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I figured it was either toothpicks or you fired a spud gun at his big toe and tripped the shutter one nanosecond later...:) Yes I liked it, got so wrapped up in the toothpick poke I forgot to mention that part.
 
I did some lurking around my photobucket account and found these:

D70s
Nikon 18-70

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Great shots Armisiano. That girl's got a great intense kind of look. Reminds me of something like a Linda Hamilton (but sexy{er}). Could see her in action roles. Come to think of it that last one has a lot of Michelle Pfieffer.

Do you guys have some tips for portrait photography? I'm going to start doing some.
 
tmnt said:
Do you guys have some tips for portrait photography? I'm going to start doing some.
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Practice. If you can, before you attempt to photograph anyone who'll be giving you money, spend a week or so out and about with some friends (especially if you have friends who are actors), and let them know that you're doing this with them so you can practice. They won't mind.

Technical tips? For portrait work longer lenses are more flattering, anything from 85 to 135mm or so looks really nice. Portrait work also unlike a lot of other still photography really lends itself to a very shallow DOF, so keeping your lenses pretty wide open is a good idea. You WILL notice that if the lenses ARE fully open, it can be VERY hard to get the eyes tac sharp. I have so many photos where the tip of the nose, or the ears are crisp as can be but the eyes are a little bit soft, and they don't work. I go snap happy. In a 2 1/2 hour session with the gal above I took about 620 photos. Then went through the process of widdling it down to the 100 or so that technically work the very best. In a few days I'll be getting those to her and she'll go through and igure out which couple she wants full res with prints.

It's very important that people look healthy. Light is your friend, but direct sunlight is often the devil (IMO at least for close up portrait stuff). Have fun playing with light, but never forget the eyes. They are your focus in every way. They communicate everything, and therefore MUST be lit. Make sure you've got at least SOME light bouncing around and catching in the eyes.

I think those are all the technical bits of advide I can muster right now.

Oh, right, and have fun! (And make sure the subject is having fun too! Or they'll look bored and you won't notice until 8 hours later! You're photographing a human being, not a rock! People forget that often.)
 
Just picked up a D60 -- love it so far -- I have one question regarding using the SB600 speedlight flash.

Can the D60's built-in flash be used to remotely trigger the SB600 ? (I'd like to use the SB600 on a stand for a backlight).

Thanks!
Jay
 
i know this belongs in the classified section, but does anyone have any flash slaves they'd like to sell me? I'm also looking for a Nikon 10.5mm fisheye.
 
Sanchez said:
Just picked up a D60 -- love it so far -- I have one question regarding using the SB600 speedlight flash.

Can the D60's built-in flash be used to remotely trigger the SB600 ? (I'd like to use the SB600 on a stand for a backlight).

Thanks!
Jay
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yes you can, you have to go into flash settings (on the D60) then into commander mode, and set the SB-600 by holding in the zoom and - sign, then hit zoom again to select ON. Then you hold in zoom and - again to get rid of that and should take you to remote mode. Now make sure the D60 is on the same channel and voala.
 
Hi all,

I just purchased two Nikkor AF lenses - 50mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/2.8 and neither seem to work on my D50. They were actually bought to use with my DVX-100B and M2 adapter, but I also thought I could use them with my D50. When attached to the D50, the letters FEE flash and the camera won't shoot. Any ideas as to why this is happening?

Thanks for your help.
 
Are these the D series AF lenses or the older manual focus lenses? Want to post a picture of them?

At very least they should mount, so you can manually focus and meter. If they are older you will get an error til you put the camera in "manual" mode.

They have made both of these lenses in various way for 50 years. Chances are if you bought them for an adapter, that they are the older manual lenses. That means you must set your aperture by actually turning the aperture ring on the lens, and set your shutter speed manually on the camera. You will also have to manually focus the lenses.
 
Might be the aperture ring. I think I remember having the same problem with my 50mm. Before attaching the lens, spin the aperture ring so the white dot sits above the the 22, lock the ring, then reattach it to the camera.

Allen
 
If that is the case then Allen is right, it would have to be that you do not have the aperture ring set to "auto" mode. If you turn the lens to the lowest aperture, I think f/22 on both of those lenses, then click the little button on the lens down to lock the aperture ring into place (the button is normally under the 50mm or 24mm markings on the lens and it has a orange mark on the lens and button that will be aligned when it is set). Then the camera should read the lenses correctly.
 
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