Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
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Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walt Gilbert On 8/15/2011 7:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I forgot a couple of advicelets: Permanently set your WB to Cloudy. Weird advice huh? But here's the thing: you are already shooting RAW (you are, I hope) and you can always adjust the WB to whatever you want later. Cloudy is like

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-16 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Here's another obscure one: take a shot of something neutral gray (I'm assuming you didn't bring a gray card) and you can use that to improve your WB later on (Lr or Ps). I find that the back covers of many keyboards (musical ones) are

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Walt Gilbert
You got some great shots in there, Larry -- http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044114689/20110813-LRC24134.jpg http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044114689/ has to be my favorite of the bunch and20110813-LRC24174.jpg http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044666818/ is a

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2011, at 5:06 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: You got some great shots in there, Larry -- http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044114689/20110813-LRC24134.jpg http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/6044114689/ has to be my favorite of the bunch and20110813-LRC24174.jpg

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Bruce Walker
Some quick advice, Walt. Switch away from matrix metering; go with center-weighted or spot. Chances are the stage lights are focused on the performers, so they're the brightest things in the room. If you go spot metering, meter off of faces. They are close enough to 18% grey so the meter is

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Some quick advice, Walt. Switch away from matrix metering; go with center-weighted or spot. Chances are the stage lights are focused on the performers, so they're the brightest things in the room. If you go spot metering, meter off of

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-08-15 1:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote: For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues in another. For various reasons, they decided to close up shop and last night was their final night, with two live bands. The lindy room had a

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread David J Brooks
Well done i like them all. Dave On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues in another.  For various reasons, they decided to close up shop and last night

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-08-15 1:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote: For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues in another. For various reasons, they decided to close up shop and last night was their

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:56 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Well done i like them all. Thanks. Dave On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues in another.

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-08-15 3:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-08-15 1:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote: For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues in another. For various reasons, they decided to

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-08-15 3:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-08-15 1:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote: For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks for all the advice, Bruce. I do most of those to one extent or the other, though I have a tough time making myself bump the ISO up, even though the camera is capable of it. I never go above 3200 unless it's just to show someone that the camera will do it. I should probably get over

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-08-15 7:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 15, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I find I'm happier with the trad grid thumbnail layout these days. I can browse the thumbs and choose a couple to inspect. If I like what I see I will walk through more of the gallery. Flickriver (and

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 15, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-08-15 7:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 15, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I find I'm happier with the trad grid thumbnail layout these days. I can browse the thumbs and choose a couple to inspect. If I like what I see I

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Bruce Walker
I forgot a couple of advicelets: Permanently set your WB to Cloudy. Weird advice huh? But here's the thing: you are already shooting RAW (you are, I hope) and you can always adjust the WB to whatever you want later. Cloudy is like warm daylight/flash so it gives skin tones a healthy glow.

Re: geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-15 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 8/15/2011 7:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I forgot a couple of advicelets: Permanently set your WB to Cloudy. Weird advice huh? But here's the thing: you are already shooting RAW (you are, I hope) and you can always adjust the WB to whatever you want later. Cloudy is like warm daylight/flash

geso the last night of the Rent Party

2011-08-14 Thread Larry Colen
For the past two years there's been a weekly dance in SF called The Rent Party. Lindy hop in one room, Blues in another. For various reasons, they decided to close up shop and last night was their final night, with two live bands. The lindy room had a couple of lights in the middle of the room