a small Geso - I feel ok about most of them - meaning

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Works OK for me Ann. The people look good. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting - I'm glad I got my K5 paid for, but I would

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
Ann, Don't be too hard on yourself. Your pics look very spontaneous and unposed, not necessarily a bad thing. Posed pics are difficult because they mean giving people directions (and sometimes giving individuals directions in a group, which is logistically more difficult). Generally, my simple

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
The pictures are very nice. Love 29, 26, 19, 21 and numerous others. But, like you, I hate shooting weddings and haven't done one in years now. Enjoy your K-5! Paul On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:28:54AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace You should have ordered some overcast to be delivered. Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting - I'm glad I got my K5 paid for, but I would rather have not done

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Assignments/Paul-and-Linda-Get-Hitched/31453928_TSxSrg#!i=2724712337k=x4jSmRR Ann, The outside photos look good to me. Some of the inside photos on the second page look excessively noisy; even

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Stan Halpin
I see no issues with posing/composition. You weren't doing studio shots, but rather capturing small slices of time in a dynamic (and fun!) party. Your friends should be pleased with the results. Two post-processing issues - a. could be my monitor settings, but many of the earlier ones

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread George Sinos
Like the others, I think they look fine. I have respect for anyone that shoots a wedding. It's to much stress for me. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I see no

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Walt
I've shot about three weddings total in my life. And after every one of them, I've experienced the exact same angst you're experiencing. Then, I work on them a bit and go back through them, and still think they're horrible. Then, I go back through them a few days later and see things that I

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Some very nice ones in there ... You captured the moments well. That's the important thing for weddings. Godfrey On Aug 28, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting -

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
You did fine, Ann. You caught the enjoyment and celebration, and that's the heart of it after all. You even got a classic lens-hood-on-backwards shot in #12. :-) Don't beat yourself up. You did really well with the outdoor shots despite the terrace light. A few indoor shots are noticeably noisy,

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Bulent Celasun
Not a wedding masterpiece, for sure. Still, there are really good ones. I liked 10, 13 and 18, for example. I have difficulty memorizing beyond 3 two-digit numbers, that is why ;) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Darren - this is the 20th wedding I've shot.. All the others were in film. I deleted most of the posed photos. everyone was late , we couldnt shoot where I planned to shoot and the light ws horrible. I had 30 minutes at most. the groom directed everything - trying to find a place on the

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 8/28/2013 12:08, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Assignments/Paul-and-Linda-Get-Hitched/31453928_TSxSrg#!i=2724712337k=x4jSmRR Ann, The outside photos look good to me. Some of the inside photos on

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 8/28/2013 12:22, Stan Halpin wrote: I see no issues with posing/composition. You weren't doing studio shots, but rather capturing small slices of time in a dynamic (and fun!) party. Your friends should be pleased with the results. Two post-processing issues - a. could be my

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 8/28/2013 12:37, Walt wrote: I've shot about three weddings total in my life. And after every one of them, I've experienced the exact same angst you're experiencing. Then, I work on them a bit and go back through them, and still think they're horrible. Then, I go back through them a few

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Paul via phone On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 8/28/2013 12:22, Stan Halpin wrote: I see no issues with posing/composition. You weren't doing studio shots, but rather capturing small slices of time in a dynamic (and fun!) party. Your friends

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Ann: I think you caught nice expressions--lots of great emotion. I think you're being too negative. Very nice selection. Cheers, Christine On Aug 28, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 8/28/2013 20:04, Paul Stenquist wrote: Paul via phone On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:15 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 8/28/2013 12:22, Stan Halpin wrote: I see no issues with posing/composition. You weren't doing studio shots, but rather capturing small slices of time in a

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
thanks Christine, Paul, Stan, walt, darren, bob, Godders - you know, all youse guys sorry I'm so -um- so down... it combines with a couple of other things at the moment. I'll get back up soon - I've fallen but I CAN get up - just not as fast as I ustah Thanks everyone for holding me up

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Ann, I do think that you're being too negative. I've looked at the pictures you posted. There were few that I thought that the focus was off, but beside that point - you conveyed the mood of the event and it would seem to me it wasn't a big wedding, so that in a sense, you needn't have to

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread John
On 8/28/2013 11:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting - I'm glad I got my K5 paid for, but I would rather have not done the posed pics - This is a small Geso - I feel ok about most of them - meaning

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:23 PM, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The average NC farmer had a crop allotment of 50 - 75 acres for tobacco on maybe a 100 - 200 acre farm. The allotment was all the tobacco the farmer was permitted to

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-20 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: If you think country gravy has any relationship to mushroom soup, besides both, supposedly, being food stuffs, you've not had country gravy, nor would you be likely to long survive encounter ...

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: Mind you, I noticed the smoke as I peered through the steam rising off my plate of biscuits and gravy (something we don't have in The Great White North, I'm afraid). Man they tasted good! I

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:23 PM, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The average NC farmer had a crop allotment of 50 - 75 acres for tobacco on maybe a 100 - 200 acre farm. The allotment was all the tobacco the farmer was permitted to plant, and would allow him to sell a certain number

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:41 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: Mind you, I noticed the smoke as I peered through the steam rising off my plate of biscuits and gravy (something we don't

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:42:23PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:41 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: Mind you, I noticed the smoke as I peered through the

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:48 PM, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:42:23PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: If you grow up with it down here, your body learns how to process the cholesterol and stuff. ;-) I never thought of that. Ya gotta start 'em young, I

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread P. J. Alling
David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:41 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: Mind you, I noticed the smoke as I peered through the steam rising off my plate

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Franklin
P. J. Alling wrote: If you think country gravy has any relationship to mushroom soup, besides both, supposedly, being food stuffs, you've not had country gravy, nor would you be likely to long survive encounter ... Though I'm not much of a fan of country gravy, I have to agree with PJ on

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though I'm not much of a fan of country gravy, I have to agree with PJ on this one. It bears not even a passing resemblance to mushroom soup, if the gravy and the soup were made correctly. And hand-thrown cathead

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Franklin
frank theriault wrote: Well, I've only had biscuits and gravy when I've been down to GFM, so that's what, three trips now? Anyway, the gravy certainly didn't taste like mushroom soup. It ~was~ quite delicious, but it was ~rich~!! I've never tasted anything quite like it. Yeah, it's /way/

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread Scott Loveless
frank theriault wrote: Mind you, I noticed the smoke as I peered through the steam rising off my plate of biscuits and gravy (something we don't have in The Great White North, I'm afraid). Man they tasted good! They don't taste right without the smoke. Every once in a while I'll wander into

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-19 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though I'm not much of a fan of country gravy, I have to agree with PJ on this one. It bears not even a passing resemblance to mushroom soup, if the gravy and the soup were made correctly.

RE: Weddings and such.

2008-09-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
Hey, that's WEST Virginia . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/17/2008 2:26 PM I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's some pretty serious moonshine operations out there. Places with virtual private armies where the police don't even like to go. Dealing in moonshine and North Carolina's second biggest cash crop (after tobacco, of

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's some pretty serious moonshine operations out there. Places with virtual private armies where the police don't even like to go. Dealing in moonshine and North Carolina's

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-18 Thread Doug Franklin
frank theriault wrote: Mind you, I noticed the smoke as I peered through the steam rising off my plate of biscuits and gravy (something we don't have in The Great White North, I'm afraid). Man they tasted good! I suspect, however that a steady diet of those things would clog the arteries in

RE: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread Bob W
I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... I had a wedding lined up for next weekend but it was called off by the bride. Bad news for me but amusing none the less... You see the Groom was sleeping around on the Bride to be... . . wait

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread P. J. Alling
Isn't that a qualification? If'n she ain't good enough for her own Kin, she ain't good enough for ours! Bob W wrote: I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... I had a wedding lined up for next weekend but it was called off by the bride.

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread Bob Sullivan
Virginia is fine. It's the hills of West Virginia and the Carolinas where the banjo music starts a playin'...Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... I had a

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Virginia is fine. It's the hills of West Virginia and the Carolinas where the banjo music starts a playin'...Regards, Bob S. When Mark and Dave and I head down to GFM we're a couple of hours driving through West

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with HIS sister... LMFAO--;-) Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread Doug Franklin
frank theriault wrote: When Mark and Dave and I head down to GFM we're a couple of hours driving through West Virginia. It's beautiful-but-kind-of-sad country. Hard to imagine how such a place could be economically viable (coal and tourism seem to be about the only industries - and no one

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin wrote: frank theriault wrote: When Mark and Dave and I head down to GFM we're a couple of hours driving through West Virginia. It's beautiful-but-kind-of-sad country. Hard to imagine how such a place could be economically viable (coal and tourism seem to be about the only

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread pnstenquist
When I worked for Hearst Magazine Division in the early eighties, I was assiged to photograph a tow truck that had won a Motor Magazine contest for custom tow trucks. Picking this vehicle was sort of a gag on the prt of the editors. The truck was kind of obscene. It was decorated with hundreds

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-17 Thread Doug Franklin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I worked for Hearst Magazine Division in the early eighties, I was assiged to photograph a tow truck that had won a Motor Magazine contest for custom tow trucks. Picking this vehicle was sort of a gag on the prt of the editors. The truck was kind of obscene. It

Re: Weddings with digital cameras

2005-09-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 13, 2005, at 4:15 AM, Brian Dunn wrote: Hello. I recently got into digital photography. I bought an Olympus C-8080. Great camera, but the EVF would not work for me to shoot people events such as weddings. Try waving your hand in front of the lens on an EVF camera and you will

Re: Weddings, film, digital, Pentax

2003-10-20 Thread Jim Apilado
As an occasional wedding photographer I have never trusted autofocus for important shots. It is always manual focus. I test all of my equipment a week before a shoot to make sure sync is correct, synch cords are OK with the strobe, etc. My film lab was chosen because it has a good reputation

RE: Weddings, film, digital, Pentax

2003-10-20 Thread Butch Black
Hi Brian, welcome to the list. I too have found wal-mart's CD's to have a very blocky mosaic pattern to them. If you use Photoshop (full or elements, not LE) Applied Science Fiction www.asf.com has a set of Photoshop plug-ins that are useful. Digital GEM can help get rid of the blocky mosaic.

RE: Weddings and foodservice, Re: ouch

2003-07-01 Thread Blivit4
Just about all the weddings I've been on had 9 hrs of coverage in the contract. It covers most of the day from the bride getting ready to the end of the reception. It ain't just shooting a party. BR David Chang-Sang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll have to remember this. The wedding I did just