Hi!!

[DanPhotoMan]

Ah yes! It was you!

I'm glad you're enjoying the SD14. I'm actually enjoying the SD10 a lot more at the moment. I've had the most success with that. But I bought a really early SD14 and it is a bit buggy; even the auto focus needs recalibrating. I have to send it in to Sigma UK but I still haven't got around to it yet!

I'll look forward to yor email although the account I am registered on here is about to be closed down so if anyone knows how I go about registering a new email without losing my forum identity let me know.

 

[DanPhotoMan]

Hi Rick,

I know what you mean - the problem with a medium like photography is that it is a much more simple job to copy someone's style than it would be with singing or painting etc

What I meant about Georges pictures was that he has a strong, personal style filled with compassion and humour and it spriongs forth from his images. I hope to be able to produce images stamped with my own style like Georges does but at the moment I am still learning what my style is.

I read somewhere recently that creativity is not about coming up with new ideas but new combinations of exisiting ideas. I have a friend who always produces amazing, individual images but he simply says "I just pulled this idea from LaChapelle and this one from Corianne Day, that's all" etc

You needn't worry about me searching for tripod footprints, I hate the idea of copying others' work. Chunsum recently directed me to some images of mannequins he had taken in low light in order to illustrate a point. I loved the images and how he had transformed such an everyday piece of 'furniature' into something beautiful. But I have no intention of copying him. If I do shoot mannequins I am going to do my best to be different!

Dan

 

[DanPhotoMan]

Sandy, I clicked on recent and was presented with a whole host of options! I'm not sure I have correctly identified your picture. You said 'what lady tells her age' but I only see a man whose candles do tell his age.

I'm confuuused!

I will get a fickr and/or pbase eventually. At the moment I am creating my own, very basic website and this takes priority.

Nice to meet you!

Dan

 

[DanPhotoMan]

Hi Bob!

Now here's a name I already recognize. I like all the picture posts you put out here, even if I don't always comment =D)

Dan

 

[DanPhotoMan]

You talk a lot of Sh*t Ed.

By which I mean you're always refering to natural fibre! Lol, I got you, didn't I hee hee =D)

What you say about regular bowel movements is actually quite true however. and what you say about ignoring the cranky is also useful. That's the best bit about internet forums, nobody knows when you're lurking so there's no obligation to enter into a conersation that bores or angers =D)

Dan

 

[Ed_S]

You talk a lot of Sh*t Ed.

By which I mean you're always refering to natural fibre! Lol, I got
you, didn't I hee hee =D)

What you say about regular bowel movements is actually quite true
however. and what you say about ignoring the cranky is also useful.
That's the best bit about internet forums, nobody knows when you're
lurking so there's no obligation to enter into a conersation that
bores or angers =D)

Dan

Consider me got!

And yeah, as at least one other poster (you?) mentioned recently - it can be the cure for the out-of-sorts, and not just on a forum ;-) !

Regards,
--
Ed_S
http://www.pbase.com/ecsquires

 

[SandyF]

okay, I'll get closer to the webpage, LOL http://www.pbase.com/sandyfleischman/in_box_edit&page=2 most of my family is around that gallery, including my 5 versions birthday photo in various shades of green at the conclusion of the page, LOL. Photoshop Elements v5/ACR4.1 did well with the color and shading options of that photo -- can't help the candles.
Best regards, Sandy
[email protected]
http://www.pbase.com/sandyfleischman
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyfleischmann

 

[Kendall Helmstetter Gelner]

I missed this for a few days, always glad to see a new and friendly face. There should indeed be some that could help you with lens conversions, though I still don't really think there is a yellow effect from the lenses...

--
---> Kendall
http://InsideAperture.com
http://www.pbase.com/kgelner
http://www.pbase.com/sigmadslr/user_home

 

[Rytterfalk]

First, Welcome!

I'm Carl (everyone says; Hello Carl) I'm an foveon addict since 2001 when Phil fist showed me (us) some insanely good looking pictures said to be taken with a foveon + a canon lens.

in 2002 I bought my first SD9, before I had really seen any pictures taken with it. And since that day I've been hooked. Not everything has been top notch but it's good to know that it's you that is responsible for good pictures, not the camera.

I'm a Mac fan, currently building my first hotrod hackintosh.. Will be interesting to see if it smashes my good old powerbook to pieces. hehe It should.

I mostly take pictures of people, but also other things from time to time. I'm also a control freak when it comes to pictures. I wanna be in charge. I don't shoot jpeg.

Well. not sure what more to say. Welcome and if you wanna find out more you can take a look on my website http://www.rytterfalk.com

--
Carl @ Rytterfalk .com (Göteborg, Sweden)
http://www.rytterfalk.com
Proud SD14 User.

 

[Chunsum J Choi]

For those of you struggling with your new SD14's, exposure, exposure,
exposure.

Ken, you are a wise man.

--

“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.”
Ernst Haas

C.

http://www.pbase.com/chunsum
http://www.pbase.com/sigmadslr/chunsum_choi

 

[DanPhotoMan]

Ah yes! That's better. I definitely like the last one best =D)

 

[DanPhotoMan]

Hello Carl!

I am surprised to hear you are a control freak. After looking at the open session pictures you took in Brålanda I thought you were a photographer of chaos!

They are wonderful pictures, I looked at them for ages wondering how on earth you got teenagers to loosen up in front of a camera that much!

I'm not sure if its the people where I live or my people skills but I can't imagine taking pictures like that!

I also really like the first and last pictures of Linn at the railway station you have on your website =D)

Thanks for the link, and the introduction!

Dan

 

[DanPhotoMan]

Hi, sorry it took me so long to reply. I meant to reply the other day but got side tracked. What I'll do is head over to that thread and post there.

Dan

 

[convert]

Hi !.
superbikes eh! lucky bugger.

Don't know about the yellow problem, I think it is more likely a legend or deliberate msinformation than real.
Yes. My sd10 is a lot of work but photography is fun again.
--
Thanks
Andy



C'est La vie

 

[BarrytheB]

Glad you joined our talented but dysfunctional group
(we do have our very own Dr. Sigma Freud)
--
Barry Byrd
http://www.pbase.com/barryb
http://www.pbase.com/sigmadslr

 

[yvind Strm]

DanPhotoMan wrote:
...

Thanks for reading, please tell me about yourself too =D)

Dan

Hello Dan

I liked the way you introduced yourself. Welcome to the board.

Took a while to get around to write some words about me:

I am 47, born in Norway, married to a Danish woman, and with twins at 3 years age.

I just left a job as Chief Technical Officer for a small company doing SMS based language translation. Soon I will return to another IT disipline; Business Intelligence and Datawarehouse, starting my own company. Also intend to slowly go back into professional photography.

I am writing a book in my spare time (which there isn't much of after getting twins and now the SD-14

I used to work as a professional photographer, mainly photographing people. I used 6x6 (Hasselblad) or 6x4,5 (Mamiya) for groups and Nikon FM and F3 for portraits.

Also did nature and travel shots, for camera club/contests and Stock Photo use. I have had images with Tony Stone in London, as well as Norwegian Stock Photo Agencies (I even partly owned one).

I figure I have taken somewhere between 200 and 300.000 pictures with film-based cameraes.

Loved the Nikon F3, with a 70-210 glued to it. I miss the aperture ring and the one-ring zoom/focus.

My digital experience is some 25.000 pictures with a P&S Sony DSC-70S, since 2002, and more than 5000 real-life pictures with the SD-14. I do consider all of the latter as test images, in the process of learning the camera. (Link to galleries at the bottom.)
Done very little regular testing so far. Need to do.

So SD-14 is my first dSLR. Raw experience is picking up - only a couple of months now. Switching from SPP3 to Lightroom.

I have used the SD-14 daily for about 3 months, and think I have got some OK pictures out of it, even if PP isn't up to level yet. I share your view on exposure and will get an expodisc.

It sure isn't the camera that limits me, even if I find some things really cumbersome and irritating. Some of it I suppose is part of what others refer to as the "learning curve". But other things are not very ergonomical.

I am not a machine gun photographer, I prefer to pick the moment. But I do sometimes shoot fast. Fireworks, kids, street photography. One image every 5-6th second when the buffer is filled is annoying. It does not happen that often, but I hate it when I loose pictures because the camera isn't ready.

I use a 50-150EX and a 18-50 and have yet to see a picture that is so sharp that I do not have to sharpen in SPP. The focus is not accurate on eighter AF or MF. Also need to send it in for calibration.

My favorite subject is people. It is also the most difficult subject, where one has to give something of one self to have something extraordinary in return. Photographing people is a meeting between the photographer and the subject. My most succesful meetings are here ( http://www.pbase.com/norwegianviking/czech_republic&page=all )

Sometimes I think that photographing anything else than people is escapism. Especially when seeing things like this: http://www.pbase.com/stevev1/framed (check out his other galleries as well)

--
Kind regards
Øyvind Strøm
http://www.pbase.com/norwegianviking/sd14
http://www.norwegianviking.smugmug.com
http://www.pbase.com/norwegianviking

 

[The Panda]

Hello Dan Welcome

I'm 23 years old and a Networking student with 1 year to go. Photography for me started when I was young but I didn't realize I liked taking pictures until I had my cellphone camera to point and shoot at anything and everything. I was always told my pictures sucked (they did) so I lost interest. After a while I didn't want my pictures to suck and bought an old Pentax KM, which is what I currently shoot, to learn the basics. Now I'm having a blast shooting film, but I have to tone it down because of cost. So I'm shooting blanks to figure out correct exposure. I know I need to look into digital but it is hard for me to pick out what to get. I'm currently waiting for the DP1 to make my decision but will probably pick up an SD14 now due to everyone at this forum (thanks guys - ^). Right now I have been playing with my sister's backup Canon DSLR to learn my way around new cameras.

I'm also big into motorcycles and follow the MotoGP season. Don't current have one but will soon as I'll be getting a real job with real money soon. What do you currently ride?

Photography is the only hobby I can afford at the moment and for me it is fun capture life in the middle of action.

Did I ramble on??

-Chris

--

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepanda/

 

[DanPhotoMan]

Hello,

I apologise in taking so long to reply - a change in living circumstances means I have only just got internet installed at my new address.

I cannot claim to have taken anywhere near as many photos as you and unfortunately, haven't been using my cameras at all recently (change in work situation = no time plus my SD14 needs still calibrating!).

If you see photographing the non-human subject as escapism then I can understand./ photographing people is the most nerve wracking experience for me; I much prefer to shoot lansdcapes, cityscapes and architecture - and there is certainly an element of escapism in that but thats why I like it!

Most of the photography i make money from, however, is people work; events, model portfolios, bands and bikers. It is a skill I need to improve on before I would trust myself to do weddings and portraits, but I like learning new skills!

Thanks for your reply.

 

[yvind Strm]

Hello Dan

Hello,

I apologise in taking so long to reply - a change in living
circumstances means I have only just got internet installed at my new
address.

No problem.

I cannot claim to have taken anywhere near as many photos as you and
unfortunately, haven't been using my cameras at all recently (change
in work situation = no time plus my SD14 needs still calibrating!).

Yeah, my SD14 still needs calibration also (but it did not prevent me from shooting 2000+ frames in Spain . Passed 8000 actuations now.

If you see photographing the non-human subject as escapism then I can
understand./ photographing people is the most nerve wracking
experience for me; I much prefer to shoot lansdcapes, cityscapes and
architecture - and there is certainly an element of escapism in that
but thats why I like it!

My use of escapism might be too strong. But after attending several workshops, I have observed how many photographers are afraid to break the barrier with strangers. To just lift the camera and put up a questioning look.

I remember I compiled a list of excuses for the situation when you are out travelling and come across a really interesting scene with people, and are a little scared to approach them. Found some 150 possible ones ( a few exaples, adapted to the SD-14):

• they would probably not let me take any photos anyway
• the light is not right
• it will probably not be a good photo anyway
• I only have space for to more shots today, better save them in case something REALLY nice shows up
• I am a bit hungry, better have some lunch first
• my camera can only do 3 fps, need more for this scene
• forgot my Exposdisc at the hotel
• only have a 30mm available. The Bigma is at the hotel.

and so on

I must confess that I also use excuses for my self. It IS a challenge to approach strangers.

Most of the photography i make money from, however, is people work;
events, model portfolios, bands and bikers. It is a skill I need to
improve on before I would trust myself to do weddings and portraits,
but I like learning new skills!

Good. Yes, the market for people shots are so much larger. I remember an old instruction from the Image Bank (Stock photo agency in New York) stating that 90% of all commercially used photographs are of people. (And that of these 90 % is done on assignment.)

Thanks for your reply.

You are welcome. Hope to see some pictures soon.

--
Kind regards
Øyvind Strøm
http://www.pbase.com/norwegianviking/sd14
http://www.norwegianviking.smugmug.com
http://www.pbase.com/norwegianviking

 

[Ed_S]

Oyvind,

I can claim my own shortcoming in people photos. I'm relatively comfortable shooting in familiar surroundings (church, fraternity, family, university, etc.). But I am very much an sociable introvert and am uncomfortable shooting strangers in public spaces - at least recognizeable likenesses. Hence I chicken out. Same reason I was never cut out for codl calling sales and similar things. Plus - I have a rather large respect for privacy of others and even when an authorized photographer for an event try to be as unobtrusive as possible.

That's just me.

--
Ed_S
http://www.pbase.com/ecsquires