Grandson at the Cottage

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lostdutchman

Grandson at the Cottage

Postby lostdutchman » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:30 pm

My first ProShow production shows my grandson, Aidan, at our Michigan cottage in June, at the time of his first birthday. It's plenty rough, but I sure had fun putting it together.

I'm jealous of all you "real" photographers out there that have "real" cameras. I used my trusty Canon A510.

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalb ... ?bm=140065

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Postby gpsmikey » Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:43 am

Well, first off, that old "trusty Canon 510" does just fine !!

Very nice but a couple of things that I noticed

1) some of the text is not displayed long enough to read although,
that may tie in to my other idea -- I think I would consider having
the longer lines of text as multiple lines that are stationary instead.
The "moving text" draws your eyes away from the picture while the
text should be supporting the picture.

2) might cut back on some of the transitions -- in general, unless you
want to draw attention to a particular transition, the "less is better"
seems to work well. They get too distracting and detract from the
pictures -- you end up watching for the transitions instead.

3) good choice of music and nice pictures -- obviously having a good
time at the beach. All in all though, a nice show and cute kid !!
Very good for a "first show"!!

mikey
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lostdutchman

Postby lostdutchman » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:26 am

gpsmikey wrote:1) some of the text is not displayed long enough to read although,
that may tie in to my other idea -- I think I would consider having
the longer lines of text as multiple lines that are stationary instead.
The "moving text" draws your eyes away from the picture while the
text should be supporting the picture.
mikey


Thanks for this insight. Looking at it again I see exactly what you are saying. I was rather enamored with the scrolling captions, but the point really is to see the photo. Hadn't thought of that.
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Postby kaylef » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:59 am

Little boys are my favorite! Adorable pictures....specially loved the facial expression when he was eating the hot dogs. Perfect music, I could feel the surf.

I enjoyed watching your grandson enjoy his vacation. Thankyou for posting.

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Cute show

Postby alcain » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:20 am

This is a pretty good show for a new "show craftsman". That Canon A510 took some pretty great shots (or did the photographer have anything to do with it???) Listen to Mikey, he hit the nail on the head. Thank you for sharing, ~al

ps... if you look at my avatar photo real close, you will discover that the camera in the photo is a Canon A1 Film Camera. My first "real" camera.
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Postby gpsmikey » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:14 am

Hey, I've still got my first "real" camera too -- Minolta SR-7 purchased
back in 1965? or so (first SLR), and the SRT-101 and the XG-SE and
the X-700 (with motor drive and databack). I've run thousands of feet
of film (mostly B/W) through them and the old darkroom. You want
a neat B/W film to play with (don't know if it is still available) -- Kodak
High Contrast Copy -- 1 stop either way and it is either black or clear,
but it is really cool for aerial photography when you get it right !!

mikey
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Lots of PIC and Arduino microprocessor stuff too !!

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Canon A510 Powershot

Postby lostdutchman » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:52 pm

I took a 1/2 day seminar in Phoenix with a photographer from Arizona Highways magazine. I was one of 20 people in the class. Everyone else came with bags of equipment--lenses, tripods, light meters, shades. I showed up with my little point-and-shoot Canon. I had a pretty good idea this would be the case, so I was mentally prepared to be humiliated. At some point, as we were setting up shots on the grounds of the Botanical Gardens, I mentioned to the instructor that I was the only person without a "real" camera.

He said, "That's okay, I always carry this around." And he whipped a baby Nikon point-and-shoot out of his front shirt pocket. He said he uses that camera in virtually all the professional shoots he does--to check for composition, suitability of light, etc. He told me, "Your Powershot can do everything the fancy SLRs can do--the important thing is to take it off automatic and learn how shutter speed, aperture and film speed all work together for the effects you want."

Someday, when I retire, I will purchase a different camera, but I'm in no hurry.

I do suspect that I will soon be buying a good monopod--I like to use the macro function and it is really hard to hold still enough to get accurate focusing. And I've found that even with the 3X zoom on my Powershot, I can't hold it still enough in many situations.

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Postby gpsmikey » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:50 pm

It is always amazing how many people figure that the more
$$$ they spend on the camera, the better the photographer they
will become. I have seen some fantastic shots taken with the
simple point and shoot cameras and real trash taken with $10k
worth of stuff. One very big advantage with the P/S is it is easy
to have it there when the right shot happens (the fancy Canon
with the super duper lens sitting at home doesn't do a lot of good).

I have specific reasons I got my Nikon D70s a while back --
specifically some of the key things I wanted (because I do a lot
of shooting of my kids sports (soccer, swim team etc) is
1) no shutter delay (I hate the push the button, team scores goal,
game over, camera takes picture thing).

2) almost 0 "boot up time" from power down or sleep mode, if I touch
the shutter it is awake and ready to go almost immediately

3) the ability to put it in continuous tracking autofocus mode (and specify
where in the viewfinder to use as the focus point). I was pointing
at that kid - I didn't need it to lock onto the one on the side of the
frame thank you very much.

That said, my wife and both kids
have nice small Canon P/S cameras that work very well for dragging
around the country side and having a camera when you need it.
The "Perfect camera" is sort of like the "perfect car" -- ain't no such
critter -- you need to know what you are going to use it for.

mikey
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Real Camera

Postby alcain » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:26 pm

Yep, before I went Digital Nikon, I actually shot with a Sony 707. I shoot a lot of weddings and portraits and have traditionally shot with my Canon Film Cameras (Canon A1, AE-1 and a F70), when I decided to go digital, I had to start small because of the huge investments I had already made in my Film Cameras and gear (and tons of studio lighting set ups). Luckily, last year I was able to obtain 4 wedding jobs in a row and decided it was time to go Nikon DSLR. The ONLY reason I purchased the DSLR's was because of my weddings and portrait business (Wedding photographers have to buy TWO cameras because of the HUGE liability if your camera fails - in Virginia, I could be sued up to three times what I charged for the wedding If I fail to provide acceptable photography.) So all in all, I still have great respect for the "real" small p&s cameras. ~al
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