The *Official Photography Thread*

Nice.. yea i think i am going to start by subject matter and go from there.. its just overwhelming at first looking at your folder with a zillion pictures and no real organization haha

 

I organize mine based on the event (i.e. which sports team, university event, etc..)

 

well, I dont take pictures everyday, and when I do, it's usually a decent amount, so I date them accordingly. I also go through lulls, so it doesn't get too complicated.

 

Nothing wrong with organization, it's also a lot easier to upload photos onto a photo bucket or what now when you know the RAW file name.

 

D5100 kit, best bang for that money.

$1,198 Nikon D5100 16.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera Bundle with 18-55mm and 55-200mm VR AF-S Lenses

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Digital...?ie=UTF8&qid=1370135124&sr=8-4&keywords=D5100

 

Naw the insurance company/dive safety c

 

Had to put my photography adventure on hold, Im looking to buy sliders and a rear bumper this month... Sure wish i was rich.

 

Ikelite housing came in today. So stoked on my new adventure. Also picked up a sigma 15mm fish eye. It's not fast but it's going to be perfect for underwater. Ill upload some pics Sunday, I'm going on a boat dive to test it out with my photo class.

 

Finally going to really start getting into photography. I've had a Nikon D70, but now I have editing software. Photoshop Lightroom 4 and Elements 11 all on my new Macbook Pro. Good basic starting point for me. I hope to get into photography professionally if I get good enough. Anyone else running the D70?

 

I'm looking into my first purchase and from what I've been told Nikon holds there shit and has great customer service.

 

Exactly. My D70 used to be my Dad's. He got a D300 and my brother has that one now. He now has a D4. That thing is sweet. A little too big for me though. But he has only bought nikon and every one of them is amazing.

 

pretty subjective. but that goes with any company and situation. I say that, because I've heard otherwise.

 

I haven't done much with customer service, I just know their products are amazing. Lol

 

portrait

 

i have a question for you guys, i'm currently on a trip and take 800+ pictures a day, i load them on my computer every night and format the card, is it worth it to shoot in JPEG fine over JPEG? memory capacity isn't a issue as it's a 32GB card.

 

That is a SHIT ton of pictures! haha i take like 20 and im like DAMN my phone is getting full! haha im such a rookie at this.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/334729/size/big/cat/500
Thoughts?
Camera is a Nikon d60 with a Nikkor 18-55 lense.

 

It is a lot of pics, it's gunna suck going through and deleting the bad pics

 

don't spray and pray next time, and delete from the camera. learn how to compose your shot, and use your camera and gear more effectively. I take bad shots all the time, but I make sure I delete them from the camera, that way there is less work on the computer

I can't imagine taking 800 pics a day, unless I was doing event photography(paid), and even that is a stretch. on a vacation, I take a couple of choice shots, closer to 50-100 a day and have a keeper rate of 75%. I don't let the camera dictate my vacation

if you are taking multiple shots of something hoping to "get" that shot, you need to evaluate why it takes you that many attempts for that one picture

 

Sometimes its a heat of the moment kind of picture for me... Something that wont look like it did at that exact moment or something that makes me feel anxious taking it, Like when people are constantly walking past you... Its hard if you take a lot of pictures like that.