Re: Just one tip

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
I totally agree graywolf, which is why I think my strike rate needs improving. At the moment, like I mentioned, I am getting probably 18 salable images from a roll of 24 exposure film. Of those, probably 4 of the rejects are due to eyes closing/subject moving etc. The two remaining are usually

Re: COMPLETELY OT, but relevant to New Year's Eve...

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Happy anniversary Kevin! tan. - Original Message - From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: Re: COMPLETELY OT, but relevant to New Year's Eve... This one time, at band camp, Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL

Re: Pentax's dSLR future?

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
lol! I was talking to Rob about this comment today. In Australia, the term pissed is taken to mean drunk or intoxicated, so when I read it for the first time, I was even more confused, thinking that he meant he was drunk at the time and so wasn't as angry as he had anticipated! lol... vbg But,

Re: Color film processing at home 1st results (Att: Dave)

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
John, I can't see any of your pics on photonet... tan. - Original Message - From: John Daniele [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:26 PM Subject: Color film processing at home 1st results (Att: Dave) Well I blew the dust off the jobo duolab

Re: 50/1.2 in Trading Post

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill, I just phoned the number and it was answered by a very old sounding man who said it was his son selling the lens ( he also has a K1000 listed in the Trading Post for $235.00!), and that he would get him to ring me back. He didn't speak English very well though, so I won't hold my breath as I

Re: Just curious ... Related questions

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
I am almost embarrased to say that I am one of the ones that falls into the never category having never developed my own films in a darkroom. I did purchase all the gear to set one up a few years back, but sold it all again when I found that I was expecting our baby and would need the room as a

Re: Just one tip

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said:Tanya, that is bullshit. What it means is that you shoot an extra couple of rolls of film on any given job to get the number of hits you need, - that is exactly what I *do* do now Bill, it sucks though, cause I really wish that I could be confident that I could open the package straight

contact sheets...

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
A question to those shooting digital - just wondering how you present your proofs to your clients... do you: a) print out a contact sheet such as that generated in PS? b) hand over a CD with low res files for the purpose of proofing? c) present them to your client as a slideshow etc? d) do

Re: Pentax's dSLR future?

2003-12-30 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said: And this is in no way to imply that I find you or your internet company tiresome. Quite the opposite, I find your posts delightful, and enjoy poking around your website as well. Must admit, I *was* starting to wonder if I should take the hint when you said Of course, I could also tell

Re: Kodak TMAX 3200 or Fuji Press Pro 1600

2003-12-31 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Boris, I recently did exactly what you are planning and experimented at a friends wedding, knowing that they had already hired another photographer for their formal shots. I decided to have a play and used Fuji Press Pro 800. The resulting grain was a pain in the butt. It wasn't significant

Re: PUG January is open

2003-12-31 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Wow, there are some great shots there guys and gals... I think that my pick of them would have to be Fluffy by Fred Widall, I also love Cotty's use of DOF with his The Eyes Have It. Funny that I should pick these two as I am SO not a cat person! Not sure why, although I know that the colours

Re: Happy New Year from Australia

2003-12-31 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
John wrote: ... so anyone without kids leads a shallow, worthless existence? Sheesh, of course, John, that is *not* how I meant it to come across. I probably should have emphasised the our and the we or rephrased it to read It is because of *my* kids that all that *I* do on a daily basis

Re: Happy New Year!!

2004-01-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said: ... and I am sipping on Champagne that I made using the traditional method... Ok, that sounds very ominous... exactly what is the traditional method?!? BTW, Happy New Year to you too...! Must be some heavy duty partying happening in the Northern Hemisphere, the list is veeery

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
ERN asked: Who wears a skirt when taking photographs?? Actually, you know what, I should have said that I was 'figuratively' speaking when I typed that cause, guess what? I NEVER wear a skirt when I am shooting - and especially not weddings. Last week I had 3 guys hoist me and my tripod up onto

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
LOL! He'll be a bit out of fashion dressed like that though! tan. - Original Message - From: Pieter Nagel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:06 AM Subject: Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 08:53:24AM +1000, Tanya Mayer

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
I tried numerous versions of cropping the shot and really liked this one the most. The relationship between fish and anemone is very special and I wanted to convey that in the picture. Thanks again! Christian Yeah, Christian, I think I would tend to agree with you. In fact, I really

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Christian said: bet he can't drop his cameras hmmm, maybe so, and even if he did, he is probably equipped with the technology to fix them himself anyways! lol... Christian asked: have you seen tv in a skirt...? *eek*, i really didn't need *that* picture in my mind's eye, that is going to

scary stuff with win 98...

2004-01-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Omigosh, I just went into Windows 98 Explorer to add some actions to my Photoshop folder, and discovered all of these icons and folders that are faded in their appearance! These are in the c: directory. Then when I go into the Windows folder, there are more of them AND 304 empty notepad files

Re: scary stuff with win 98...

2004-01-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
didn't press something by mistake did you? Hooroo. Regards, Trevor Grafton OZ -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 2 January 2004 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: scary stuff with win 98... Omigosh, I just went

The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, so now that I have p*ssed Cotty off with another of my enormous Aussie posts, just wanted to share with you all the strangest thing that just happened... I just got a booking from an Englishman, who phoned me from, wait for it Sultanate of Oman!! I had to Google to even find out where in

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, I'll play too... These are just my photography related ones, you should see my personal list... 1. To complete my calendar and see it for sale in every newsagent/Target/Kmart/Angerson Robertson Bookworld in Australia... 2. To get my books setup properly so that the tax man doesn't hunt me

Re: scary stuff with win 98...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
it. For the record- Trevor, Robert, Kevin.. if it were any more of a glamorous problem, I wouldn't have a clue! :-) Cheers, Ryan - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 2:44 PM Subject: Re: scary stuff

Re: AP liked the *ist 35mm best

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, I SO didn't need THAT mental picture just before going to sleep... Cotty, I blame you if I have nightmares tonight! vbg tan. ERN wrote: Tanya posted, among many other things: and i know who looks better in a skirt... vbg Who wears a skirt when taking photographs?? To which, Cotty

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Cotty said: snip...and I just need the resolution to see them through. Bloody whinging Poms, never happy, I thought that 6mp should be plenty of resolution for you... vbg tan.

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Kevin, I can't believe that you actually went through them ALL! Thankyou so much for your encouraging comments. This most certainly was my first attempt at this type of shoot. Previous to this, anything I have shot that was even remotely commercial, has always had people in it, and was

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mainly for showing proofs to my clients Boris, but probably for photo editing too, I have a window that site right behind me and I really need a non-reflective surface to work from... Is this a no-no? I can feel another lesson for fairygirl coming on... tan. Hi! TMP 5. To purchase a big

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Leon wrote a really detailed, and most appreciated reply which included: Is there a reason for using manual focus? Yeah, a couple really - I am still getting used to the feel of the autofocus on the Olympus - it feels very different to any of my Pentax bodies, and as I am unfamiliar with it, I

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
ok, so I set myself up for that one, I really should have anticipated the whip jokes... At least that one was G-rated... Hardy, har, har! tan. Christian, the smart-arse, said:Now, how does this tie in with Children's clothing? Keeping them in-line are you? VBG

Re: Happy new Year from a new list member (Charles Braswell)

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mark wrote... For those who don't know, Charles was Best of Show winner at GFM in 2003. Listmeister Brewer and I judged he's the contest (just so you don't attach *too* much credibility to his win!) and Charles's photo is the one for which I unofficially re-named the awards: Instead of

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Leon asked:Does the Oly have depth of field preview? No, but I generally have a gut instinct of what will and will not be in focus. My MZ-6 has it and I have never used it! I think that this, like most of my photography related knowledge is one of my instinctual things, that for some reason, I

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Tom Reese wrote:I always feel that way when I have an assignment. That nervousness can help you as long as your hands aren't shaking G. Use it to motivate you to do good work. Many thanks Tom, and I totally agree. I often tell myself (and other people in earshot when I mention that I am

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Frank said: English accent? Sounded like he was talking from a million miles away? You recently (despite his protestations to the contrary) pissed off that vengeful bastard Cotty? Hohum, and I thought I had this great booking to look forward to, but really, it was just another of those bloody

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Vic wrote:Maybe incorporate some Australian landmarks in the background to help identify it. I'm not suggesting these photos would be better than what you have already shot, just different and it may lead to a visual concept that would help sell the clothing. I know that in North America anything

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Frank wrote: English accent? Sounded like he was talking from a million miles away? You recently (despite his protestations to the contrary) pissed off that vengeful bastard Cotty? And to think, I was all excited about this very cool possible booking, when really it was only yet another of

Re: The weirdest booking ever...

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Thanks Frank, now lets just hope I don't stuff it up... That's great gnus. Good things happen to good people (so I've been telling myself for years g). t.

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Chris asked... How do you pronounce whinging? I assume it's wine-ing, but I keep saying win-jing in my head. then, Bob said: Australians pronounce 'bastards' wonderfully. That's why we whinge so much - we just love to listen to their cute little accent followed by Franks image of fairygirl in

Re: Nick's pics

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Some great shots there Nick! I particularly love that bee one, I have tried shooting bees before and they are bloody hard - the move so quickly and are so difficult to get in focus! Now, if you could only add some cute little babies faces poking out of those bee outfits, the image would be just

Re: Evening / night photography

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ho hum, only serves to remind me how hopeless I am at anything that doesn't involve people! Tom these shots are fantastic! Don't ask me why, but I really love this on: http://www.bigdayphoto.com/cityscapes/munich_subway_04020001.htm tan.

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, I now declare Frank to be 100% crazy... 8 degrees celsius!?!?!? That is sitting by the fire, wrapped in a blanket, watching a DVD and drinking hot milo (aussie hot chocolate), weather in these parts. And in fact, I don't think it is ever below 18 degrees celsius in anytime other than the

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, so moral of the story is that I am better off just bying a normal flat screen 19 monitor that costs pretty much half the price of the LCD displays anyways?!!? Just gotta find room on my desktop for the huge montrosity of a thing... tan.

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said:Right now, we are dreaming of the warmth of 8ºC. Daytime highs here are around -20ºC, night time lows are probably around -30ºC Seriously, how do you drag yourself out of bed in weather like that?!!? How do you get your fingers to work?!!? Give me hot sun, and sweat any day... tan.

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Chris said: That has to be the best o' the lot so far. Thanks, Tan. :) Chris, I have no idea what you are talking about, those definitions were plaguarised straight from the Oxford Dictionary of Australian Pronounciations and Prose - a text that is used and referred to in Universities all over

Re: Regarding Legal Proceedings

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bernard, a legal partner(?!?) declared in this here public forum known as PDML: Please be advised that our client, Mr. F Therriault, has been declared unable to look after his own affairs by a judicial order instigated by his family. A few days ago, Mr. Therriault started an action against

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mark, wear did the trails go?!? Cool shots, btw... tan. - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet The first one was shot on Royal Gold 400, so it's hard to

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
to write these things... ;-) oops, who put that wink there?!? tan. Ah, yes... I couldn't help but be bowled over by the overwhelming impartiality and objectivity that is the hallmark of academic writing. :) Good job on the transcription. ;) chris On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Tanya Mayer

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mark, do you have a printer at home that is capable of printing 12x18?!?! Or do you have a lab nearby that is able to make one quickly? Or do you run a business yourself? Sorry for the barrage of questions, I was just amazed that you said you were shooting today and that you already had a 12x18

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
*eek*, it's a wonder that people aren't sick all the time with colds and flu with temperature fluctuations such as those... I am a real baby - I hate the cold and I would be quite happy to hibernate right through our winter, during which times temperatures generally range from 3degrees celsius

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill said: Or, use the character map. Ok, Bill so enlighten me on what a character map is... tan.

Re: Semi OT: Anyone do a big print yet

2004-01-02 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bill, does this mean that Mark works at, or runs/owns a lab? Bill said: The lab I work at can go as big as 12x18 from digital. The first 12x18 print I did from my ist D was printed within about 15 minutes of being shot. William Robb tan.

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
OMG!! I have a wedding in Airlie Beach on Friday (did you visit the Reef via Airlie? It is the hub where most of the ferries leave for the islands and the Great Barrier Reef. Or did you go there via Rockhampton/Yeppoon?)! Imagine the fun I could have if I could get my hands on one of these

Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
That's a great suggestion John, and one that in fact I am in the process of doing. I will be purchasing a laptop by the month's end hopefully, for the express purpose of burning cds on the run and showing slideshows to clients immediately following their shoot. I am also aiming to purchase a

Re: PUG idea..

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Yeah, I tend to agree with Fred on this one Ryan - it is much nicer to keep it friendlyand besides that - everyone is so subjective, and photography is really a matter of opinions rather than something that can be given an overall scale. This is why I detest the photo.net rating system, as it can

Re: laptop question...

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Cotty said: You buy it. You take it out of the box. It works. Yeah, but my credit card won't if I went out and bought that thing! I have so much that I need to buy at the moment, and the laptop is one of the things that I feel I can scrimp on a little, I really don't need anything with the

Re: Thanks for the Welcome!

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Jasmine, I would like to also welcome you to the list... There never can be too much girl power around here! lol... I have only been back on list for just over a month now, (I use to subscribe a couple of years ago) and I have been welcomed so warmly, it is like I was never gone. The advice,

Re: January PUG Comments Part I

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Comments Part I i entirely forgot to convert to sRGB before uploading. Herb - Original Message - From: Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 5:29 PM Subject: Re: January PUG Comments Part I Ok, so I just did

Re: Today, I feel as though I have achieved something....

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, so this topic ended up relating primarily to, yet again, my rates, with John, Chris et.al observing: That's not a budget - it's a joke. four rolls of film, and expecting 100 shots? HAR! Hmmm, now how do I respond? Well, it all started back in August when a local lady approached me

Re: Introductions, introductions...

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Hi Steve! Welcome! I luurv this one... http://www.elvum.net/gallery/favourite/sun_trees ok, now we are surrounded by bloody whingeing Pommies... vbg tan - Original Message - From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 9:54 AM

Re: It's Stopped Raining

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Congratulations on your wedding Thrainn! Here's hoping that you and your new wife live a long and happy life together... You will have much more opportunity for that *istD to get a workout should you decide to add to your family! all the best, tan. - Original Message - From: Thrainn

Re: Introductions, introductions...

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
http://www.pdml.net/dbrewer/p4.html tan. - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:14 PM Subject: Re: Introductions, introductions... Actually, there is a PDML FAQ. It was once set to all new subscribers and then

Re: Epson 1640 SUP scanner prob ?

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ann, I have the Epson Perfection 1650. It seriously sucks for neg scans and I loathe the day that I bought the thing. For print scanning it is great, but I shouldn't have been such a tight-wad and spent the extra 500 or so bucks to get a neg scanner. I can't help you much cause I've never been

Re: laptop question...

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Ok, ok, at the risk of this thread becoming a world record holder in length, I feel that I do need to respond as I have had many of you taking the time to give me advice both on list and off. And so, here goes... In regards to the laptop - I actually had them mixed up and the one with the burner

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-03 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
If you are eating stakes graywolf, you'd wanna watch out for those blasted splinters - at least you won't be short on toothpicks though... ;-) Sorry, couldn't help myself, nasty aren't I to play on a typo?!?! tan. graywolf wrote: Ah yes, the 4 basic food groups: pizza, beer, stake, potatos.

Re: PUG January is open

2004-01-04 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
much Buffy grin. -- Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: If you are eating stakes graywolf, you'd wanna watch out for those blasted splinters - at least you won't be short on toothpicks though... ;-) Sorry, couldn't help myself, nasty aren't I to play on a typo?!?! tan. graywolf wrote

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-04 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
graywolf said: So, they are geese? How about a pantheon of photographers (are they gods)? No, I got it a murder (crows) of paparazzi. GRIN DEFINITELY a pantheon of photographers, but only if it allows for godESSES too! lol tan.

Down off my high-horse... with a thump.

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Hi all, well, it is 2.12am here and I am heading for bed after a long night of invoicing, contracts, photoshopping files for ftp'ing etc. I just wanted to tell you all about my rollercoaster of a day. Just when I thought I might have been getting somewhere with this whole charging what i'm

Re: Re[2]: PUG January is open

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
You are most very welcome Bruce, credit where credit is due I say, and that little girl of yours is adorable too... tan. Bruce D: Thanks for noticing. Means alot when a people photographer notices. That hair is fun at times, but can be a real pain when she doesn't want to cooperate (seems

Re: JanEweAviary Pug Comments (all photos, long post)

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bruce and Lon observed: Bruce: ...I'm not a huge fan of cropping out part of the head Lon: I wouldn't change a thing, and this violates one rule I've heard of never to crop a person's head in a portrait. Fairygirl says: The best thing to do with rules is to learn them really well, and then to

Re: *ist D lens problem -Healed!

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
My question is, have you since tried it again WITHOUT the grip? And if so, did it revert to not working with those lenses again, or did it keep on keepin' on? tan. 2) My lens problem with my *ist D has gone away. FYI, I had three FA lenses (50 1.4, 100 macro 2.8 and 135 2.8) that could not

Re: Homonym

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
very cool idea!! tan. - Original Message - From: mapson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 12:26 AM Subject: Homonym Seeing the popularity of the word, maybe we should change one of the PUG themes to : H O M O N Y M ? This would test

Re: Nice Website

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
omg, that is one phenomenal photographer, check this it for a fantastic shot... it is totally unique... http://www.brphoto.net/pageimages/Normal/New/yellowtulip.htm thanks for posting that link Robert! tan. - Original Message - From: Robert Leigh Woerner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Techniques [Was: Re: JanEweAviary Pug Comments (all photos, long post)]

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
OMG, WHAT a beautiful site!! Your niece is more talented than I could ever be Bruce... Must be in the genes in your family! lol. tan. - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:47 AM Subject:

Re: *ist D lens problem -Healed!

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Yeah Steve, I get that, :-) but what I wanted to know is - have you tried it again without the grip? And if so, did the lenses continue to work? Or does it now ONLY work whilst using the grip? tan. I moved the batteries from the camera to the grip. I have been using the CR-V3 variety. As

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
In Australia, an eiderdown IS a blanket that is stuffed with said filling. And in the typical, Australian way, we have shortened it to be doona... a word that I always thought was funny for some reason! ;-) tan. - Original Message - From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Loving an image you really hate

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bumper sticker: If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat? Yet another good bumper-sticker slogan butchered (sic) by the sub-editor. The right slogan: If we're not supposed to eat *people*, why are they made of meat? Or, in the Flanders Swann version (which

Re: *ist D lens problem -Healed!

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Oops, please disregard my last post, as I just saw this: Quoting Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I tried what Tanya suggested, and the camera/lens works without the grip. I also waited a while before re-inserting the batteries inot the body. Since there is not little button battery

Re: Cropping Heads

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Cotty wrote: Sorry, but I gotta do it, I gotta quote one of my hero's again here, Jenloup Sieff: I make picture for myself, if someone else likes them, to bad!! Great quote Cotty! Mark, are you taking notes for next year's hall of fame? ;-) tan.

Re: Cropping Heads

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
lol! Spot on Bill! tan. - Original Message - From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:00 AM Subject: Re: Cropping Heads Also add another o to to. Bill - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list

Re: Cropping Heads

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Mark Roberts wrote: Yeah. I've already snagged this one from you: The best thing to do with rules is to learn them really well, and then to learn how to break them even better... What THAT 'ole thing? - it was just something that I copied out of that same book I plaguarised from for the

Re: Cropping Heads

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Cotty said: What a bloody nightmare! fanfare The last time: ' Sorry buy I gotta do it, I gotta quote one of my heroes again here, Jeanloup Sieff: I make pictures for myself, if someone else likes them, too bad !! ' TA DAAA. And now, an exploding penguin. Cheers, Cotty You DO

Re: Cropping Heads

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
. Gotta believe there IS, Tan. . . keith whaley Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Cotty said: What a bloody nightmare! fanfare The last time: ' Sorry buy I gotta do it, I gotta quote one of my heroes again here, Jeanloup Sieff: I make pictures for myself, if someone else

Re: Down off my high-horse... with a thump.

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All of Frank's reply was excellent but this really stood out for me: I'm sure that she just loved the little arrangement she had with you. It seems that you thought of her as almost a friend. She wasn't. She was a business associate. mark

Re: Cropping Heads

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Yes, that's right Shel - they are referred to as happy accidents and this is a term that I learnt when I was a subscriber of PDML last time! See, I DO remember some things... vbg tan. Sometimes accidents make great photos ... and the photog learns something new. graywolf wrote: The

Re: Another Beee-uteeful site....

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bob W observed: Why do people try to hide what it is behind a verbal fig leaf?? Can't answer that one Bob, but LOVE the terminology He also says Viewer disgression is recommended. 'Disgression'? After all that trouble making a really professional-looking website he can't bothered to check

Re: cable release

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Isn't it the same one that you use for the Mz-S and the Mz-6 etc? tan - Original Message - From: mapson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:17 PM Subject: cable release Does anyone know if the current cable release for *istD [CS-205] is

Re: Cropping Heads

2004-01-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
graywolf said: Most of these little rules are intended for beginners. Don't cut off Aunt Tillie's head. Always have the sun over your shoulder. Compose with the rule of thirds. They are basic, how not to fuck up your photo rules. Once you have them down then you can experiment to your hearts

Re: On a hot summers night...

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Cool shots Kevin, I love those ship ones... How cool is that effect of the moon behind those clouds. Funny actually, cause I was outside with my boys at around 8.30 and Jaimyn (my 5yo) observed that tonight the moon is round, so we call it full, and tommorrow it will be a half-moon, you just

Re: *ist D lens problem -Healed!

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
ROFLMAO - I have this dreadful mental image of Steve trying to insert his batteries into Mr Wong... Ok, change of subject, I don't think I *like* said mental image so much... vbg tan. Steve noted: Correction: The CR-V3's are hard to put in Wong. I meant to say wrong, and I know of no

Re: Down off my high-horse... with a thump.

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Hi guys - I meant to comment on this when graywolf and frank raised it. Where I am, it is standard practice to ask for money up front, and I have no problem with that. If they balk at it, I usually just tell them that due to me being such a small business, I don't have enough through-put with

Re: Ergonomics of *istD

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
mapson wrote: * camera too small - with grip is OK - my wife says the same thing This was one of the concerns I have wondered about, I do love my camera to be big and chunky and to look like a professional camera rather than a toy version. tan.

Re: My first photo-wedding

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Boris wrote: So when he recovered, he turned to me and said something like Bro, we have a dangerous job. I was very pleased, one may say g. Cool, a feather to put in your hat! Congratulations... It would take too much of mental power out of me. It is plain difficult. Since I came to have fun,

Re: The Toughest Pentax

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
tom and alex were discussing: Or even the *ist D. My *ist D fell a few weeks ago and the CF door cracked. Someone else on dpreview dropped one in November with a flash attached and the flash ripped off of the hotshoe. The shoe on the camera ripped out? The flashes are designed so that

Re: Ergonomics of *istD

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Christian said: This was one of the concerns I have wondered about, I do love my camera to be big and chunky and to look like a professional camera rather than a toy version. tan. Is it time to start THAT thread again? So small is definately non-proffessional regardless of feature

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
hehe, I like the whiff one Bob! tan. - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:12 AM Subject: Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya.. Hi, I quite like: a bokeh of photographers.

Re: wedding photography...ugh!

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Tom Reese said: The wedding photography thread got me thinking about my experiences... I wanted to shoot some portraits of a bride and groom and couldn't find the groom. He was outside behind the building smoking dope with the best man. By the end of the reception he was stoned out of his

Re: OT: While we're on language, have a collective noun won't ya..

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
ROFLMAO!!! tan. For those who can't afford the istD a cache of photographers For those who can afford the istD a cash of photographers For those who work with tv a crash of photographers

Re: Down off my high-horse... with a thump.

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Cotty, I honestly think that if one was given enough supply of drinks they would be very dead by now. You know, having *that* many drinks in sequence is a bad idea. I know, I know, some bodies are better suited for drinks than some other bodies... But still, I wonder if you could just

Re: *ist D lens problem -Healed!

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
LOLOLOLOLOL! very clever... tan. - Original Message - From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:45 AM Subject: Re: *ist D lens problem -Healed! ROFLMAO - I have this dreadful mental image of Steve trying to insert his

Re: Truth in photography (was: OT - Digital B/W or Colour ?)

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
That certainly gives me some food for thought. Thanks for posting that Cotty and Christian... tan. Christian said: A great quote from that article: I hear the word manipulation forming on someone's lips. Yes, you're right, converting a digital file to monochrome in Photoshop is

Re: wedding photography...ugh!

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Bob admitted: Hi, I crashed a wedding a few years ago in Transylvania. I'd spent the day in a nearby village photographing a funeral, and getting very, very drunk on the local moonshine. Back at my hotel I stumbled, half blind, into a wedding and started photographing the dancing. Some of

Re: Flash photography and *istD

2004-01-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Fritz wrote: I disafree here. With flash compensation I would be able to control how much flash I ad to the existing ambiant light. For instance, someone in the sun, will have harsh shadows. These shadows can be reduced by the usage of flash. If however, the flash has the same brightness as the

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