*** Everybody's Random Photos *** Pt. thr33 (56k Beware)

[96 DX Hatch]

Have the latest plug-in?

 

[97GreenEX]

Maybe the foreground is too distracting in this one? Crop it out?

 

[GETxERxDONE]

coutts - the first camera ricer.

 

[JiuJitsu_greg]

My favorite jiujitsu guy Roger Gracie attempting a choke on Andre Galvao at Worlds in Long beach earlier this year. I played with it a bit in photoshop.

 

[Rand0m]

I'm diggin the site, John..!!

thanks, a friend of ours that does web design is coming over this afternoon to help us "spruce it up"

I just ordered a pair of vivitar flashes. Now, just gotta order the cactus v2 triggers and i'll be set to start learning flash photography..!!

i need to get a sb800 and a trigger, start learning MORE about flash photography

re-edited some old shots...

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/deebs9000/DSC_0221.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s50/deebs9000/DSC_0024.jpg

nice shots

http://i36.tinypic.com/11az5zo.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/59u06u.jpg
http://i36.tinypic.com/bdjq4m.jpg
Maybe the foreground is too distracting in this one? Crop it out?

shots look good, but a crop wouldnt hurt

coutts - the first camera ricer.

 

[LowNotSlow]

Some of these photos don't even look like photos anymore. Too much photoshopping.

 

[Rand0m]

not nearly as bad as 6 months ago when EVERYTHING was a "hdr"

 

[LowNotSlow]

not nearly as bad as 6 months ago when EVERYTHING was a "hdr"

I'm still seeing way too much HDR and some serious work with the Unsharp Mask tool. I think at some point it becomes a digital illustration more than a photo, it's no longer representing what you saw when you took the photo.

 

[Rand0m]

no matter how much i read up on it, i'll never understand the unsharp mask tool i cant use it because i have no idea what it does

i think alot of people see dave hill, etc...and think thats how to get famous, digitize the crap out of your pics take some time to look into the long standing NG photographers maybe not as glamorous, but awesome none-the-less

 

[elisium]

Have the latest plug-in?

as far as i can tell and have looked on adobe i do .maybe i'm doing something wrong. i just updated my firm ware got it from canon and i cant get it to work. i can see the pics on bridge but they wont open in PS. says file no supported.

 

[Genuine Rolla]

I've been reading up on flash photography for the past 4 months so far. Spending lots of time on the strobist site and strobist flickr, as well as taking notes from pretty decent photographers on photograph-on-the.net

 

[Coutts]

i'm a camera ricer

The way i see it, everyone always talks about how they think they've figured out the dave hill effect, or the dragan effect ,etc etc. i just see no point in it. why would you want to copy somebody else? I'd rather be myself and have my own style, you know?

just my opinion

 

[Rand0m]

I've been reading up on flash photography for the past 4 months so far. Spending lots of time on the strobist site and strobist flickr, as well as taking notes from pretty decent photographers on photograph-on-the.net

good chance you might have already been to this site, but if not:

http://www.onelightworkshop.com/forum/index.php

 

[Genuine Rolla]

Never been there...been browsing for the past hour and a half..!

Thanks man..! I just can't wait to start experimenting with the flashes and whatn0t

 

[97GreenEX]

Any good Nikon or general DSLR forums I should know about guys?
Here's a pic I took while my sister and her husband were gettin some pro shots done.

My buddies sexay 240.
I wanna try and start takin pics as a side job to pay for odds and ends here and there...

 

[LowNotSlow]

Any good Nikon or general DSLR forums I should know about guys?
I wanna try and start takin pics as a side job to pay for odds and ends here and there...

My best advice as a professional is to go out and take photos instead of reading all the time. Switch the camera to full manual control and go shoot. Don't allow yourself any digital aids, just suffer through taking bad shots and adjusting to make it better. The best gift of the DSLR is the instant review of what you've done, which means you can adjust right then and there instead of waiting until you're in the dark room.

 

[Szady]

Teach me your ways, oh great photography Dave.

 

[97GreenEX]

Yeah that's what I've started doing. When I first got my DSLR it was using the 8 auto modes. I rarely use them now. I'm usually in S,A, or M. I've gotten my fair share of bad pics as of now lol I have an 18-55mm and a 55-200mm lens. I would really like to get an 18-200mm to make it quicker/easier to take pics in changing situations.

 

[elisium]

Never been there...been browsing for the past hour and a half..!

Thanks man..! I just can't wait to start experimenting with the flashes and whatn0t

damn petey i forgot i have been on that site and ordered the dvd workshop. it should be here i think by friday. good looking out john. we were talking about it this morning i should have posted it.

 

[96 DX Hatch]

Seems you're not the only one having problems with PS.

I am too...just a different kind of PS. My PokerStars thing is being bitchy tonight


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