Don't know what I was thinking, of course you are right.  Throwing in a (tungsten?) bulb would be like adding a gel to an area I guess, wouldn't it?  

Digital Photography is like a new emulsion of film. Nothing else changed except the Polaroids are a lot faster, that and the cost of not buying and processing film. Good light is still good light. You can PS things to help your mistakes but if you can shoot straight files you will save tons of time on your post end. And your files look better to.

Yes, good light is good ligbt but the dynamic range I'm getting with digital is pretty bad (if DR is the correct terminoligy).  Just one example:  I run into a lot of trouble with fair people who dress in dark clothes.  If I get the details in their clothing their faces or hair is lost.  Wish there was a 4 stop range, but it seems like there's barely 2 in digital.   I'm hoping to get a full-frame body this fall.  Maybe some wonder sensor will be here by then.  I'm using a D-200 which is now 2 years old and is likely considered ancient by now - has the range improved at all on the new Nikons?

Am I the only one wondering what fun Miz would have had with this thread?

I've made some t-shirts through Spreadshirt so I'm on their mailing list.  They are having a 3-colour valentine design contest with crowdspring.  If you win, it's $500 but be warned that you give away the rights.  If you don't win you still own the rights.  I copied and pasted the email below but the links didn't come through so I pasted the link immediately below:  


http://www.crowdspring.com/projects/graphic_design/clothing/spreadshirt_wants_your_design_help/details?utm_source=spreadshirt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=valentines

Any designers might want to look into the crowdspring site - I've spent less than a minute there so I can't tell you much - but at first glance it looks like another Pixish.



The e-mail from Spreadshirt:

We are giving away 2 $500 prizes for the best Valentine's Day designs  
 
Betcha you could use $500 right about now.

Well, here is good news! Spreadshirt is partnering with crowdSPRING.com, an online design community, in sponsoring a Valentine�s Day Design contest. There are two $500 prizes up for grabs � and you could have one of them.

Here is what you need to do:

Go to crowdSPRING.com to find out more about the contest

Create Valentine�s Day themed vector designs

Upload your design ideas to your account on crowdSPRING.com

The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2009.  If you�re selected as a winner, Spreadshirt will purchase your design for $500.  If you�re not a winner, you can still upload your design to your shop or marketplace and make a hefty buck on the commissions.

So what are you waiting for? Click here to GET STARTED.
 

I saw your reply (now a day later) and went to check today's rank... I've climbed from 1560 to 1390 with no sales today.

Madelaide.... my 7 day rank is 1560.  Are we tied or is the system not entirely accurate?

The site I'm really disappointed with is 123RF, for the first time in well over a year I didn't make payout last month and have noticed a steady decline recently, I also submit to the parent company Inmagine and having spoken to some others who also submit there we've all reported a lack of sales.
Will they be the next to go or be bought out - wouldn't surprise me.

My thoughts as well.  I made almost as much at Zymmetrical since August as I did at 123 last year.   December was my WME at 123.

Well, that's not exactly true.  I don't know what country he is in, but he likely has at least 3 years to turn a profit and why not start it right?

If you register a "photography" business it can have many benefits.  For example, in my first year I spent more than I earned due to my start-up costs but I was registered to collect PST and GST.  That means, I got most of my GST back on gear, computer, software, gasoline, trade publications etc.

You can declare your office and any working space, electricity, cable, trade publications, gas, mileage and write the appropriate % off against your taxes.  Is this possible in your country without a registered business? 

On the other hand, I've met a lot of newbies on this board who start off full of fire and give up after a month or two.  Your business license may cost more than you ultimately earn.

You didn't provide enough information to answer your specific question about lenses, but I do have big reservations about anyone investing in DX lenses right now.  I believe that you will outgrow the D90 in a couple years and by then full frame sensors will be the norm.  I believe that most DX lenses work on full frame cameras, but the size of the image will be seriously reduced.   (I don't recall the exact math - but something like a 20mp sensor will produce a 5.1 mp image if a DX lens is used on the new Nikons)

If the parent is signing on behalf of a minor their signature will have to be witnessed by a third party. 

If you mean that one parent signed and another witnessed, I don't think that a legitimate reason for the MR to be refused.  Just because the last name is the same does not even mean the witness is a parent.

November/December is my busy season, and I had scheduled to do computer maintenance on the week of 21st including a new hard drive.  Of course things never go as you plan.  I finished processing some hockey teams and a group of 70 school kids on a Wednesday and on the Thursday morning I couldn't load Windows.  My hard drive was completely stuffed.  I'm always moving files to an external drive but it has been such a busy season everything is behind.   The good news is that the only data I seemd to lose was some fonts and my list of RSS feeds, and now the 'puter is performing very nice.

I placed myself on a strict exile from the Internet while I was getting caught up and now that I am almost back to norm and I'm looking at things. 

(a) Has something happened to the search at Istock, I've passed November earnings (but that isn't a great accomplishment)
(b) Have we entered holiday season?  Things seem a little slow.

Sorry, I tried to repair something a minute ago and it didn't work.

Hehe... thanks Avava.... and I'm also giggling because I'm sure I didn't write crap... it wasn't that nice and it had the word bull in it.

I haven't been able to follow the forum this week but today I can stop by and the first thing I see is this business with Fotolia.

This is crap. What are we going to do about it?  Are they not in breech of contract or do they have one of those convient clauses that says they can do that whenever they feel like?  What is the governing country, or what country is the parent company in?  United we stand.  We have to do something before they do something even more stupid.

We "let" them give away our photos as subs.  If we let them do this, what will they do next?