You know that last time you drove through Mississippi or Louisiana and you passed by acre after acre of pine trees, all in nice rows? Help me find a publicly-accessible spot like that near New Orleans so that I can use it as a background in a photo.
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posted by komara
on Mar 5, 2013 -
13 answers
I've got
this image of a piece of ground glass mounted in a standard 4x5 film holder. I've googled all sorts of things to try and describe what this is, but I cannot find where I can buy this. I've seen tons of pieces of ground glass that are for specific cameras, but that's not what I want. I want a piece of ground glass in (and sold with) a frame that makes it the exact size and thickness for putting into any sort of large format camera. Basically, what that picture shows. What is this and where do I buy it? Thanks!
posted by Brian Puccio
on Feb 17, 2013 -
27 answers
I feel like I understand a thing or two about light, but I can't figure out how/why this particular phenomenon happens.
This photo I took shows a shadow line cast by my bank (on the right) that seems to just hang in the air.
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posted by heyho
on Jan 26, 2013 -
16 answers
Someone has asked to license a photo I took of someone else's art. I have no right to the artist's work; I took the photo at a museum. I have no intention of licensing my photo unless and until appropriate arrangements are made with the artist and museum. How to proceed?
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Jan 14, 2013 -
12 answers
Help me find a photograph from the seventies or eighties of a space-suit-clad person climbing a martian mountain.
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posted by Omon Ra
on Aug 19, 2012 -
5 answers
It's time to renew my Flickr Pro account and I'm hesitating. Should I stick with Flickr or not?
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posted by tommasz
on Aug 13, 2012 -
17 answers
Can someone tell me how to go about saving/restoring this beloved photo of my grandfather?
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posted by katyggls
on Jul 16, 2012 -
11 answers
Should we use a professional photographer for our wedding? Is it worth it, and why? If so, how could we cut costs?
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posted by EmilyClimbs
on Jun 9, 2012 -
73 answers
I have a couple hundred thousand digital photos. I have a bunch of duplicate images from overlapping backups. I have inconsistent naming and folder schemes. I have edited and cropped versions of the same image.
I need some software to help me clean and sort my images.
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posted by gregr
on Apr 25, 2012 -
8 answers
I used Canon point-and-shoot cameras before my first DSLR camera, a Nikon D80, which just broke down. I'm interested in getting a new DSLR camera.
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posted by remi
on Apr 17, 2012 -
9 answers
Relatively new Canon dSLR owner planning a trip to some Really Beautiful Places. Looking to invest in a lens that will help me take some amazing shots while I'm there as well as on future adventures.
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posted by bondcliff
on Feb 27, 2012 -
17 answers
I am an amateur photographer with 1) a subscription-based online portfolio, 2) a desire to take more control over my site, 3) a sense of reckless abandon, and 4) virtually no experience with, or understanding of, the inner workings of the modern internet. I'd like a really simple site on my domain to hold galleries of my images and a blog. Can I get there from here? How?
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Feb 10, 2012 -
10 answers
I recently bought an old black and white photo of Albert Einstein delivering a lecture in Berlin. Its 17cm x 12cm (about 7"x5"). I want to have it near my desk. What are my options for framing it or preserving without damaging ir in any way? Open to very creative suggestions.
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posted by vizsla
on Jan 28, 2012 -
9 answers
What is the best digital camera (and possibly lenses) for street photography, candids, and low light situations?
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posted by pbh
on Jan 11, 2012 -
17 answers
I would like to photograph what it feels like to be hugged (be the huggee). I'm looking for inspiration. Have you ever seen a photo or film shot that captures this feeling?
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posted by brynnwood
on Jan 9, 2012 -
8 answers
I will be seeing in the New Year at the top of a 100 meter tall building in Buenos Aires. I have a Canon SX30 IS, a fairly high-end point and click which has plenty of manual settings. I want to make the most of the viewpoint to take photos of the fireworks that will be going off around the city - what should I know?
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posted by jontyjago
on Dec 30, 2011 -
5 answers
My wife has a Canon DSL (Canon-EOS Digital Rebel XTi) with only the stock lens that came with it. I'd like to get her a new lens but I know very little about DSLRs. Can you help?
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posted by bondcliff
on Dec 9, 2011 -
25 answers
I still use film. I have a bunch of prints sitting in a box. I would like to put together a non-tacky photo album. How?
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posted by nerdfish
on Oct 9, 2011 -
16 answers
My Lightroom catalog is finally hitting the terabyte mark, which means I either need to double what I'm doing now (internal 1TB drive, which is backed up to an external 1TB drive) or something different. Any tips on how to manage large digital image collections?
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Sep 19, 2011 -
17 answers
Blogger Steerforth of The Age of Uncertainty found an
old picture which intrigued him, especially the
figure in the center. He wonders in his blogpost if it might be Queen Victoria. Some commenters dissent. I'm curious about it myself. Can anyone shed further light on the image?
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posted by Kattullus
on Jun 29, 2011 -
12 answers
Elderly parent has boxes and boxes of photos which are not in any particular order. Some are loose, some are in albums, and a few are on CDs. I have offered to assist in the organization and scanning of some or all of these photos. What would be the easiest way to accomplish this?
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posted by mintchip
on Jun 14, 2011 -
8 answers
I'm a below average looking guy to start with. In photos, though, I look like the troll from under the bridge. I'm going to sign up for online dating soon. How can I obtain a picture of myself that doesn't scare small children and pets—or, more importantly, 18-25 year old girls?
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posted by anonymous
on May 31, 2011 -
47 answers
AEB on a Canon T2i. Is there any software to allow more than 3 exposures while using AEB on a T2i?
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posted by no bueno
on May 17, 2011 -
4 answers
I'm an amateur selling a photo to a professional publisher for a single run in a brochure. How do I prepare a quote that ensures that everything we've agreed upon is legally binding?
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posted by lyam
on Feb 16, 2011 -
1 answer
I need to take better pictures in my home machine shop. I have a decent camera (Nikon L100) but my workshop lighting is poor (mostly florescent lights) and my camera's flash is too directional and too harsh. I think I need to invest in a small umbrella light but I'm not sure and I could use some advice, including what to buy.
I take a lot of close-ups,
I don't have a lot of room to work in and I'd like to work with a continuous light rather than flash. The photos are for my blog.
posted by 14580
on Feb 4, 2011 -
11 answers
photo blog filter: I enjoy the history site
shorpy quite a bit, but I also really like the member gallery (button on left side of main page; not sure why my link here isn't sticking), where contributors post family photos and other sorts of everyday images along with the date of origin and some background info, etc. What other blogs/websites do this kind of thing? Which ones do you like? (Interested in 40s-80s U.S. mostly, but some variation is fine.)
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posted by 5Q7
on Oct 20, 2010 -
3 answers
What's a good
used Nikon DSLR for a beginner? Any models out there that also do video? Looking to spend $300-$400 on the camera body, another $200-$300 on a lens and I have no idea at which of the zillion models to focus my eBay searches on.
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posted by exhilaration
on Oct 14, 2010 -
14 answers
I've been trying to re-discover two websites that I've found before but have now utterly lost. One was a photo gallery of people in drug-induced altered states, and the other was a repository of name pronunciations curated by librarians.
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Aug 24, 2010 -
10 answers
Astronomers: how to best determine the exact time to take a photograph of the full moon where the moon is situated between two earthly objects?
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posted by komara
on Jul 20, 2010 -
14 answers
I'm looking for software to create a themed photo slideshow from existing pictures. For example, I want a bunch of pics from a conference to have a "Wild West" theme (or "spy" or "beach", etc.) - frames/background and (ideally) background music. Prefer under $100, but I want to know regardless of price point. Anything out there?
posted by yiftach
on Jun 7, 2010 -
4 answers
I'm planning to digitize my family photos foregoing the scanner route and opting for the snap with a digicam route. I've done some tests and am satisfied with the quality, but before I start the assembly line I'm looking for photography tips to make this work nicely as I know little about photograpy.
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posted by GleepGlop
on May 8, 2010 -
11 answers
I need to buy a sub-$350ish point-and-shoot camera in the next week. Any recommendations? I've had a few Canon Digital ELPHs in the past and have been pretty satisfied with them but I know there are other brands out there.
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posted by decrescendo
on Apr 28, 2010 -
16 answers
I've been using Canon PowerShot models for years. My current one is the G10. I think with my experience in amateur photography, I can finally move on to something more advanced. Do you have any suggestions for an entry-level DSLR camera?
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posted by remi
on Apr 27, 2010 -
20 answers
I want to set up a little "one picture a day" blog, using something like Tumblr, except I want the time of the post to be taken directly from the "Date Picture Taken" EXIF data. Is there a CMS (or even better, a Tumblr hack) that will allow me to do this?
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posted by malapropist
on Apr 21, 2010 -
6 answers
