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
OK, here's a dumb one. Twitter keeps saying my photo is too big. Can't seem to compress my photos with either iPhoto or Automator. Help.
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posted by foxy_hedgehog
on Sep 27, 2010 -
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My wife has an iPhone 3G that we'd been syncing with an old eeepc. The eeepc bit the dust, so the iPhone has the only copy of lots of photos. How do we sync the photos (not from the camera roll; the ones from the photo library) to a different computer? (Windows, please)
posted by drleary
on Sep 23, 2010 -
9 answers
Looking for teenage party pictures (for an art project), the kind that kids get in trouble for posting on facebook: beer bongs, falling down, barfing, smeared make-up, frat parties at 4am, bruises, halloween sluts....kids living fast and dying young.
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posted by Jason and Laszlo
on Sep 19, 2010 -
10 answers
Facebook is showing a naked picture of my back (with a distinctive tattoo) on one of their banner ads. I did not authorize and do not like this. What can I do about it?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 18, 2010 -
10 answers
iPhone App: I want to upload EVERY photo I take, to Flickr, immediately after being taken. This means that I want the app to upload in the background, REGARDLESS of what I'm doing. I may hit the home button and go on to another app, or I may just throw the phone in my pocket. I want the new spiffy multitasking to work as promised and upload my photos. I want to use this as my main camera app. I use a 3GS, so multitasking does work fine.
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posted by Merlin144
on Sep 7, 2010 -
14 answers
What is the simplest possible way to allow multiple people with very little tech-savvy to upload digital photos to a central repository (preferably write-only)?
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posted by L'homme armé
on Sep 1, 2010 -
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I'm interested in usage patterns of user-generated media. Are the large sites that collect a lot of photos and videos from users (Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, etc.) publishing any kind of data on what people are uploading?
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posted by mkultra
on Aug 31, 2010 -
1 answer
I found an exposed and undeveloped roll of 35mm film dated 1977, and had it developed. The pictures are
here, most of them taken at
this Buddhist temple, somewhere in Asia. Anyone know where the photos were taken?
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posted by ShooBoo
on Aug 28, 2010 -
10 answers
Are efforts afoot to improve the quality of photos displayed on computer monitors? What, for example, would it take to produce a photo display on a screen that would be essentially indistinguishable from a darkroom print of the same size?
Do we need screens with many more, smaller, pixels? Do we need better software? Both?
posted by justcorbly
on Aug 23, 2010 -
11 answers
I have been the sole writer/editor for a small, free, newspaper for a couple of years. I have kept all original .doc files and published and unpublished photos. What I am looking for is software that will organize both pictures and text. It is easy to find organizing software for images, but not for photos and text. Does software like this even exist? Any help is appreciated.
posted by razorian
on Aug 22, 2010 -
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I'm taking my Canon G11 on a sailing vacation in the Greek islands. I expect lots of blue sky, brilliant sun, and light reflecting off the water. I've never used any kind of filter before, but should I consider it this time? If so, what do I need to know to make a filter work with my camera? Is a circular polarizer the best way to go or are there other filters to consider?
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posted by cabingirl
on Aug 21, 2010 -
9 answers
I've been tasked at school to photograph a negative emotion. I had a plan in place which broke to bits when I forgot my camera at school over the weekend. I need to shoot something tomorrow, but I'm having trouble being more creative than some crude and banal ideas for photographs of fear. I can't find inspiration online - all I come up with is crappy stock photography. Can you please point out for me good online and free resources on scene staging in films, resources on photographing emotions or good examples of emotional photos?
posted by ye#ara
on Aug 17, 2010 -
26 answers
I have a bunch of pieces of art that I'm not displaying, but I'm not sure how I should be storing them. What's the best way to protect and preserve them (preferably without spending a zillion dollars)?
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Aug 17, 2010 -
6 answers
I want to buy an entry-level dSLR for everyday toddler/family pictures. Should I go with a Nikon D80 or a Canon Rebel Xsi? And which lens(es)?
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posted by Bardolph
on Aug 16, 2010 -
31 answers
Looking for a video of a technology demo, which uses high-def photos to add details to video by intelligently overlaying the photo on the video and deforming the photos as the video moves. I vaguely recall it as being TED-talk-like, with shots of a (young, possibly Asian?) guy at a podium and shots of the video in action. My google-fu is failing me.
posted by cthuljew
on Aug 13, 2010 -
4 answers
My university (that I just graduated from) wants to purchase something like 20 of my photos to use for a new brochure they're making and also for the website. I have a good relationship with them and don't want to be a jerk overcharging them, and while I've sold photos to publications before at a fairly standard price of $150 for a limited use quater-page print, I think doing that for 20 photos might be much, especially since a lot of these are just photos I took during school and I haven't gone through the usual process of getting model releases for any of my fellow students. Anyway, just wondering if anyone has sold photos in "bulk" like this before and what might be a good price to charge.
posted by lou
on Jul 28, 2010 -
10 answers
PhotoFilter: I have a picture frame that will display 3 large photos. Can anyone offer basic advice/criteria for picking 3 images that will look good together?
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posted by alleycat01
on Jul 19, 2010 -
5 answers
How can I decorate my living room wall with lots of photos without framing them or tacking each one up individually?
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posted by chummie26
on Jul 14, 2010 -
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I need to embed a slideshow into a web page. These will be pictures with captions that need to be displayed in a specific order. Preferably with an automatic mode and also next/previous buttons. Please guide me in the right direction.
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posted by desjardins
on Jul 12, 2010 -
9 answers
My father, who lurks around these parts, has started a cuteness war. I'm in search of the cutest photos possible.
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posted by lauranesson
on Jul 1, 2010 -
49 answers
I have a large amount of family letters, photos, and documents dating from the late 1800s to the 2000s, with most ranging from the 1930s to the 1960s. Some are in fair condition, and I'd like preserve them for future generations. Most are in English, but there's a smattering of Hebrew and French, neither of which I can read. My questions inside.
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posted by scottso17
on Jun 17, 2010 -
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I recently moved about 200 pictures off my memory card onto a laptop which I then had to return, forgetting that I had pictures on it. What is the best way to try to recover them from my memory card?
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posted by blue shadows
on Jun 16, 2010 -
6 answers
I need help! I'm trying to get all of my photos organized and consolidated in my Mac Pictures folder - but they're strewn everywhere after using various programs to try to keep them organized...
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posted by fracturing
on May 30, 2010 -
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I am looking for the easiest and cheapest site to print photos from online! I have used both kodak and walmart.com, but I was wondering if anyone else has any other suggestions?
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posted by luckyme793
on May 24, 2010 -
5 answers
Lost photo memory card, and photos were deleted from computer hard drive. They're on flickr, so I can order prints, but is there any way to get the digital images back?
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posted by odayoday
on May 5, 2010 -
5 answers
I have a Facebook account linked to a Yahoo e-mail account. For some reason, my Facebook profile photo now appears in my out-going email. How do I get it to stop?
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posted by Dee Xtrovert
on Apr 25, 2010 -
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What's the easiest way to take a bunch (between 150 and 250) of photos and create a DVD of a slideshow of those photos and set some background music using a few mp3 files? I'm using Windows 7. I'd like it to be playable on a standard non-computer DVD player.
posted by Proginoskes
on Apr 3, 2010 -
2 answers
The art director of a magazine I submit photos to seems to be rejecting my iPhoto adjustments in favor of the originals. Should I discontinue sending in the adjusted photos?
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posted by Gordion Knott
on Mar 24, 2010 -
16 answers
Mac users: is there an easy way to export a large number of photos and videos from the Photo Booth application?
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posted by pseudostrabismus
on Mar 22, 2010 -
4 answers
Using Wikipedia content and photos in an iPhone application. How to proceed?
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posted by furtive
on Mar 20, 2010 -
1 answer
I'm a photographer and one of my photos was used without my permission on a television show. Is there anything I can do about it?
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posted by tomcochrane
on Mar 16, 2010 -
13 answers
Help me scan some precious old family photos! I need advice on the best settings to use: TIFF, dpi, encodings, and the rest of it..
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posted by bchaplin
on Mar 16, 2010 -
7 answers
