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Comment by Don posted on Photographer's rights gets a higher profile at 04/12/2009 - 18:26
last week I shot some portraits for residents of a group home...
downs syndrome, brain injury, mentally challenged people.
Having clients hug you and express so much joy and pride in your work is worth more than money.
Seeing somebody hold up a print and call herself pretty, esp a person that might not normally see herself that way was rewarding.
then this week the phone rings only once and it's about people losing thier homes..., before Christmas...
sucks.
downs syndrome, brain injury, mentally challenged people.
Having clients hug you and express so much joy and pride in your work is worth more than money.
Seeing somebody hold up a print and call herself pretty, esp a person that might not normally see herself that way was rewarding.
then this week the phone rings only once and it's about people losing thier homes..., before Christmas...
sucks.
Comment by Don posted on ethics.... at 04/12/2009 - 17:54
got a call from a prospective client in toronto.
wants to have "Incognito" photos done of a trailer park for "selling purposes".
sounds like people might be getting thier homes sold out from under them... or the land at least, by a company that doesn't want to lose any rental income in the mean time...
leaning towards saying no, may just quote ridiculously high price and hope they go elsewhere...
what do you guys think?
wants to have "Incognito" photos done of a trailer park for "selling purposes".
sounds like people might be getting thier homes sold out from under them... or the land at least, by a company that doesn't want to lose any rental income in the mean time...
leaning towards saying no, may just quote ridiculously high price and hope they go elsewhere...
what do you guys think?
Comment by Don posted on ethics.... at 04/12/2009 - 16:12
I got my tinfoil hat...
we all post our face and info to a site and then the gubment gotz face recognition software, so they can collect thier files in one conveinent location... that is much more efficient than collecting it all one person at a time out in the feild....
we all post our face and info to a site and then the gubment gotz face recognition software, so they can collect thier files in one conveinent location... that is much more efficient than collecting it all one person at a time out in the feild....
Comment by Don posted on Photographer's rights gets a higher profile at 04/12/2009 - 15:41
Anvh wrote:
It must quite bothers you
Funny thing is that we have a different attitude and not such problems... maybe people are a bit more open here and rather then call the police they simply go over to have a chat with the man with the camera. And probably in the big cities we don't care any more
I see what you are saying... if you're innocent, you have nothing to hide... so give up your right to be presumed innocent, and let us search...mikew wrote:
I think Ted has identified one main difference in attitude.
A Brit will say I'm innocent so how dare you require me to prove my identity
Stefan's argument seems to be if you're innocent it's no sweat to show your Id.
Mike Said this a couple of posts ago and if this true then why have you so many cases contradicting that, meaning that you're questioned quite a lot of times by the police since you look suspicious when you've a camera.I think Ted has identified one main difference in attitude.
A Brit will say I'm innocent so how dare you require me to prove my identity
Stefan's argument seems to be if you're innocent it's no sweat to show your Id.
It must quite bothers you
Funny thing is that we have a different attitude and not such problems... maybe people are a bit more open here and rather then call the police they simply go over to have a chat with the man with the camera. And probably in the big cities we don't care any more
that argument seem fair, when you're the cop standing at a crime scene, where a store window has been broken and there is a suspicious guy with a backpack standing there.
It wouldn't seem so fair if you were an ethnic minority in an area where every time a home gets broken into, the police show up at your door demanding to search your house.
It would be plain wrong if in both instances, the suspect was innocent.
it isn't a question if there needs to be a line, but where to draw it.
we've allowed those lines to get smudged to the point that they're hard to see anymore.
Comment by Don posted on Photographer's rights gets a higher profile at 04/12/2009 - 14:17
mine is great. love it.
with the 16-45, and the 28-70 I'm pretty happy guy!
I bought this lens after seeing reviews and image quality that met the performance and quality of several PRO models from competitors, at a fraction of the price and was my main lens on my mz5 for many weddings.
handles flare real well, and is very sharp.
with the 16-45, and the 28-70 I'm pretty happy guy!
I bought this lens after seeing reviews and image quality that met the performance and quality of several PRO models from competitors, at a fraction of the price and was my main lens on my mz5 for many weddings.
handles flare real well, and is very sharp.
Comment by Don posted on FA 28-70 f4, Any good? at 03/12/2009 - 22:49
Oggy wrote:
Why is someone trying to strangle her?
I don't know, I think that's her arm...Why is someone trying to strangle her?
She loves me. She even went to the trouble to have someone hand deliver a beautiful love letter to me. It is titled "Restraining Order"... I think she's into some kind of kinky, choke holding, bondage type stuff...
Comment by Don posted on Xmas Present at 02/12/2009 - 21:58
tomkeet wrote:
Well, I tried to convince my better half but she said it would not fit in my Xmas stocking
what? Meagan Fox?Well, I tried to convince my better half but she said it would not fit in my Xmas stocking
Comment by Don posted on Xmas Present at 02/12/2009 - 21:45
the pentax 100 mm macro and the 200mmm da are two I'd look at...
none of your zooms appear to be constant aperture... a real bumer if you're shooting in studio with studio flash... even the 28-70 f4 or 17-70 f4 would be advisable...
or some ltd primes....
none of your zooms appear to be constant aperture... a real bumer if you're shooting in studio with studio flash... even the 28-70 f4 or 17-70 f4 would be advisable...
or some ltd primes....
Comment by Don posted on next lens advice required at 02/12/2009 - 18:49
Anvh wrote:
Doug don't worry about that, the DA*50-135 has also very busy blur just behind the DOF. When you know you just be more careful about it.
Those you have now look good
Neil, Very interesting how the lens renders the blur there, it's pleasant but not quite soft... it's like said interesting.
Don, thank you for those.
You clearly have the blur disks there and they look good.
Is the lens formula the same as the A*85?
nope... 85 2.2 soft is a unique beast, I don't there is any thing like it anywhere.Doug don't worry about that, the DA*50-135 has also very busy blur just behind the DOF. When you know you just be more careful about it.
Those you have now look good
Neil, Very interesting how the lens renders the blur there, it's pleasant but not quite soft... it's like said interesting.
Don, thank you for those.
You clearly have the blur disks there and they look good.
Is the lens formula the same as the A*85?
Comment by Don posted on Best Bokeh Lens at 02/12/2009 - 16:06
Fouind this site if anyone is interested.
http://www.not-a-crime.com/
we all post our face and info to a site and then the gubment gotz face recognition software, so they can collect thier files in one conveinent location... that is much more efficient than collecting it all one person at a time out in the feild....
link
that help you get more paranoid. the gubment got you bugged!