(Coloumbe effect) my computer decided the message was ready to send before I made that decision. :) Steve Shapiro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie A" <juliebread@yahoo.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:22 PM Subject: RE: Question about lighting... > Hmm.... interesting reply. A tad on the negative side > considering all the helpful (and humorous) replies I > received before yours. > > Unlike yourself, I was not born a professional > photographer. I am trying to learn what I can about > photography techniques while I tackle my other job > responsibilities. > > We do use an independant, professional, non-jaded type > photographer for some photo shoots, but we cannot > always justify the price he charges for every purpose. > Most of what I do is for internal use, so it doesn't > need to be 'ass-kicking' quality, but I try to do the > best I can. > > That's all. > --- Les Baldwin <fotofx@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Julie, > > > > Unlike my colleagues on this list I feel that the > > actual question is not > > HOW we can help, but it should be, IF you should be > > helped. The pros on > > this list are not helping themselves or the other > > pros by assisting you. > > > > No offense intended but this is really the realm of > > the professional, > > qualified commercial photographer. The reason your > > images are low in > > quality has nothing to do with the EQUIPMENT, but > > your actual skills. > > > > Your company has several sites, and what looks like > > enough income to > > hire a good photographer to do your marketing > > images, yet they want you > > to do it for free. Even if you have basic photo > > skills you should not do > > any photography for them without either charging > > them extra or (unless > > you were hired to be a photographer in which case > > you do not have even > > basic skills). > > But if you are here in our forum asking basic > > questions you should not > > be charging for image creation either. > > > > That leads me to think that you and/your company > > feels that having a > > better camera makes you a better photographer, which > > is also false. The > > images you posted are barely good enough for the > > average company access > > badge much less advertising or marketing. > > > > Go to your manager and tell them to hire a pro you > > will get better > > results, faster, and the images will help generate > > the needed business, > > and you can go back to your regular job. Nothing > > looks worse on the > > printed page then bad photography. > > > > Les Baldwin > > Professional photographer > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Julie A" <juliebread@yahoo.com> > > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - > > Professionals - Students" > > <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:06 AM > > Subject: Question about lighting... > > > > > > > Hi ho, > > > > > > I'm Julie. > > > I'm trying to get some advice on lighting. Please > > let > > > me know if this is not the appropriate place to > > ask > > > this. > > > > > > Here's the deal. At work I take pictures of > > > co-workers for marketing purposes. The camera I > > use > > > is a basic Sony digital camera (2.1 megapixel) > > with a > > > simple flash. > > > > > > Needless to say, indoor pictures stink with this > > > set-up. The pictures come out dark, the digital > > color > > > information isn't there, and the light diffusion > > is > > > virtually non-existent. > > > > > > I recently borrowed a Canon digital camera with a > > > nicer flash. One that I could tilt towards the > > > ceiling to bounce the flash to diffuse the light. > > The > > > lighting in these pics was fantastic compared to > > the > > > Sony set-up. > > > > > > Unfortunately, our budget is limited so the Canon > > > w/nice flash is out (~$1,200). And I cannot buy > > the > > > flash only because the Sony doesn't support > > external > > > flashes. > > > > > > For reference, here's a pic from each camera - > > don't > > > laugh ;) > > > Sony: > > > http://www.precisionind.com/pic1.png > > > Canon: > > > http://www.precisionind.com/pic2.png > > > > > > So my (long winded) question is, assuming the Sony > > CAN > > > take good pictures w/appropriate lighting, what > > kind > > > of indoor lighting solution would anyone > > recommend? > > > I've thought of the nice big, round diffusing > > lights > > > you see at the photography studio. Would that do > > the > > > trick? Are these affordable (around $300-400)? > > > > > > Anyway, sorry for my lack of proper terminology. > > > Thanks for any advice! > > > Julie > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > New Yahoo! 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