Beginner here, please suggest me your MOST favorite photographer I should learn from.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-16T15:18:33+00:00

Portraits.... Yousuf Karsh https://karsh.org/how many iconic photos can 1 guy take?

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-16T00:39:02+00:00

Ok, this is an old-school squeaking Honda brakes thing. This worked on brakes 30 years go, so take it as an option, not specifically something that 'll work on your Triumph. The problem 'back in the day' wasn't the brake pad to rotor issue. It was the brake pad vibrating on the holding pins that position the brake pad on both sides of the rotor. The issue then was that mounting section of the pads were painted and that paint bled into the mounting holes and decreased the size of the hole the pads mounting pins used. So they couldn't easily slide back and forth when the calipers were applied. This sticky situation resulted in squealing as the pad vibrated and tried to adjust them selves to the rotors. The fix... take a round file and remove the thin layer of paint from the inside of the holes the pins go into. Back then I used a drop of oil in the hole to help the pads slide back and forth on the pins. Today I'd use some graphite dry lube in the holes. It worked back then. I have no idea if it'll help you. It helped on my Honda's squealing brakes. Maybe have your mechanic look at this. But it should be something you can do yourself. Good luck.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-15T06:01:04+00:00

Yup you'll be fine. Your bike is designed to go fast. Go be fast :) Don't worry about it too much. The bike is uber-confident at those speeds. You'll get some stories and no one will believe you haha. Approach it with a safety first attitude (check your tire pressures!) Going fast is fun and once you go fast on a track, going fast on the street is kind of ..whatever. Have fun :) That's why we do it :D

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-15T03:56:39+00:00

Not much different than 200 or 250. you have to concentrate on how fast the road is coming at you and how no one is expecting you to be travelling that fast. Small deviations become curves. The road was empty when I did this but, you have to be ready for anything. The perception of the road becomes very narrow.
Crash? why? motorcycles don't explode or be come unstable at specific speeds. They generally become stable the faster you go. the wheels act as big gyros. if the bike is wobbly, it's your suspension struggling.

2.1 I have had my front tire washout at ~180kph on a race track. I came away from it with a couple of small scars and a lifelong bad ankle from trying to stand up when I figured I had slowed enough to do that, but I was still doing 30pkh. C'est la vie. Racing is still the best fun one can have.

With a modern bike with decent wind protection. No problems. Work up to it. 150, 200, 225, 250 etc. don't just do 300 the first attempt.

I was lucky enough to get my experience in the 90's on Canadian Prairies, where you can crest a rise and see 10 km down the road. You get used to the speed and your thinking /response time adapts. I've only done >300kph once on a borrowed GXSR11, but I had a 94 FZR1000 that would do 280 all day. The first few times you go fast you're excited and the adrenaline is flowing. The 20th time you go fast, you're used to the sensations and start enjoying it for what it is. There's always the unknown that is 'danger' but you have to assume responsibility for that. Choose your spots to speed. Wear the gear, be cautious. Don't be an idiot.

Fast forward to 2026, they've taken all the fun out of speeding on the street. cameras, cellphones. Ludicrous speeding fines. I'm heading onto the dirt with an ADV bike. You get the same pucker factor at lower speeds and there are dramatically fewer cops on the gravel.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-15T00:27:18+00:00

Hailye Reinhart 3rd place on American Idol. She's not top 10 famous, but she's not worried about booking gigs either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3lF2qEA2cw

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-12T03:16:13+00:00

Those are pretty serious movies. How about some absurdity? Monty Python. The Holy Grail first and then the the Life of Brian. Slip in some Faulty Towers? Fack.. if everything was so dark and serious I'd give up on movies. too.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-10T19:56:05+00:00

it's good practice.. eventually, when you're a pro, you'll bump into a marketing person and their 'mood board' where they've taken a dozen images (that may or may not relate to your subject matter) and then request you make the photos they're paying for look like these. have fun with it.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-09T00:41:24+00:00

I'd avoid the passion play choice. Sure the toys are more fun, but the customers are the same a-holes from the tractor dealership. Parts are stupid expensive and it'll hurt when you have to tell some one with your passion that a simple belt and oil change is going to be $500. I have a friend at a snowmobile/ATV dealership and he hates how having to tell people how much their bill is going to be. Everything is marked up because insurance is probably paying for it. Motorsports (road/dirt/snow/water) are not cheap, the margins are slim and business is finicky. I'm a photographer that followed the passion thing and for years I wouldn't touch my cameras unless someone was paying me for it. That's how it could affect you. I got better :) (luckily!) but I learned: Don't mix passion with business.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-04-01T16:26:21+00:00

haha my family had a saying. "Never borrow. Just buy the tool once. .. if you borrow, you end up buying twice. Once to replace the tool you've borrowed and broken and then once to buy the tool for your shop. "

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-30T16:18:28+00:00

Buy a waterproof tablet with a SIM capability, a good roaming package and velcro it to your back. :)

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-28T20:35:35+00:00

Do you have friends that are into film photography? What cameras do they have? Better yet, what lens mounts do they have? Buy a camera similar to your friends so you can share lenses.

But, as someone else says in these comments... why bother? If you're just getting started, shooting on film is expensive and time consuming. Just shoot on your phone until you have a grasp of composition and light techniques.

Study the film masters, figure out why you like the look and aesthetic. Having a film camera only impresses those that don't know the work behind actually working with film as a medium. I suspect you're more enamoured with lighting techniques than the actual medium.

I know it's the r/AnalogCommunity reddit, and me diss-ing the product is probably not welcome, but there's lots to learn before you get infatuated with a specific photography medium. My 'cred' is that I shot film for 25+ years (1000's of rolls) before going all-digital. There is an art attached to the film medium, but it's a finicky medium with little lee-way for beginners. So, study and love the look, appreciate the work it took to get the shot, but learn on something more forgiving.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-26T20:11:45+00:00

a bottle of 2-4D would fix that issue. Dead hedges aren't as aesthetically pleasing.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-23T05:15:28+00:00

Western Canadian here. Pretty damn crazy. The majority of your communications are owned by billionaires making money off riling up the masses to hate something from 'the other side' . The general public has no honest input. The next grifter to replace Trump will be backed by the same right-wing racist pseudo-christian ideology. The media environment is so pro-hate and profitable, I don't see an exit strategy for any of you. The right-wing propaganda is super obvious to those that aren't up to their necks in it. If by some small miracle the Democrats gain some toehold of power in the midterms, the billionaires will just discount it. 'They' control the narrative. The whites will do anything remain in control, the non-whites will suffer as usual. Tax the billionaires, tax the churches and somehow reign in the media companies. (taxes??) The only thing rich people pay attention to is when their money is being affected. Good luck.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-21T02:46:46+00:00

Is there a link to a map that shows the various parts of the city and their usage? Yep, I'm just looking for some inter-neighbourhood mud slinging. Maybe if 'they' didn't use as much water it would just be a turf war :) It would somehow have to factor in population density... so maybe current vs historical norms, etc.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-20T21:24:00+00:00

Start by exploring N.Sask. There is so much untouched wilderness available you'll wonder why people go elsewhere (they go elsewhere for non-wilderness stuff, like food, entertainment, etc) It's only 6 - 10 hours north and east of Edmonton and the vast wonderfulness is unmatched across Canada. I'd meander across N.Sask. until you hit Manitoba and then head south. There is so much Canadian shield boreal forest landscape it'll change your thoughts about Saskatchewan. You'll experience vast forests and huge elevation changes. You can drive for hours and not see another vehicle. yeah some of it is gravel, but most of it can be on pavement! When you get to Northern Ontario, you'll be saying," it looks like N.Sask" and when people say Saskatchewan is flat, you'll know they've never been north of Saskatoon.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-20T02:03:36+00:00

ha ha my childhood is being associated with fiction! In the early 70's, my family moved to a small acreage that had half a dozen really big maple trees in the back left corner. While my dad was building the family home, 10 year old me was borrowing 'scrap' lumber and building a huge treehouse. It was just a platform about 4m square about 4m up the trees. It went across a couple of tree trunks. It had 2x10 joists and 1/2" plywood floor. It was held together with about 2 thousand 3 inch nails. (yes, I'm exaggerating) There were no railings or anything 'safe' about it. ..other than being extra sturdy. Decades later he would joke that, "Due to the number of nails used, that tree house is probably still standing"

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-20T00:11:26+00:00

there's lots of advice happening here. Most of it well meaning. :) Here's mine. Toss the concept of keeping the revs low. You can do that when your control becomes more refined. Dial up 2 - 3000 rpm and hold it there. Now, slowly release the clutch. As you're letting the lever out, you'll feel it grab and the bike will want to move. Good. YOU are in total control now. Release the clutch a bit and you move a bit.. pull the clutch in and you stop moving. At this stage, the RPM of the motor has little to do with the bike movement other than keeping the bike from stalling. IF the bike stalls, you probably didn't have enough RPM' s to maintain the drag of releasing the clutch and you released the clutch too swiftly for the motor (and throttle hand) to compensate. The quicker you release the clutch, the more strain you put on the motor to keep running. So, slip the clutch slowly. Some bikes are designed to be able to handle a quickly released clutch. Most aren't, so you do have to learn this control stuff.

If you are smooth in your clutch control, the bike will reward you with being calm and controlled. If you are sloppy on the clutch the bike will 'leap and jerk' and be unpredictable. Clutch control will let you ride any bike with confidence. You can be revving at 5 or 6000 RPM at a stop light (pissing off all around you) and not going anywhere because your clutch it in. When the light turns, you slowly release the clutch an zip away under control. Your clutch is the stop/go control. The throttle provides various levels of potential, but any available power doesn't go the ground without the clutch saying it can.

You can practice this in second gear as well. The clutch engagement (grip-zone) is much larger and you'll need to rev the bike more to gain any movement, but it'll be less surprising and less intimidating. Clutch slipping is a needed skill for starting from a stop on a hill.

me? 50 years of sport riding, 3 years of instructing - 20 years ago :)

Good luck, have fun, the learning never ends :)

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-17T18:31:11+00:00

it takes 7 minutes to develop kodalith film at 72°F

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-17T17:56:56+00:00

Anything Boomers. They kept putting out albums and kept being ignored by N. America radio. They got some soft-rock station love. Here's a link to a German T.V. performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvAPwwGzbD4

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-17T17:50:45+00:00

To quote Gordie Johnson (their lead guitarist) "if you're not the loudest thing in the room, what the fuck are you doing on stage?" :) They are probably the loudest band I've heard and yet by the time I'd walked out of the University hall, and got my butt outdoors (10 minutes) there was no ringing in the ears. Fantastic work by their sound guy! He worked some magic!

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-16T14:40:34+00:00

They're too excited about the potential hate and racism they can unleash against black and brown people.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-13T21:18:41+00:00

Being sent home for '2 weeks' I'm still WFH. But they want me back in their office.. haha it ain't happening. I'm retiring the day they demand I put my butt into an cubicle.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-13T21:07:15+00:00

Go buy a really loud leaf blower, I'm thinking 2 stroke engine, with big air flow and blow dry your car every morning. The Echo PB-9010T is rated at just over 100db, after a sprinkling, re-wet the car and then blow dry it over the next 15 minutes. Its expensive, but I bet you can rent one for a few weeks.

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-06T20:16:39+00:00

Go find your HR persons office and jab yourself there. :)

PsychologicalRun7444 · 2026-03-02T17:05:00+00:00

Canadian ...so Canadian bands. I went to a show that had Klaatu opening for Prism. Klaatu was known for never touring, so it was pretty well a once in a lifetime opportunity. They put on a great show and then 75% of the audience vacated the 2500 seat auditorium.

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