That's common knowledge for most Americans (at least in my circles), we say 'possum' colloquially to refer to opossums.
[editline]8th March 2014[/editline]
Thanks for the history bits though
[QUOTE=bopie;44170380]That's common knowledge for most Americans, we say 'possum' colloquially to refer to opossums.
[editline]8th March 2014[/editline]
Thanks for the history bits though[/QUOTE]
Yes, I know this.
It's like Australians calling a fruit bat a flying fox.
It is not a fox, it is a bat.
Not quite the same thing, but I getcha mate.
[editline]9th March 2014[/editline]
PPS.
Here are two photographs I have taken of Marsupials.
Here is the Common Wombat which lives in the storm drains under my grandmother's house:
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/5387065309/][img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5212/5387065309_548c56e984_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/5387065309/]Wombat at Pattie's[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/edwinquast/]edwin.quast[/url], on Flickr
And here is literally one of the favourite photographs I have ever taken, ever.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/5465002327/][img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5178/5465002327_f229bb071a_z.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/5465002327/]JUMP POSSUM![/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/edwinquast/]edwin.quast[/url], on Flickr
[QUOTE=bopie;44165514]I hope I don't die in public like that poor dude, wouldn't want the pics posted on some kind of alien forum for laughs.
Or maybe I would.
[editline]7th March 2014[/editline]
That possum had no idea that his image would be circulating around the entire world at the speed of light between bored forum posters.
[editline]7th March 2014[/editline]
RIP[/QUOTE]
The possum had no idea what an image was, what words were. The possum had no idea even what a possum was. The possum had no idea.
[QUOTE=Pickwickian-;44170417]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/5387065309/"][IMG]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5212/5387065309_548c56e984_z.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinquast/5387065309/"]Wombat at Pattie's[/URL] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/edwinquast/"]edwin.quast[/URL], on Flickr
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that looks like a small bear. are they deadly like a small bear?
They are wild animals. Mostly they're just indifferent to your presence.
Occasionally they'll get angry over territorial matters, but they're not super scared of humans either.
so my half brother and his girlfriend of almost 10 years (who he has a child with) are getting married in 3 months and my sister thinks it would be a good idea for me to shoot the wedding or part of it
tbh that sounds like way too much work for me to deal with and I would be so nervous of fucking up something but they dont have much money to pay for like a full on pro photographer
help
doesn't really sound like you have a choice there?
do it man, weddings are great fun to shoot. Don't be nervous
it depends a lot on the people and how well you know them like if you know them then i'd imagine it being a bantastic ride but if they were strangers i'd imagine it being pretty boring
at least hire a local wedding photographer who's portfolio they like, 2 photographers is better than 1 on weddings tbh
[QUOTE=Eltro102;44172539]doesn't really sound like you have a choice there?[/QUOTE]
you always have a choice. If you don't feel comfortable do not let anyone pressure you into it.
Honestly, tell them you are not a professional and that they shouldn't expect professional results. Weddings are an extremely tedious and highly specialized industry with alot of pressures and pitfalls that will drive you INSANE. Granted, some people don't care about their weddings as much as others, but if you fuck up (the bride doesnt like the photos etc.) it all circles back to you.
Or you could just go in with a 0 fucks attitude and see what happens. It's up to you dude.
edit: I had a cousin that wanted me to shoot his wedding, I said "Thank you for the offer, it is flattering, but I honestly do not believe I am capable of doing the job properly. " And that was that.
I mean I might be able to do some on the side stuff if they hired a real photographer. I have the camera, the speedlight and a couple lenses. Also is it dumb to ask for money even though I am not a professional? I just put all my money into photography and make nothing from it and I don't have a job. I hear a lot of photographers have this problem where family/friends expect they get everything done for free.
If they don't have the money to hire a professional they probably aren't expecting very much so that would give you a bit of room for error, but just remember you will be taking on a fairly important responsibility. A wedding can be a very BIG milestone of people's lives and you're the one that's going to be responsible for how they visually remember the event. Wedding photos are the ones people keep until they die. And the grandkids will hold on to them.
also I have absolutely no experience shooting pre-arranged things except for one school "sporting" event which I did mediocrely. i dont know if im just being GASsy but would it be a bad idea to spend a bit under $100 buying a flash stand, umbrella and maybe some basic yongnuo transceivers since they are $30 for 2?
if you can get them to pay for it
[editline]8th March 2014[/editline]
also remember that the photos you take will probably less than 5% of the total taken by all the guests there
This might be helpful
[url]http://www.rokkorfiles.com/Wedding101-page1.html[/url]
Never work for free, that's absurd. When I've done weddings I've made it very clear that I am extremely novice at doing that sort of work and that it is a lot of pressure on me, if they understand that and still want you then it's fair game.
[QUOTE=dwt110;44173036]also I have absolutely no experience shooting pre-arranged things except for one school "sporting" event which I did mediocrely. i dont know if im just being GASsy but would it be a bad idea to spend a bit under $100 buying a flash stand, umbrella and maybe some basic yongnuo transceivers since they are $30 for 2?[/QUOTE]
Just do the flash and bounce it, you don't want to be messing about with all that stuff at a wedding. You want as much in control as possible, and minimizing external variables is the easiest way to do that.
[QUOTE=Trogdon;44173356]Just do the flash and bounce it, you don't want to be messing about with all that stuff at a wedding. You want as much in control as possible, and minimizing external variables is the easiest way to do that.[/QUOTE]
about the gear stuff I was just wondering if I should get that stuff for like general flash stuff/portraits, not specifically wedding. I find it hard to get my flash at the right angle and use the optical slave without letting the pop up flash spill onto th subject
Hello Facepunch photographer people.
Do you usually know the photograph is good and the one you want before editing or do you jump into editing and play around with it to see if a good photo emerges?
I usually think a good photo will still be a good photo regardless of if it's edited or not, you can't edit in good composition or an interesting subject.
Also, the moment you take the photo do you immediately know how you're going to edit it and what the final image will look like, so you know what you want and you're working towards that goal?
[QUOTE=dwt110;44174332]about the gear stuff I was just wondering if I should get that stuff for like general flash stuff/portraits, not specifically wedding. I find it hard to get my flash at the right angle and use the optical slave without letting the pop up flash spill onto th subject[/QUOTE]
Portraiture lighting is pretty easy to learn but takes a lot of experience to master. As a rule of thumb though you want at least two flashes pointing at opposite sides of the face, one brighter (the key light) than the other (the fill light) . And if you're using your pop up flash to fire the other flashes you'll never get the results you want, you'll need a sync cable or infrared trigger.
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;44177965]Hello Facepunch photographer people.
Do you usually know the photograph is good and the one you want before editing or do you jump into editing and play around with it to see if a good photo emerges?
I usually think a good photo will still be a good photo regardless of if it's edited or not, you can't edit in good composition or an interesting subject.
Also, the moment you take the photo do you immediately know how you're going to edit it and what the final image will look like, so you know what you want and you're working towards that goal?[/QUOTE]
i'll contemplate how i could better crop an image for a minute or two before scrapping it. but i don't usually delete anything, just remove it from my lr catalog
my mood or view on the photo might change from day to day, so it's good to take a look over what you scrapped previously sometimes
SD cards are almost cheap enough to the point where you never need to move photographs off them onto other media, you can just keep buying new SD cards.
i wonder if in the future there will be bulk sd card scanners like there are bulk negative scanners now because of millions of old sd cards in shoeboxes in attics
[QUOTE=Roll_Program;44177965]Do you usually know the photograph is good and the one you want before editing or do you jump into editing and play around with it to see if a good photo emerges?[/QUOTE]
Editing and constructing a proper narrative will always bring more (or at least different) life into something.
It can take me YEARS before I have a level of awareness about my past before I can start to piece something good together. And that's why you'll hear me [i]screaming[/i] from the rooftops to backup your shit.
[QUOTE=bopie;44181659]Editing and constructing a proper narrative will always bring more (or at least different) life into something.
It can take me YEARS before I have a level of awareness about my past before I can start to piece something good together. And that's why you'll hear me [i]screaming[/i] from the rooftops to backup your shit.[/QUOTE]
Wait, what do you mean by a "proper narrative"?
Why do you take photos?
Is it because they are pretty images? Or something more?
If the latter, the photographs you take throughout you life today will begin to accrue true meaning to you only as you progresses through life when you can look on them in retrospect.
When looking back on your past life, the photographs you take today will begin to take form as a narrative about your own life.
Not only as single moments within your existence, but collectively will start to create a narrative that none of us (as young people) will fully be able to appreciate until we are older and start to look back on 'periods' of your life which together will have far more meaning than just a single image ever could.
Ahh, I've never really thought about it like that. That's honestly a new concept I've never really thought about photography.
i sucked at skiing and snowboarding, tried a lesson at both
i fell so hard on my ass snowboarding and I was only going like 10kph at a 10 degree slope and i was in so much pain, i was literally just lying there clenching my ass unable to speak from pain for a minute
reminds me of life back in shawshank
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