In a message dated 5/27/2004 10:00:00 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I had to meet someone in downtown Berkeley yesterday afternoon. While
waiting for her I caught these two people sitting and talking outside the
Shattuck Theater (where I later saw Supersize Me).
In a message dated 5/28/2004 7:05:57 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Once in awhile I'll stop someone on the street and ask them if I can
shoot a portrait there on the spot. I found this lady earlier today,
knocked off two frames of her in front of a blue wall, PhotoShoped
In a message dated 5/26/2004 3:42:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PAW: Stalking the Beast
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:20:14 -0400
Speaking of the Pentax 50's, the following
In a message dated 5/26/2004 10:13:40 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We live in a society fuelled by instant gratification and disposable
everything. We need children today who will want to know how things work.
Our throw away culture is nothing to be proud of.
I'm not
Digital photography can provide instant gratification. One of the most
often heard comments here and in other places is that people like the idea
of seeing their photos immediately. They can edit on the LCD display
immediately after the photo is taken. Moving to the darkroom side of the
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Marnie Shel,
Digital photography can provide instant gratification. One
of the most often heard comments here and in other places is
that people like the idea of seeing their photos immediately.
Sure. Taking pictures of books or whatever for eBay or pictures which
Paul Stenquist wrote:
Her eyes drew me in. But I did enhance them a bit in PS. (See
above.) However, the color was there, and the wall was a good match.
Paul
The skill is there to make an excellent picture.
Will you do the same for a certain 50 year old next year? That will
certainly
In a message dated 5/28/2004 11:59:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yeah, some folks spend a long time on their photo work, but I'll bet that,
had they used a darkroom previously, they spent a long time there, too, in
order to get a print just right. And regardless of what
Hi all,
I'm not really satisfied with the scan but its too late to do another
one :)
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=29-May-2004
Cheers,
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Tanya Mayer wrote:
hehe, I am boarding my plane to DC right now - Tornado Tan is on its way!
(more like Slight Breeze Tan is on it's way as I don't have much
gust about me - I am SO exhausted!
I need slep, and some vegemite toast...
tan.
How'd the concert go?
I gather you stayed out too
I hope she'll get a copy...
In spite of Shel's comments, I think it's the sort of image that all her
friends will Ooo and Ahhh over, and tell her That's really YOU! What a
great shot!
She'll love it, and frame it.
So will her mum... g
keith whaley
Paul Stenquist wrote:
She was flattered. She
Bill D. Casselberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
There's an excellent hiking/outdoors shop called Footsloggers near GFM.
Their official t-shirt has the motto --
Hike naked, it puts color in your cheeks.
Surely that can't be good for their bottom line
That's a big honker, isn't it!
Weighs 1 1/3 lbs, and the front element is huge!
And I'm only looking at Pentax' catalog. I've never seen on in person.
William Robb wrote:
A couple of months ago, I enabled myself with an A15mm f/3.5.
It arrived today.
I suspect that Pentax had to make it just for
Hi,
There's an excellent hiking/outdoors shop called Footsloggers near GFM.
Their official t-shirt has the motto --
Hike naked, it puts color in your cheeks.
Surely that can't be good for their bottom line
True. It also makes them the butt of a lot of jokes.
'Boots
Here's an out of the camera version:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2398341size=lg
That, to me, is simply a snapshot. It's not a portrait. When I shoot a
portrait,
I try to make the subject as attractive as possible, using every tool
at my disposal.
Paul
On May 29, 2004, at 1:34
Very pretty. The scan looks good on my monitor, perhaps a tad more
brightness would help.
Paul
On May 29, 2004, at 5:01 AM, David Mann wrote:
Hi all,
I'm not really satisfied with the scan but its too late to do another
one :)
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=29-May-2004
I hope she'll get a copy as well. She scribbled her e-mail address on a
piece of paper, but so far I've been unable to decipher it. I shoot in
Birmingham quite a bit, so perhaps I'll run into her again. I'd like to
do a session with her. She knows how to take direction and is
comfortable with
Mark Roberts wrote:
Bill D. Casselberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
There's an excellent hiking/outdoors shop called Footsloggers near GFM.
Their official t-shirt has the motto --
Hike naked, it puts color in your cheeks.
Surely that can't be
Cotty wrote:
On 27/5/04, tv, discombobulated, offered:
Oh I'll be there. Amazing what a call to an airline's PR dept can do if
the press are travelling!
Cheers,
Cotty
So you are um pressed for time?
annsan (ducking under the keyboard)
There's an excellent hiking/outdoors shop called Footsloggers near GFM.
Their official t-shirt has the motto --
Hike naked, it puts color in your cheeks.
Surely that can't be good for their bottom line
Unless seen under a full moon.
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 28/5/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered:
I'll be bringing a few CD's for us old farts. Kingston Trio and Peter,
Paul
and Mary amongst others.
Bill
Bill, do you have an actual old fashioned cassette
player???
ann
Never mind the cassettes Ann, bring your 78s ;-)
Great PUG. Thanks, Adelheid.
Sorry folks, but I cannot tell much difference between the entries for
cliché month and most other months. I think it's time to end the cliché
theme.
Joe
LOL!!!
Come on Joe, don't mince your words now ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 28/5/04, TAN, discombobulated, offered:
hehe, I am boarding my plane to DC right now - Tornado Tan is on its way!
(more like Slight Breeze Tan is on it's way as I don't have much gust
about me - I am SO exhausted!
I need slep, and some vegemite toast...
tan.
Storm Force Ten in Area
On 28/5/04, HOW MANY PHYSICISTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB,
discombobulated, offered:
Hmmm, most of this month's submissions are far too good to be clichés in
my opinion :-)
A few that caught my eye:
Jaume Lahuerta, Big Ben - ok, so maybe there *are* no original shots
of the Houses
- Original Message -
From: Keith Whaley
Subject: Re: It's here
That's a big honker, isn't it!
Weighs 1 1/3 lbs, and the front element is huge!
And I'm only looking at Pentax' catalog. I've never seen one in
person.
Odd looking lens. It looks for all the world like a 50mm lens with
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Darkroom or Digital for beginners
But I beg to differ that the digital darkroom approach provides
INSTANT
gratification. Not if you really tweak stuff and are a
perfectionist. That can take
hours and hours, in fact.
All
I found B W to be very frustrating in college too, as I too am very color
oriented. But towards the end of the course it started to rub off on me or
something, because I started looking at images differently, even choosing B
W as the preferred medium for some images. You have got to admit the
- Original Message -
From: David Miers
Subject: RE: Darkroom or Digital for beginners
You have got to admit the lack
of worries in ambient lighting for color temp is great though!
I don't admit that one can ignore the colour temperature of light
with black and white.
William Robb
I'm surprised they even bother with a focus ring on that one. What the
hyperfocal distance at 3.5?
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Steve Desjardins
Subject: Re: It's here
I'm surprised they even bother with a focus ring on that one. What
the
hyperfocal distance at 3.5?
At f/3.5, about 2 meters.
At f/8, 1 meter.
At f/22 about .4 meters.
William Robb
Thanks, Paul.
You are right, I might do this.
I am waiting for 4 x 24 Superia, I took with my MZ-S with SMC F
4-5.6/70-210mm (not this girl, though).
The MZ-S has very fast AF, so, hopefully there's a much higher
succes-rate, when it comes to sharpness - than form mys rather slow SONY
autofocus.
On May 29, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I think we'll just have to disagree on the merits of the final result
with
me giving strong praise for your Photoshop skills.
Shel Belinkoff
Thanks Shel. I'll take that. All we really disagree about is the
definition of the word portrait.
To
Hi All,
I have a request for anyone attending GFM and who would like to receive a
pot of genuine Frank Cooper's Oxford Marmalade as a gratuity for the
following:
I would like to buy 3 very simple items, namely some steel insulated
Thermos bottles of the kind I can't get in the UK. I have found a
David,
The slide may be better, but the scan certainly gives us a serene,
peaceful feeling. This is beautiful! The only minor nagging thing
for me is the horizon is about evenly split - I wonder if just a touch
more foreground would have been even better - that being said, this is
a wonderful
City folk! Sunrise down here was 6:11am today. It will be a few minutes
earlier
in a week, plus it is even earlier (probably about 5:30am) on top the
mountain
(horizon is lower). So you better start practicing getting up at 4:30am.
I just remembered why I like shooting people so much...
I knew that, silly - I'm tapering. :)
I have to get up at least by 6 on Tues to get my
train and bus.
(I mean, I knew sunrise wasn't at 7 am!. harumph)
Not only that, but I'll have you know I watch
Weather Channel
so there:)
a
graywolf wrote:
City folk! Sunrise down here was 6:11am
City folk! Sunrise down here was 6:11am today. It will be a few minutes
earlier
in a week, plus it is even earlier (probably about 5:30am) on top the
mountain
(horizon is lower). So you better start practicing getting up at 4:30am.
I just remembered why I like shooting people so
One aspect that you are not considering here is that the earlier
photographers had very poor coverage. Shooting just a few shots of an
affair that can last for many hours (4-8) isn't doing justice to the
affair. My clients normally get a proof book of all the photos along
with whatever albums
From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In initially, I had an entirely different idea of what I was going to
say, but after cogitating on your message content for a while I'll
leave it at this...
This camera was not conceived as a replacement for a Leica M-series
camera, nor was it meant to
The pile reached maximum mass yesterday -
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
Tanya arrived today and was able to reduce it's size.
I thought you should know.
tv
Shel said:
Paul,
You've created something that does not exist. IMO, that's not a portrait
but a work of art, a creation. The work is good, the woman looks good,
but, imo, agreeing with Peter, some of her character is gone. I think, as a
portrait, you overdid the Photoshop work. If this
Hi, gang.
Greetings from Kastrup airport, Copenhagen.
I left Oslo at 17:30 EST today, and right now I'm stuck at the gate on
Kastrup, waiting for clearance to board the flight across the Atlantic.
We're already 20 minutes late...:-(
Information told us it's just a minor technical checkout, so
What was it I said that makes you believe I'm offended in some way?
Quite simply, my opinions are in opposition to yours.
It has nothing to do with you, per se.
We each look at the Optio S4 thru different filters... I don't see a
problem there.
Thanks BE for differing opinions -- or all cameras
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
I would like to buy 3 very simple items, namely some steel insulated
Thermos bottles of the kind I can't get in the UK.
What sort would they be?
I am curious.
mike
When I started talking up the GFM NPW last year, I had no idea it would turn
out as well as it has. Tanya is already in the US, Jostein, and I would
guess, Adelheid are on their way. The homebrew is iced down in the cooler
and a taste test of each variety seems okay. Counting regulars and
That looks about as tidy as the flat I lived in until three years ago.
Now my garage looks like that
tom wrote:
The pile reached maximum mass yesterday -
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
Tanya arrived today and was able to reduce it's size.
I thought you should know.
tv
Hi,
Saturday, May 29, 2004, 4:43:06 PM, Shel wrote:
Paul,
You've created something that does not exist. IMO, that's not a portrait
but a work of art, a creation. The work is good, the woman looks good,
but, imo, agreeing with Peter, some of her character is gone. I think, as a
portrait,
Hi,
Saturday, May 29, 2004, 3:24:24 PM, Malcolm wrote:
My parents had builders in for nearly a year [...] Whenever I hear the word
builders, the phrase 'lock
load' comes to mind.
I knew someone in a similar position, who contracted a builder to do
his whole house, which was very big. The
On May 29, 2004, at 2:26 PM, Bob W wrote:
Perhaps I was born lucky, but none of the women I've known well would
like to be portrayed like this.
I enjoy shooting women and do so quite frequently. I have yet to meet
one who wants to be pictured with zits in place.
Paul
On 5/29/04 2:14 PM, Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Counting regulars and lurkers,
looks like somewhere between 20 and 30 PDML'ers will be together in less
than a week. I'm looking forward to meeting all of the newcomers and
getting reacquainted with the regulars.
Hi all GFM
Hi All,
I have a request for anyone attending GFM and who would like to receive a
pot of genuine Frank Cooper's Oxford Marmalade as a gratuity for the
following:
I would like to buy 3 very simple items, namely some steel insulated
Thermos bottles of the kind I can't get in the UK. I
I think the difference between the positions is clear - and forgive this
short and superficial comment - you shoot to make the client/subject happy,
others make photographs to please themselves or for more of a documentary.
BTW, the only woman I ever photographed who did not care for the way she
Kevin Waterson wrote:
The shot with the mortar flame was captured using the *istD and the
360FGZ flash with rear curtain sync. The shutter was in bulb and the
aperature wide open.
Am I understanding this correctly? With the shutter open, you let the
mortar flame trigger the flash? Cool idea!
Besides that sunsets are much prettier. GRIN
Bill Owens wrote:
City folk! Sunrise down here was 6:11am today. It will be a few minutes
earlier
in a week, plus it is even earlier (probably about 5:30am) on top the
mountain
(horizon is lower). So you better start practicing getting up at 4:30am.
I
What has happened over the past few decades is that the cost per
exposure has decreased dramatically. This benefits the consumer, in
that they can now get more bang for the buck.
In Tom's example of the 1950s photographer, the film was most likely
8x10 sheets, with the prints being made via
Q: Although the new DA 14 have a different FOV on the *IstD than for 35
mm, would it have the same hyperfocal distance?
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you feel you are giving your clients the best posible service for their
money, why would my comments touch a nerve?
My point was that when it was expensive and you may not get paid for it, you
took no chances. You shot what you knew from experience the Bride would pay for.
They did not
Pretty accurate disciption of things, Bill.
The only thing I would like to add is that the engagement photo, and the formals
were usually separate packages done in the studio. The engagement photo in fact
was often a freeby done in the hopes that the Bride would buy the formals and
wedding
On 29/5/04, SHEL, discombobulated, offered:
[regarding Paul's gorgeous blue-eyed gal street portrait]
You've created something that does not exist. IMO, that's not a portrait
but a work of art, a creation. The work is good, the woman looks good,
but, imo, agreeing with Peter, some of her
On 29/5/04, tv, discombobulated, offered:
Tanya arrived today and was able to reduce it's size.
I thought you should know.
tv
Come on, let's see a pic!
Cheers,
Cotty
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City folk! Sunrise down here was 6:11am today. It will be a few minutes
earlier
in a week, plus it is even earlier (probably about 5:30am) on top the
mountain
(horizon is lower). So you better start practicing getting up at 4:30am.
I just remembered why I like shooting people so
On 29/5/04, JOSTEIN OKSNE INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY, discombobulated,
offered:
Greetings from Kastrup airport, Copenhagen.
I left Oslo at 17:30 EST today, and right now I'm stuck at the gate on
Kastrup, waiting for clearance to board the flight across the Atlantic.
We're already 20 minutes
Wasn't it in there ?
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
tv
-Original Message-
From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:27 PM
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: the pile
On 29/5/04, tv, discombobulated, offered:
Tanya arrived today and was
Sorry Shel, but I'm not that one dimensional. I don't just shoot to
make the client or subject happy. I shoot for a multitude of reasons.
Yesterday's shot was an experiment. I wanted to see if I could achieve
near studio results on a street corner, using diffuse light from an
open sky and some
The pile was in there. But we want to see Tanja reducing its size.
On May 29, 2004, at 4:50 PM, tom wrote:
Wasn't it in there ?
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
tv
-Original Message-
From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:27 PM
To: pentax list
Only if you can prove, beyond a doubt, that you have Polynesian blood...
keith
Cotty wrote:
City folk! Sunrise down here was 6:11am today. It will be a few minutes
earlier
in a week, plus it is even earlier (probably about 5:30am) on top the
mountain
(horizon is lower). So you better start
Paul Stenquist made me feel inadequate by, posting these links:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399802
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399804
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399807
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2399808
This one time, at band camp, Andrew Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin Waterson wrote:
The shot with the mortar flame was captured using the *istD and the
360FGZ flash with rear curtain sync. The shutter was in bulb and the
aperature wide open.
Am I understanding this correctly?
It is clear. Great shot and sound technical approach. I like that.
Paul
On May 29, 2004, at 5:41 PM, Kevin Waterson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Andrew Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Kevin Waterson wrote:
The shot with the mortar flame was captured using the *istD and the
360FGZ flash
Pretty nice, Paul. I always wish that I had the nerve (chutzpah?) to do
that kind of thing. A shame she may not see this...
-Original Message-
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 6:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PAW: Street Portraiture
One of the boxes appears to be bleeding styrofoam peanuts...
- Original Message -
From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:21 PM
Subject: the pile
The pile reached maximum mass yesterday -
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
Sorry, Dario ... those distractions contribute to the story. They were
left there specifically to give the people a sense of place. Without those
items they could be against a wall anywhere.
Shel Belinkoff
[Original Message]
From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trying to get rid of some
On 29/5/04, JOHN F, discombobulated, offered:
Pity we didn't know about this earlier, or I could have just paid for
these for you instead of trying to find my UK chequebook, a stamp, ...
LOL
Nothing, in life, is easy ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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Wasn't it in there ?
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
tv
No no, I mean a pic of Tan arriving... or arrived. Or anything. One of
your infamous self-portrait + guest shots :-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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tom wrote:
The pile reached maximum mass yesterday -
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
Tanya arrived today and was able to reduce it's size.
I thought you should know.
tv
gawd, we cant eat THAT much vegemite!
ann
Paul Stenquist wrote:
The pile was in there. But we want to see Tanja reducing its size.
On May 29, 2004, at 4:50 PM, tom wrote:
Wasn't it in there ?
http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/images/pile2.jpg
tv
Too racy
ann
Ah. Stay tuned.
-Original Message-
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 4:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: the pile
The pile was in there. But we want to see Tanja reducing its size.
On May 29, 2004, at 4:50 PM, tom wrote:
Hi Gang,
I found 2 very useful pieces of software in the last couple of weeks.
The first one is called Media Recover, and as the name suggests, it
assists in the recovery of lost files from flash memory cards. I bought
a copy after accidentally deleting some files from both PC and CF card.
Lo
Hi list.
Well the title pretty much says it, is there a stability difference between
3 section and 4 section tripod legs?? In particular I am looking at the
Gitzo 1227M and 1228M series of tripods. While I would certainly appreciate
the smaller size of a 4 section tripod leg, I would not
On 29 May 2004 at 23:48, Shawn K. wrote:
Hi list.
Well the title pretty much says it, is there a stability difference between 3
section and 4 section tripod legs?? In particular I am looking at the Gitzo
1227M and 1228M series of tripods. While I would certainly appreciate the
smaller
I think so, all other things being equal. All my tripods are two section -
Bogen.
Regards,
Bob...
From: Shawn K. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well the title pretty much says it, is there a stability difference
between
3 section and 4 section tripod legs?? In particular I am looking at the
Gitzo 1227M
Kevin Waterson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Andrew Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin Waterson wrote:
The shot with the mortar flame was captured using the *istD and the
360FGZ flash with rear curtain sync. The shutter was in bulb and the
aperature wide open.
Am I
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