Alan Brock wrote:
Scott, I'm not really digging the latest image. There's a bit of motion blur on the upper entire image and the composition looks like you just threw the camera at it...
Seriously though, there should be a lot of a7r's on the market soon as I think a lot of people are anticipating an a7rII announcement. I am very impressed that you stuck with the 7D that long and were able to produce the work you have with it. I shot it for a bit a while back and detested the color that came from it. I think you're going to love a new camera body. ...Show more →
Thanks again Alan. I agree. I have been dreaming about a FF camera for a long time. This time I will save up for it!
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roguecoolman wrote:
Scott,
It's kinda hard to pick favs here man. I would say #3 and #5 speak out more to me, but really you can't go wrong with these. I hope your funding goes well and you get back into photography as soon as you can.
Jason
Thank you very much Jason!!
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Matt Anderson wrote:
Love the organic shapes in the first one, great series!!
Thank you Matt.
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Hardcore wrote:
These are absolutely stunning Scott! Voted! Each time you go out you work to get great images. Sorry to hear about your camera as well.
I almost always read everything you write, but I sure missed what you wrote last night, must have been I was enjoying the ice sculptures too much. But I am sorry to hear about you losing the camera. That is a total drag. Maybe you can pick up a used 5d2? They are as good as the 5d3 from what I hear, and the price shouldn't be too bad. Otherwise, you could consider this a great opportunity to switch and get a D800E or D810...
What an absolutely Amazing set! Very well composed, thought out! I am so sorry about you camera fiasco. :/ i gotta say it was totally worth it for these images! Million dollar images!
I almost always read everything you write, but I sure missed what you wrote last night, must have been I was enjoying the ice sculptures too much. But I am sorry to hear about you losing the camera. That is a total drag. Maybe you can pick up a used 5d2? They are as good as the 5d3 from what I hear, and the price shouldn't be too bad. Otherwise, you could consider this a great opportunity to switch and get a D800E or D810...
Jim
Thank you very much Jim. I am no longer interested in Canon bodies, FF or not. I actually will be saving up for a Sony A7r now. After much research and thinking I'd decided that the Sony A7r & Canon TS-E II 24mm lens is the combo that will best suit my needs and probably cover 90% of what I shoot. I have my Rokinon 14mm for wide and shots if I needed and my 70-200 for longer shots. I do have an old Zeiss 50mm lens with adapter I could use too. That would give me 14/24/50/70-200mm to shoot with. It will cover most of my needs for now.
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chupacabra31 wrote:
What an absolutely Amazing set! Very well composed, thought out! I am so sorry about you camera fiasco. :/ i gotta say it was totally worth it for these images! Million dollar images!
Thank you very much!
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aFeinberg wrote:
Killer set man. Well seen!
Hopefully you had insurance (that's what it's for!) <3
aF
Thank you very much Aaron! Unfortunately I wish I could say yes. One of just many many luxuries out of my reach right now. :/
Dec 03, 2014 at 01:18 PM
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Scott, normally the camera should be just fine after a few days. It's worse if it was seawater. But several of my friends have dropped their Canon gear in rivers. They have just rinsed it in tap water, removed the battery and card. Left it on a towel on a warm place i.e bathroom. After a few days they have checked and it worked perfectly.
But the A7R is a beauty. But forget using the Canon tele zoom since AF is of no use. Manually it's ok. But I tried mine on humpback whales without any luck.
Another great thing is the focus peaking. You will love it
Love those pictures. You really have great eyes for the details
Mark Metternich wrote:
Dang. Always love your work! Love #5 especially.
Thank you very much Mark.
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ArticShooter wrote:
Scott, normally the camera should be just fine after a few days. It's worse if it was seawater. But several of my friends have dropped their Canon gear in rivers. They have just rinsed it in tap water, removed the battery and card. Left it on a towel on a warm place i.e bathroom. After a few days they have checked and it worked perfectly.
But the A7R is a beauty. But forget using the Canon tele zoom since AF is of no use. Manually it's ok. But I tried mine on humpback whales without any luck.
Another great thing is the focus peaking. You will love it
Love those pictures. You really have great eyes for the details...Show more →
Thank you very much Helge. Very good info. I don't use my 70-200 much. Mostly for landscape or macro use so I should, for the most part, be fine but I may sell it at get the Sony 70-200 OSS F4 lens. It looks to be a pretty good lens.
Scott, you have an excellent eye for these types of images. They are by far your strongest, in my opinion. Golden Ice is such an unusual and unique image. The dark soft tones in the paint-like water, combined with the hoar frost built up on top. So nice. Frozen Gorilla Toes (lol) is also just so beautiful! Really nice. Good luck with the camera.
I like #2 and #5 most. Sorry about the camera. I had always thought that you were either a pro or that you had a great job with loads of free time because of the amount of time you seem to have to galavant around the countryside. Seeing that you are asking for crowdfunds, I guess that I had it wrong.
ChrisKayler wrote:
Scott, you have an excellent eye for these types of images. They are by far your strongest, in my opinion. Golden Ice is such an unusual and unique image. The dark soft tones in the paint-like water, combined with the hoar frost built up on top. So nice. Frozen Gorilla Toes (lol) is also just so beautiful! Really nice. Good luck with the camera.
Thank you very much Chris!
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helenica wrote:
I like #2 and #5 most. Sorry about the camera. I had always thought that you were either a pro or that you had a great job with loads of free time because of the amount of time you seem to have to galavant around the countryside. Seeing that you are asking for crowdfunds, I guess that I had it wrong.
Helen
Thank you very much Helen. I am, for the most part a very private guy who doesn't like to blab to the world about what goes on in my personal life. I'll do a little of that now.
I try hard, with my limited income, to produce and present my work as professional as possible. I have been a graphic designer for over 20 years and have designed countless ads/logo/promotional material for businesses so I know how branding works and how it can be an important part of a professional image. Looking professional is only one part of it though. I may be a "professional" by definition as in I make my living off of my real estate photography (sort of) but I can assure you I don't make much. Not enough to move up in life and barely enough to survive. For what ever reason— a good photographer friend of mine who shoots/sells similar subject matter is also baffled—I cant sell prints. Or 1 in a blue moon or 2. I sold 1 print this year and it was the large acrylic one I posted about a couple of weeks ago and that was at a discount so the client would buy it. I made few hundred there but that just went to bills. The scenario is always the same, I get an inquiry for a print that usually goes something like this; "I love your work (or a particular image) and want to buy a print." I then politely and promptly reply with a URL of pricing and info and that is the last I ever hear from these people. It is like they get abducted by aliens or secret government agency makes them disappear for life!!! I can say, as a very passionate artist, this type of scenario is very defeating. To those here that sell many prints I am sure you can't relate to this but for me it is very exciting receiving a print inquiry as it rarely happens. My hopes get up that this could be a sale then it gets squashed by never hearing back from the user. Not even a "thank you" for getting back to them. Rinse and repeat and it starts to take a toll over time. I would love nothing more than to have just a few print sales so I could re-invest it in gear. Not asking to be the next millionaire but sell a couple prints so I could contribute to my passion. Right now, I have pretty much lost my interest in getting out to shoot so I am just going to try and save as much as I can towards new gear. I am honestly tired of using crappy old gear and taped together lenses. Many times I will be very excited when coming home from a personal shoot to find that the file out of the camera is crap. Noisy, banding, CA in corners etc that has nothing to due with operator error or improper settings. I am beyond those mistakes now as a photographer. It's just sub-par IQ in the raw files coming out of my gear. Even before it drowned it was hard for me to get out and shoot knowing the files will have issues when I get home.
I really do not get much time to shoot. It may seem like I get out a lot but I often just grab a quick snap here or there on my way to/from a real estate shoot. Once in a while I get lucky to have a day off and get out with the camera. I work hard, often having 12-16 hour days (driving to shoots, shooting and then home to process). The only reason I think I make it through life is I have no family. Not married and no kids. I know for a fact that my passion, which is embedded deep in me, has cost me 2 relations so far. Now before anyone starts shouting, "why do you get a full time job" let me explain further. I've been there done that. Where I live there are not many options for the expertise I have. There are basically 3 businesses I could work at as a designer and 2 of them I have and the other isn't hiring. And ALL of them the pay is shit and graduate for employees is ZERO! The only reason I still have a house today is because I quit my job to do real estate photography full time. The pay I was making at my last design job wasn't enough to cover my living expenses and since no money comes in from my personal photography I had to make a choice. I either quit and make a go at it or give up, sell my house and move somewhere else leaving what little friends and family have behind. I chose to quit and make a go at it. It has been a huge struggle since and was already a struggle for years prior. I could go into other things non-photography related that has added many more challenges to my life but I don't feel like sharing that at this time.
Many times I feel like a COMPLETE outcast here. Why? I see many well off folks here that have nice careers/families and get to travel to many great scenic locations. Call it jealousy or whatever you want but I have only dreamed of shooting with nice gear for many years now. Not because I am some gear snob who thinks the gear makes the photo but rather the gear I have now limits me to achieve my goals.
