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Re: Wedding Photography Tips

dony-fotoprewedding & wedding — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:47:22 -0000

Your experience shown as great as I've seen about a minute ago. Your wedding photo shot was a very nice
Well, your post are good for me. As a new in wedding photography business, your post could be a booster for me to learn, practice and get an order.
I'd like to see your blog gain and again for another shot.

Re: Podcast #56: Conversation with Dane Sanders – Tools to help manage tasks and productivity

kgarrison — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:47:52 -0000

Probably? :)

Re: Podcast #56: Conversation with Dane Sanders – Tools to help manage tasks and productivity

Walter — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:38:32 -0000

Hi Kerry,
Thanks for fixing that. I'll download the edited version tomorrow.
Thanks again keep up the good work. Yours is probably my favorite photography podcast.

Re: Podcast #56: Conversation with Dane Sanders – Tools to help manage tasks and productivity

kgarrison — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:31:13 -0000

Trust me, that was completely unintentional that it was left in. The moment that someone mentioned it to me I fixed it an reuploaded the file. We want the show to be as family-friendly as possible and I apologize profusely for letting that slip. After hearing all of our shows you know that this is certainly not normal for us.

Re: Podcast #56: Conversation with Dane Sanders – Tools to help manage tasks and productivity

Walter — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:16:47 -0000

Hey Guys,
Another great show. I have a wife, 5 kids, a 8-5 manager job, and our wedding photography business; I need to keep control of my time. Thanks for all the great tips. Another thing that works well for me is a simple 1/2 sheet Excel spreadsheet with 3 columns. They're titled "Have to do, Want to do, Other". Everyday I review the sheet at the end of the day and make out a new sheet for tomorrow.
I have listened to everyone of your 56 podcasts and have enjoyed all of them. I'd love to hear more podcasts on wedding day formal & group poses. Keep up the good work.
If I could, I'd like to give you one criticism. Today I'm sitting at my desk listening to show 56 while I'm editing our last wedding and my little girl is next to me watching and out of my speakers comes "s***". That's the first I've heard that in all the shows. Could you edit those out? I'd much rather hear "totally" 1000x's.

Re: Podcast #56: Conversation with Dane Sanders – Tools to help manage tasks and productivity

kgarrison — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:44:25 -0000

ClearContext is for Outlook, go to http://www.michaellinenberger.com/clearcontext.... and download the trial. You can then uninstall it and all of the settings for the tasks will remain.

Re: Podcast #56: Conversation with Dane Sanders – Tools to help manage tasks and productivity

Doug — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:39:20 -0000

Great show about productivity with Dane Sanders. You mentioned a Microsoft Outlook add-on that does a similar job as Omni but I cannot find it.

Doug

Re: Podcast #56: Conversation with Dane Sanders – Tools to help manage tasks and productivity

Casey Figlewicz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:37:56 -0000

Just wanted to let you guys know that I have been listening for a few weeks now and I love the podcasts!! Thanks so much for all you do! I have been downloading a bunch of old ones on itunes. There is some much great stuff on there. Thx!!

Re: Podcast #55 – Kerry and David Geek out about their new camera gear

Tiago Valente — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:01:20 -0000

Hi guys, great show!

I upgraded from the 30D to the 50D and that's a ghuge preogression. But David made me want to upgrade to the 5D! Maybe in christmas.

There is one aspect on the 50d that really made a difference and I think Kerry didn't talked about it, that's the micro adjustments.
People usually say that pitures are not so sharp as 40D because the sensor has more pixels by inch than the 40D, within the same area but if you correct your lenses with the "micro adjustment funcion" (see instructions book) the pictures will came out with perfectly sharp. This is a FUNDAMENTAL thing to do when you buy a 50D, that function is not present in any other camera. As ususally I recommend to everybody to read the instructions book when you buy a new camera.

Here are 2 links to micro-adjustments:

How to: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_page...

General discussion in DPReview: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?foru...

Cheers and keep sharing!
Tiago

Re: Video: Hows does aperture affect your shot

Paul M. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:04:58 -0000

This was very well done - THANKS!

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

JP — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:17:38 -0000

Great little tutorial! Very useful!

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

Gary Green — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:51:07 -0000

Were you using an image stabilized lens at 1/30 sec? ...That was a great example of camera metering gone wrong. Thanks!

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

Paul M. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:36:33 -0000

Thanks for doing this. YES! I am looking forward to more. I wonder how to take an outdoor ambient reading and then adding an off-camera flash and getting a reading so that the fill looks natural.

Re: Canon EOS 50D Review

Mostroman — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:04:20 -0000

Thanks Gary, very good review and very helpful.

Re: Podcast #55 – Kerry and David Geek out about their new camera gear

Ramon Carcases — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:53:46 -0000

Hi Kerry, I agree with what you said above re: higher-end cameras allowing greater usability and more control over what you're doing. There's a reason why I upgraded from a D70s to a D300 and and have just painfully sprung for the nikon 17-55 2.8. I can use ISO 800 and higher without worry and can get nice images in low light.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating. I normally enjoy your podcasts and appreciate all the information you provide. I think it's great information and you and David should be commended at what you provide for FREE. But after 10 minutes of "new gear, new gear", I turned it off. Maybe if it were clearer in the earlier part of the podcast as to the reason for the upgrades, then I would have hung on but if you listen to the first 10 minutes or so, that's what it sounded like, at least to me.

Re: Podcast #55 – Kerry and David Geek out about their new camera gear

kgarrison — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:44:12 -0000

That is not entirely true. What we discussed was what it was ABOUT the new gear that made us upgrade. Our main reasons where not about image quality or megapixels it was about features that will help us do our job better. You simply cannot get the same images from a Canon 30D as you can from a 50D in low-light, you don't have a feature like live view to help focus when doing tight macro shots, you dont have automatic vignette control, you dont have highlight tone priority. These features enhance what you can do and are compelling reasons to upgrade. If the gear made absolutely no difference then nobody would ever upgrade.

When gear doesn't matter is in composition, lighting, posing, color, detail, depth, etc, those things that make an image look good are far more about the photographer than the gear. We tried to really point out the changes in the gear that made a difference in how we use our gear, but buying a new camera does not make you a better photographer. So no, I do not think it was hypocritical at all. People ask us if they should upgrade and we want to tell people WHY they should and why we make the choices we make.

Thanks for your comment.

Re: Podcast #55 – Kerry and David Geek out about their new camera gear

Ramon Carcases — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:10:13 -0000

Honestly, I skipped the podcast. While the subject of gear comes up and is a natural point of reference, we constantly hear from pros that the gear doesn't matter as much as does whether or not you know how to use the gear. Then you spend a podcast geeking about your new gear. That's a bit hypocritical. It's like when the fashion houses in Europe a few years ago said that models were too thin and then they went ahead and featured even thinner models. I listen faithfully to your podcasts and follow you on twitter, but I stopped listening after 10 minutes. That's a first.

Re: Giottos Camera Screen Protector Review

news on camera world — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:28:21 -0000

its worth investing in this protective cover for your camera...im using it for now over 8 months and my camera still looks quite new....

Re: Podcast #55 – Kerry and David Geek out about their new camera gear

David Makogon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:07:37 -0000

Good podcast, esp. since I just bought a 50D to complement my 30D, and waffled between that and a 5DMkII. David: I think you're spot-on regarding the reasons to upgrade to the 5DII. One more reason is the brighter, more detailed viewfinder.

However, I think it's only fair to bring up reasons why NOT to move to the 5DII:
* If you only have EF-S lenses, your investment is going to jump significantly. For those of us relying on the 17-55/2.8 IS, you'll probably go with a 24-105/4 since full-frame will give a shallower DoF @ f/4 and be close to a crop @ f/2.8. But just keep this cost in mind when upgrading.
* It's not just the cost in glass. If you're used to specific focal ranges (even on EF lenses), you'll need to relearn your ranges. I would strongly advise doing this BEFORE showing up at your next shooting engagement. I needed a 2nd body for this weekend's wedding shoot and opted for the 50D for both the lens-investment avoidance and the focal length familiarity.
* Don't forget the accessory costs: BG-E2 is not compatible with 5D - you'll need a BG-E6. Same goes for the batteries - you'll need LP-E6 vs BP-511.

One more point: For those on the fence: one must consider the nearly $1200 differential between 50D and 5DII, which could be used for some killer glass (such as 70-200/4IS or for most of the 70-200/2.8IS), or open up opportunities for additional flashes, CP-E4 battery pack, etc. It really depends on what you're shooting and what will help drive income most efficiently.

Just my two cents.

PS - I used my $1200 savings to equip myself with a Think Tank pro belt + modular kit, add'l 430exII, carbon-fiber monopod+234RC head, R-strap, and CP-34 battery pack (with a few hundred $$$ still in the bank, probably going into 100/2.8 macro soon).

PPS - I'm very envious! I'd love a 5DII !!!

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

kgarrison — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:32:05 -0000

No, it was just a glitch in the matrix

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

kgarrison — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:24:32 -0000

Video has been fixed.

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

roger — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:22:19 -0000

deja vu?!

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

Kev — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:15:05 -0000

sorry about the earlier post...i didn't see the rest of the comments!

Re: Video: How to use a Light Meter

Kev — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:13:41 -0000

is it me or some parts of this video are repeating?

Re: Podcast #55 – Kerry and David Geek out about their new camera gear

Chris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:53:42 -0000

Sounds like the same plan I have in mind - thanks for the feedback