[Rebel Red]

November 17, 2009 at 2:54 pm

Darkstar

Have you been in the business a while – unofficially? Registering for VAT means that you expect to earn 37,500 per annum – thats a fair chunk of work if you are only starting out.

Not sure what kind of photography you are into but could you registeer as an artist and avoid all taxes – like BOD’s girlfriend with her recent boot? Dont know of anyone doing this, and not sure how it works, but surely if you are a landscape or similar (not PJ or sports) you should have a fighting chance – anyone know?

Like already said – keep receipts for everything and anything. I’ve even heard of people keeping meal receipts when out for a bite with family / friends and claining that they were meeting a potential client – hard to believe that goes on though…….. Equipment takes 8 years to claim back – show me an active photographer using 8 year old equipment and I’ll throw a few meal receipts your way…

Go get a creative accountant – even if its just to get you off the ground. Once you learn the tricks of the trade and what you are entitled not not give those dirty rotten revenue guys then it should be plain sailing – unless you start to diversify the biz and go into something mew. But a photographers in and outs remain similar for a long time

[Rebel Red]

October 21, 2009 at 1:59 pm

No 1 & 4 dont belong in the sports section – if you know what I mean!!!!!! Just because Donal Og came out of the closet doesnt mean all GAA players are that way inclined – or does it? A picture speaks a thousand words.

On a more serious note – sorry to criticise but my preference is that the ball be visible in the action shots and that the photos are not of the players backs. The action shots look a bit dark, but that could be down to the lighting – not always easy to combine exposure with shutter speed these nights.

[Rebel Red]

October 12, 2009 at 1:13 pm

The 400 can be a bit tight in some situations (most LoI grounds in the country) more so because of he crop factor on the camera. 400 is great for GAA or when pushed back from pitch – like in Croker. But be careful, make sure it suits for your daily work not just the odd international. I use a 400 with a full frame body which works out great, but I found it way too hard when having the 1.5 crop factor of a DX body when covering soccer or rugby.

Funny thing – I remember Paul and Ken recommending I get a 300 a while back – glad I didnt listen lads……lol

Fantastic lens, hardly use anything else these days – as my chiropractor!!!!

Well done lads – keep it up (ye’ll probably have to to pay back the cost of the new family member!!!)

RR

[Rebel Red]

September 22, 2009 at 11:27 am

PM sent. Im in Blackrock too

[Rebel Red]

September 22, 2009 at 9:49 am

What condition are the 20 and 35mm in?

Any scratches, internal dust, exposure problems, setc

Would be interested in them if good.

Could even pick them up depending on what part of our fine county you are in

Cheers
D

[Rebel Red]

September 8, 2009 at 8:38 am

Would be very interested in the 24-70 on its own if you think of splitting the sale
PM me if there is any possibility

Cheers
D

[Rebel Red]

August 10, 2009 at 8:57 am

Great set. What kind of camera did you manage to sneak in?

[Rebel Red]

April 9, 2009 at 12:21 pm

lahinch_lass wrote:

hmm I’ve tried iso800 in the past and found the whites ended up overblown… leaky. Not sure of the correct terminology. Basically iso800 + my camera + floodlights + white strips on munster kit was not a good combination. Is there another setting I should be changing to compensate, or help reduce the effect ??

Could be a number of things LL – White Balance being the most probable, learn how to do some custom white balance. Just to see if it makes a difference – use a white piece of paper being lit by the floodlights (walk out onto pitch if possible) – If not possible – taks a few raw shots and correct WB during post proccessing to see if that helps.

Floodlights can also have a funny colour cast – I regularly take shots at a pitch here in Cork and 1 side of the pitch is fine, but on the other side there can be a magenta or yellow or no colour casting – this I believe is down to the frequency of the lights – bit too techie for me.

Start with WB and see what happens. Or even grap a friendly looking photographer at the next game you shoot to see if they can help with a bit of on the spot advice. Watch out for the ones that bite though….

Oh yeah, when you say – “There’s just far too much noise in most of my shots” I would assume that is when you adjust the levels post proccessing – as ISO400 should be clean enough. Best to push up the ISO and get the best original shot as possible than to try do it later on the PC.

[Rebel Red]

April 3, 2009 at 1:38 pm

With the red bib you could easily have taken a few of the turkisk corners – but they would probably have discovered that you were a “fakir”

[Rebel Red]

April 3, 2009 at 9:23 am

Ken was that you in the red bib, sorry, the yellow bib, no wait a sec was that you with no bib and just a press pass. OR are you part of a set of triplets?? Could have sworn I saw you or all three of ye during the game – is that how you get such great pics – Omni-present??

Well done. Good set.

[Rebel Red]

February 25, 2009 at 12:56 am

Sodafarl wrote:

Sgt_Major wrote:

1st one is a belter. Good composition, good lighting. Well captured!

are they first swimming shots on PI not often something different pops up wait till you see you started. :lol:

Soda

For anyone thinking about going out to take some snaps at their local swim gala, please check with the organisers, even if shooting from gallery. Swim Ireland and many pools are very clear about use of cameras (recording equipment) for very obvious reasons.

Great photos – well captured, first one is class. keep it up

[Rebel Red]

February 13, 2009 at 12:29 am

Well done Ken – could have said hello……

[Rebel Red]

February 10, 2009 at 1:40 pm

soccerc wrote:

Me too, one bit of advice, Wrap up very well

Hey Opti, if you want a loan of my missus’s tea cozy let me know.

Enjoy and take it easy on poor Robbie……

D

[Rebel Red]

February 1, 2009 at 10:42 pm

Not bad at all – really capturing the action. I would however say that they seem very busy – and the focus of the action is not isolated enough – with the exception of 2 and possibly 5 (little too much player on the right). Whatever that dark thing on the top left of 4 is catches my eye more than the action for some reason. Not sure what lens you are using but can you open up aperature more?? Shooting wide open might help. Are these crops or were they shot that tight?

Take a look at Ken or Pauls photos here in the sports section. They always seem to nail the action. Not sure how they do it so well but its something to strive towards

Keep shooting

[Rebel Red]

January 29, 2009 at 3:11 pm

Like it – well done – took a bit of time I guess