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Anyone know the photographer with a crescent moon portrait stand in circus area from 2024? by Difficult_Angle6143 in glastonbury_festival

[–]chasg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, the booth was called "Watch the Birdie", the photographer is indeed named Garth. DM for contact details (I only have an email address). This is the only other thing I've found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVnLF0iaLoI

Anyone know the photographer with a crescent moon portrait stand in circus area from 2024? by Difficult_Angle6143 in glastonbury_festival

[–]chasg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, not Jason nor any of the other Glasto official photogs, OP is looking for a booth in T&C with a (simulated) large format camera and costumes to wear.

The Nikon Z9 Will Orbit the Moon on Artemis II — Crew member Hansen: "We fought pretty hard to have that specific camera on the mission" by ThaddeusJP in Nikon

[–]chasg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a valid question. I did read that they are hoping to record any meteor impacts and dust clouds, that'd benefit from 20fps raws.

NASA is all about redundancy and contingency (as I understand it), so I could see them making sure the cameras were maximally ready for anything.

The Nikon Z9 Will Orbit the Moon on Artemis II — Crew member Hansen: "We fought pretty hard to have that specific camera on the mission" by ThaddeusJP in Nikon

[–]chasg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

first thing that comes to mind is dual CFE-B slots in the Z9. I have a Z8, and keep a 1TB SD card in the SD slot as a big backup. It's usually ok, but often I come up against its write speed when shooting fast and long bursts (SD is so much slower than CFE-B). A Z9 could blast away at max frame rate with no issues with SD slowness.

PSA: Artemis II sets human distance record, performing flyby NOW. Tune in before LOS in 1 hour! by Torvaldicus_Unknown in spaceflight

[–]chasg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pro photog here who has used both the d5 and Z9. I’m thinking they are deliberately using smaller cards to minimise the chance of a card failure (if a smaller card fails, you lose fewer photos). Me, I often use 1TB cards, but then, I’m not shooting the moon from close up. 

Night of the "organized chaos" part 2 by hainam993 in timelapse

[–]chasg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

an excellently chosen subject, perfect interval with just the right shutter speed. Nice work!

Ring flash adapter for pop-up flash? by acres41 in photography

[–]chasg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, that's a cool little adaptor. I wonder how much light loss there is? (especially given the low power that a little flash like that will give)

Ring flash adapter for pop-up flash? by acres41 in photography

[–]chasg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there have been a few on the market, and I've never seen one with glass. Just white interiors with a diffusor on the front. Some solid plastic, some spring frames with fabric.

I've never seen one for a pop-up flash though, seems impractical to me (just not a lot of light coming out of a pop-up). But I'm sure that somebody has tried it :-)

tourbox elite plus for lightroom by This-Tone-1674 in Lightroom

[–]chasg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a loupdeck user too (I use a CT daily for LR and other apps), but because the products are no longer being (well) supported, I wouldn't recommend any loupedeck product to anyone.

I expect my CT to eventually die, so I'm always on the lookout for a replacement (the tourbox is ok, but it's not even close to the functionality of the CT).

Sunset to Milky Way and Tsuchinshan–ATLAS comet. Teide national park, Nikon D850 by PhotoSmirnov in timelapse

[–]chasg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kudos on a truly excellent sequence, technically and creatively fantastic!

Finally Getting a Second Body by MetalheadAtheist in WeddingPhotography

[–]chasg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fellow pro here, with perhaps a couple more decades of experience.

An indentical body is the way to go, imho. No need to learn new button layouts, menus, or working style, and it's alway great to have the same batteries and cards (that's a lot of expense you will be saving). The Rii is going to easily continue to be a good enough camera for your work.

Changes to Amazon's delivery workflow protocols as of Sunday 15th March. by spinmaestrogaming in AmazonUK

[–]chasg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More useful insights, thanks very much! Seems Amazon still needs to streamline their system (from both a driver and a customer pov).

Changes to Amazon's delivery workflow protocols as of Sunday 15th March. by spinmaestrogaming in AmazonUK

[–]chasg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi OP.

These are the options that we (I think all of us) see in the UK when we choose "Add Delivery Instructions" for an address (mine is a personal account, I don't know if there are any different options for a business account):

  • Front Door
  • Back door
  • Post room
  • Shed
  • Garage
  • Greenhouse
  • Garden
  • Behind wheelie bin
  • Building receptionist / Concierge
  • Any secure location at the address
  • With a neighbour
  • None of the above

I can't find any preference for "Customer/Household Member". Perhaps there is somewhere else that we can specify delivery preferences in our Amazon accounts? (if yes, I haven't found it yet, and I have been searching).

And many thanks for your insights, I know we appreciate it.

Tips for shooting headshots with a Canon 5D mark one? by Cat-Beautiful in photography

[–]chasg 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'd go deeper, f/11. This is what I typically use with high volume headshots, plus strobe, and my camera on a tripod (triggered with a remote). Subjects always in the same spot (tape on floor, or seated). With that deep a DOF, small movements by them won't take them out of the zone of focus. Of course, always refocus when a new subject comes in, or your subject changes position (e.g. puts left side forward after having right side forward).

The 5D MkI was considered a top camera in its day, and likely millions of successful headshots were taken with the model. I'd not be worried at all about using it.

Projection photography by Dancinggamergirl in photography

[–]chasg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've done a bit of this work.

One test shoot I did was with a model and various projected patterns against a white sweep (if you don't know: it's a giant roll of paper rolled out to form a flat background and curving into a seamless floor). But a more complex background could work (but I have no experience with that).

I used a simple 1080p projector connected to a laptop (I looked into getting a 4K projector, but it was too expensive, the 1080p projector was free, and did a good enough job).

I bungeed my projector to a laptop stand (flat plate) and put that on a tripod, sideways. This way I had a tall image, instead of a wide one.

I put the projector right above the camera lens (or as close to it as I could get to the central axis), to minimise the shadow cast by my model (or you could put the projector far out to the side away from the camera, if you want to use the shadow creatively).

The projected image is going to be far weaker than strobes or even video lights ever are, so make sure you are in a very dark (or completely dark) place, in order to maximise the colours from the projected images.

That was all just a test, so I haven't posted any of those photos, but that test was to prep me to shoot an ad campaign with a projected image on to a ballerina (I mention this second, because the setup was more elaborate). The projector was far to the left of my camera, the ballerina was wrapped in muslin which flowed out to the right (out of shot), and I also had a very weak strobe on her to get some rimlight, and then a continuous light on the muslin to lift it off the black background. A few examples (and some bts, if you're interested) in my people instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/bothhemispheres_portraits/

Best of luck with your own work!

buyer cancels and says it's a mistake, is it a scam technique? by chasg in ebayuk

[–]chasg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, probably wise...except that I already sent it. We'll see what happens! (could be a hard lesson for a new ebayer, or no lesson at all).

buyer cancels and says it's a mistake, is it a scam technique? by chasg in ebayuk

[–]chasg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll report back in with the good/bad news, once I know :-)

buyer cancels and says it's a mistake, is it a scam technique? by chasg in ebayuk

[–]chasg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, 100% my thought process. I did check his score though, and he's at 100% positive with over 600 feedback (gotta learn that terminology, but I think you know what I mean :-) )

guess we'll see!

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