GAF Photography Q3 - 2014

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Couple of shots of my corn snake about to eat:

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question for wedding photographers here, how many photos do you generally send the client? Im working on some and don't want to send too little, but dont want to make them wait too long

Over where I work at we keep it flexible at around 400 photos for a full day's worth of coverage. Usually includes the couple's prep, the ceremony and the reception. The general rule of thumb I've been following is to provide the client the main timeline of moments with slight exceptions here and there.

Letting the client have photos to pick and choose from and having that feeling of a big album of memories is important, but it is not followed with strict discipline. It's up to what kind of deal you set up with the client and what expectations of content you set in place for them.
 
These are some of my pics from my Europe adventure, still using my stock T3i lense though.
I'm loving everyone's photos. Some of you guys have such sharp photos, mine never look that good.

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These are some of my pics from my Europe adventure, still using my stock T3i lense though.
I'm loving everyone's photos. Some of you guys have such sharp photos, mine never look that good.

_MG_0641 by Jroman2323, on Flickr

Same camera, same problem, I can see in this photo the same problem mine have, that distortion or unsharpness, I have been using AV mode, one shot AF and only center focus point to see if I can get rid of that problem and improved a bit

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I rarely use AF (only in fast action scenarios) because:

- I realized te joy of having more control of the shot, it adds an extra dimension to the shooting universe
- Sony cameras have a function named focus peaking, which highlights the perimeter of the focused elements, and i think it's a pretty nice and useful aid.
 
What do you think about the Fujifilm X100s? I have been studing this camera I think I might get one but first I would like to have the opinion of someone that has one
 
I rarely use AF (only in fast action scenarios) because:

- I realized te joy of having more control of the shot, it adds an extra dimension to the shooting universe
- Sony cameras have a function named focus peaking, which highlights the perimeter of the focused elements, and i think it's a pretty nice and useful aid.

Whenever I tried manual focusing, the results were always slightly blurry. I could never manage to get the focus spot on like auto focus does. I know you can use the feature which zooms the picture in when manual focusing so you can fine tune it but that's a slow process.
 
What do you think about the Fujifilm X100s? I have been studing this camera I think I might get one but first I would like to have the opinion of someone that has one

I really like mine. It's small, not P&S small mind, very sturdy and incredibly well built. The image quality is fantastic either RAW or OOC. The hybrid viewfinder is very unique and gives the camera a very different feel. On the downside if you're not used to manual cameras the controls can take a while to get used to, plus the menu system is a little quirky adding to the learning curve. Also if you're used to zooms you'll need to adjust to zooming with your feet!

Great travel/take everywhere camera. You should be able to get a good price on the S now with the T coming out as well.
 
I really like mine. It's small, not P&S small mind, very sturdy and incredibly well built. The image quality is fantastic either RAW or OOC. The hybrid viewfinder is very unique and gives the camera a very different feel. On the downside if you're not used to manual cameras the controls can take a while to get used to, plus the menu system is a little quirky adding to the learning curve. Also if you're used to zooms you'll need to adjust to zooming with your feet!

Great travel/take everywhere camera. You should be able to get a good price on the S now with the T coming out as well.

I'm used to shoot manual so no problem in that department. As for zoom, no problem either, my standard lens is a 40mm 2.8 stm. I should feel at home with that camera
 
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I think the harsh lighting/contrasts are a bit unkind to the jumping lady in the middle. Otherwise it's a nice juxtaposition with the two flat jumpers on the sides and the water splashing. But I think there's a bit too much empty space in the image making the interesting parts (the people) become a bit too subdued.
 
Hope tumblr links are allowed here as well, I haven't used flickr in years and I'm almost positive my account was under an email that I lost access to due.

I really want to get into street photography more, but I'm really not sure what the etiquette for that is.

I could have sworn I posted a few pictures of Korea in the Q2 thread, but it looks like I didn't. Here's some of my favorite shots from the past 2 months:









 
What do you think about the Fujifilm X100s? I have been studing this camera I think I might get one but first I would like to have the opinion of someone that has one

I've got the Fuji X-E1 and all I can say is that Fuji is making awesome camera's with shockingly good image quality. They also have great ooc jpeg's that are hard to rival with post processing.

So yeah, I definitely can recommend Fuji.
 
Yo Damaged, I came across some expired slide film (Velvia 100) at my local camera store. Just started it, I'm excited to see how the images come out.

Ooh awesome stuff man, have never tried it expired, that should be fantastic! There is something about the way slide film catches light. Plus the negatives (well transparencies) look amazing, I want to make a back-lit frame to mount my slides on in my living room at some point.
 
Got about 2.5 hours of exposure on the deerlick galaxy cluster and stephan's quintet last night. This is the preliminary result. I'm going to try and get another 3-4 hours on it tonight weather permitting.

 
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