Another new guy

[stevesarich]

Hey all,

Got turned on to this site just recently and finally got around to checking it out. In addition to other things, I'm a professional photographer. I'll be posting a new photography thread here shortly and help anyone with questions about cameras, lenses, software, lighting, etc. to help you take better pictures of your girls.

My next project will be time lapse photograpy. I'll show you seedlings sprouting, flowers growing and trichs forming on buds. It should be fun. I've never seen anyone do it with cannabis before so this could be a first.

And, yes, I use my real name everywhere I post. I'm a legal med patient so I'm not too paranoid :D I live in Washington, so if any of you are close by, drop me a line! I've already met some of our neighbors to the north...nice bunch those Canucks!

Steve

PS...I've attached one of my flower pictures ;)

http://www.420-genetics.com/gallery/files/2/Bluebonnets.jpg

[Nesta]

Glad to have you Steve. I think you will like it here, we have a good bunch goin. Your time lapse pics sound cool, can't wait to check em out. Great ass in the pic by the way.
Welcome :animbong:

[Max Rockatansky]

Welcome to the party!
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M R

[wawona]

Nice to meet ya Steve. Glad you found us. Interesting subject to bring to the boards. I love photography, but don't take very good pics at all. Will be lookin forward to your info.

:animbong: wa

[straightdope]

Howdy Steve. welcome to the clubhouse... :bongdude: wicked photo there. i've dabbled a bit in photography myself. not a pro, more like a prowannabe. LOL.. but i have some nice shots downloaded on good ole yapoo.. :D

talk to ya sometime..

peace

[Tiberon]

hehehe....a man of my own tastes. Nice pic
Welcome :animbong:

[stevesarich]

Thanks for the welcome. I'll put up the photography thread as soon as I find out where the admin wants me to stick it (does that sound bad?) :rolleyes:

I've been shooting for 35 years, so I can answer most questions you can throw at me. I did have a guy recently email me about how he could improve his photos with his current camera....I told him he'd have to spend more than $60 for a digital camera. :eek: Some things just aren't "fixable". :D

[Max Rockatansky]

OHHH too bad

I was hoping for help with my $20 Wally world camera!
LOL
LOL
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M R

[stevesarich]

I understand that those are really good for rectal photography. Let us know how they come out :D :D (Just don't show us) :eek:

[Max Rockatansky]

:smoke2:
:eek:

Sure you dont want me to post 'em?

LOL

M R

(sorry to act like an ass)

[Kiwi]

Heya steve, i missed this thread, welcome!
Ive tried the timelapse thing myself, used a program Timeshot and my web cam. Pics werent to good due to the shitty cam and hps lighting and the fact i train my plants so they got a lot of artificial movement
A lot more complicated then i first assumed..
Ive tried hooking up my kodak easyshare digi cam but to no luck.
What are you using to make your time-lapse?

[stevesarich]

Web cams are really not a good option for taking photos....they're barely good enough as web cams :rolleyes: This will be a project for a well known nutrient company...can't tell you who at this point.

For this project I'll be using an Olympus E-1 digital with a 50mm macro lense and a 1.4 teleconverter. The E-1 is Olympus' top of the line camera so I'm anxious to see what it can do. Some of the photos will be flourescents (the seedlings) and the rest will be studio strobes. Olympus has software that will fire the camera for time lapse.

In the photography thread I'll go into how to deal with the HPS problem. For this project I won't have to worry about it since the strobes will over-ride the light output of the HPS lights.

Heya steve, i missed this thread, welcome!
Ive tried the timelapse thing myself, used a program Timeshot and my web cam. Pics werent to good due to the shitty cam and hps lighting.
Ive tried hooking up my kodak easyshare digi cam but to no luck.
What are you using to make your time-lapse?

[jerkypete]

Nice to have ya on board. :cool2:

My father tried photographing me when I was a baby.

He stopped cause he couldn't afford to keep buying new lenses. :D :o

[stevesarich]

It can really be an expensive hobby. Now it's not so much the lense expense. It's having to replace your digital camera body every year...or at the most two years. But they're worth it. The pro level digitals are now able to challenge film cameras for most jobs. It's a major money saver....no more film!!! No more scanning film!!! Trying to do time lapse photography with film would be cost prohibitive. I'll end up taking thousands of images on each sequence.

[web420]

Welcome to 420 Genetics........stevesarich
:animbong:

[Mermaid]

:wave: Hi stevesarich and welcome!

[straightdope]

man steve.. hear ya bro ,, hours scanning pics. ! then more hours down loading them onto the net. ugh.

& 35mm film COSTS . i started using Fuji Velvia slide film. love the quality. but finding it aint easy. & again its not cheap film.

well someday when i have money ! LOL

[stevesarich]

You're right...Velvia is great film. I still use it in my medium format camera. But if you figure $10 per roll for the film, another $10 for processing and $20 for each high-res scan, you can pile up a lot of cash really quickly. The same images with a digital...$0. It's a pretty easy choice. Oh....forgot....all the trips to the lab picking up and dropping off film...and then it's on to the scanner. It's also easy to show a client images on your 21" monitor....try showing them a frame of film. I don't shoot film anymore unless it's for a large poster...then I'll shoot with my 6 x 7 cm.

[straightdope]

you way above me with the 6x7 comment. i am a simple 35mm guy. i have 2 minolta slr's . like to use manual though.

& i'm doing a Huge move come the end of summer . so buying a Good Digi is out of the Q. at this time. :( ..

but who knows. if i'm a good boy all year , maybe that fat fucker will brign me a new toy ! :D

[stevesarich]

Hey, hey, hey....keep callin him a "fat fucker" and the only "toy" he'll bring you will probably vibrate...and you won't like the directions that come with it :eek: :D :p

[straightdope]

Hey, hey, hey....keep callin him a "fat fucker" and the only "toy" he'll bring you will probably vibrate...and you won't like the directions that come with it :eek: :D :p

LOL ... but my g-friend & i can find some use for that .. hey honey look i got u a back massager :p

[stevesarich]

Hey kids! Look what the fat fucker brought daddy this year! If you get over being really naughty and you're ready to get a digital camera, just follow the new Advanced Photography forum here. We'll be talking plenty about digital cameras and what features to look for and what to avoid.

[straightdope]

sounds like a winning plan.

[straightdope]

this aint as good looking of a shoot that u posted. but it is a FULL MOON. :D

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kennyde03/detail?.dir=73e8&.dnm=9796.jpg&.src=ph

[stevesarich]

Nice shot. I'm having image posting problems at the moment. :eek:

[Sparky]

Nice ta meet ya Steve. :wave:

Looks like we know who's gonna win all the next bud shots contests. :roll:

Lucky I got mine in first. :D

[Kiwi]

Have you seen the time lapse film out there on the file share networks Steve?
So unfinished yet promising.

[marymaryquitecntrary]

high, steve! it's nice to have you join us! i'm looking forward to your photog lessons.

and the pic of the bluebonnets is sweet! what ass are they talking about? i didn't see any donkeys in that pic. :D

[RacerX]

Nice to meet ya Steve :cool2: looking forward to seeing your work..

[stevesarich]

Haven't seen it...but I'd like to. Do you have a URL?

Have you seen the time lapse film out there on the file share networks Steve?
So unfinished yet promising.

[stevesarich]

Hey Sparky.....I still have to grow some worthy buds. No one is going to win with great shots of some little popcorn buds :bongdude:

Nice ta meet ya Steve. :wave:

Looks like we know who's gonna win all the next bud shots contests. :roll:

Lucky I got mine in first. :D

[stevesarich]

:D :D :D Nice to meet you Mary! I'm not touching the ass comment :pimp: By the way, the reason the model was shot from that angle was because the model showed up with her face all broken out....thus all the shots were done from the "rear".

high, steve! it's nice to have you join us! i'm looking forward to your photog lessons.

and the pic of the bluebonnets is sweet! what ass are they talking about? i didn't see any donkeys in that pic. :D

[stevesarich]

I'll post some pics from time to time. I don't want to bore everyone. Does anyone here object to artistic nudity?

Nice to meet ya Steve :cool2: looking forward to seeing your work..

[mistical]

welcome steve, ive never been one to shun artistic nudes :D

just about to upgrade my digi cam too mate, you made it here just in the nick of time before i make my purchase, ill be picking your brains soon on the best cam i can get for my budget, take it easy :smoke2:

[wawona]

I don't give a damn if it's artistic or not! I love nudity :eek:

:animbong: wa

[Sparky]

Hey Sparky.....I still have to grow some worthy buds. No one is going to win with great shots of some little popcorn buds

No worries....We can teach ya how to make popcorn balls. :smoke2:

[Kiwi]

I found it pretty easy on limewire ,just put Cannabis time lapse in the search field. I tried to host it but the 39mb file is too big.

[stevesarich]

OK....maybe I'm a little slow. I tried limewire and the search engine wouldn't find it. Can you PM me the URL? I'd really like to see it!

Thanks!

[DoUJuana]

:wave: Sorry I didn't get here sooner....Welcome to 420-G :)

:animbong: :animbong:

DoUJuana

[stevesarich]

Thanks for the welcome! Start savin up your photo questions :D

[Kiwi]

I just searched for "lapse" video on limewire and it popped straight up.
If i can host it somewhere i will, and then post a link :)
Or if the webby wants me to send him the file so he can host it that would be cool ;)

[Mr Douglas]

Welcome Steve.......looking forward to your time-lapse project! http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/aktion/action-smiley-030.gif

[stevesarich]

Hey Mr. Douglas-thanks for the welcome. I'm really dying to start the time lapse project. Parts of it, like the seedling, won't take long at all. But I also plan to do a whole show...so a couple of months or more of shooting just for one short segment. I think it'll be worth it.

[Kiwi]

Do you have Msn or icq Steve, if so i could send it to you through either of those.

[chopstick]

Damn I'm always late, gotta remember to get my watch outa the pawn shop..

Welcome Steve, lookin forward to seeing them time lapse pics man, sounds wicked!!

[stevesarich]

Nice to meet you too Chopsticks.