Out of Focus & Off Topic MkIII...

humberklog

Any storm chasers out there yesterday?

This from my balcony...the humanity...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRPXZUDY4Z8

But oddly it did get over 10k hits on YouTube. Which is a bit mad:).

dirtyghettokid

i saw that last night on facebook.. i kept having to play it, just to hear the "jesus christ" bit

dinneenp

2 'tips' for The Galway Races (low odds 'bankers') 18:15 Agreement and 19:25 Unaccompanied

dinneenp

dinneenp wrote: »

2 'tips' for The Galway Races (low odds 'bankers') 18:15 Agreement and 19:25 Unaccompanied

Both won

I brought my camera, will post up some photos over the weekend

dinneenp

fixed link and sports photos link added
Photographer Carlos Ayesta rappels down the sides of tall skyscrapers to create breathtaking architecture photos.
link


STUNNING sports photos from The Red Bull Illume Image Quest- link

magicbastarder

you've linked to the photography forum there...

AnCatDubh

Reloading a disposal camera via lomography.com

AnCatDubh

Long exposure and the Square format.

via Digital Photography School

I love b/w and square format.

DaireQuinlan

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Long exposure and the Square format.

via Digital Photography School

I love b/w and square format.

eh WTF

"The rise in popularity of digital cameras over the past decade has coincided with the emergence of a new genre of photography – long exposure photography."

Also, this made me laugh
"If you are familiar with the work of some of the more well-known long exposure photographers then you would no doubt have noticed that many of them choose to work in both black and white and the square format. Why is this?"

Almost solely because Michael Kenna was doing B&W and square long exposures years and years and years ago and everyone else has been ripping him off since

DaireQuinlan

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Long exposure and the Square format.

I love b/w and square format.

Also also "Digital cameras greatly assist with long exposure photography because there is no reciprocity failure with digital"

Reciprocity is a BONUS when you want long exposures. Ach the whole article is just stupid and misinformed.

magicbastarder

i think that article is a failed entry in a turing test.

what do you call photography using exposures in excess of five minutes?

AnCatDubh

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Long exposure and the Square format.

via Digital Photography School

I love b/w and square format.

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

eh WTF

"The rise in popularity of digital cameras over the past decade has coincided with the emergence of a new genre of photography – long exposure photography."

Also, this made me laugh
"If you are familiar with the work of some of the more well-known long exposure photographers then you would no doubt have noticed that many of them choose to work in both black and white and the square format. Why is this?"

Almost solely because Michael Kenna was doing B&W and square long exposures years and years and years ago and everyone else has been ripping him off since

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Also also "Digital cameras greatly assist with long exposure photography because there is no reciprocity failure with digital"

Reciprocity is a BONUS when you want long exposures. Ach the whole article is just stupid and misinformed.

magicbastarder wrote: »

i think that article is a failed entry in a turing test.

what do you call photography using exposures in excess of five minutes?

Um yeah.... I think b/w and square format make for pretty images that appeal to me. Oh, and the author links to many examples people can check out. Yeah, Um.... Oh, and I think Michael Kenna's stuff makes for pretty too.

sebphoto

Recently we had to deal with very picky client. Everything was set and our client agreed to sign the contract, however 20 hours before final meeting our customer canceled the meeting and don't want to proceed. I'm wondering how you deal with such customers and what you would do in such scenario?

magicbastarder

if he bailed before you signed the contract, you've not much legal comeback i suspect.

Ricky91t

Haven't taken out my 1D in ages, decided I'd take it this morning (over my 550D due to 1.3 crop), battery still holding full charge even though it's been sitting there for months, love this camera!

AnCatDubh

Seth Godin on Kodak and misunderstanding quality

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/08/misunderstanding-quality.html

It turns out that what people actually wanted was the ability to take and share billions of photos at vanishingly small cost. The 'quality' that most of the customer base wanted was cheap and easy, not museum quality.

Reasonable business advice I guess - Don't misunderstand the quality that most of your customer base actually want.

magicbastarder

someone should come up with a similar list for photography:
http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/

especially one in agreement with #58.

DaireQuinlan

magicbastarder wrote: »

someone should come up with a similar list for photography:
http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/

especially one in agreement with #58.

It reads tongue in cheek, but I know a few cyclists who are deadly serious about all that crap, so yeah, it'd probably make for a good fit with the likes of photography clubs

Effects

To go slightly off/on topic, I've had a good few bad experiences in bike shops here. Last place charged me to straighten a wheel and when it fell apart ten minutes later they told me the wheel was beyond repair anyway and I should just buy a whole new wheel off them. €170 from them or €90 online. I went online.

sprinkles

What did they charge you to straighten it?

AnCatDubh

The new standard for fair, online image use [thats what the man said].

This.

Oh, they have a web service too.

dinneenp

WOW winners-of-the-red-bull-illume-photo-contest

No. 13 is great.

Effects

sprinkles wrote: »

What did they charge you to straighten it?

€20. It's the fact they told me, when I complained upon return, that it was beyond repair the first time I brought it in yet they charged me to try and fix it that pissed me off. If they had told me from the start I just would have bought a new wheel from them.

AnCatDubh

This might be useful for some / herecy to others.

103 things i've learned about street photography. (not what i've learned. I've probably learned about 10 things. I call it the minimalist approach ).

imho, a gem or two in there.

(if in doubt, click)

AnCatDubh

via Bargain Alerts. Nikon D3100 Digital SLR Camera 18-55mm VR Lens Kit - €285.65 delivered [Amazon DE]

EDIT: AND IT'S GONE

dirtyghettokid

Effects

AnCatDubh wrote: »

This might be useful for some / herecy to others.
103 things i've learned about street photography.

No. 19 Street photos of people just walking by billboards is boring.

Then he writes an article about a photographer he saw on the street and chased down to chat to him using Rule 19 as the lead shot.

I remember some list of his coming up a while back. I checked his stuff out only to be disappointed to find his style was actually Bruce Gilden's and nothing else.

dinneenp

How much did a hipster weigh? An instagram.

AnCatDubh

This is so bad, its....... bad.

http://seriouslyforreal.com/funny/walmart-called-your-photos-are-ready/

dinneenp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6B6OXnyaRk