Hi Everyone (I hope I'm doing this right!), if not this is just going to Bill I guess....
Thanks for all the great advice - plus the fact that everyone's one the same wavelength just makes me more secure with a decision. Thanks very much. How does everyone manage this on their computers? My husband just set up a separate folder but - wow - there's a lot going on here. : ) I do post on photocritique.net. I would never have thought that anyone would recognize my name here. So, thanks so much, Bill for your words of encouragement. I feel good that nobody here thinks I have a 'baby' camera. I was getting the feeling that if I didn't have the top model then maybe I just wasn't serious enough. I came to the right place. I just recently signed up for the NYIP course and as far as portraiture - anything! Though I find - so far- that I really enjoy adults/teens. Manual focus and toddlers just do not mix.....: ) I also have an 80-210, a 35-80 (both are like 4.5), and I bought a nice 50mm 1.4 that I really like and I use it with a 2x extender - so it was a cheap way to get a 100mm2.8 : ) Really, pretty new - Thanks for the warm welcome and I hope to participate when I feel knowledgeable on anything...: ) take care, Julia Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: >Julia Gerace wrote: > >>This is my first message here and I've never seen this format before - >>Wow... >> > > >Hi Julia, > >Welcome to the group! As I was going through my in-box, I noticed your name >right away -- recognized it from the considerable number of shots you've >posted to Photocritique.net over the past several months. I'm no expert, >but I've enjoyed quite a number of your postings there. A couple I think >are particularly adorable: >http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?zzma5n-p10110737 >http://www.photocritique.net/g/s?zzmgJn-p10110737 > >You do a very nice job photographing children. Children can be difficult >subjects -- the little ones often don't sit still long enough, and the older >ones are often self-conscious. Wish I could do a better job of it. I find >it difficult to manually focus fast enough to keep up with the action. My >16-month-old grandson doesn't mind me getting right in close and shooting >away with a fast 50mm while he's eating, playing, etc., but his older >brother and sisters don't like a camera right in their faces. For them, I >find that 105 is a good focal length for head-and-shoulders indoor shots, >and maybe 85 for including a little more of the body or background. I have >better luck if they're engrossed in an activity and not aware of the camera. >My 135 is faster at f/2.5, but I usually don't have the necessary distance >to get the framing I like indoors. It's my choice for outdoor portraits, >however. > >For what it's worth, I'd say you're doing well with the equipment you have. >A fast portrait lens might be the best bet for your next equipment >acquisition. There's a great site Stan Halpin maintains discussing SMC >Pentax lenses: >http://www.concentric.net/~smhalpin/ > >But like several other folks have mentioned already, your creative vision is >probably the most important thing. > >If you haven't seen it already, there's a monthly Pentax Users Gallery: >http://pug.komkon.org > >I think the May gallery is an open theme, and the June one is a portrait >theme. Hope you'll consider sharing some of your work in these upcoming >galleries. > >Regards, > >Bill Peifer >Rochester, NY - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
