[CianMcLiam]

July 27, 2011 at 4:33 pm

Sounds like a load of codswallop to me to be honest, unless they have a before/after comparison there is no reference for a reasonable evaluation of the benefits of the product or the extent of any manipulation. ‘Good’ advertising is always aspirational, if people need to be reminded of that then they have a lot worse to deal with than Make-up ads.

[CianMcLiam]

June 27, 2011 at 4:18 pm

Do you know if it focuses with AFS lenses or just AFD?

[CianMcLiam]

January 25, 2011 at 11:58 am

Sure, I can arrange to pop round that direction some evening this week or weekend if that suits. PM me your number and I’ll let you know.

[CianMcLiam]

January 24, 2011 at 11:54 pm

Hi Peter, the lens is a few years old, not sure exactly as I bought it secondhand. I just inspected it again last night and it is as new, no marks on glass, lens mount and body look like it was never used (I only used it a handful of times myself). There is one or two tiny, tiny marks on the built in hood from taking the lens cap on and off. I used it for some interior shots but now have an opportunity to buy a Nikon 14-24 so am able sell this.

I will try and organise some pics of it and you are welcome to test it with your own camera, I live in North Wicklow but am in Dublin area most days and sometimes travel outside Leinster for work.

[CianMcLiam]

January 24, 2011 at 11:25 am

Just wondering now if the rules discourage pointing out cheaper priced goods available, shouldn’t they also discourage cherrypicking and mentioning an expensive price in ads as that is presumably unfairly working in favour of the seller the same as mentioning low prices is for a buyer?

[CianMcLiam]

January 23, 2011 at 1:57 pm

Thanks for the comments :)

Cheers Mark! I’ve converted it to B&W and it works really well, think I will go with that. Not bothered at all by the blown parts, lots of the photos from the day were like this as it was a very sunny day. I’ll post some more pics from this wedding soon.

[CianMcLiam]

August 24, 2010 at 7:44 pm

Cheers for all the comments :) Will post some more from this session later. RAS, the info is all in the exif (if you don’t have it already, iexif from Opanda http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false; is free and shows all the info with a right click if the exif hasn’t been already stripped out).

[CianMcLiam]

August 22, 2010 at 6:55 pm

Thanks johnnymc and Andina for the comments! The couple were really relaxed which helped enormously. They were happy with the pics too, the range of locations in the city was fantastic, much more variety than I’m used to.

[CianMcLiam]

June 16, 2010 at 9:30 pm

Can I offer you a tip that is pure gold dust for any photographer no matter how experienced: Take photos with your camera of poses and situations that you like from wedding magazines or even the computer screen, let these be the first images on your memory cards. Have one memory card for church shots, one for formals, one for party etc with relevant shots for each situation that you feel you can achieve. Then as you take your pics you are only one click away from lots of ideas and inspirations on the back of your camera and the bride and groom won’t even suspect a thing, it will just look like your examining your last pic.

I know there’ll be those who hate this idea or whine about copyright etc. but if your mind goes blank (like mine has a tendency to do) it could really save your bacon and the entire wedding.

[CianMcLiam]

June 13, 2010 at 6:37 pm

24-70 2.8 (Nikon dont make a high quality equivalent for the 25-105) and an 80-200 2.8, almost nothing else. Considering Canon 500d close-up filter so I can ditch 100mm macro too.

[CianMcLiam]

June 1, 2010 at 9:49 pm

What you want is to cut out light coming from directly overhead or sunlight in the subjects line of vision. Think of open shade like under a tree canopy or near a window indoors so the light is coming from a sideways direction.

If it’s coming straight down like at midday, you get dark holes for eyes. If it’s in the subjects eyes they have to squint. Both are really bad for portraits, you want big, wide open eyes so move into the shade if it’s a bright sunny day. If you can’t find a suitable shady spot that isn’t cluttered and ugly, you can turn their backs to the sun and face into the light yourself. Take a a test shot and increase exposure if necessary to brighten up the faces.

A fast prime is a fixed length lens with a large max. aperture, like a 50mm 1.8 or 1.4.

The most important thing is to be as calm and chilled as you can, having the best expressions is usually better than the best exposures, people tend to tense up if the photographer seems stressed and unsure so no matter how hard it might seem to you just think ahead, plan well and where possible take a test shot or two to determine what exposure compensation you need to use.

[CianMcLiam]

May 16, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Not 100% sure but it seems Flickr have been providing slideshows to news and media sites of content tagged with whatever the website featuring the slideshow want. Even if you have them marked as ‘all rights reserved’ the organisation using the Flickr API apparently get to choose what level of copyright to include in the slideshow. See the story below for an example of a newspaper using Flickr content for free to illustrate a story, breaching copyright in the process:

http://mtpt.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/flickr-the-front-page-or-an-independent-breach-of-copyright/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

[CianMcLiam]

May 10, 2010 at 10:27 pm

I’m the person who expressed an interest first, just before you :D

[CianMcLiam]

May 10, 2010 at 10:23 pm

Super, will get in touch via PM about inspecting and collecting the stuff :)

[CianMcLiam]

May 10, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Very interested in this, are the lights variable power and in what increments?