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is gorgeous!

5/10/2012 3:15:10 PM

Ronny Great Photos.

I took my kid to Oval Park in Durham this mornign for a playgroup. Here's a quick photo story I threw together after the fact.















[Edited on May 10, 2012 at 3:18 PM. Reason : Added some breaks]

5/10/2012 3:18:01 PM

Quote :

"Considering how the Amendment 1 issue was blowing TWW, twitter, and FB, that polling place looks very quiet. Maybe it was just that precinct, or maybe people that run their mouth on the Internetz need to step up their game."

It was right before polls closed, between 7 and 7:30, so there was not a TON of traffic coming in. There was a long line inside though, and a woman at the location said turnout was probably 4x what she'd seen before.

5/10/2012 3:30:48 PM

I like the sign-holder's bible verse cheat sheet on the back of his sign

5/10/2012 4:01:07 PM

Took the kid strawberry picking this morning.

5/11/2012 3:43:55 PM

Misc. from the other night. The lighting in Ruckus is the worst. Even with a 5D MkII shooting at 1.4 or 1.8, it was still grainy. So that's why they're black and white.

5/11/2012 4:02:18 PM

Well that last photo is certainly attractive

5/11/2012 5:15:18 PM

Took some boring shots of some of my geckos today. I won't bore you with them all.

5/11/2012 9:36:26 PM

why aren't they as cute as the Geico one?

5/11/2012 9:41:30 PM

These are not technically SLR, but I found some old multiple exposure photos I made with a Fuji F20 in Paris and Versailles in 2007 (my NCSU graduation trip with Wolf Treks, yay!) and finally got to run them through the HDR process. I did not strive to achieve realistic-looking results, obviously. Just wanted something that looked cool.









[Edited on May 14, 2012 at 12:39 PM. Reason : .]

5/14/2012 12:19:58 PM

I shot a wedding this weekend with a friend of mine down in Fayetteville. The bride went to VT and her father is a 4 star general, but the groom went to NCSU as did his sister. Now I'm curious if any of the folks that were there from his Wolfpack days were TDubbers.

5/14/2012 8:10:13 PM

^^Great use of HDR! I think they look very natural, as you might see them in person.

5/14/2012 8:54:27 PM

Quote :

"Group Shoot May 19th at Lake Crabtree. We'll plan on getting there an hour or two before sunset. I say meet in the big green field at the first parking lot (gravel lot). Bring whatever gear you got. Volunteers/models for portait shoots are still needed, otherwise I think photographers can take pictures of photographers. Post if you can make it."

Anybody still going to be able to make this? Post and let us know! I might be going to a wedding earlier in the day but I can probably still make this if we are going to have a group show up.

5/16/2012 8:00:23 AM

Count me in.

5/16/2012 8:17:11 AM

I will come if I don't go out of town!

5/16/2012 9:09:42 AM

I let a buddy borrow my lights, so I won't really have any gear to bring. If I'm free I will try to make it though.

5/16/2012 10:22:05 AM

I plan to come out if the weather forecast does not change. What time exactly is 2 hrs before sunset?

5/16/2012 12:34:04 PM

shot a flock of seagulls on friday












these guys were asleep during "I Ran" I felt so bad for them


Review: http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2012/05/flock_of_seagulls_concert_review_miami_may_11_2012.php

Full Slideshow: http://www.miaminewtimes.com/slideshow/a-flock-of-seagulls-at-grand-central-36789608/

[Edited on May 16, 2012 at 1:19 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2012 12:55:16 PM

Interesting crowd.

5/16/2012 1:46:50 PM

What did you shoot with Bweez? Inquiring minds want to know whether crop sensors can handle live concert shoots or if those are best left to the 5D folk.

5/16/2012 2:07:17 PM

they can

5/16/2012 2:11:53 PM

I mean, in a quality way.. my P&S can handle concerts as well, but not in any printable fashion







The only time I brought my 60D to a small local show even at 2.8 and 1/60 second shutter, my crop sensor needed ISO 2000-2500 to properly expose, which on crop sensor is not acceptable for anything other than small pics for the web. Colored spotlights mounted directly over the performers heads did not help. Maybe some fill flash next time?



Sadly, it looks pretty much same as the P&S :/



[Edited on May 16, 2012 at 3:06 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2012 2:54:26 PM

After shooting a bunch of gigs with a 5D, I don't even want to look at my 40D again. I know it's trite or whatever, but everything just looks different/better with a full frame body. Unless I was shooting heavy amounts of sports (or anything requiring long glass and high fps), I'd go with a full frame if given the option.

5/16/2012 4:30:11 PM

Quote :

"What did you shoot with Bweez? Inquiring minds want to know whether crop sensors can handle live concert shoots or if those are best left to the 5D folk."

All of the shots posted here are with my 7D and all of them except the two old guys sleeping are with my 85mm f/1.8.

I want a 5D mk III but canon really fucked us with the price-tag and I'm half-tempted to get a D800.

Did I handle the live concert shoot?

[Edited on May 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2012 5:02:53 PM

Here is a good deal on a Mark III.

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/74216/buydig.com-canon-5d-mark-iii-22.3-mp-full-frame-digital-slr-camera-24105mm-l-lens-speedlite-600exrt-flash-32gb-45mbsec-memory

^Also if anybody wants to do a concert one night with a small group and can get permission, I would be down and can help answer your question. I can shoot it with my D7000 and my 50mm 1.8 len, which comes out close to the full frame & 85 mm 1.8 you used above. We could even sync the settings and see how both cameras come out to do a full head to head test.

[Edited on May 16, 2012 at 5:08 PM. Reason : ]

5/16/2012 5:04:30 PM

i'm in miami, trick

5/16/2012 5:26:19 PM

Quote :

" I know it's trite or whatever, but everything just looks different/better with a full frame body. "

I've heard that from other photographer friends as well. With the Mark III out on the market, reasonably priced used MKIIs pop up on Craigslist pretty regularly. 60D was just much better adapted than any other camera for shooting video, and that was a priority for me. Also since most of my lenses are EF-S other than 50mm f/1.4, upgrade would be kind of expensive. However, I am entertaining the idea of getting MKII with the 24-105 or 24-70 and just keeping the 60D and all the lenses. Sometimes it helps to have two bodies.

Bweez, i meant that your pictures came out looking good IMO. Knowing that you were shooting with the 7D, I am now sure that my shitty concert pictures are due to user error on my part. I'll try again with the 50mm f/1.4 and possibly some fill flash.

Nighthawk if you can find a concert happening next Saturday night, i'd be down to shoot that as well.

5/16/2012 5:32:13 PM

I'd never get a 5D mk ii after getting so used to the 7D's far better AF system.

What lens was that 60D concert pic shot with?

5/16/2012 5:46:15 PM

EF-S 17-55 f/2.8, which usually rocks. Maybe the angle of the stage lighting and high contrast with ambient lighting fucked it up for me that time (Clarification: the first three pics are from S95, the last one is 60D with the 17-55)

[Edited on May 16, 2012 at 7:01 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2012 6:59:04 PM

Can I have the RAW file of the 60D shot to check out in lightroom?

5/16/2012 8:27:35 PM

Ok info for the Lake Crabtree get together. They are using 8:30 as a closing time, so if you want to meet up a couple hours before then we need to meet up at 6:00 to 6:30. Sunset is listed at 8:16 and twilight is 8:45 pm. So not sure how much of the sunset shots we will be able to get and then pack up and head out.

5/17/2012 7:14:58 AM

Quote :

"I'm thinking about a Nikon 3100 or a Canon T3. The Nikon has better specs but I am curious what some of you would suggest for a starter DSLR."

5/17/2012 9:15:28 AM

D3100 is very nice. Especially with the D3200 coming out now, you can probably get a good deal on a D3100. The biggest thing you miss on that is the ability to autofocus lenses that don't have the focus motor built in. I learned and shot for several years with a D40, which was 2 generations back from the D3100. The new camera has lots of additional features that my D40 does not.

5/17/2012 12:28:30 PM

is the 3200 out yet? I've seen preorders for $700

the 3100 is currently $550 just about everywhere I look

I'm hoping the price comes down a little more once the 3200 hits the market

5/17/2012 12:36:18 PM

^Yes they began shipping by the middle of April. Made it out in 2 weeks after the announcement. Now obviously they will be limited for a bit until shipments catch up, but yes the D3200 is out and available for purchase.

BTW has anybody ever hit up the Capital City Camera Club at Raulston? Meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month. I know a guy who apparently does that, but I have never been. Any of ya'll gone and had a good or bad experience? Maybe we could start showing up here as a group and pick up some stuff from them. They are meeting next Monday at 6:30. Here is the website:

http://www.capcitycameraclub.com/index.htm

If anybody else might be interested that is going on Saturday it would be nice to go with some folks that I have met already!

5/17/2012 3:46:00 PM

^ I'd be interested. I'm trying to build my portfolio back up and right now my only subject matter is a 2 year old. Their calendar looks a little out of date.

5/17/2012 5:33:29 PM

My wife, my father, and I went to Hanging Rock recently. She was pretty excited about making it to the top, and I think this was the event that motivated her to join the gym soon after.

5/17/2012 7:19:21 PM

Any ideas for shooting Saturday? I'm comfortable heading out to Crabtree still but it looks like it may be cloudy and drizzly later in the day which could put a damper on things.

There's a skateboarding competition going on at Marsh Creek Park in Raleigh during the day that we could go to as an alternative.

^ Great shots. My wife and I had similar motivation when we hiked Stone Mountain several years ago. We had just started losing weight and the excitement of being able to do that again kept us going to the gym all year.

[Edited on May 18, 2012 at 2:43 PM. Reason : My grammar sucks]

5/18/2012 2:38:29 PM

Yea I too am concerned about the weather forecast. The hourly is not showing any rain, but is showing like 100% overcast, which screws us out of the sunset shots we were going to try to do. I was wondering if maybe we should just try and meet up at something else earlier in the day like the Got to be N.C Festival or something. Shooting skateboarding would be fun too. I pretty much had the entire day free so that I would have no conflicts and would not mind at all if ya'll want to meet up at one event and then head to something else. Even if we can't bring out all the lights and shit we can still shoot something.

Ronny, Igor what are your thoughts? I think you were the two others that had been pretty positive about making it.

5/18/2012 3:29:59 PM

Another topic, did anybody see this story about the lady who built an entire website of stolen photography and was passing it off as her own?

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-picture-of-dishonesty-social-media-slaps-down-a-wedding-photo-faker

Can't believe the balls of that chick, and the speed with which the story went so viral that her entire web presence was forever destroyed in one evening.

5/18/2012 3:33:10 PM

^^Which day is it now? I forgot.

5/18/2012 5:54:57 PM

Tomorrow

5/18/2012 5:58:53 PM

Yea scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, hence the concern!

5/18/2012 7:48:50 PM

I was gonna drive down tomorrow and be in Raleigh by noon or so. I'd be down to shoot all day though. We can definitely do several locations. What time is the skate contest?

In terms of lights, I will have my Speedlights, which Canon people are welcome to use. I can also bring a 12v battery and a DC to AC inverter. Not exactly Vagabond, but it should work with your strobes, Nighthawk. I use this setup with 120V continuous CFL lighting every once in a while.

5/18/2012 8:27:22 PM

The link for the skate contest is http://www.rivalskateteam.com/blog/events/skate-for-life-2012/
It's a charity event and since I looked for alternatives at last minute, I have no idea what kind of attendance there will be. If it rains they are pushing it back to Sunday. I assume they will post something on their facebook if that happens http://www.facebook.com/RivalSkateboarding

I'm free all morning/afternoon and I don't care what/where we shoot.

Also, count me as a definite for Monday's Capital City Camera Club meeting.

5/18/2012 8:41:24 PM

There is also a classic British classic car show at North Hills tomorrow. Cars can be super easy or super hard to shoot outdoors, depending on the condition of the sky and time of the day. But I definitely would not mind trying.

http://ncmgcarclub.org/car_show.pdf

[Edited on May 18, 2012 at 8:52 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2012 8:51:58 PM

I am down. The only issue I have is my wife has a family wedding to go to from about 1:00-4:00. If we are going to be gone during that time then I am going to have to bring my boys with me. Forgot to mention that earlier. So if we do something I can bring them, but just want to give everybody a heads up.

5/18/2012 9:00:32 PM

Kids are great, bring em along. How old are they?

I feel like we need to make a decision on location soon. I vote the Got to be N.C Festival it seems to have a fairly wide range of events going on. Say 12:30 by the waterfall in front of Dorton?

5/18/2012 9:21:34 PM

I'm fine with that

5/18/2012 9:33:55 PM

My boys are 8 and 5. They are pretty good about following dad around and all, so its not like I have a toddler to keep up with. But will make it harder to drag excessive amounts of gear and all too. I am down with 12:30 at Dorton though if ya'll are.

5/18/2012 10:46:17 PM