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RE: Photography - 6/6/2008 2:14:04 PM
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bluestone
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Thanks, Beckeyz and uncabeil!
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RE: Photography - 6/6/2008 3:43:43 PM
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If it's night, just leave it open til the lightning flashes. That's how I shoot fireworks all the time. Just lock the shutter open and wait.
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RE: Photography - 6/7/2008 9:15:22 PM
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If it's night, just leave it open til the lightning flashes. That's how I shoot fireworks all the time. Just lock the shutter open and wait.
The key is to have the right metering. Remote shutter release is essential for good effect. If it's dusk, use spot metering in manual mode and base it on the sky.
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RE: Photography - 6/8/2008 2:11:39 AM
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The only money I ever make is in weddings.....and I've begun to add an hourly charge as well. It's just too draining to spend a good 12 to 14 hours for a set fee.
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RE: Photography - 6/8/2008 7:54:46 AM
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I haven't made any money from photos. I have given photo shoots to very good friends as a wedding gift, etc.
That is why I don't have the SLR I look at now and then. I just can't justify the money for a hobby at this point. Perhaps in the future I'll save up for it. The thing is, to get money for photos you almost have to have the more powerful camera. I recommend atleast paying for it cash. No sense in going into debt for it.
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RE: Photography - 6/8/2008 8:46:26 PM
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PreserveWildlife
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Actually, for landscapes, it isn't so much the camera but the tripod and tripod head that makes the best images. Remote release is a great investment, too. For shots of animals then definitely more performance from the camera is needed.
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RE: Photography - 6/8/2008 8:52:33 PM
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the tripod thing is funny. when talking to pros and serious hobbyists, in nature photography, tripod is a mark of seriousness.
for wedding and portrait pros, it's a sign of amateurishness.
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RE: Photography - 6/8/2008 9:48:14 PM
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PreserveWildlife
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Depends on where those wedding photos are taken. Some of them need tripods for the set shots. Obviously for indoors that isn't always possible or desirable. Of course, if we could get wedding photographers away from using P mode...
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RE: Photography - 6/8/2008 9:58:51 PM
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OLEEguacamole
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the big buck pros from my extensive reading, use tripod for ceremony shots
IF their fast glass can't handle the low light. everything else appears to be handheld. the photogs i'm reading def NOT using program mode.
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RE: Photography - 6/9/2008 8:16:14 AM
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If it's night, just leave it open til the lightning flashes. That's how I shoot fireworks all the time. Just lock the shutter open and wait.
The key is to have the right metering. Remote shutter release is essential for good effect. If it's dusk, use spot metering in manual mode and base it on the sky.
I use a remote release, and spot metering.
I did pick up some good tips at the websites others here provided. So the next storm that brews, I will give it a shot again.
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RE: Photography - 6/9/2008 9:11:55 AM
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uncabeeil
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Art shows are another way to make a few bucks. I've sold a few of my photos to people who saw them in shows.
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RE: Photography - 6/10/2008 6:20:11 AM
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I think you have to turn a profit after a few years of the IRS considers your small business a hobby and all write-off disappear. But I am not a tax lawyer.
I think the idea of a sitting fee is a good idea. That pays for your services and a cd. They can shop around on their own to find a good deal on printing. I would include on a bill-of-sale that they get rights to the work but you maintain copy write and the opportunity to use their image in the future. You can be trusted, right?!?
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RE: Photography - 6/10/2008 6:31:09 AM
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Oh, another way to make a few dollars. This is the 2nd summer I am teaching photography in a summer art camp. I taught digital to middle schoolers last summer (oh, look what happens when we play with "fliters") and it was delightful. I turned that over to the assistant I had last year. He loves it. Last year and this year I am teaching film photography to elementary school kids. They use disposable cameras because they drop them and leave them on the playground, etc. First week they listen to concepts about good photos, then shoot an assignment, then on Friday we have all the photos developed. The 2nd week we crop, mat and scrap book. One ends up in a nice frame. I have some kids who liked it so much last year, they are taking it again this year.
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RE: Photography - 6/10/2008 10:20:16 AM
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I think you have to turn a profit after a few years of the IRS considers your small business a hobby and all write-off disappear. But I am not a tax lawyer.
I think the idea of a sitting fee is a good idea. That pays for your services and a cd. They can shop around on their own to find a good deal on printing. I would include on a bill-of-sale that they get rights to the work but you maintain copy write and the opportunity to use their image in the future. You can be trusted, right?!?
I did not think I could write it off- it would be nice if I could but...
It'd also be nice if I could get a couple of "jobs" that would pay for my Glass Addiction ya know. I have been coveting Macro lenses lately. Glass is not cheap.
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RE: Photography - 6/11/2008 4:23:37 PM
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Praying you don't *personally* experience any electrifyin' moments Blue...
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RE: Photography - 6/11/2008 4:30:24 PM
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i was disturbed to find out lightening can come through a window. boo hoo.
we get predictions of lightning storms every summer and very few of them actually materialize. and we live in a micro climate. the storms come right toward us and then when it looks like two minutes till overhead, they turn and curve into town. heartbreaking. 
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RE: Photography - 6/12/2008 6:28:14 AM
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EEk, we had rain, thank God. And late enough that it got to soak in and not evaporate. I was in bed for the 2nd thunderstorm so didn't get any photos.
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