Furry photographers?

[Amorphous]

Yeah? Anyone present a photographer? What do you shoot, and what do you shoot with? I'm just curious. My workhorse camera is a Nikon F3.

[Atomicat]

Present!  Nikon D70s. 70-210mm zoom, 28-70mm, and a close-up lens for big sky and macro pics.  700+ pics in raw mode on a 4G chip and how do you ever survive with film!     Do you have a site or an FA gallery?

'tomix

[Amorphous]

deviantART and I just put up a new gallery site under my real name. Film is expensive, but it's a distributed expensive. It might cost me as much for film over the course of a year as a new D300 (/lust).

deviantART
URBAN OBSCURE

Have you got a link to any of your work? Or should I just look for Atomicat on FA?

[Benjamin]

A lot of my own recent photos are on my Facebook. I have some older ones on my own gallery site, taken at the zoos that I've visited.
My SLR is a Vivitar V2000, with a 35-70mm lens and a 70-210mm lens. Film format, of course.
I had been using an Olympus SP-550UZ for a while until my butterfingers let it take a tumble. Now my ultra-zoom won't zoom no more... and I can't afford a new camera right now. Such is life!
 
Benjamin

[Amorphous]

@Benjamin: That's a shame, the 550's a decent little camera.

[Atomicat]

deviantART and I just put up a new gallery site under my real name. Film is expensive, but it's a distributed expensive. It might cost me as much for film over the course of a year as a new D300 (/lust).

deviantART
URBAN OBSCURE

Have you got a link to any of your work? Or should I just look for Atomicat on FA?

Argh!  DA + 28.8 Dialup = SUCK!  *sigh*  Might have wireless by fall.  I like FA because it's fast and clean so I end up posting everything there.  I do occasionally get it together and upload the best shots to DA and SA (another nice site, not as large but clean and fast).  It's about time as I've got some pretty decent stuff lately.  I've updated my sig with links and added you in on DA.  Nice gallery!  250+ submissions?  Argh!  *breaks down and remembers the days of 300 baud*  *SIGH*  This is why I can't browse but a tenth of the artwork I'd like to, it's a real pain in the arse.

I couldn't live with film for a number of reasons.  They're the usual, cost, immediate feedback, time, and you should see what you can do with this Adobe Lightroom software I've just got my paws on.  Does absolutely incredible things with RAW files!  Now where did I put that, here we are, what you can do with very underexposed pictures with Lightroom.  Been meaning to do this post.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1385623/

Phew!  Getting late.  Tired but still dead set on hitting the beach at 5:00 am (and earlier!) to get while the getting's good.  Hoping for fog!

'tomix

[DogboyShugo]

I'd like to be one. My camera is a few years old it's Kodak EasyShare Z760

I only really use it when showing people my new hair colors. I want one of them really nice ones.

[Amorphous]

...you should see what you can do with this Adobe Lightroom software I've just got my paws on.

Have it, and love it. I've only used Photoshop for design stuff I should be doing in Illustrator since I've got it. The main thing I'm digging is the ease of organising my ridiculously large backstock of photos. Plus it exports AutoViewer galleries, which is super-handy.

[WalkingTiger]

Here is my DeviantArt account...

I use a Sony DSC-H7. It's nothing spectacular, but it gets the job done. It's a good fit between casual-use cameras and DSLRs.

[Seamus]

Ha, DSLRs, thats what AMATURES use.  Only an experienced photographer would know that the Samsung Digimax A7 is where it's at!

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Stop laughing at me!  Yah, my camera is seriously dated.  I get to use a Canon 10D at work, but when I get home it's point and click time   anyway, I just created a flikr account so I suppose i'll link that

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27776900@N06/

Still uploading photos but it's late, so check back in the morning for more.

@Atomicat:  Lightroom is totally awesome!  It's such a huge time saver, I don't think i could have handled my workload had i not stumbled across it a few weeks into the job.

[Amorphous]

The truely hardcore paint their own emulsion onto glass plates, brah.

I read about a thing an art collective did one time where they converted an airplane hangar into a giant pinhole camera. The exposure was of the LA skyline and it was something like 300 feet across.

[Atomicat]

@Atomicat:  Lightroom is totally awesome!  It's such a huge time saver, I don't think i could have handled my workload had i not stumbled across it a few weeks into the job.

Isn't it just amazing how much time the right software can save you?  Some jobs just go from impossible to a snap.  My main "God" package has to be ThumbsPlus.  Nothing heavy but how else could I keep track of all my pics, do batch runs, watermark, generate gallery pages, etc etc.  Makes it an absolute snap.

What was your job by the way?

'tomix

[Seamus]

I worked as a graphic designer for a grocery chain in the US, My job was essentially to photograph product and process it for the circular, the website, billboards and in store promotional posters.  In any given day i'd shoot anywhere from 20 to 200 peices of product and have to process it usually within the day.

The Gallery pages were a simple but nice touch.  I had to shoot and process about 70 variations of Kraft Salad Dressing one day, lets just say I thought that was going to take me most of the day after lunch, but I ended up with about 2 hours left to finish up other miscellaneous projects.  When you've got 12 different variations of Ranch Dressing, and you can apply the same settings to all of them in one click, that cuts your work load by a lot.

I'd say it's going to become very essential to that industry in the near future.

[Amorphous]

I know it's made the task of processing my enormous slagheap of images easier.

[Atomicat]

When you've got 12 different variations of Ranch Dressing, and you can apply the same settings to all of them in one click, that cuts your work load by a lot.  I'd say it's going to become very essential to that industry in the near future.

Absolutely!  As for the synch dev settings, sweet!  Things I'd like that are probably there but I haven't got about to yet... I lose settings and would like to back them up sometimes.  Also, I like to physically manipulate where the pics are rather than having em stuck in whatever directory they were imported into. 

Also, and here's a BIG one... I really need to clean up (as in get rid of dirt on the lens etc) photos and save them back in their original file format.  Unfortunately Paint Shop Pro forces you to go to 8 bit color when you use the clone brush and other tools.  Does Photoshop do this as well?  If not then it's a good reason to finally get a copy.  Heh, must order up from Mikey while he's in town and slurping off some proper bandwidth.

*SIGH*  One of my best sessions on June 5'th produced some seriously kick-arsed pics but as usual there's things you forget to do... like clean the damn lens!  *grumble*

Ever get hypnotized by a scene and forget a ton of simple things in the excitement?  That's me all over.  Unfortunately the depth of hypnosis is directly proportional to how cool the scene is and how many screw-ups you'll do it seems. 

'tomix

[Seamus]

As far as I know Photoshop doesn't make you do that when using the clonestamp, but there are tons of reasons to get photoshop when you start getting into specific needs .  However I think Lightroom does it as well on the RAW file.  I haven't personally done it but I remember seeing it in the feature list.

Awesome set by the way.  I kinda sorta know what you mean about that hypnotized feeling.  Definetely not in the same context though, thats for sure (as mine was food, and not an awesome beach XP).

However I have found a semi-cheap DSLR, any thoughts on the Nikon D40?  (I've heard mixed things)

[Atomicat]

As far as I know Photoshop doesn't make you do that when using the clonestamp, but there are tons of reasons to get photoshop when you start getting into specific needs .  However I think Lightroom does it as well on the RAW file.  I haven't personally done it but I remember seeing it in the feature list.

Awesome set by the way.  I kinda sorta know what you mean about that hypnotized feeling.  Definetely not in the same context though, thats for sure (as mine was food, and not an awesome beach XP).

However I have found a semi-cheap DSLR, any thoughts on the Nikon D40?  (I've heard mixed things)

I'll have to spend some more time getting familiar with Lightroom's touch-up features and also I guess it's about time I got me a copy of Photoshop.  As for cameras, I wouldn't be the one to ask.  This is the only one I've ever used!  Great that you found one though, they are amazing.

'tomix

[Amorphous]

However I have found a semi-cheap DSLR, any thoughts on the Nikon D40?  (I've heard mixed things)

As for cameras, I wouldn't be the one to ask. 

I, on the other hand, sell cameras to make rent.

The D40 is...okay. It's certainly functional, it will take you a nice picture, and the main thing is it (ostensibly) accepts nearly any Nikon lens. The F-mount is physically compatible backwards and forwards from about 1955 onward. However, the D40 has a couple of odd quirks that limit that compatibility. The first thing is, it's got no autofocus motor in the body, so to have autofocus capability you need to use the newer AF-S lenses. They have a servomotor built into the lens itself and don't rely on the body for autofocus drive. You can still mount non AF-S lenses (AF-D, AF-G, and so on) but you won't have autofocus, and my experience is that lenses made for autofocus aren't great on manual. There were a couple of odd design choices made with the D40 as well; for example, it's got no aperture preview button on the body anywhere, go figure. Not a big deal, but a bit of a nuisance. It's also really, really tiny. Depending on how big your hands are, it might be a bit uncomfortable to hold. I know I find it a bit small for my hands. That's what you really need to look for, honestly: a camera that feels good when you hold it. If you can reach the controls easily and it fits into your hands, then it's probably fine. Most cameras on the market now will take a half-decent photo and have an okay lens selection, especially at the consumer level.

[Fenris]

Photography is a hobby for me. I have a pretty crappy camera ATM though. I mainly take pictures of animals and my kid.

[sneff]

well i would  call my self a photographer but i do enjoy takeing  nice scenery pictures with my fujifilm s700.
i havent posted them any where yet how ever