Quote :

"The only one that may be crooked is the first one cause I didn't mess with it but the others I straightened. I cropped to the bridge line sooooooooooo they should be straight?????"

Nevermind, it's your angle to the bridge.

Quote :

"yep. i'm sure its changed a bit over the years. I think I first visited in '07. I like the auditorium dark, so we closed off most of the windows and pulled the dark curtain closed. Though I'm sure by now that nice curtain could have been destroyed by others."

Actually, the curtains were still there in pretty decent shape. Some of that place has been wrecked compared to how clean it looks in a couple of your shots, but overall it's not too bad. Some spots are pretty gross though. I can get in there anytime with permission from the owner and local law enforcement, so if anybody wants to go out there, we could possibly organize a meet-up. They are opening the buildings up to the public for an estate sale of whatever is left in there on the 25th.

Here's a couple more from my trip:










[Edited on September 10, 2010 at 10:18 PM. Reason : Senez, I can get us in... if you are in the area.]

9/10/2010 10:14:42 PM

If you get the chance to check out some of these old schools then definitely take it. They are getting harder and harder to find.
They put the buildings up for sale and of course no one buys them because they don't want to endure the cost of safely removing the buildings before using the property. So they do sit for a few years. But, eventually the city or state steps in due to it being an eyesore, dangerous, and a gathering place for petty crime.

This was one of my favorite auditoriums. Already in the process of demolition, if not already complete.

9/10/2010 10:29:53 PM

^ Very nice.

I've already got plans to go back to the school at least twice. I freaking love abandoned places. This one was easy for me because I had permission, I've just got to grow some balls to get into the places I want to see where I'm not necessarily allowed.

9/10/2010 10:38:11 PM

^ ditto. The one time I went somewhere I didn't have permission, I ended up leaving with a quickness, with some dude chasing after me.

not good.

9/10/2010 10:40:34 PM

anyone know why opteka extension tubes are almost $100 cheaper than kenko ones?

9/13/2010 2:08:07 AM

9/13/2010 8:43:59 PM

^ i'm not sure why but that really bores me

a shot of a waterfall on a tripod at 1/4" f22?

9/13/2010 8:47:07 PM

Pretty much right except I braced it on a rock or a rail. D40 with the kit 18-55mm, can't get more generic than that. Well it was 19mm instead of 18mm.

[Edited on September 13, 2010 at 8:51 PM. Reason : 1/2.5" or 0.4.]

9/13/2010 8:51:03 PM

those pictures of the school are really creepy and give me a weird feeling.

it is amazing how all of that stuff including student work, EOG tests, supplies, etc... was just left there? How long has it been like that?

I don't know if I could walk around a place like that without getting the heeby jeebies. Try going back at night

9/13/2010 8:52:49 PM

I don't know how long it's been empty, but it's creepy in the daytime.I wouldn't like to go at night,... I'm going back Sunday.

[Edited on September 13, 2010 at 8:59 PM. Reason : .]

9/13/2010 8:58:48 PM

waterfall pic would be more pleasing to the eye if it had a little more rule of thirds applied. It's subject is just kinda stuck in the middle of the pic

pretty waterfall though

9/13/2010 9:05:41 PM

Here is my shitty shot of Looking Glass Falls as well taking with my D40 on a mini tripod with the kit lens. I didn't get to spend any damn time shooting it because the kids were trying to go run into the water and it was midday Saturday, so there was a fuck-ton of people. At best I was able to get a shot with only one guy in it.



Also, is anybody planning to do some airshow shooting this weekend at Oceana?? Looks like the weather is going to be beautiful. I'm going both days and just crashing at the parents house in Edenton. I love this show and can't wait!

9/14/2010 11:00:14 PM

http://gizmodo.com/5638323/nikon-d7000-packs-a-whole-lot-of-pro-into-a-1200-dslr

Looking pretty tempting.

9/15/2010 10:28:18 AM

^DO WANT.

Dad has set his sights on replacing his D80 with a D300, possibly D300S. But I may have to put the D7000 as the new one to take the place of my D40.

9/15/2010 11:03:53 AM

Also notice they announced the new speedlight and newer lenses. That new glass looks pretty good!

9/15/2010 11:36:10 AM

The 300s is a nice camera but from what I'm reading with the advances in color metering, ISO and video the D7000 will win out over the other DX offerings. At least for me in terms of features.

9/15/2010 11:37:45 AM

9/15/2010 1:26:00 PM

A few shots from Hopscotch and such.

Max Indian











Lucero



Broken Social Scene



Spider Bags



Harlem



Crew Grrl Order (or whatever the hell these women were)



Public Enemy









Nomo





Bear in Heaven







Megafaun

9/15/2010 2:25:30 PM

nice shots!

9/15/2010 5:29:49 PM

Halftime Flag from the game last night

9/18/2010 12:22:43 AM

mr dog is on guard duty at the back door

9/18/2010 8:12:34 PM

SO TUFF!

9/19/2010 12:17:37 AM

need more pics of girl plz...

9/20/2010 10:07:54 AM

Just saw this, holy balls, the judge knows more about photography that most... I love his "I could do better with a box camera" remark. Bet the bitch doesn't know what that means.

Btw, both look bitchy as hell. Set them both on fire.



[Edited on September 21, 2010 at 4:28 AM. Reason : ]

9/21/2010 4:27:47 AM

haha thats freakin awesome!

9/21/2010 8:03:45 PM

haha that's hilarious.

9/21/2010 8:27:57 PM

Wow I am ROLLING over here.

"What f-stop did you use?"
"WHERE IS YOUR 28-70?"

[Edited on September 21, 2010 at 9:06 PM. Reason : ]

9/21/2010 9:06:30 PM

http://www.lighting-essentials.com/throwing-other-photographers-under-the-bus-may-be-great-fun-but-is-it-a-good-thing/

9/21/2010 9:12:34 PM

^ An interesting perspective.

Then again, what did they expect?

That show is a circus, only there for entertainment purposes. They should have taken it to a real courtroom if it were such a huge deal.

9/21/2010 9:22:43 PM

more to post an alternative view.

It is very amusing though.

9/21/2010 9:27:39 PM

How do you light for live music/stage shots? Or is that the stage lighting? I don't know what the deal is, but everytime i take pics of my friend's band playing out, they're dark blurry crap. and i'm using the Nikon 35mm F1.8, too. no flash or anything.

9/21/2010 9:34:28 PM

WHERE IS YOUR 1-SERIES?

hilarious, good job for calling out shady photographers, judge

9/21/2010 10:13:03 PM

That judge joe brown was amazing!

and just for giggles

9/22/2010 12:07:53 AM

9/22/2010 12:09:06 AM

Quote :

"That show is a circus, only there for entertainment purposes. They should have taken it to a real courtroom if it were such a huge deal."

The real court for this case would have gone to small claims since it's less than $5000. When they go into pre-trial, no matter if its civil or criminal court, they promote settlement with an ADR or alternative dispute resolution, to help people settle out of court and not waste tax payer's money and time. In this case, it's called an arbitration, or a 3rd party member who listens to the case and makes a decision, similar to a real judge. It's actually NC law to go through a licensed mediator first before trial.

This is usually a good thing since both parties have to agree on the arbitrator or mediator before going to "court". This tends to be a cheaper solution and gets faster remedies. Btw, whatever the arbitrator rules is legally binding for both sides. Although this doesn't mean that it's a final verdict as the party can still have the option of going into real court, but usually they tend to agree with the arbitrator and it just wastes a lot of time to where you will probably lose.

Arbitrators tend to have a little more lea way with giving out remedies that just doesn't include a monetary value, but anything that's performance based or promise based remedies, they legally can't enforce them. You would still have to go to the real courts to follow up and use the civil courts to legally get the wheels of justice to enforce them using police or law. Normal civil courts tend to just give monetary remedies.

Also, TV show judges/arbitrators tend to offer their arbitration services for free to get people on the show. That is why people tend agree on getting called out on national tv.

I only know this because I'm taking a law class. I lucked out and actually got a very interesting lawyer as the teacher that isn't monotoned and knows jokes!

9/22/2010 8:47:17 AM

So I'm trying to take some pictures in a large indoor football field. I need a relatively high shutter speed (trying to shoot for 1/150 or so) and I am having problems with the light. Knowing that my lenses are a 4-5.6 18-55, and a 5-5.6 55-200 (shooting with a D3000), what is the best way to allow faster shutter speeds? I do not like using the flash because it is such a big space it lights my subjects well, but makes the background very dark.

I see my options as using the exposure compensation, or flash compensation.

What would be the best choice to lighten up a picture?

9/22/2010 2:14:14 PM

unless you need to capture objects in motion (perhaps you do and that's why you want 1/150) - use a tripod or monopod

otherwise you can't really create light from some mysterious source - this is why fast lenses are made...

9/22/2010 2:40:03 PM

Ignorance on both sides from that Judge Joe Brown episode. Sounds like the "photographer" had a consumer grade Canon with the kit lens. Unless they stole some other photographer's work the bride should have known what she could expect by looking at the photographer's website/portfolio though. I don't know what she paid, but I'm guessing it was dirt cheap compared to all the other photographers in her area. I wonder why, lol. Sad.

[Edited on September 22, 2010 at 3:07 PM. Reason : s]

9/22/2010 3:01:38 PM

Um, bigun, try upping the ISO. Not too much though or you'll get noise, also lower your fstop, it'll open the aperture more letting more light in. Keep the shutter the same.

9/22/2010 10:24:46 PM

its already grainy, why would you advocate more noise

9/22/2010 10:26:37 PM

How do you know how grainy his pictures are?

9/22/2010 10:27:36 PM

anybody have a Canon 5D or 7D?

I'm looking to shoot a video project on one

9/22/2010 11:48:19 PM

So you're looking to borrow someone's $2600+ camera?

9/23/2010 12:01:15 AM

I have a 7D.

9/23/2010 12:07:27 AM

^^ I don't want to borrow it
I want the owner to shoot with me in exchange for excellent booze and food

also the 7D is like $1600
the 5D is like $3500 for the body and lens package

^ ever shoot any video with your 7D?

[Edited on September 23, 2010 at 12:49 AM. Reason : -]

9/23/2010 12:47:59 AM

I have shot a lot of video on both a 7D and a t2i.

9/23/2010 2:21:30 AM

^^Yes.

I'm a film student. Last semester I shot a short film on it and this semester I'm probably shooting two more.

Next football game that I'm supposed to take photos at I'm going to experiment with: http://www.vimeo.com/13557939 if I can get my hands on the excessively expensive program somehow.

9/23/2010 4:08:30 AM

Quote :

"Ignorance on both sides from that Judge Joe Brown episode. Sounds like the "photographer" had a consumer grade Canon with the kit lens. Unless they stole some other photographer's work the bride should have known what she could expect by looking at the photographer's website/portfolio though. I don't know what she paid, but I'm guessing it was dirt cheap compared to all the other photographers in her area. I wonder why, lol. Sad."

Paid $1300 for the photographer, awarded $2500 in damages.

But yeah, need to do your homework before you hire a photographer that's for sure, but the bitch didn't even know what her 70-300 lens speed was, although a stupid slow pos $100 zoom lens. And talk about iphotou shitty borders for some of them.

Quote :

"anybody have a Canon 5D or 7D?"

I have and want to get more involved with video now that I bought the premium production cs5 and finally have some decent video editing. Need to get some video and audio equipment to match with the 5d. I would have loved to sell it and grab the 60D, but it having SD cards kills it for me. I just wished they added 720p 24,25,30 and 60fps capture to the 5d.

And I've worked with Bweez, Alex, good kid. You down in Miami finishing up now?

9/23/2010 11:44:38 AM

well I'm a sound recordist, boom operator, mixer, and sound designer

basically the other half of the equation when shooting video with DSLRs

I'm in Raleigh now and looking to collaborate on some projects (your projects?)
hit me up

9/23/2010 11:49:26 AM

Sounds cool, PM sent.

Alex, that vid is badass, I'm compelled to buy the addon pack for CS5 after effects now. :p

9/23/2010 11:59:33 AM