p.3 #1 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
There's a reason they make fast glass and also kit lenses.
It's like comparing a crotch rocket to a moped, they'll both get ya there...
it's how you prefer to arrive.
Flash blows, give me fast glass and I'll bump up the ISO...a "wagon" I'll ride 'til I die.
p.3 #3 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
Old Gene Smith said available light was any light that was available to him. He did some fine flash work where the existing light wasn't right. So some available light sucks and is improved with flash, and visa versa. No simple rules that's why were professonals no, paid to think? No crime in being well rounded and like a previous person said there lenses can and do stop down as the need arises. Dogma blows. Thinking works. Almost a mac slogan isn't it. Let not go there. Everything in moderation including moderation, I think that one was Mr Sam Clemens.
Mar 25, 2008 at 04:09 PM
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p.3 #4 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
different strokes for different folks...
besides, if there was only one magical setting for everything out there, uncle bob can truly be acknowledged to be shooting images at a level equivalent to those charging 2k+ dollars
In addition, those wanting/seeking those magical one settings for all venues do not know their equipment to be warranted to be shooting people's important days =P
That aside, the closest thing for me in having a magical setting is iso1600, 1/60th (try not to go any slower), and the widest fastest aperture i can muster for dance shots. Timing the end of movements gets me shots without motion blur, but for weddings, it changes depending on time, place, and personal intent
p.3 #6 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
G,
It is an old school keep it safe, get the photo type of system and it has an apparently & continues to gain clients and pay salaries. Good for that co; different from what I would do, however, I do from time to time close down the app when it is called for.
Matt do you really believe that Niemans and Walmart provide a similar service? Good luck gettiing someone in a blue vest w/ a smily face to tell you where you can find ketchup, cat-nip or coffee. However, with Red working there, the chances improve.
p.3 #7 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
Aberdeen Photo wrote:
Matt do you really believe that Niemans and Walmart provide a similar service? Good luck gettiing someone in a blue vest w/ a smily face to tell you where you can find ketchup, cat-nip or coffee. However, with Red working there, the chances improve.
;-)
Strokes and folks...
Tom
I guess it was a bad analogy. They both provide consumer services? Is that stretching it a bit far?
I think Red would make an excellent greeter, though
p.3 #9 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
I wouldn't either. He's likely thinging of keeping a few overboat keeners from emailing away? There's always an oddball or two that gets too wrapped up in things isn't there. Why tell the nuts where to go on a rant.
p.3 #10 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
Use whatever you can afford!!!! But why would I limit my self to such an extent?
I want to grow up ;from glory to glory.
May be the company doesn't trust you guys.So the only way to save themselves from embarrasment is by giving you the 12 commandments.
I've been chessing the wagon for too long to quit at this moment.I need a better preacher with better revelations if I am to give up the wagon chess.
p.3 #11 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
Sam Hassas wrote:
47 posts and Golos still hasn't provided a link to this studio he so admires. Why the delay?
~Sam
Let's be fair Sam .. he simply offered the shooting parameters that the studio uses, as far as I can tell he stated no opinion of their work other than to say they have been in business for a long time.
Edited by Mike Mahoney on Mar 26, 2008 at 06:37 PM GMT
p.3 #12 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
Sam Hassas
They don't have a websie, but they have provided a living for over 10 families. To me that says alot about the business, and the fact that the environment makes you feel like part of the family.
p.3 #13 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
I think it is important to keep in mind what this studio is selling. It sounds like they are selling tradition and history just as much as photography. I'm sure there are babies I'm photographing now that I'll do high school grad portraits, the university grad portraits, and then shoot their wedding. I would be shooting that bride's wedding as much for tradition as for technical reasons. The fact that they don't have a website tells me that they are very heavily referral, which also goes along with their history in this town.
My point is that if a new studio opened up in this town, they probably couldn't make a go of it shooting the same type of wedding. Also, if the owner's of this studio moved away from this area, they probably couldn't continue with the same kind of photography. I wouldn't use this situation as any evidence that this type of photography is generally in demand.
p.3 #14 · Get off the low light, large aperature, high iso wagon...
Mike Mahoney wrote:
Let's be fair Sam .. he simply offered the shooting parameters that the studio uses, as far as I can tell he stated no opinion of their work other than to say they have been in business for a long time.
Edited by Mike Mahoney on Mar 26, 2008 at 06:37 PM GMT
Fair enough. I tell you what though, I'm moving to Greece and buying cheap equipement. This gig is supporting ten families?
