Photography Thread

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[cocksure]

YESS finally i don't have to look at those atrocious barden photos anymore

[Mooney]

the lighting at this place was absolutely fucked.. i did my best. i was also so drunk that i kept falling over.


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kuato

[Mooney]

VKNGS

[Rairun]

Nice pictures, Mooney. My concert pictures aren't nearly as good:

Bowerbirds


Sharon Van Etten



Shearwater



Other pictures I took kind of recently:

[Trotskilicious]

how are you not professional

am i wrong?

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Mooney

VKNGS

this is a great picture. all of them are good but this one is the best imo

[reprise85]

you both could be mistaken as professionals

rairun - i really dig that one of the boy running in the water jets and the road/mountain one

[Rairun]

I thought Mooney was professional? He mentioned a paid photography gig recently (I think).

But anyway, thanks. My gear is sub-par (entry-level DSLR, kit lens, cheap manual focus 50mm f/1.8 from the early 1980s), but I try to work with what I have. I got into photography because I wanted good pictures of the places I traveled to, but now I'm trying to branch out a little.

[Travis Meeks]

Mooney and Rairun, I really enjoyed your photos. Go figure out how to make $ off of your work.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

how are you not professional

am i wrong?

there's just a very tiny market for actual professional music photographers. most pros feel that people willing to shoot for free are killing their profession, and honestly believe that every single person at a show with a camera that isn't getting a paycheck for being there is stealing from them. in a fucked up analogy, a local pro posted on facebook likening himself to a record shop, while photographers working for free are illegal mp3's.

i say FUCK THAT. they can blame only thier clients who aren't willing to pay for their product/services. i'm not going to feel guilty for doing something i love. that would be like if you were trying to make a living off letting people pay you to suck your dick, and you expecting me to abstain from receiving blowjobs unless i find a chick willing to pay me for it because it hurts your business.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Rairun

I thought Mooney was professional? He mentioned a paid photography gig recently (I think).

But anyway, thanks. My gear is sub-par (entry-level DSLR, kit lens, cheap manual focus 50mm f/1.8 from the early 1980s), but I try to work with what I have. I got into photography because I wanted good pictures of the places I traveled to, but now I'm trying to branch out a little.

i've done a couple paid festivals for CBC Radio, but our prime minister gutted the CBC's funding, so they can't afford to hire photographers anymore. we can't afford public broadcasting because we have to buy $40 billion worth of fighter jets.

[Rairun]

Originally Posted by Mooney

there's just a very tiny market for actual professional music photographers. most pros feel that people willing to shoot for free are killing their profession, and honestly believe that every single person at a show with a camera that isn't getting a paycheck for being there is stealing from them. in a fucked up analogy, a local pro posted on facebook likening himself to a record shop, while photographers working for free are illegal mp3's.

i say FUCK THAT. they can blame only thier clients who aren't willing to pay for their product/services. i'm not going to feel guilty for doing something i love. that would be like if you were trying to make a living off letting people pay you to suck your dick, and you expecting me to abstain from receiving blowjobs unless i find a chick willing to pay me for it because it hurts your business.

Ha, the analogy would kind of work if he meant myspace had killed the music industry by over-saturating the market with free music. Except it didn't.

But yeah, that's ridiculous. I work as a translator, and I see a lot of colleagues complaining that beginners (or non-qualified people) drive prices down, because they are willing to work for almost nothing. I think the complaint is legitimate, but only in the sense that people wouldn't work for that little if they weren't desperate. They're being exploited and it just happens to harm us too. But when it comes to things people do for pleasure, like music or photography, there's nothing to complain about. It does make the profession unfeasible for a lot of people, but no one is entitled to earn a living doing what they love, particularly if it means stopping other people from doing it altogether.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by Rairun

this picture is perfect compositionally in so many ways. from the natural framing on all four sides from the brick walls and overpass, to the balancing of the elements with your main subject on the left, and the weight offset by a swan floating in the negative space to the right. also, the myriad converging parallels not only lead your eye to the subject, but imply a motion of the person actually walking into the photo. great shot.

[barden]

I think we all take boring suburban photos.

[Mooney]

Originally Posted by barden

I think we all take boring suburban photos.

i prefer taking boring pastoral shots. check out this sweet shot i took today while out for a walk:

[smashingjj]

BUAETIFUL

[Trotskilicious]

o wow that is my favoriet dekstop

[Trotskilicious]

u did that monny?

[Mooney]

no, i was just being silly. that has got to be one of the most viewed images of all time, though.

[Trotskilicious]

is it from that movie toys

[kelsome]

here is a crummy timelapse of craggy pinnacle. basically sitting in a cloud.

[Mooney]

non-music, some of which may have been posted before.




















special prize if you can guess the object i bounced the flash off to colourize the last photo.

[Rocket Launcher]

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[Mooney]

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[Mooney]

i instagram'ed the first one for you:

[Rocket Launcher]

thank you. it is lake tegernsee, near the bavarian alps, if anyone's interested a great place, with great beer as well

[Rocket Launcher]

mooney, your band pics are really great!

[Rocket Launcher]

boris july 2nd, 2011