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It's sad that professional photographers are pushed away from opportunities like these where you can get real "close" without being a military photographer.
There ain't no fun shooting a war like that, when you always have to shout: don't smile, stop hip-swinging, be tough!
...we shouldn't hijack this blog by click_click guessing the country i was talking about.
It's all good as long as people are having a good time
Haha nice one!! LMAO
The driver in the first image has the right look.
The ones who hides their eyes , that's the one you watch!
Quote from: cdwheatley on May 03, 2009, 20:17The driver in the first image has the right look. the driver in photo 1 ? the dude extreme right in photo 4... ! I 've seen mean dudes but I think that one takes the cake. The ones who hides their eyes , that's the one you watch!
...After that, you get about a 10 minutes grace period with your model, and then the game starts all over.
Quote from: batman on May 03, 2009, 20:46The ones who hides their eyes , that's the one you watch! Ah obviously, you have been a spy too. Sunglasses are used (1) to hide who you're looking at (turning your head 30 degrees away) and (2) in the event of a blast, you're the one who's recovers his sight first from the strong light and you don't get debris in your eyes.Speaking of difficulties doing public photography (on-topic), the main difficulty doing beach shots in the Phils are the kids, yelling "Piktyor" and always sneaking in behind the model to be in the frame. With 50% of the almost 100,000,000 population under the age of 20, they pop up literally everywhere. Ten minutes on a beach and you look like a Scouts leader, dragging a long tail of kids behind you. The bargain to make is taking their "Piktyors" with loud clicks, show them on the LCD, then erase them. After that, you get about a 10 minutes grace period with your model, and then the game starts all over.Is the guy playing chess and the little dude in front related?
Is the guy playing chess and the little dude in front related?
I think the weather frustrates me more than anything else. Its like the clouds are just waiting till I get set up, or there isn't a cloud in site and you end up with banding issues.
Quote from: cdwheatley on May 03, 2009, 21:38I think the weather frustrates me more than anything else. Its like the clouds are just waiting till I get set up, or there isn't a cloud in site and you end up with banding issues.The infamous banding of blue skies, right. There are ways to solve it, but they eat time.
Quote from: FlemishDreams on May 03, 2009, 22:12Quote from: cdwheatley on May 03, 2009, 21:38I think the weather frustrates me more than anything else. Its like the clouds are just waiting till I get set up, or there isn't a cloud in site and you end up with banding issues.The infamous banding of blue skies, right. There are ways to solve it, but they eat time.Thanks for the link but I've given up on trying to fix banding. There was a huge thread on SS a while back looking for a solution and nothing really worked all that well. I've come to the conclusion that If I can't live without the image, I'll try to replace the sky using another image from the series or just move on. Its usually pretty quick and painless if the colors match to start with.
Quote from: donding on May 02, 2009, 22:46ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm sitting here laughing my "you know what" off!!!I had recently been shooting...lol...Apachie helicopters, which practice taking off and landing right next to the road. People are always out there right next to the site photographing. One day I set up the tri pod about 3/4 of a mile up the road on private property to photograph them. Well I guess the look out helicopter must have thought the tri pod was a machine gun or something because some one from the base came down and told me to quit photographing them and leave at once (again I was on private property!) or they were going to call the MP's which would call the state troopers and they would confiscate my card.....needless to say I put the camera up..but didn't leave.It's sad that professional photographers are pushed away from opportunities like these where you can get real "close" without being a military photographer.Just as a side note - I came across this PDF the other day (it's a bit old) but I think it gives some of you an idea how far to go when taking pics:http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm sitting here laughing my "you know what" off!!!I had recently been shooting...lol...Apachie helicopters, which practice taking off and landing right next to the road. People are always out there right next to the site photographing. One day I set up the tri pod about 3/4 of a mile up the road on private property to photograph them. Well I guess the look out helicopter must have thought the tri pod was a machine gun or something because some one from the base came down and told me to quit photographing them and leave at once (again I was on private property!) or they were going to call the MP's which would call the state troopers and they would confiscate my card.....needless to say I put the camera up..but didn't leave.
...These things fly over my house everyday while in training so I guess next time I'll just set the tripod up behind a tree and photograph them from my back yard!!
it isn't just military bases that are off limits to photographers. in some countries, simply pointing your camera towards the heads of state's residences could find you surrounded by security to confiscate your camera. even if you're a nice ole senior couple unable to carry a bazooka, or that lens leaf has in the other thread. so, if you're travelling, it's best to know the what you should not do as a photographer. you don't want to come home without your equipment.
I was also thinking more along these lines...
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