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Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
I Will be Selling Prints at Victory Temple Wichita Ks
On December 11, Victory Temple, 1156 North Oliver Wichita Ks, will hold its X-mas Bazaar and I will have some of my work in the form of matted prints for sale.
They will be signed in an acid free paint that will not harm the photographs.
Short but wanted to let all know of the upcoming sale...............
They will be signed in an acid free paint that will not harm the photographs.
Short but wanted to let all know of the upcoming sale...............
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Watch Carefully - Ebay Sellers
Ebay is a fantastic place to purchase used camera or photographic equipment.....IF YOU ARE CAREFUL.....the novice photographer might get burned and when they do they always scream it was EBAYS fault.
It is not ebays fault at all...they simply host the auction you are bidding on and they place all kinds of guidelines that sellers are to adhere to...but that still doe not stop the unscrupulous seller from lying to you or asking dang near or actual retail price for used equipment.....so it truly is a buyers beware situation on Ebay.......
Just this morning I was looking to price some studio lighting.....my current set of 5 Paul C Buff white Lightning 5000's still work fantastic but I have been needing more power than they can produce a few more times than I like and renting is ok if I won't be doing it a lot...but there comes a time when I would rather just own...and now is that time......so I went looking for used Paul C Buff lighting, either White Lightning units or Alien Bees both are great units...Alien Bees being much lighter and smaller and I do a lot of location work......
So I found some of the upper end Alien Bees and the price was a mere $14 less than BRAND NEW from the factory and of course being used NO WARRANTY....I have sent the seller an email asking why so high priced and it is described as having dents and dings and scratches.......the sad thing is that some one new to photography will see this auction and not go to the Alien Bees website to investigate prices and such...then they will hear some other photog talk about the great deal they got from the manufacturer and be kicking them selves in the tail for the ebay purchase and they will tell people to not buy from ebay as they rip you off...again it is not ebays fault...it is the consumer for not investigating the items they want to buy first.............
Borrow Lenses is a great place to Rent from and they also have good sales on some items.....great fast service.........................
It is not ebays fault at all...they simply host the auction you are bidding on and they place all kinds of guidelines that sellers are to adhere to...but that still doe not stop the unscrupulous seller from lying to you or asking dang near or actual retail price for used equipment.....so it truly is a buyers beware situation on Ebay.......
Just this morning I was looking to price some studio lighting.....my current set of 5 Paul C Buff white Lightning 5000's still work fantastic but I have been needing more power than they can produce a few more times than I like and renting is ok if I won't be doing it a lot...but there comes a time when I would rather just own...and now is that time......so I went looking for used Paul C Buff lighting, either White Lightning units or Alien Bees both are great units...Alien Bees being much lighter and smaller and I do a lot of location work......
So I found some of the upper end Alien Bees and the price was a mere $14 less than BRAND NEW from the factory and of course being used NO WARRANTY....I have sent the seller an email asking why so high priced and it is described as having dents and dings and scratches.......the sad thing is that some one new to photography will see this auction and not go to the Alien Bees website to investigate prices and such...then they will hear some other photog talk about the great deal they got from the manufacturer and be kicking them selves in the tail for the ebay purchase and they will tell people to not buy from ebay as they rip you off...again it is not ebays fault...it is the consumer for not investigating the items they want to buy first.............
Borrow Lenses is a great place to Rent from and they also have good sales on some items.....great fast service.........................
Friday, October 29, 2010
Where to RENT Photo Equipment
People are always want to know to know where to rent Cameras, Lenses, tripods, and all sorts of photo equipment.....and I decided to help out my friends at Borrow Lenses a little.......Over on the right side of my blog is a section title Some of My Favorite Places and they have TOP BILLING.....sometimes they even have gear for sale at discounted pricing .....
Also if you live in an area that doesn't really cater to your photographic needs...Renting a new camera body, lens, tripod or whatever before purchasing is a fantastic way to see if the equipment you are interested in actually is what you want......That is WAAAAAAAAY better than buy from a dealer to only have to return it and wait for a refund.....after a while the retailers catch on and will no longer allow you to purchase and return stuff if you do it frequently...so RENT from BORROW LENSES.............
What if you need a Tilt Shift lens for a single job.....why buy that puppy when you can rent from BORROW LENSES and save some money and make more profit.....
Or you are going on a trip of a life time....maybe an African Safari....and you need a 600mm lens or a great zoom like a 200-400mm zoom lens but you have never needed one until now.....want to fork out several thousand dollars....if you don't think you will need it once a month from then on then RENT It.....Nikon 600mm for 4 weeks a little over $1300.00 as opposed to a purchase of approx.......$5K to 7.9K Or more to get the winning bid USED on Ebay......or new from approx $9800 to 14K.
BORROW LENSES is the way to go..............
Also if you live in an area that doesn't really cater to your photographic needs...Renting a new camera body, lens, tripod or whatever before purchasing is a fantastic way to see if the equipment you are interested in actually is what you want......That is WAAAAAAAAY better than buy from a dealer to only have to return it and wait for a refund.....after a while the retailers catch on and will no longer allow you to purchase and return stuff if you do it frequently...so RENT from BORROW LENSES.............
What if you need a Tilt Shift lens for a single job.....why buy that puppy when you can rent from BORROW LENSES and save some money and make more profit.....
Or you are going on a trip of a life time....maybe an African Safari....and you need a 600mm lens or a great zoom like a 200-400mm zoom lens but you have never needed one until now.....want to fork out several thousand dollars....if you don't think you will need it once a month from then on then RENT It.....Nikon 600mm for 4 weeks a little over $1300.00 as opposed to a purchase of approx.......$5K to 7.9K Or more to get the winning bid USED on Ebay......or new from approx $9800 to 14K.
BORROW LENSES is the way to go..............
Monday, October 18, 2010
JUST HAD ATT-U-VERSE INSTALLED - ALREADY UN HAPPY
Just had ATT Uverse installed and the "Premises Tech"....decided all on his own to start closing my browser windows with out asking.....I lost over 500 tabs.....
This really sucks, as the windows did not show up in my HISTORY or in the recently closed windows or tabs.....so no effing recovery available.......
This really sucks, as the windows did not show up in my HISTORY or in the recently closed windows or tabs.....so no effing recovery available.......
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A Question was asked about HDR Photos.............
Question - How many frames do you shoot for an HDR Photo???
Answer - It is not actually about the number of frames, but rather making sure to cover the whole complete DYNAMIC RANGE of the scene.
Answer - It is not actually about the number of frames, but rather making sure to cover the whole complete DYNAMIC RANGE of the scene.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
JUST A TAD ANNOYED ... at SOME FORUM POSTERS.......
I am a member of SEVERAL different Photo forums and I lurk about a lot on lots of them that I am not a member of.....but that is neither here nor there.....
It is the frequency with which I am seeing what I deem idiot questions or questions from people just too damn lazy to do a little research.....makes me wonder how they dress themselves or decide what to eat .......you know it gets real annoying to see questions like.....I have the lowest end but newest camera and kit lens and I am thinking of buying a slightly better camera ....will my lens work on that camera......good gawd...goto www. your camera brand dot com and read the specs....
Why not just stick with the point and shoot you had and forget doing the DSLR thing as it really does require reading the manual and studying the art of photography....if you aren't willing to do a bit of research on if your kit lens will work on a better model then you are not willing to put forth the effort to learn the fundamentals of DSLR photography let alone the more advanced fundamentals of taking really good photos.......
.....I hope I did not upset anyone with this tirade but I saw this type of question on several forums tonight and all posted with in minutes of each other....it is like the poster found all of that camera brand forums and some that are for all camera buffs and just paste posted the same question across several boards......
ARRRRRRGH.........it just really makes me wonder how these people survive at all.............
It is the frequency with which I am seeing what I deem idiot questions or questions from people just too damn lazy to do a little research.....makes me wonder how they dress themselves or decide what to eat .......you know it gets real annoying to see questions like.....I have the lowest end but newest camera and kit lens and I am thinking of buying a slightly better camera ....will my lens work on that camera......good gawd...goto www. your camera brand dot com and read the specs....
Why not just stick with the point and shoot you had and forget doing the DSLR thing as it really does require reading the manual and studying the art of photography....if you aren't willing to do a bit of research on if your kit lens will work on a better model then you are not willing to put forth the effort to learn the fundamentals of DSLR photography let alone the more advanced fundamentals of taking really good photos.......
.....I hope I did not upset anyone with this tirade but I saw this type of question on several forums tonight and all posted with in minutes of each other....it is like the poster found all of that camera brand forums and some that are for all camera buffs and just paste posted the same question across several boards......
ARRRRRRGH.........it just really makes me wonder how these people survive at all.............
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