Digital photography

few from govan docks at the weekend

Where are people getting digital prints made? I got some done at snappy snaps and they were shit.

Where are people getting digital prints made? I got some done at snappy snaps and they were shit.

I would also like to know this.
Are Jessops any good? It's the only place I can think of in Manchester.

Photobox is your mate. They are actually petty good and cheap and cheerful...

cheers!

So I had an interview of a photo tech job last week, got the job but they said I didn't do so well in one of the Qs - explain to students the difference between raw and jpeg and how to get from raw to jpeg and how to archive the raw files... (Ok this is actually 3 Qs)

They were all impressed with how I explained what is raw and Jpeg and the convention etc, but they weren't impressed with the archive bit... I said you need to ensure you have at least 2 copies of the the files and store them at different locations in case 1 get lost / damaged, if working in Lightroom, export all the work as a catalog with the files in a single folder so you can go back to work more in the future... What else is there to say? Cloud storage? Some specific software to archive images? Print them all out and file them in a cabinet?

So just how do you archive your raw files?

What is it going to be used for/what's the camera?

The tripod I use the most is the Gorillapod SLR-Zoom. Small and light enough to fit in a reasonably sized camera bag but still stable if you have somewhere to stand it. Works with a light DSLR and zoom lens. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joby-GorillaPod-SLR-Zoom-Tripod-Cameras/dp/B000KFRSG4/

I only take a proper tripod when I'm planning to shoot something that needs a tripod whereas that you can throw in the bag and always have it.

Don't get it. It's not like there's a 'right' and 'wrong' way to do it is it?

It seems there is "the way" to do it for them. I don't know... Just interested to know if I have actually been thick enough to miss the obvious.

Reminds me of a teacher I had. She asked 'how do you do X?' and I answered Y, she said it was wrong. I objected and said, well you can do Y, no? She said that yes, you can indeed do Y, but she was thinking about Z...

Photobox are rubbish. And they roll the prints too tight. Check out https://www.proamimaging.com/
Their giclee prints are great. Cheap, but that's because you have to do all the processing yourself. But worth it.

DSCL in Didsbury/Stockport

thanks!

Guess I will find out soon enough if there is 'the way'

Few very random shots

Velo shot is great !........^^^

+1 for the velodrome shot!

+1 on the velodrome shot!

+1 on the velodrome shot, excellent!

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Loxley for me always.

I'm selling my Nikon D700 should anyone be interested - sale thread here.

I like 2 & 3 a lot

Doesn't exporting a catalog in Lightroom only do the edits, settings, keywords, etc. Not the actual photo files. Is that where the confusion arose?

Polarizing filters - yea or nay?
I'm looking at the B+W MRC w/nano coating.

No you can export the actual raw files selected also, there are about 3 or 4 boxes you can tick when exporting to indicate if you want just the catalog or with all the files selected. I did say you can package the whole catalog with all the raw files...