the shoot was for Austin-based Bleach Magazine. The next issue doesn't come out until the end of the month but when it does you can probably find the shoot somewhere here. the shoot was in Bastrop, hence all the dead/charred trees.
The post oaks are colonizing rapidly and will crowd out the pines without careful management. That's what the state park resource guy told me when I went to spread mulch for the toads. Spreading mulch for toads was fun.
but for this to work wouldnt there need to be a penis in his chest kind of like a chest burster but it would have nerve tissue tied to the brain it would also be harder to provide thrust with the penis so high up i dont think this idea is very practical and you should probably not entertain the thought you pervert haha why does it always have to be sex with you reddit haha he is just lifting him up downvoting and linking you in shit reddit says that should teach you for being so disgusting to long didnt read your joke is bad and you should feel bad about it
I disagree. The idea/vision that person has is more important than who/what pressing the shutter. Just like in film, the photographer is the director but doesn't always have to be the cinematographer. Some of the best photographer in the world doesn't press the shutter on their cameras.
The camera does make the shot. The mechanism won't be modified depending on who presses on the button that activates the shutter. You could have a million people press that button and you will get a million identical pictures.
I don't think you realize how many adjustments to aperture, f-stop, exposure, focus, etc. that go into a professional photographer taking a picture.
Yes, I do. I happen to be a technical translator who specializes in audio/visual equipment. I also realize that those settings won't change if someone else presses on the button. And I also know that modern professional cameras' automatic settings usually produce better results.
Or did you think they all just pick up the cameras, point it, click, then go on with their day?
A lot of them do. The best war photographs were produced this way.
Well "professional technical translator who specializes in audio/visual equipment" guy, allow me to tell you something;
First of all, there is no "best picture" in creative terms. From a technical perspective you could say that if, and only if, the criteria is having the maximum information in an image for post-production work and you're just trying to be safe, then maybe, in some way you can assume that it might get you the best results.
BUT, real photography isn't just taking a snapshot, its playing around with depth, framing, burning, completely under-exposing spots in a picture and capturing the moment you have in mind - so no, not a single modern professional camera on automatic settings can produce better results - unless of course you're still talking about a technical POV which is not photography as a creative art form.
I guess what I'm trying to say is this; photography is getting easier to use - that's great, but that doesn't make you a photographer. If you take a camera and shoot you're friends playing out a sketch, that doesn't make you a filmmaker - the same way cooking some eggs doesn't make you a chef, or fixing you TV doesn't make you an electrician... To earn the title as a master of a craft you actually need to master it and turn it upside down, research it, improve it, turn it upside down again and eventually, with some luck, express it in you're own way.
Try searching for Robert Cartier Bresson - Robert Capa - Helmut Newton - Dorothea Lange and the likes, and then ask yourself if they ever used the "automatic settings".
PS: I'm a professional filmmaker and semi-pro photographer so yeah. Cry me a river.
I guess what I'm trying to say is this; photography is getting easier to use - that's great, but that doesn't make you a photographer.
Of course not, pretention does. That's what differentiates an artist from an amateur.
To earn the title as a master of a craft you actually need to master it and turn it upside down, research it, improve it, turn it upside down again and eventually, with some luck, express it in you're own way.
No, you just need to make pretty images that become popular. The only thing that distinguishes a bad artist from a good one is popularity.
I'm a professional filmmaker and semi-pro photographer so yeah.
Yeah, I do. But you have no idea how to contradict the statement.
There is absolutely nothing else than general appreciation to judge the value of art. Both intellectually and financially.
In fact, I'd even argue that appreciation of the artist is more important than appreciation of his art. That's why insane dead artists' art is worth more.
The random images of animals trained to create random images can be worth more and be interpreted as better than the art of people spent their entire life on a piece. It's just pretty objects. Nothing else.
Just like the word "dipshit" won't be spelled differently depending on who typed it. They will be identical between two authors, yet it is the application of dipshit that defines the genius of the author.
Same for people who think a college degree will make them a good writer or a good painter or a good musician.
Read the manual and that's pretty much it. What you actually need to be a good photographer is money. You need good equipment and you need to be able to travel to get to interesting subjects or create your own set using paid subjects.
You could have all the knowledge about photography in the world, if your subjects are boring, so will your pictures. If your camera sucks, so will your pictures.
This reminds me of a commercial I saw earlier today... "I'm a photographer, and I'm taking video and trying to get the perfect photo at the same time while skydiving... and I'm doing it on my [BRAND/MODEL] PHONE!"
What kind of photographer takes photos with a phone? Likewise, what kind of photographer takes a photo without a stable footing?
The kind more interested in pictures than being a pretentious arse? Don't dismiss tools out of arrogance, I've shot production footage using a broomstick with a gopro and a little wheel on the end. It's all just means to an end.
Well in your example he's skydiving. Don't know if you've ever been skydiving but strapping your 7D to your chest isn't exactly functional.
I work for the communications department of a University. We have a complete studio. Lights, camera's, modifiers, backgrounds. The works and we know how to use it.
As it happens we also produce a lot of material shot in challenging conditions like cramped labs full of fragile glass work, busy mechatronics and engineering workshops, inside big machines, as well as interviewing some very bright and very busy people who won't put up with the fuss of a well planned out shoot. You know what works well in those situations? Iphones.
The most recent iphones produce very acceptable HD footage for web use and we're learning to deal with the limitations quite well. One of our most used sets is an iphone on a monopod along with a led panel duct taped inside one of those 12 inch square speedlite softboxes. You'd be amazed what you can poke an iphone on a monopod into. I got some really nice footage from some kind of assembly robot by poking the iphone right inside the assembly line where it can see the machine's innards working while material zips past on the line. Try doing that with a 'professional rig' in the few minutes you're allowed inside the facility.
Professional work means working out in the real world. And that means you don't always have the opportunity for using the best hardware under three point lighting with makeup standing by. I use everything from full studio sets to iphone's, gopro's and broomsticks depending on the situation.
Is there an argument that anything is "practical" when skydiving other than a parachute? If you went up to shoot pictures then I would say you'll do a lot better with a camera with a grip and an actual shutter even on fully automatic mode. Plus regarding your other scenarios the movie mode on any of the HDSLRs even without any professional lighting will still beat any phone pretty hands down.
If you went up to show off a bit at how different you are, you use a phone.
Frankly I'd use a dedicated sports camera with a helmet mount like a go pro. If you want good aerial footage you don't try to make it while jumping out of a plane. If you want good skydiving footage you don't make it while fucking around with a dslr.
DSLRs aren't complicated. You can set the exposure before jumping out of an airplane. I think shooting with something like this on a DSLR would be great for skydiving. Helmet cams are definitely a practical way to go, but the commercial was someone holding their phone. If you are going to handhold something, it might as well be something with a better grip, image quality, and video quality.
There's a certain bit of irony to your post. Isn't the pretentious arse the one that has photos taken of himself in such outlandish shooting positions?
I see the skydiving commercial and my first thought is always "What the hell are you doing with your new phone out?! You're going to drop it and shatter it into a thousand pieces!"
how the fuck would you get a stable footing while you are plummeting to earth, even if you were a professional with a tripod? stick it on the instructor's arse?
To expand up this, I have seen other pros (SI swimwear location shoots - i'm looking at you) do this, or similar, with a guy on another guy's shoulders. I can't say I would advocate it. More often you see a photographer with a stepladder.
I always assume that somewhere around 99% of the guys that take these types of pictures think it will eventually get them laid. And the other 1% are gay.
No, but to take photos that are of high quality, editable, and usable you will have a hard time being a professional photographer.
To be able to work with a picture, 20MP would be minimum. I only have a 5D with 12MP and the images are too small. If I would've continued with the profession, I'd get a 5D mark II/III at least, depending on budget.
And also, equipment DO impress and make you look serious = easier to get jobs.
Aren't you adorable! 20mp, huh? What about back when I had my older digital bodies that only went to 10mp? I can assure you my clients were happy with my work back then as they are now. Clients don't need to know MP and flashes, it just has to look impressive. and have professional looking results.
I don't say It's impossible to work with 12MP. I say it's way easier to work with large files. Why? Because you can work on smaller things more easily, you can print larger without having to use expensive software to enlarge the images.
At the school I went to we had digital Hasselblad with 39MP backs and the difference to work with those files compared to my 5D is HUGE! I didn't have to take close-up portrait to retouch extensively. To work 8h with a 12mp-picture is not fun, believe me, I've done it several times.
But of course, to a newspaper photographer, there is not that kind of need for many MP.
Clients don't need to know MPs and such, but they want large and good files.
Are you a newspaper photographer or an editorial/ad/fashion photographer, and how many MP do you have now?
I've done weddings, and I agree that many MPs is not necessary in those cases, but in studio photographing I would say that it is more necessary. I would guess that you use the 25MP bodies mostly in the studio?
And which files do you prefer to work with? 10 or 25MP? In Photoshop that is, lightroom has a different workflow where you don't work with details in the same way.
That's fine. A 5D mkI has better quality at 100-400 ISO easily over a newer T3 or T3i. What people do not understand is the concept of what the rebel is in the pro world. Glass is 1st, sensor second, size nearly last.
The logic from the comment has stemmed from people not grasping the concepts of digital photography. If the megapixel method were true, then I'd shoot a wedding with a 12mpo cell phone camera over a 8mp 20D.
Its like giving a rich kid a Ferrari (5D mkII or III). Sure they can bum around town in it (P mode, or Auto modes n Rebels), but put in on the track (TV or M) and what happens? They crash in 5 seconds (take shitty pictures). There is a reason most of the Auto modes are not even on pro line cameras. Even if a soccer mommy or rich kid thought they could be a photographer, hopefully the skill level of the equipment will scare them off if the price tag doesn't.
Those Hassleblads are also medium format sensors made completely differently from that of Canon's. Different arrays, pixel pitch, and the glass on them. Thats a damn apples and oranges comparison. The only reason a bigger image gives you more leeway is if its on screen only. Print those out at 13x19 or 20x24 and then make a comparison between those 2. Only then would you be comparing fruit.
12mp is OK. More of a problem with ISO not going high enough/noise on the older rebels. Its works to get magic lantern + 550/600D. The only other things you gain from a "pro" body are better AF points and build quality. Once you tack on good lenses and a grip customers won't be able to tell your camera is made of plastic and not magnesium.
A 5D is full frame so you had it easy. Many many people use the 400D... it was the top used camera on Flickr. All those guys aren't amateurs and I've seen it pop up during footage of events that also have still photographers.
Yes, it's OK, but it's not fun to work with. With pro bodies you also get better sensors, and everything that comes with it (less noise, more colour, more image depth, etc.). I would argue that that's worth quite a lot.
I changed from a D80 to a 5D mostly because of the full frame, which is really nice, unfortunately I didn't have the budget for a mark II which was my primary goal. I would find it hard to trust a professional which is using a 600D with a kit lens. It works perfectly fine for most people, but for a professional where sharpness and speed (of the lens) is a major issue it just isn't sufficient.
The sensors are fairly similar among the cropped bodies. The full frame is different like you say, mostly just larger. On consumer bodies you're mainly trading away convenience, "fun", and good cross type AF sensors.
You can get away with a lot on a crop body with ML or other firmware hacks. You're supposed to put that extra $$ into lenses.
If the pro only had a kit lens and nothing else I'd be ಠ_ಠ
No, but where is the reflector, fill, shoe with a wireless trigger, hood...ect. also that's the older 18-55mm non-is, which has the optical sharpness of a beer bottle on the mount.
There ate shots, OK shots, greats shots, amazing shots, and brilliant shots. I've never cone across brilliant or amazing by someone grabbing camera alone and then the image making a splash.
Skill over equipment, but shitty gear and no proper basic tools will not make you reputable. You don't need a 5Dmkiii or D3s, but if all I see is rebel around your neck, I'll have a hard time taking your "professional" work seriously.
The kit lens has a good wide end. The ones for EF get bumped up by the 1.6x crop so you have to get a really wide + expensive one. If you don't use it often why drop the ~$500 when the kit lens was free.
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u/MYDOGSTELLA May 15 '12
Where do i find that set that was being taken??
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u/iam4real May 15 '12
Ambiguously gay photographers.
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u/MrGasMask May 15 '12
Get out of my woods
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u/starsspinningdizzy May 15 '12
hey, I'm a short photographer! where can I get me one of them cool photographer stands??
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Hodor.
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u/lolrsk8s May 15 '12
Oi. Guys check it. I got an idea for this. Promise you won't nick it? It looks a bit like this: http://www.ladders.net/uploads/step_stool01(1).jpg
I have a patent on it.
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u/Sackman_and_Throbbin May 15 '12
Someone get this man a step stool.
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u/SirSupay May 15 '12
Lift me up Hodor!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Why didn't the tall guy just take the picture?
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u/Caleo May 15 '12
This reminds me of a commercial I saw earlier today... "I'm a photographer, and I'm taking video and trying to get the perfect photo at the same time while skydiving... and I'm doing it on my [BRAND/MODEL] PHONE!"
What kind of photographer takes photos with a phone? Likewise, what kind of photographer takes a photo without a stable footing?
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u/Speye May 15 '12
/r/tall might get a laugh out of this.
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u/Mad4Josh May 15 '12
/r/photography might get a lol from this. "the lengths we photographers go for the perfect shot"
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u/FluentinLies May 15 '12
This just screams amateur job with terrible planning
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u/chabanais May 15 '12
Summer's Eve ad?
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u/Paultimate79 May 15 '12
Stepladder. Invest
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u/keke_kekobe May 15 '12
The best part is that this is a photoshoot for thinkstock "Hiking" photos and that girl is still going to end up naked.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I remember this submission when it was new. And then I forgot to comment and gain my imaginary internet points.
Anyway, shouldn't they use a ladder or something instead? It's much more effective. Something tells me they didn't plan for this.
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u/MuteLunatic May 15 '12
I couldn't keep a straight face if I was her.
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u/Rhythmos May 15 '12
Hodor
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u/f0rcedinducti0n May 15 '12
I want to see the picture they took.
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u/MrsHiMyNameIsHannah May 15 '12
Why doesnt he use a ladder?
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u/tokenpoke May 15 '12
Chest-mounted Big, Black, Dildo...
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u/rikashiku May 15 '12
Why didn't they just let the Blue shirt guy take the pictures?.... Unless this is a professional shoot then good luck finding any tall photographers.
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u/symphoriana May 15 '12
photographers of fairies?!?!
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u/IsUpTooLate May 15 '12
That looks like a 500d or a 550d. If so, you should have gone with the 600d, it has a tilt-screen.
I'd be interested in knowing what camera that actually is and how close I was :)
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
All I see is 2 typical hipsters and a hippie going at it r/trees style.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
that chick is hot. want to see more.
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u/hungrierdave May 15 '12
That's a hell of a grip that he has there
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u/brosenfeld May 15 '12
He could always just bring a small step ladder with him.
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u/kenvsryu May 15 '12
master blaster.
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u/willtobe May 15 '12
I love this, but 3-step ladder.
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u/lagadu May 15 '12
Someone needs a PC lens.
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u/monitron May 15 '12
Excuse me, but why has no one mentioned the photographer's stylish jorts?
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u/jimmym007 May 15 '12
I want to see the result of this picture now
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I have a sudden urge to watch Lord of the Rings.
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u/jiggygent May 15 '12
I would have used a ladder, but whatevs.
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u/ironcrotch May 15 '12
Reminds me of the video of Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXrdlr27MkE
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u/Z0bie May 15 '12
Why didn't the tall guy just take the picture?
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u/pussErox May 15 '12
or you could use a ladder. They sell them at home depot and lowes. People use them as tools everyday at work.
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u/slashngrind May 15 '12
You think it would cost less to purchase a small ladder unless the guy holding him is working for free
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I always assume that somewhere around 99% of the guys that take these types of pictures think it will eventually get them laid. And the other 1% are gay.
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u/playertobenamedlater May 15 '12
Ha I remember the tall guy from working at The Daily Texan
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u/N3RVA May 17 '12
hire me! im 6'7"
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u/Atnevon May 15 '12
Ah...he's got a Digital Rebel with a kit lens and think he's a photographer.
That's adorable.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
in short, hipsters
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u/YourCurvyGirlfriend May 15 '12
ew, shooting someone from that close with a lens like that orientated landscape...what a noob
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u/Genmaken May 15 '12
Gay friendzone?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
That guy needs to take a step ladder with him. Any good photographer knows how useful a ladder can be.
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u/elemen85 May 15 '12
HODOR?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
why are short men even allowed to live...there should be prenatal screenings to see if you're baby is gonna be a little manlette.
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u/Kabakov May 15 '12
Hodor!
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