Comments on: Hanging out with Creative Commons’ Joi Ito today

By: nusret

nusret — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:46:20 +0000

thanks very

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:33:05 +0000

I noticed that photographing the person talking definitely does not make for the best shots. People pull weird faces when they talk. And they’re not still (if you’re doing it no-flash).

People listening are usually a much better source of portraits, in my opinion.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:29:13 +0000

@11 actually no a pro or even a semi pro would have the proper wb set for the conditions. Very easy to do with a Nikon. Nikom has superb auto wb adjusemts. My D300 is virtually flawless in auto wb. So I must go back to blaming the photog not the camera

By: Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:08:03 +0000

Steve: I used automatic white balance. I did not process any of these pictures. A professional would have brought them into Photoshop and would have adjusted the white balance there. Heck, a real professional would have carried a white card and would have done manual white balancing.

As for focus: that’s why professionals shoot 10x more photos. I was watching the real pros and their focus was just as bad as mine (it’s hard to get it right when shooting a 300 F2.8 wide open) but they shot so many, and kept checking to make sure they got good ones.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:04:02 +0000

@8 that very well may the case. I guess I should qualified it by saying “if based on scobles pictures”. As Thomas pointed out.the wb is off on a majority of the shots. Plus the framing is amateurish and focusing marginal. Proving the adage: its not the camera its the photgrapher. Its unfortunate that some may base the petformance of the D3 on these P&S quality pictures.

By: gg

gg — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:58:39 +0000

dude, are you still sleeping at SFO. MS just bought yahoo while you were sleeping