The Official Photography Thread - Vol. 3

[vapormercury]

Yesterday

Graffiti room by Akmal Shihab, on Flickr
Roooof by Akmal Shihab, on Flickr
Trust the shooter #2 by Akmal Shihab, on Flickr

 

[mjbetch]

If only I could afford this. :x

Hasselblad X1D First Mirrrorless Medium Format. Priced at $8995
Hasselblad XCD 45 3.5 $2295
Hasselblad XCD 90 3.2 $2695

Equivalent to ~35mm f/2.8 and 70mm f/2.5.

 

[djyoung08]

Hasselblad is not playing around with that mirrorless medium format system

 

[broncos19dm]

Nice pics y'all 

 

[southcitydon]

was hyped to try to catch the full strawberry moon rising over the Bay last night and then the sunset happened. it was such an epic burn that me and about 50 other photogs were all bummed that we weren't in a better location...

the Burn by ryan g, on Flickr

You Had To Be There by ryan g, on Flickr

 

[djyoung08]

omg dude...

 

[Nawzlew]

was wondering why the sky was looking all orange last night.

didn't know about this.

guess i'll just wait another 50 years

 

[djyoung08]

was wondering why the sky was looking all orange last night.

didn't know about this.

guess i'll just wait another 50 years

there's no feature on the "i" versions of rebels that tell you what the sky color is gonna be??!??!?

 

[southcitydon]

and this was the strawberry moon rising. didn't line up how I was hoping for but meh, saul good.

Strawberry Solstice Moon take 1 by ryan g, on Flickr

 

[djyoung08]

and this was the strawberry moon rising. didn't line up how I was hoping for but meh, saul good.

Strawberry Solstice Moon take 1 by ryan g, on Flickr

Goodness man!!! such a unique look

 

[Nawzlew]

was wondering why the sky was looking all orange last night.

didn't know about this.

guess i'll just wait another 50 years

there's no feature on the "i" versions of rebels that tell you what the sky color is gonna be??!??!?

Unfortunately no

 

[bklyn style baby]

and this was the strawberry moon rising. didn't line up how I was hoping for but meh, saul good.

Strawberry Solstice Moon take 1 by ryan g, on Flickr

pure dopeness!

 

[southcitydon]

Thanks bruhs!!! It was an amazing night and I was surrounded by so many talented photogs...it was kinda intimidating.

omg dude...

Goodness man!!! such a unique look

pure dopeness!

 

[yanky]

We've been getting some pretty epic sunrises and sunsets lately. Nice shots SouthCityDon!

 

[jodeva89]

some from my last weekend in thailand.

 

[djyoung08]

Business license came in the mail this week

Now I dont have to beg clients to pay cash

Still will though

Also, got some decals of my logo created

4 shoots this weekend

a wedding next weekend

Projects every weekend until august 6

Literally having a dream come true...

Had to share w/ this thread. You guys have been awesome and very helpful with lots of positive discussions and criticisms.

 

[dvsonm]

Congrats bro!

 

[jewseejay]

lotta amazing things goin on in here

 

[7th Chamber]

Business license came in the mail this week

Now I dont have to beg clients to pay cash

Still will though

Also, got some decals of my logo created

4 shoots this weekend

a wedding next weekend

Projects every weekend until august 6

Literally having a dream come true...

Had to share w/ this thread. You guys have been awesome and very helpful with lots of positive discussions and criticisms.

 

[timelessflight]

Business license came in the mail this week

Now I dont have to beg clients to pay cash

Still will though

Also, got some decals of my logo created

4 shoots this weekend

a wedding next weekend

Projects every weekend until august 6

Literally having a dream come true...

Had to share w/ this thread. You guys have been awesome and very helpful with lots of positive discussions and criticisms.

Good stuff. This is motivational. Need to get off my *** and make moves as well.

What is that stuff on top of your camera? Is that a light meter?

 

[djyoung08]

Business license came in the mail this week

Now I dont have to beg clients to pay cash

Still will though

Also, got some decals of my logo created

4 shoots this weekend

a wedding next weekend

Projects every weekend until august 6

Literally having a dream come true...

Had to share w/ this thread. You guys have been awesome and very helpful with lots of positive discussions and criticisms.

Good stuff. This is motivational. Need to get off my *** and make moves as well.

What is that stuff on top of your camera? Is that a light meter?

Oh its the Canon ST-E3-RT Speedlite Transmitter

Amazon product ASIN B007FH1LJU
I snapped this the day after a wedding and just didnt take it off. I usually only have it on when I do flash work as it triggers the off camera lights.

EDIT -- do ppl still use light meters?

I've never used one... I just expose for the subject and take a test shot and change my ISO based on the test shot. Usually pretty close within half a stop

 

[timelessflight]

Need some advice guys

Gonna do a group photo session in a couple weeks. It'll be with a group of 10 people. I want to know how I can get everyone in focus and what lens i should use and also the settings to use. It'll be done outside so there will be lots of space to move around.

Right now I currently own: 24-70mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/1.4


Should i use a wide angle lens or something long like 70-200mm f/2.8? What about using a tripod?



If you have any examples that you've done, it'll be great.

Thanks

 

[mjbetch]

Need some advice guys

Gonna do a group photo session in a couple weeks. It'll be with a group of 10 people. I want to know how I can get everyone in focus and what lens i should use and also the settings to use. It'll be done outside so there will be lots of space to move around.

Right now I currently own: 24-70mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/1.4


Should i use a wide angle lens or something long like 70-200mm f/2.8? What about using a tripod?



If you have any examples that you've done, it'll be great.

Thanks

With that big of a group, use the 24-70. There's pretty much no reason to use a 70-200 for a group photo unless you're also getting individual portraits/headshots. If you really want the compression and have a lot of space, you could use it. But eh, 24-70 should suffice.


Don't mind this terribly edited photo, but this family photo was taken at my brother's grad. Of course not a real shoot, no creativity, no real time to plan anything.

Taken with a 25mm on a tripod (only cause I'm in the photo too ). Make sure you get a lot of depth of field. This was shot at f/13. I wouldn't shoot lower than f/8 (in bright sun). f/13 was probably too high though. Nothing is "perfectly" sharp in the photo imo. This could be due to the diffraction limit but most likely user error. I would stick between f/8 and f/11. Shutter speed doesn't really matter since speed isn't really a factor. This was taken at 1/160th of a second. You could probably get away with 1/125th, but I'd stick between 1/160th and 1/250th of a second.

DSC00898.jpg by gabrieldiaz, on Flickr

 

[yanky]

Business license came in the mail this week

Now I dont have to beg clients to pay cash

Still will though

Also, got some decals of my logo created

4 shoots this weekend

a wedding next weekend

Projects every weekend until august 6

Literally having a dream come true...

Had to share w/ this thread. You guys have been awesome and very helpful with lots of positive discussions and criticisms.

Congrats man! You're getting paid to do what you love and it doesn't get any better than that. Keep it comin with the shots!

 

[mjbetch]

EDIT -- do ppl still use light meters?

I've never used one... I just expose for the subject and take a test shot and change my ISO based on the test shot. Usually pretty close within half a stop

I do. I got me one of these bad boys.

I use it for when I shoot film. Absolutely necessary, for me anyways, with cameras that don't have a built in light meter. I'll also use it to double check the M7 which does have a light meter, but is pretty finicky with the readings since it only uses spot metering.