Select Models wrote:

Yep... we had some great ones fur sure... but YOUR OUTFIT took the cake...

Gary you know I don't do normal. Always open to new ideas.

Jason Becker wrote:

aww i miss you two girlie...  ur new work is looking great and i am looking forard to watching ur photog skills build up

I know I really need to upload all my new stuff.

dayplace wrote:

You're welcome! Still working on the ones with the white hat (we have a lot of those!), but here's one from the set.


You can see more on flickr as I work on them.

Omg i freaking love this!!!!!! Thank you sooooooo much!!

PeTe-Rock-a-Holik wrote:
hello guys!
It was great meeting all of you last week at the mt. baldy shoot. If you wanted to view some of the photos from the weekend, you can view them at http://www.peterdangphotography.com/p867008928

password: firstvisit

Yay!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

dayplace wrote:
Here's a couple of Mina

Hey Mark... checked out your flickr page... great shots amigo.  Only problematic thing I'm seeing is a boost in your editing techique that I'M SURE will aid in rendering a better end result.  I can help you out if you like with a sample edit of one of your images...

Select Models wrote:
Hey Mark... checked out your flickr page... great shots amigo.  Only problematic thing I'm seeing is a boost in your editing techique that I'M SURE will aid in rendering a better end result.  I can help you out if you like with a sample edit of one of your images...

Hi Gary,

Thanks for looking over the images. Sure, I appreciate any input or help I can get! What kind of image file would you like?

dayplace wrote:

Hi Gary,

Thanks for looking over the images. Sure, I appreciate any input or help I can get! What kind of image file would you like?

Would it be OK if I pick one of Candace?

Select Models wrote:

Would it be OK if I pick one of Candace?

Sure, can you send me a message with your email address and I'll send you the files?

dayplace wrote:

Sure, can you send me a message with your email address and I'll send you the files?

How about if I pick one of the photos off of your Flickr page... is that cool?

Jin N Tonic wrote:
so i did not have a single photographer ask for my information, nor did anyone ask me to sign a release (lesson learned, i will be sure to have plenty with me in the future!). at group shoots my understanding is that typically it is $10 a release, $20 for nudes. so this leaves me with two thoughts.

1. either no one is interested in using photos of me in their port (which occasionally happens, not all photogs have an MM and not all photos are port worthy. perfectly understandable, not at all insulting)
OR
2. no one felt my skills were worth $10 for a release. this IS insulting

is this a misunderstanding on my part? would be happy for input (and gary, we of course are good, thanks for dinner and a place to crash! LOVE the photo!!! can't wait to see it posted=)

Don't feel too bad, I think I am the only model that has not had their picture posted.

PeTe-Rock-a-Holik wrote:
hello guys!
It was great meeting all of you last week at the mt. baldy shoot. If you wanted to view some of the photos from the weekend, you can view them at http://www.peterdangphotography.com/p867008928

password: firstvisit

wow! a lot of really great photos in there! well done!

Select Models wrote:

How about if I pick one of the photos off of your Flickr page... is that cool?

Oh sure! I thought you might want one that had not been modified yet Thanks again!

Libertad Green wrote:
Don't feel too bad, I think I am the only model that has not had their picture posted.

There's another one that I have of you that I like better but haven't had a chance to work on it, but just so you don't feel completely left out...

James Sioux wrote:
Forest Siren.

Sweet shot James...

dayplace wrote:
Thanks Gary. I see that you added color back to her skin I blew the exposure on this shot trying to get enough detail in the dark woods behind her that I didn't leave enough for her skin.

You're welcome... I cropped it (all that light foreground rock was distracting), sharpened the image slightly and removed some contrast to pickup some contour and density in her fleshtone... very fast and easy to do in PhotoBrush 5.0...

Select Models wrote:
Here's a hot little blonde who looks alot like Libertad... but it couldn't really be her... or could it?... ...

:p

Select Models wrote:
Here's a hot little blonde who looks alot like Libertad... but it couldn't really be her... or could it?... ...

Sexy shot

Select Models wrote:
Here's a hot little blonde who looks alot like Libertad... but it couldn't really be her... or could it?... ...

This is nice. D600?

Charonda Glamour wrote:

This is nice. D600?

Yep... at 5000 ISO too...

PeTe-Rock-a-Holik wrote:
How do u post pictures?

here's link to use bbcode tags, which is what you use to link images.

dayplace wrote:

here's link to use bbcode tags, which is what you use to link images.

I've been wondering too.
When I use the "Quote" feature on a someone else's pic post I see the coding.
It seems I need to have previously uploaded the image to a web accessible place. Gary seems to use PhotoBucket. I use Picasa. I could create a special folder in Picasa solely for MM posting purposes.
Therefore I think I can replace the section of Gray's BBcode with my link and it should post the pic. Will try later when I'm fully awake.

Select Models wrote:
Yep... at 5000 ISO too...

5000? You should be happy about that! The extra resolution is producing some real nice fineness in the hair and face, on this one and your previous ones. Looking forward to see more from the D600. You may convert me.

Charonda Glamour wrote:
5000? You should be happy about that! The extra resolution is producing some real nice fineness in the hair and face, on this one and your previous ones. Looking forward to see more from the D600. You may convert me.

Convert you?... ... just might end up seeing your Sony at the Buena Park Camera Swapmeet huh... ... cause those Sony cams are BIGTIME noisy at anything over 1000 ISO...

Select llamas wrote:
Convert you?... ... just might end up seeing your Sony at the Buena Park Camera Swapmeet huh... ... cause those Sony cams are BIGTIME noisy at anything over 1000 ISO...

Yes, they are. But they have other qualities which I find desirable, such as color rendition and in-body stabilization (for what it's worth), excellent ergonomics and engineering, plus access to CZ zoom lenses. So my mission always with the Sony cameras is to find good lighting. If I can stay under 800 ISO the Sonys do very well. A lot of bang for the buck in my opinion.

I have a question: I ran into an old friend in OC who has a big collection of manual focus Nikon lenses from the 70's. He's no longer into photography. Will those lenses fit on modern Nikon DSLR bodies?

Charonda Glamour wrote:

Yes, they are. But they have other qualities which I find desirable, such as color rendition and in-body stabilization (for what it's worth), excellent ergonomics and engineering, plus access to CZ zoom lenses. So my mission always with the Sony cameras is to find good lighting. If I can stay under 800 ISO the Sonys do very well. A lot of bang for the buck in my opinion.

I have a question: I ran into an old friend in OC who has a big collection of manual focus Nikon lenses from the 70's. He's no longer into photography. Will those lenses fit on modern Nikon DSLR bodies?

Yep... those lenses will fit and they're usually very sharp.  I'd grab a few of those if you plan on jumping the Sony ship...

Select Models wrote:

Yep... those lenses will fit and they're usually very sharp.  I'd grab a few of those if you plan on jumping the Sony ship...

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into it.

Charonda Glamour wrote:

Thanks for the advice. I'll look into it.

Cool... let me know if he has any D-Series AF lenses... may be interested...

Select Models wrote:
Cool... let me know if he has any D-Series AF lenses... may be interested...

He has a collection of a half doz F2 bodies, but only manual focus lenses, including the big mama telephotos, including the 1000mm! I took pics of of everything. When I get them loaded to my zenfolio, I'll send you the link. I didn't ask him yet if he wants to sell, but he might be persuaded. And the interesting thing is, he started photography while he was in the military. Sound familiar? He was also the official photographer of the Huntington Beach car show for 7 years. His favorite lens for cars was the Nikon 20mm prime.

Update: You've got mail.

Charonda Glamour wrote:
Update: You've got mail.

Got it... now get back over to the Taco Tuesday thread...