[kram9142]

August 21, 2007 at 4:28 pm

Nice Shots Ali,

I would have liked to see the one on the right, with some detail in the eyes, perhaps head a litle higher and offset to the side slightly and eyes looking into the void.

Very nice nonetheless.

[kram9142]

August 20, 2007 at 9:10 pm

Lovely shots Gerald. !& are my favourite with 1 being my most fav.

Great work.

[kram9142]

August 20, 2007 at 9:08 pm

I think there is too much wasted space here. It is as if you have to ask the question whats the focal point, the father 7 Daughter fishing or the lake.

I think its a nice shot for a family member but not for anyone with no association, if ya know what I mean.

Sorry for the neagativity.

Rgds.

[kram9142]

August 20, 2007 at 9:04 pm

Technically very good but there is somthing lacking. I cant put my finger on it but it just seem bare.

Sorry but it just doesnt do it for me.

Rgds.

[kram9142]

August 20, 2007 at 9:00 pm

can sombody tell me why these arnt right??

I just cannot seem to get this

[kram9142]

August 20, 2007 at 8:12 pm

hi Gerald,

I love 2 & 4.

Out of these 4 is my fav. great facial expression, but I think the skin texture is a bit rough.

All in all, there all nice shhots.

[kram9142]

August 18, 2007 at 12:11 am

Oh Boy

I liked that Thorsten, a great opener!
Thank you most sincerely for your feedback and I was hoping that you would reply as I have been reading a lot of your posts and I think your very well tuned in, basically, theres no bullshit about you. So just to react and comment on some of your points Thorsten.

I’d like to make a go of this as a career, but I’m taking a different approach in that I intend to grow a business over time rather than get up on a Monday morning to declare myself in business as a photographer

I am not getting up on a Monday morning and proclaiming myself a photographer. Like the point that you made in your feedback, I have a business plan and by no means do I think that my business is going be established overnight. As I said before, because of my day job, I am in a position to work on this and hofefully over a period of time I can establish myself as a professional photographer.

But I’m not at all convinced by your choice of lenses and this leads me to ask whether or not you fully appreciate the technical challenges you are likely to face when doing weddings. Do you really know what you are getting yourself in for

Simple answer is no, but the most technical challanges would be lighting conditions, which would most definitely be controlled by lens selection and this is one of the areas that i’m looking for advice in, preferably from those that shoot weddings on a regular basis.
Poor lighting conditions indoors and outdoors, and yes I aggree, a faster lens than f4 should be used. I would ideally need a lens that could operate accross all lighting scenarios with speeds up to 1/250sec. with a super fast zoom and focus to give crisp perfect focused shots. I am looking at the L-series short range zoom.

What else might you suggest in terms of lenses?

Thorsten you said,

“Company registration and bank loans are all very well, but the hard work is in the marketing of your business. The fact that you are planning a bank loan leads me to believe that you have a business plan in place. If not, you’d want to get started on that right away! Unless you can show the bank that your idea makes sense, they are not going to play ball with you. You don’t mention what plans you have in place to get the whole thing off the ground initially – is that still a work in progress”

To answer the rest of the post, I must summarise.
Yes, There is a business plan in motion, Initially, I am trying to feel the market, and see what level of interest I can generate firstly,by advertising and marketing strategies which are in progress.
Secondly, from this response, I can project turnover figures and for the long and short term.
Thirdly, I have the capital to back this on a short term plan, which will yield me enough information to ascertain if I have a vialble business plan.

I aggree with you point about training 100% and I will have a training budget to allocate as I see necassary.

Like you thorsten, there is plenty more to say but the time is late so we can leave it here for now and see whatother posts are made and once again thankyou for your feedback, I appreciate and respect it.

Kind rgds.

[kram9142]

August 17, 2007 at 5:06 pm

Welcome aboard Paul,

Max

[kram9142]

August 16, 2007 at 5:17 pm

Thanks for cead mile failte,
Your not a bad bunch of guys after all, lol

Rgds,

Max

[kram9142]

August 16, 2007 at 5:15 pm

Hello and welcome to the forum mate.

[kram9142]

August 16, 2007 at 5:14 pm

Hi John, welcom to the forum.

[kram9142]

August 15, 2007 at 12:06 pm

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your relpys, very helpful.

The way I was looking at it was that with the strenght of the Euro against the dollar at the momonet the exchange rate negates the duty that you would have to pay for it. So you more or less get it for the price that is is being sold at.

Ossie13, I will google those places you spoke of, thanks.

I think im going to go ahead with it, just a bit more research now.

Once again,

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated,

Cheers,

Max

[kram9142]

August 7, 2007 at 7:31 pm

Welcome Ritchie,

You will learn lots here m8,

Max

[kram9142]

August 7, 2007 at 7:30 pm

Welcome Gizzo,

Enjoy the forum.

[kram9142]

August 7, 2007 at 7:29 pm

Thanks Sharon,

Max