[emjay]

January 9, 2019 at 8:25 pm

Looks very well. Dramatic skies and seas will alway get my attention. This one has dark tones and vein of great highlights running through it.

[emjay]

January 9, 2019 at 8:14 pm

Looks great. Captures the cold harsh environment and what looks like a warm comfy environment in the buildings.

[emjay]

January 9, 2019 at 8:11 pm

Great examples of what can be done with relatively affordable drones.

Getting the camera off the air an up in the air gives an amazingly different perspective and quite dramatic too.
Great for photographers and a host of other practical work too.

[emjay]

January 6, 2014 at 12:27 am

Number 42
If you go for a walk in the countryside with one be prepared to stand around for hours while photog fiddles around with f-stops, shutter speeds, tripods and whinges because the light is coming from the wrong direction, or is too flat or too contrasty. Ugh!

[emjay]

January 6, 2014 at 12:17 am

Well at one level I would say that photo retouching has been there for a long time. Photos in advertising have always been manipulated first of all in camera with perfect lighting in purpose built studios (ideal conditions for showing the product off).

Later in the lab photos were retouched to remove undesirable bits and enhance the good bits. This included dodging, burning, cropping, using different chemicals or papers to attain a specific goal. Little brushes with dyes were used to paint out imperfections ( I think that is where the word retouching came from!)

What digital photography and Photoshop have done is to make all that process much easier and quicker. And crucially from a business point less expensive. So there is a lot more going on.

In my experience all advertising (or 99% of it) misleads the public about their product. It portrays its best qualities, exaggerates its performance, neglects to tell you about downsides. Frequently it is just selling you a dream or a promised lifestyle – you will be sexier, more attractive, thinner, cooler, be one of the beautiful people if you buy their product.

Photoshop is just a new tool to help them sell you a dream.

On a different level there may well be ethical issues in that the quest for a specific body shape seems to be encouraging more and more people into plastic surgery and unhealthy dieting etc. That is a big issue and I am not sure how it can be addressed.

[emjay]

November 21, 2013 at 12:55 pm

I think you should have a consultation with a solicitor – yep I know it is more money. But where do you draw the line?

The guy has stolen your picture and obviously got very good use from it. The graphic artist / web designer / printer are all colluding with him in the process of printing posters/ flyers and updating the website.

A solicitor could tell you if you have any case against some or all of them. It seems to me the graphic artist / poster designer is “handling stolen property” It would prevent them using your photographs again without permission and payment if they all know that you will stand up and protect yourself.

I am not sure that you can charge more for the picture because he stole it. I would assume you can charge him for the multiple instances of use.

[emjay]

October 16, 2012 at 11:03 pm

As already said the WWW is king these days. Sites like this one – Photography Ireland – as well as several others are terrific.
They provide lots of examples of photography of different types – landscape, portraiture, still life etc etc. They also provide articles and discussions on technique, equipment and everything you could possibly want to know about. The web is also interactive; you can ask specific questions and get other peoples opinions.

That being said I think you can learn quite a bit from magazines and books. As far as magazines go, two of my favourites over the years are Practical Photography (a monthly mag) and Amateur Photographer ( a weekly mag)

Best thing you could do is drop into your local newsagent and browse through a few just to get a feel for which one might suit your needs.

Personally I would regard a subscription to Practical Photography a very acceptable birthday gift :D

[emjay]

September 26, 2012 at 8:19 pm

These photos are excellent. Full of character and colour. Technically very well shot.
Really love them.

[emjay]

September 17, 2012 at 6:06 pm

Ffordes have some second hand Hasselblad stuff

this link http://www.ffordes.com/category/Medium_Format/Hasselblad/Hasselblad_V_Series/Cameras” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

As an incidental piece of trivia I believe there are 12 Hasselbalds lying on the surface on the moon since the lunar space program in the late 60’s / early 70’s. :D Probably the freight and duties might be excessive. :)

[emjay]

August 29, 2012 at 1:04 pm

It is the Nikon e5000. I used to own one.
Some details at this link http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/compacts/nikon_cp5000″ onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

It was announced to market in 2001 so in digital terms is almost stone age technology.
In 2001 it was a good wee camera with a good lens – shutter lag time was bad
But by comparison to what you can buy today it is virtually useless and I wouldn’t advise you to buy it.

Its worth about one euro or less

[emjay]

August 11, 2012 at 1:48 pm

I think the photos are more documentary than landscape. What I see is the obvious destruction to the environment – which in turn sparked in me, thoughts and/or emotions such as sadness (that people do this), anger (that people do this), a jarring feeling and a sense of displacement (these objects do not belong here), a sense of abandonment and loss too.

There are beautiful landscapes in the world and we should appreciate them. But there is also this ugliness and you reminded us. (Thank you)

I don’t think that I would hang 20×16 versions of these on my living wall. But yet. Images like this make a greater impact and emotional connection with me when I view them whether in the print or electronic media or at exhibitions. In other words they inspire me to think about what is behind the image.

That last paragraph may sound contradictory but life is full of contradictions

[emjay]

July 23, 2012 at 10:38 am

Not sure if this particular model is “the one”… it may only be a stepping stone.
But it is a stepping stone in the right direction.

Looking forward to the day when we will have a compact style/non-SLR camera, with full controls, and interchangeable lenses, and a decent optical viewfinder, with fast auto focusing etc, and full size sensor capable of producing images/prints of equivalent quality to the current 5D MkIII, or better!

I am just surprised that it is taking so long given that all the technology and know how to do this is there right now.

The current day SLR’s that we have loved for the last 50 years or so will I think go the way of the dinosaur or will at least become an endangered species.

[emjay]

July 22, 2012 at 7:07 pm

Best wishes with the exhibition.
I have never even attended, never mind exhibited but this year I hope to at least attend and check it out.
I will keep a look out for your exhibition.

[emjay]

July 16, 2012 at 6:07 pm

I think you should act quickly at this stage. Can you go to his office/studio/home or wherever he works out of.
Ask him for a CD of the photos while you wait and tell him you are not leaving until you see them and get a copy of same.

If he is unwilling to give you this he may well have inadvertently deleted them or had an equipment malfunction (corrupt memory card, hard disc crash, or whatever) He may just be unwilling to own up to that if he is unable to come up with a refund.

At that stage you can only sue him to get your money back and perhaps damages – get a solicitor. If he is on Facebook as you say he is you may also be able to publicly tell your story on Facebook thereby warning off any other potential clients. Only say the truth otherwise you could be sued for defamation.

If the photos are gone you will unfortunately not have photographic memory of the day. Contact all of the guests at you wedding and ask them to give you a copy of anything they have on their cameras. A compilation of snap shots taken by the guests will not be a professional job but if you are lucky they may have caught something of spirit of the day.

Best wishes

[emjay]

July 16, 2012 at 5:12 pm

I have an Sigma Lens ( a 17-35mm) with same problem ie it just wont focus.
I haven’t done anything with it yet as I have a Canon 17-40.

Check this thread from a week or so back. It gives some leads on where you can go to get it repaired.

sigma-lens-repair-best-route-t49631.html