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Stop Stealing Photos

After a long hiatus, the “What The Duck” from http://www.whattheduck.net/ came back. Here is one of his latest.

What The Duck: photographers stealing photos

What The Duck: photographers stealing photos

We all heard about people stealing photos (excuse me “borrowing”).

Move Over, I am a Pro

Move over, I am a pro. I have a Nikon D4 and Nikon Pro Services stickers all over my 600mm. Don't come close to me, that's my view. I own it.

Nikon Professional Services

Nikon Professional Services

The guy walked, not only like he owned the place but like everybody was supposed to bow to him.

The Gymnastics of Photography

They are looking at a large Great Horned Owl, one of the biggest owls around. The owl is perched in the tree on one of the branch 15 ft/5m from the ground. It's around 10:30am and the owl is sleeping. The Great Horned Owl occasionally opens an eye to make sure that everything is safe, he mostly hunts around dusk and dawn. If he sees something worthwhile during the day, he will go on the hunt for it.He is not getting great photos. I know, I spend the next hour taking the same photos. Nice to have but these photos are not photos that will make the cover of National Geographic or any other big magazine… I doubt that these would even make it for a stock photography website.

The Gymnastics of Photography   click on image for gallery

They are looking at a large Great Horned Owl, one of the biggest owl around. The owl is perched on what looks to me a fir tree 15 ft/5m of the ground. It's around 10:30am and the owl is sleeping. The Great Horned Owl occasionally opens an eye to make sure that everything is safe, he mostly hunts around dusk and dawn. If he sees something worthwhile during the day, he will go on the hunt for it.

Bait Cameras

On Saturday, I was walking around a slew with my camera… when I saw this:

Bait Camera: Canon 1DMk4 and 500mm

Bait Camera: Canon 1DMk4 and 500mm

British Columbia, where I live, use to be the North American capital of car theft. There is only one car insurance company for cars and it is government owned. The insurance company with the cops created the “Bait Cars” program.

Should You Upgrade to Full Frame?

There are some people that ruffle my feathers. Most of these people are “absolutists”. The problem with me is that immediately I dismiss them. You've heard the expression“In one ear, out the other”, me I do not even waste one brain cell, it doesn't go through any ear.

In the States, Seattle claims to be the coffee place because Starbucks started there. San Francisco claims to be the best coffee place of US. Vancouver, Canada must be just “up there.” In my area of Vancouver, BC, three to four packed coffee places per block is not unusual.

dSLR vs Point and Shoot Which one will have a better photo? My guess is the point and shoot. It's too difficult to handhold the telephoto and be rock steady.reifel-20101030-9420.jpg — (c)2010: Syv Ritch -- sritch.com: http://www.foto-biz.com/usageterms

dSLR vs Point and Shoot: Which one will have a better photo?   click on image for gallery

I was at one of these organic double venti moka coffee with Dan and his friend Walter, more of an acquaintance than a friend, who is also a photographer wanna-be. I don't know how we got onto talking cameras, what do you expect from photographers? In anyway, Walter's argument is that only “idiots” would use APS-C cameras, all photographers must upgrade to either the Canon 6D or the Nikon D600. APS-C could be acceptable for wildlife and birding but for the rest…

Holding a Nikon D600

Older man with Nikon D600 This man was all bend when he was walking and shuffling his feet as he walked in front of me. Then he bright the camera to his eyes, he straightened up (mostly) started walking (not shuffling) like he lost 10 years just by bringing the camera to his eyes.This is not a good way to hold the lens. He is holding it sideways instead of supporting it from underneath.He has a brand new D600 with what I think is the new Nikon 24-85mm lens.reifel-20121028-6187.jpg — ©2012 Syv Ritch -- foto-biz.com: http://www.foto-biz.com/usageterms

Holding a Nikon D600   click on image for gallery

This gentleman is trying is his brand, brand new Nikon D600. It's Nikon's latest full frame camera with their new 24-85mm lens. Before placing the camera up to his eyes, he was walking like an “old man.” This gentleman was making tiny steps. He wasn't walking, he was shuffling his feet like if he was wearing a pair old slippers. He lifted the camera to his eyes and suddenly he started walking, almost like he suddenly was 20 years younger.

Using Flash: Sony Style

Sony did some promo videos that poke fun at dSLR photographers. Sony is a distant third after Canon and Nikon in the dSLR market, but Sony is second only to Olympus in the mirrorless cameras and is also battling Canon for the number one spot in the point and shoot cameras. In North America, the mirrorless cameras are doing so-so but they are doing extremely well in Asia and fairly well in Europe in spite of the economic crisis.

Sony's Guide on Using Flash

North of 60: Man in Black

Man in black in the Snow This was Saturday 9-Jun-2012 and it's me in the snow in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. I'm the man in black. Black boots, black jeans, black jacket, black ThinkTank Streetwalker HardDrive. What's missing? The black underwear and the black socks. * I did not take this snapshot. This was done by the boss with her Canon G5 in JPEG. * When we left, there was a little bit of rain then the temperature started to drop like a stone. The rain started to become freezing rain, then snow. An hour later, the snow became a blizzard, snow and winds of 60+km/hr or 40+miles/hr. * Notice the ThinkTank Streetwalker and the monster zippers at the bottom right. By keeping the zippers there, nothing got in and I didn't use the official rain cover.iqaluit-man-in-black.jpg — ©2012 Syv Ritch -- foto-biz.com: http://www.foto-biz.com/usageterms

North of 60: Man in Black   click on image for gallery

This was Saturday 9-Jun-2012 and it's me in the snow in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. I'm the man in black. Black boots, black jeans, black jacket, black ThinkTank Streetwalker HardDrive. What's missing? The black underwear and the black socks.

  1. I did not take this snapshot. This was done by “the boss” with her Canon G5 in JPEG mode.
  2. When we left, there was a little bit of rain then the temperature started to drop like a stone. The rain started to become freezing rain, then snow. An hour later, the snow became a blizzard, snow and winds of 60+km/hr or 40+miles/hr.
  3. Notice the ThinkTank Streetwalker and the monster zippers at the bottom right. By keeping the zippers at the bottom, neither rain nor snow got in and I didn't use the “official” rain cover.

Nikon with 200-400mm Zoom and a Very Strong Man

Nikon: A Strong Man Look at this guy with his Nikon and his 200-400mm zoom, handheld.This guy is very strong. Remember the old physics classes and the canti-lever: weight * distance. To handhold his 500mm, he needs to bow is legs and arch is back.BTW, he is taking photos of Sandhill Cranes.reifel-20120512-7300.jpg — ©2012 Syv Ritch -- foto-biz.com: http://www.foto-biz.com/usageterms

Nikon with 200-400mm and a Very Strong Man   click on image for gallery

When I say a very strong man, it's not tongue and cheek. What he's doing is extremely difficult. Remember the old physics class and cantilevers. If I remember correctly, it's weight times distance and the sine + cosine of the angle of the force (or something like that). It's a very big and heavy piece of glass at the front.

Nikon Marketing Screwup

Every month, I buy PDN, Photo District News, the photo magazine. I do not subscribe to it, the subscription is more expensive than buying it at the newsstand. PDN is a magazine directed toward the professional photographers and is a must-read for anybody/everybody that wants to keep current with the business, the marketing of photography and the commercial photography trends. Every issue has big ads from both Canon and Nikon.

In the May 2012 issue, Nikon USA did a double truck spread, that's a two facing pages, about a wedding photographer, Doug Gordon, on page 42 and page 43. Two large photographs, and two smaller ones. Excellent photos (they'd better be), great inspiration…

His go-to cameras: the Nikon D3x and the Nikon D3s…

Then Nikon USA goes on explaining the D3X and the D3s… engineered for professionals…

There's only one problem with the ad, it's a small photograph, 3 inch by 2 inch, of Doug Gordon, the photographer, taking photos with a Canon camera (that looks like a Canon 5DMk2) and a Canon 70-200L f/2.8.

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