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the last set i posted are film scans, tri-x 400!

but when i do digital i shoot RAW and process. i usually only take the digital out when i'm with the baby. a couple of my posts above are digital cause i took the baby to the game.
 
"Out of the two cameras, which one do you like better."

"That one. With the silver on it."

"Why?"

"Because it's shiny."
 
What is funny, when I first saw it, I thought "Oooo, that is an old school looking camera, I bet that feels nice in the hand. Might like shooting on that; I miss my OM-2 (damn you college girlfriend)" then he described the faux aperture ring and that changed into "nope."
 
VF said:
What is funny, when I first saw it, I thought "Oooo, that is an old school looking camera, I bet that feels nice in the hand. Might like shooting on that; I miss my OM-2 (damn you college girlfriend)" then he described the faux aperture ring and that changed into "nope."
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My first Nikons were the FE2 and the F3 and both are still on my shelf. They still have a place in my heart. The Df brings that nostalgia for my film days. It really is cool and if I was rich I would probably buy one as a walking around camera. But I'm not and so I have to choose my gear wisely. Last year I bought the D800 for the same money, and while it "looks" like nothing special, it is by far the best camera I have ever owned. It has a lot more to offer as a photographer's tool than the Df for the same price. That said, the Df looks cool and would be a lot of fun to play with.

VF: The so-called faux aperture ring is a misleading criticism. That ring he is talking about is really part of the retro-look special edition 50mm kit lens they created to go with the camera. It's really a modern G series lens in disguise. My understanding is that the Df can use every Nikon lens ever made. So if you are like me and still have some manual focus Ai lenses with aperture rings, they'll work just fine.
 
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FINALLY done with this product shoot!!

I've learned a few things about lighting, staging and styling. But above all, I've learned that I have absolutely no desire to be a product photographer for a living.

A couple positives: They're having a "look book" published with large color images of all their jewelry…sort of like a catalog. Nice. They're also having an article done for a magazine that circulates about 100,000 every quarter in NY City with a few images from my work with them.
I've basically entered into an ongoing partnership with the owners of the jewelry company to shoot any additional images in the same style when they give them to me.

But I'm really glad to have this out from over my head. Now I can get back to doing what I want on my days off from my real career.
 
FBJ said:
FINALLY done with this product shoot!!

I've learned a few things about lighting, staging and styling. But above all, I've learned that I have absolutely no desire to be a product photographer for a living.

A couple positives: They're having a "look book" published with large color images of all their jewelry…sort of like a catalog. Nice. They're also having an article done for a magazine that circulates about 100,000 every quarter in NY City with a few images from my work with them.
I've basically entered into an ongoing partnership with the owners of the jewelry company to shoot any additional images in the same style when they give them to me.

But I'm really glad to have this out from over my head. Now I can get back to doing what I want on my days off from my real career.
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Your experience has mirrored my wife's almost exactly. I keep sharing your process with her and she laughs and laughs and laughs. I think it's pretty safe to say she will never do jewelry for websites again.
 
DRice said:
Your experience has mirrored my wife's almost exactly. I keep sharing your process with her and she laughs and laughs and laughs. I think it's pretty safe to say she will never do jewelry for websites again.
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I can't say it didn't pay well. I basically shot for the moon when I quoted the original 75 piece trial (it worked out to about $35/piece) and they basically said, "Oh, is that all?? Okay!" Maybe I should have doubled my asking price?

Ah well. Considering each piece took me an average of fifteen minutes of actual imaging and post-processing, then my hourly rate was pretty freakin' good. It just took SO MUCH TIME away from my family, whom I already miss time with being away half the week for the real job.
 
After I got done with the project, I upgraded to OSX Mavericks. Now, I've got to go back and reshoot a half dozen pendants and I find out that Lightroom4 is not fully compatible with Mavericks, and I have to upgrade to LR5.

Grumble.
 
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