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04-29-2014, 03:41 PM | #3721 |
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Re: Photography Thread
Here's the trouble guys - the amazing looking girls in the lingerie are nice, but the wide eyed fully clothed mom has an entirely different appeal. Not sure what it is - the girl next door, real person look....
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04-29-2014, 03:56 PM | #3722 |
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Its all personal preference for sure. When I shoot models in lingerie im selling a fantasy. Portraits is a different game but I do both.
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04-30-2014, 09:35 AM | #3724 |
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Very hot looking woman. I dig the shirt and, yes, I enjoy her little "things"!
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05-01-2014, 08:57 AM | #3725 |
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05-01-2014, 10:53 AM | #3726 | |
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Oh yeah I'd kiss her all over.....
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05-01-2014, 02:55 PM | #3727 |
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I think I have given up on Adorama. A LOT of people have tried to warn me off of em from bad experiences, but most of mine
have been positive. But Passover knocked them for a loop. TO much weed or something. I got a used Canon lens from them and it was not cheap, $399 in grade E, so no dust inside, hell two grades above lenses with visible dust inside. But it is littered with large bits. As I use it a lot above f/8-f/11, these are spots I will end up having to paint out. if it had been graded G, or even V, I would have had no complaints. But I paid for E and got G, so I am sending it back. It is almost 9 days since they got back from Passover, having been gone for a week. And they are just not gettin after it. I was looking for a refund of at least $100, and they want more pictures, dragging their feet, and giving up a customer that spent 9 grand on used and clearance material last year. I hate it for em, but I hate it for me even more. Now I have to pay a premium on the same stuff at B&H. Pick any lens and check both places for like used grades. You'll see 15%-20% more in price at B&H for the same used gear. SO as my dad used to say, its gonna hurt me a lot more than its gonna hurt them. But after 20 months of faithful patronage, I am out. I am not suggesting anyone not use them, I loved using them. But this is lame, slow and not worth my time. They were gonna slow drag right through my 30 day return warranty. F that. Bye Bye awesome lens. Well, not really, for $50 more during a Canon lens sale at B&H I just replaced it with new...100mm f/2 for $50 more than I just paid used (and dusty) and free shipping to boot. I am sure Adorama has the same sale on, but bump that. |
05-01-2014, 03:20 PM | #3728 |
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Not sure how many of you are in line for a new lens for your Canon, hell I shouldn't be, I am a Nikon guy, but I just bought
a THRILLINGLY SHARP 100mm f/2 and got almost 70 bucks off of Lightroom. I did not want Lightroom, I have two versions of Photoshop. But for RAW, I can't run these ole timey versions of photoshop and work with RAW easily if at all. Certainly for nothing past the D70-D80. SO Lightroom seemed like a decent idea for $80. SO now I have it, gotta get ready to hate it. But there is a full field of Canon lenses "on sale" now with these coupla bonus software bundles on, just like Nikon did last month or so. If you need it, might be time to think about it. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/promot...s-savings.html |
05-02-2014, 12:58 PM | #3730 |
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I used to think vignetting was the coolest look, and I still do, but when I was emulating one of my big idols of the photonic arts,
I saw him posting a LOT of great photos with some reasonably noticeable vignetting. SO I took MY PHOTOS that had none and photoshopped it in. Now I realize for the most part, its just Canon lenses, some of them anyway. And it stands to reason, since he was not really packing any serious lenses then. This was a lens I picked up to go with my Canon 5D, a cheap zoom of 28-105 (3.5 max). And it vignettes on both ends, I think. But when I want to direct the viewer's attention to my subject, it is FINE with me. NOW, if only I had paid closer attention to focus. Last edited by OLS; 05-02-2014 at 01:11 PM. |
05-04-2014, 12:23 AM | #3731 |
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05-04-2014, 12:29 AM | #3733 |
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Har har. Bet my wife could kick you ass
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05-04-2014, 12:45 AM | #3735 |
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05-04-2014, 10:20 AM | #3737 | |
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05-05-2014, 06:17 AM | #3738 |
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That's mostly because I do not handle my camera buying business here at the Asylum, I try to handle it with your company.
What I do HERE is tell people what happened to me when I tried to get my business taken care of but couldn't. You word your statement as if I had not already tried and failed for 10 days (plus all of Passover) through the channels your company has in place. There is no need to stalk me here with a search engine, sign up to the forum, and offer me what you should be offering me on your own website once I alert you to the issue. A lot of people here would consider that 'reaching out" to me and trying to resolve my issue. I tend to see it as too late to be of any help, and definitely in the wrong place. And to be quite frank, YOU HAVE helped me. Your company has a no-questions asked 30 day return policy. If I can't get my issues handled to my satisfaction, I can just send it all back. |
05-05-2014, 07:09 AM | #3739 | |
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My role at Adorama is only online customer support to Adorama customers via photography forums, shopping sites, Flickr groups etc. We can't monitor what each one of our CS Call Center Team members is doing 100% of the time and recognize that occasionally mistakes will happen. If you need me to step in, well, you know where I am.
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05-05-2014, 08:35 AM | #3740 |
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Your call center didn't make any errors. You have a fair return policy in place that I was forced to use.
This would be less likely to occur if people who have been off for over a week understand that when they get back to work, its time to get serious and clear the decks. |
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