David Anderson
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Hi Aaron,
I have Canon 580EZ’s and they’re fine if used from the right distance.
If they struggle on a fill I move closer and shoot wider.Whatever the top of the line Nikon on camera unit is would also be good.
(I don’t know the Sunpaks)
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I hust showed all those pictures to my Australian wife and asked if we could move back to the US..
She said no..
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
;D ;D ;D
Some great pix there guys..
Dally, you miss cricket ?
Get a grip dude !
(for my American friends, Cricket, is the worlds most boring sport
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PS, a friend gave me some mushrooms, they tasted AWEFUL but,
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“pickups with gun racks”
These are also gone.
Zach
NNNNooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!
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Kevin,
Best of luck with it !
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Dusty, yep it’s tough, but you need a powerful flash to do good fill in hard light.
If you only have a cheaper & less powerful one you can get more out of it by keeping close to the subject to keep the power up.
Using a wide even for close up shots will help.www.dsaphoto.com
A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Hold out for pay, guys. Learn what your work is worth, and demand compensation. There’s no category for amateur pricing versus pro. If someone wants your shot, then you’re a pro. Charge them accordingly.
RIGHT ON !!
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Dusty, well done for getting yourself a camera and getting out there with it, and nice work !
A couple comments on the shots.
IMHO-In the first one the tree line runs very close behind the anglers head and he doesn’t stand out as well as he could.
If you look a little more up or down at him you will change the perspective.On the fish shot there’s also a lot of distraction in the background, to fix that you again, change the angle so you get more of the ground or more of the sky – whatever makes the fish stand out more.
I used to shoot a lot of shots of both those situations and move around while doing it to get the best results – after a while you see what’s going to work before you shoot.
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Hi, I’ve come into this late and haven’t read all of it yet.
(go Ben ! :D)My posistion is that when you’re new you sometimes have to grease wheels to get a look in and be noticed.
This seems to be the case no matter how good your shots are because there’s so many good photographers around now.My points based on 20 years in the business are this –
Give photos away for credits with caution, there’s a lot of people who will flatter and BS to get the free use of your photo.
It saves them a heap of money.If you must do something for credit make a deal where if they forget that credit they pay full market rates.
(it happens)
Be clear on what the use of the photo is – don’t say yes to a shot for a small magazine artiicle for example, only to see it used as a full page ad.Try to ask for something with the credit, a company offering goods or services should be able to give something for your services.
If the refuse it might be because they have ZIP respect for you and your skills.Don’t do this long term, I’ve found that people get used to freebies and wont pay for the next time around.
You have to recognize this and not give in even if it means you miss out next time.And my final point – when you give shots away you’re taking money out of the pockets of working photographers.
We can’t complain because a lot of us have done it as well to get started, but if you make a habit of it you will never get anywhere and not make many friends amongst the pro’s.Contra deals (sorry, another final point :D) are, IMHO a better bet.
Make sure you get what you’re after and always be clear what that is.I’ve found that a lot of people in the fishing industry have no idea and don’t care what photos are worth.
For example a lodge I did 4 days shooting for on the other side of the country thought that providing me with food and accom plus a few days mostly looking on and shooting as others caught fish was a fair deal for my time.
It’s not.
When I go to work as a photographer I get A DAY RATE plus all costs and travel expenses.
It would have cost them a lot more than food & fuel for the boat.When I asked this same lodge when could I come back for a couple days guided fishing I might as well have asked if I could bonk them as well.
I got a firm no – we were square.They had used my shots for a couple years of print ads and lots of other stuff.
I will also add that I shot 36 rolls of tranny film for the job – it cost me a fortune.
All the above is my fault for trusting these people instead of making a clear deal and sticking to it.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Ben, it’s not all glitz and glam here either.. 😉
Can you get me a snip of the Marmot ?
I love the stuff for nymph tails.. 😀Dusty, sorry I didn’t answer the ‘TTL’ question, I missed it..
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No need for concern, I was just spending more of my free time trying to have less free time.
Work needed a little kick up the date.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
;D
I can post some shots of ugly people if it will help.. 😉 😀
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Aaron,
-1 (ambient) is great for big skies like the bike shot, but on the bottom shot it would have made the background a bit dark.
There’s no hard & fast rule – it’s all done by eye.
Here’s a shot from the same shoot where the background was run at normal:
(no fill flash – a scrim was used)
Here’s a background run at around -2 because it was a crap day.
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Zach,
Awesome site and podcasts !
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Fill flash is a term to describe filling in the shadows on persons (or whatever) face when shooting them in daylight or backlit.
Most new DSLR cameras do a good job in auto with the flash in TTL – you need a powerful flash for hard light and will do better with smaller flashes if you keep close with a wide lens.Here in Oz the light is very hard and we tend to leave the flash on when shooting fishing stuff through most of the day.
On the water it’s very important where you have conflicting light bouncing off the water and from the sun.Here’s what I think of as a well filled shot done in very hard light on a dry lake bed.
The subject would have been almost black without flash.
(pro lighting)
This is in hard light around noon on a river – the fill is a bit dark but suits the fish.
(Canon 580EZ in TTL)
If you have a digital camera it’s easy enough to test out your gear and get used to what works and doesn’t.
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IMO There’s almost no chance it’s the camera.
The card on the other hand would be suspect #1 – and he wouldn’t be the first guy to have a problem with the Extreme cards – I stopped using them in favor of Lexar UDMS’s because of problems.
Card readers can also cause a lot of trouble in the earlier models, though I haven’t had a problem with one in a couple years myself.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
I only have the 703 now, sold the others off to keep the rod locker from bursting. 😉
Also I came to the conclusion that the 3 is the best of them and I was fishing with it most of the time and seeing the others sit around doing nothing was a waste.Should be ok to squeeze one more little one weight in there.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Mike, I only have the 3 now as it’s my favorite.
I am very open to suggestion however, and your red ‘just get it’ thing is all the prodding I need.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
You are a tackle star! ::) 😉
I’m working on that twig mission. I think it should involve a bit of footy too, don’t you? 😉
Yes and yes, in that order.. 😉
We can be best of friends on the water and bitter rivals at the stadium amd if they’re any Saffies around together we can pretend we like cricket !
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