So one of my more recent lens purchases is the nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VR. I have the older model (The VR II came out like last month or something). I knew the VR II was out when I bought this, but I found one in great shape on craigslist for a reasonable price.
Even the person [...]
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Photography vs … I have no idea.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Portraits and cropping
Sunday, August 16, 2009
1×2, 4×6, 5×7, 8×10, and on and on it goes. An excellent article by Liz Masoner points out that 8×10 is generally the most common “squarish” crop, and the others either match its rough ratio (1.25) or can be cropped from it.
What that means is that I’m probably going to make 8×10 my standard ’size’ [...]
Portraits at the Prop
Thursday, July 30, 2009
I took my first serious portraits last Sunday at the Prop Theatre. These are “head shots” of the performers for Beast Womens summer series.
All in all, some of them aren’t too bad. I’m fairly pleased with a couple. Lessons learned include this Induro tripod isn’t improving with age (strap snapped off), the new Gitzo [...]
You can smell the photosynthesis
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The previous post was of a performance I found while trying to get to a different church in Lemont thats quite visible from the bridge. I found it, but there’s a house close by with just a massive amount of beautiful flowers and plants. Someone has a very green thumb.
The whole set is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/huntermatthews/sets/72157621786791068
Pictures [...]
Gear Note: Nikon 80-400 VR.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
I have the 80-400 VR lens, a pro-sumer grade telephoto from nikon. I had (still have actually) the 70-300VR (both of these are slower 4.5-5.6 aperature lenses) and had meant to sell the 70-300 when I upgraded. Then I found out the 80-400 weighs a ton and wasn’t that highly thought of by a lot [...]
Always wear a hat
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Always wear a hat. I’ve done 2 shoots in churchs (or church like places) and not only will a hat protect your head from the outdoor sun (I’m going bald, so this is not a minor issue) but when you come inside it lets you take off your hat. The first time it was noticed, [...]
So… I'm an event photographer?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
A favorite haunt of mine up here in chicago is the Mercury Cafe. A few weeks ago I was enjoying a rare good coffee (starbucks is rampant up here) and the wireless when a troupe of female comedians broke out. (It happens). I asked permission and they said sure, so I shot some photographs. There [...]
Too much of a good thing
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I did it to myself. There’s no one to blame but me.
On a typical night (the previous 3 times I’ve done this) I shoot about 550-600 frames (exposures/pictures) of the Beast Women at the Prop Thtr.
Saturday I went nuts (apparently) and hammered the shutter for 1107 frames. Holy freakin cow.
My punishment of course is that [...]
Whats in a name?
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Names are important. Picking a good name for something is vital. (As someone who once stupidly named a piece of software current, its really vital). I know the trend in photography is to use your name (Bill Smith Photography, Cassie Jones Imaging) but for some reason that doesn’t sit quite right with me. Also, I’ve [...]
Gear notes
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Long time no blog. Anyway, this “hobby” may be better for you than a nasty heroin addiction, but its not all that much cheaper.
In recent months I’ve upgraded both of my basic lenses from the Nikon kit lens (an 18-55 and a 55-200 VR) to a 16-85 VR and a 70-300 VR. I’ve also bought [...]