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Charlie and the Nature Factory [Warning: Stunningly Beautiful Large Photo Images]
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Well, not that I'm counting or anything, but the percentage of decent shots is quite low, way down in the single digits. So I make up for it by taking tons of shots whenever possible.Awesome shots, SK. Just admit it — how many shots do you take?
I do sometimes but didn't use one in those images, which were taken with a UV filter. Had I been shooting in the opposite direction, however, the water would've appeared almost black instead of blue, which is a cool effect also when a white bird happens by.
That's an excellent line, and so true. I mentioned earlier in this thread how in the right hands, even a disposable camera can be used to take great shots.
As an aside, I was asked recently by a so-called friend to take photos of his son's wedding. I politely declined. He was all like, Come on, man, I need you for this.
And I was all like, Nope, sorry.
Then he had the balls to ask if he could use my camera to let someone else record the event.
And I was all like, Nope, sorry.
Just popping in to check out the great photos, I knew SK would have some more up. Such detail and great color! I love that old stump the gator and turtles seem to enjoy, when I do a drawing it'll be involved. I know, I'm odd.
SK, I'm curious. Have you taken a photography course? These really are awesome photos.
Also, can't blame you about the wedding pics. Did you still get an invite?
Also, can't blame you about the wedding pics. Did you still get an invite?
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My husband and I bought 8 disposable cameras and told people to have fun with it. We also asked anyone who had a camera and wanted to bring to please do. I have over 200 photographs of my wedding day.
I can't help but think of our cray and his bike when I see egrets now, especially when they first take off and are all legs and wings and long neck, wobbling in the most awkward way while straining to gain momentum...
Another bicycle, a smaller version, flying by. Cray wasn't on that one, either:
you guys crack me up. great pics as always, sk. impressive.
in june i should probably have some action pics of me riding. if i remember and if this thread is still alive i will try to post a few so you can ALL see what i'm talking about! keep the neck of the bird above in mind!
Thank you.
I haven't taken any courses and learned mostly through trial and error. And lots of practice.
I dislike attending weddings so much that I was hoping he'd dis-invite me!
I enjoy shooting nature more but don't mind taking pics of people, especially family members and children. Small gatherings are fun also, but weddings are too much work, and the pressure on the photographer is quite high.
I've shot three weddings (one for pay and two as favors), and each was a torturous event that I finally swore I'd never repeat again. I was fortunate that the folks I shot for were very pleased with the results, but I can't stand even the thought of shooting another wedding.
That's a great idea; and I'll bet you have some cool pictures taken by your guests, in a variety of different situations, that no single photographer would have ever been able to capture.
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Thank you.
I haven't taken any courses and learned mostly through trial and error. And lots of practice.
I dislike attending weddings so much that I was hoping he'd dis-invite me!
I enjoy shooting nature more but don't mind taking pics of people, especially family members and children. Small gatherings are fun also, but weddings are too much work, and the pressure on the photographer is quite high.
I've shot three weddings (one for pay and two as favors), and each was a torturous event that I finally swore I'd never repeat again. I was fortunate that the folks I shot for were very pleased with the results, but I can't stand even the thought of shooting another wedding.
That's a great idea; and I'll bet you have some cool pictures taken by your guests, in a variety of different situations, that no single photographer would have ever been able to capture.
Yes, including a pic of the best man leaning against the wall texting during the ceremony. Due to this and other reasons we are no longer friends with him.
Also a fun picture of friends riding some statues as if they were bucking broncos outside of the restaurant we were married in.
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My sister did that for her wedding reception and was disappointed that a lot of photos were trash since some of the guests let their kids take pictures and they came out garbage. Though she had some good photos worth keeping, there were many she had to toss away.
By the way, the person my friend used to take pictures of his son's wedding appeared uncomfortable and pretty much out of her element. She stayed too far in the background most of the time and never once took charge to get people together for group pictures, even of the wedding party.
Another odd thing I noticed (because you know I was watching her work) is that she'd often squat down very low and take pictures from an upward angle. She even did this during the ceremony, almost exclusively, while holding the camera vertically.
Not sure what effect she was aiming for, but the subjects must have appeared towering in those images.
Another odd thing I noticed (because you know I was watching her work) is that she'd often squat down very low and take pictures from an upward angle. She even did this during the ceremony, almost exclusively, while holding the camera vertically.
Not sure what effect she was aiming for, but the subjects must have appeared towering in those images.
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No children were invited to our wedding. One of my ex-bridesmaids is now my ex-friend because she accused me of tearing her family apart because I wouldn't allow her ill behaved to my wedding.
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re wedding photos (it does kind of relate to wildlife )
We only invited two kids to our wedding. We knew them well, and knew how they behaved. There were two others there as well. My almost MIL had told their parents it was OK to bring them.
We hired a friend who was a professional photographer to take our pictures. He had a list of the individuals and groupings we wanted. It wasn't until we got the proofs back that I discovered there were none of the posed photos of *my* relatives I wanted, but tons of photos of various relatives and friends of said MIL. She had shanghaied the poor photog, take a picture of this my friend and this my in-law etc. The only photos that had any of my three grandparents or my aunt or my uncle in them were just general shots with them in the background. Why, no, I'm not bitter. Almost 40 years later. I kept the hubby in spite of her.
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)We only invited two kids to our wedding. We knew them well, and knew how they behaved. There were two others there as well. My almost MIL had told their parents it was OK to bring them.
We hired a friend who was a professional photographer to take our pictures. He had a list of the individuals and groupings we wanted. It wasn't until we got the proofs back that I discovered there were none of the posed photos of *my* relatives I wanted, but tons of photos of various relatives and friends of said MIL. She had shanghaied the poor photog, take a picture of this my friend and this my in-law etc. The only photos that had any of my three grandparents or my aunt or my uncle in them were just general shots with them in the background. Why, no, I'm not bitter. Almost 40 years later. I kept the hubby in spite of her.
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I finished Virginia Woolf's Monday or Tuesday short story collection. Below is how the title story begins. Anyway, I read this and thought of you all.
Lazy and indifferent, shaking space easily from his wings, knowing his way, the heron passes over the church beneath the sky. White and distant, absorbed in itself, endlessley the sky covers and uncovers, moves and remains.
Lazy and indifferent, shaking space easily from his wings, knowing his way, the heron passes over the church beneath the sky. White and distant, absorbed in itself, endlessley the sky covers and uncovers, moves and remains.
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Word, sister. Word.
Funny thing--as many people as there are in Ohio that get baby alligators as "pets", I have yet to meet anyone who has a full-grown gator for a "pet."
Go figure. Then people wonder how these huge reptiles find their way into things they're not supposed to be in up here, like sewers or cranberry bogs or swimming pools.
Nature is rarely as poisonous as the extended family at a wedding.
There. Fixed it for you.
*tackle hugs SK and runs out of thread*
I put up the hummingbird feeder a few days ago after a year or two without, and I was looking out the window this morning and I saw my first hummingbird in years.
Gets ready to shoot....
Gets ready to shoot....
You know, I was thinking as I read this:
Opportunities for what? Dinner?
That's a tough break; but your friend should share some of the blame for allowing himself to be distracted from the list you'd given him. The best wedding photographers I've seen are cordial yet assertive to the point of being pushy in getting the required shots they need for the event.
He was most likely trying to be nice to your MIL, but unfortunately it was at the expense of what you had expected of him at the time.
Hugs Celina back, really hard.
Man, that felt good.
Taps foot while waiting for Ben to post a picture in this thread...
Depending on the caliber and type of shot, there may not be enough of the hummingbird left to photograph.