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As I understand it, Phil, yes. At least if you wanted the fire trails to look like they're going the right way. Nice shot, Rob :)

I'm looking at renting one of these lenses for an upcoming festival :D *watches thread*

Heh, yeah that's an option. Whenever I've done that though it's never quite worked how I've intended. Plus I always think fire shots look better when lit just by fire, otherwise the colour balance gets interesting. Plus I'll be at a festival, and I doubt I'll be able to take my flash any further...

Mmmm, yes indeed. It's a fight between not allowing the fire to get blown out, and retaining a little of the background. That's a *lovely* shot there, but for the most part I'd want a little more background. Of course usually I'd practice, practice, practice, but this sort of opportunity...

Morning all. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience shooting fire performers; poi, whips, staff, hoops etc? I've done some stuff before, but any good results have been more chance than design. I'm shooting at a festival this weekend, and there'll be some fire workers there who I really...

Aye, that's what I've done now as well. It's not exactly OHMYGODTHISISATERRIBLEPROBLEM!!! Just an oddity :)

Morning TPers. A bit of a :bang: came up last night while I was playing around with the new LR3 watermarking tools. You can select a text watermark, define it's placing, colour, transparency etc, and most crucially, font. Now I use a lovely font called 'Diavolo' for my photography stuff, but...

Yeah it is, not sure if it used to be... Anyway, consider this another vote for Lightroom.

I've just purchased the education version of Lightroom 3 via the Adobe website. Jumping the hoops wasn't too bad, although they could have been a little clearer on the info they needed. I had to scan my ID card, then my payslip, then the *other* side of my payslip (I'm University staff, so still...

Circular polarising filter, for those blue skies and bluer seas.

This has been an interesting thread. I'm glad someone bought up IT, because I'm a techy, and I get asked to fix stuff as much as I do photo stuff. I tend to do a lot of stuff for free, and I've usually ended up getting something in return, one way or another. Maybe I just manage to pick the...

I've never managed to wear sunglasses while taking photos, but then I've never found myself inadvertently staring at ladyparts either. My advice: Let her take the lead beforehand, establish what she wants so you have a clear idea in your head of where to lead the shoot. Then take the lead and...