One of the main problems is I've Pentax. Not kidding. An agency will
never talk with someone who has Pentax. The minimum is Full Frame, which
Pentax not planning to release. With a Nikon D700 or Canon EOS 5D (MK1)
I could start with luck :)
Also my equipment really lacks many things to become a professional. All
the shots with Dovile was made with the FA 50 f1.4 and I had some "bad
experience" with the focusing speed and accuracy of the K20D.
It also made me think about Pentax and Professional Photography.
Pentax is the very best amateur level camera and so far I know they
always were in the 35mm market. The Pentax K20D is a fantastic camera,
but it has some serious downs. The AF is really a pain in the rear
sometimes, not to mention the focus feedback with MF lenses. For Nature
it's very good since you have time, but for sport and fashion it's kinda
weak. I did 'journalist' photographies with a 40 years old Carl Zeiss
lens (f4/300) and it was way better than the other guy with a Canon EOS
40D + 70-200 f4 L (said the editor :P), but I often feel the need of
something quicker. I did live performance photography yesterday (a dutch
band called Kraak & Smaak played at Trafalgar Square) and many of my
shots seems to be just a little OOF.
The main problem is (I believe) that in this 'running' world you need to
keep the tempo or you will fail (Minolta is one of the best examples).
Also Samsung seem to be getting independent from Pentax as the EVIL
system was developed alone and they don't want to share it with Pentax.
Without Samsung I wonder how well Pentax will suceed, but I am afraid it
might have difficulties.
So all in all I wonder what Pentax will do... but they need something BIG :)
.t
Ps> I can't do professional photography work because I lack the two
E-factor: Experience and Equipment :D
Christine Aguila wrote:
Wow! Stunning! You've picked some gorgeous women to photograph.
Your style is so distinct, Timber--really great! Sorry to hear about
Friday--what was it about last week?
Anyway--I'd follow Cotty's suggestion and get your work out there and
to the London agencies!
Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Timbah!" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:18 AM
Subject: GESO: Meet Dovile :)
Hi list,
I had a quite terrible friday but it turned to be good in the end. I
had my first girl-photo-shoot :)
A lituanian girl asked me to do some photos of her and this friday in
heavy rain we went out (thanks for Pentax Weather Sealing) and took
some pictures.
Well... long story short: We had a good time and in the end I think
we had a few good shots.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/3452600674
More on my stream.
Regards,
.timber
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