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Originally Posted by rinkrat  OK, so now I have swapped the camera I use and the lens I use and got a new flash. ALL of these items are things you guys recommended and now my pics are WAY better than before in fact I would call them PRO quality since I saw a lot of guys taking Derby Dolls photos with tons of pro equipment and then compared my pics with theirs after the fact. (I can say without a doubt that mine were higher quality than the LA Weekly.) Having this kind of quality available is essential if you want to be taken seriously and now that the playing field is (almost) even then I can at least have a chance of expressing what I want and having it come out like I envisioned it. Still, I can think of a few more lenses that would fit nicely in my collection, but at least I have a start.
SO I just wanted to say THANKS to you guys for pointing me in the right direction with the D30, the 17-55 2.8 EF-S lens and the 580EXII flash. Having this ability has given me a new inspiration to go out and take more pics. In fact I'd really like to get into some concert photography and may look into doing something like that and I might be able to use some old connections to do so, hopefully. |
Now all you have to do, Mike, is set up a net-gallery somewhere!
I don't think I've personally gotten to the level of "pro quality" yet. I've got some pictures I'm pretty proud of, because to me they represent some small advancement somewhere on the learning curve I'm bound to. But in terms of thinking "I could sell this photograph," I don't think I've gotten there just yet. I need more equipment!
Well...practice is probably what I need more of, actually. But I find that if I leave the house with my camera and have in my mind something I want to work on technique wise, I'm better able to "see" opportunities for photo-taking that suits the skill I want to practice.
I've got to say that this thread has been a HUGE help for me with overcoming some plateaus and getting my learning curve trending upward again. By wanting to be able to "hang" with the quality of the photographs that you guys post in here, I feel my images are getting more and more interesting and better overall.
So, thanks. Let's keep this thread going until it chokes the bandwidth!