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Photography Jokes

2009-08-25T05:30:00.000-07:00

Today while browsing I came across few jokes related to photography and thought to share them with you. So I have copied and pasted few of them for your entertainment. If you also have any interesting jokes please share them.

Baby Photographer

The Smiths had no children and decided to use a proxy father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr.Smith kissed his wife and said, "I'm off. The man should be here soon."

Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer rang the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. "Good morning madam. You don't know me but I've come to...."

"Oh, no need to explain. I've been expecting you," Mrs. Smith cut in.

"Really?" the photographer asked. "Well, good! I've made a specialty of babies."

"That's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat. Just where do we start?" asked Mrs. Smith, blushing.

"Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch and perhaps a couple on the bed. Sometimes the living room floor is fun too; you can really spread out."

"Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work for Harry and me."

"Well, madam, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results."

"I hope we can get this over with quickly," gasped Mrs. Smith.

"Madam, in my line of work, a man must take his time. I'd love to be in and out in five minutes, but you'd be disappointed with that, I'm sure."

"Don't I know!!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed.

The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. "This was done on the top of a bus in downtown London."

"Oh my god!!" Mrs. Smith exclaimed, tugging at her handkerchief.

"And these twins turned out exceptionally well when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with." The photographer handed Mrs. Smith the picture.

"She was difficult ?" asked Mrs. Smith.

"Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to Hyde Park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep, pushing to get a good look."

"Four and five deep?" asked Mrs. Smith, eyes widened in amazement.

"Yes", the photographer said. "And for more than three hours too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling. I could hardly concentrate. Then darkness approached and I began to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just packed it all in."

Mrs. Smith leaned forward. "You mean they actually chewed on your, eh......equipment?"

"That's right. Well madam, if you're ready, I'll set up my tripod so that we can get to work."

"Tripod??", Mrs. Smith looked extremely worried now.

"Oh yes, I have to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big for me to hold while I'm getting ready for action. Madam? Madam?..... Good Lord, she's fainted!!"

Photographer Works

There was this haunted house on the outskirts of the town which was avoided by all the townfolk - the ghost which `lived' there was feared by all.

However, an enterprising journalist decided to get the scoop of the day by photographing the fearsome phantom. When he entered the house, armed with only his camera, the ghost descended upon him, clanking chains et al. He told the ghost "I mean no harm - I just want your photograph". The ghost was quite happy at this chance to make the headlines - he posed for a number of ghostly shots.

The happy journalist rushed back to his dark room, and began developing the photos. Unfortunately, they turned out to be black and underexposed.

So what's the moral of the story?

The spirit was willing but the flash was weak.

Photo Chief

There was this photographer in one of the most remote parts of the African continent on an assignment. He came across a primitive village where the residents were living in thatched huts and wearing colorful primitive garments. He approached a man who appeared to be the chief who was wearing a large headdress made of woven hemp and colorful feathers.

The photographer, not knowing how to speak to him, pointed to his camera then to the chief. The chief nodded. As the photographer was taking a meter reading the chief said "today use f/16 at 1/125 for ISO 100 film".

Photo Assignment

A photographer goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage, he finally goes over to her and asks, "You are a beautiful woman, would you like to sit for me at my studio?"
To which she responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "No, I won't sleep with you tonight!"

Everyone in the bar is now staring at them. Naturally, the poor guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.

After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and quietly says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a journalist and I've got an assignment to study how people respond to embarrassing situations."

To which the photographer responds, at the top of his lungs, "What do you mean $200?"

Digital Photography ruling all the way

2009-08-13T22:37:00.000-07:00

Digital Photography is the need of people going to distant places or for people who want to have their images on the desktops of their personal computers. Digital photography later became the most used forms of photography, but before that the photography which was widely accepted was the film photography.

Film photography has been the art or the inspiration for many of the photographers. According to a study, photography started around the dark ages in the European countries. It was the only way to bring the art of photography into existence. As time passed by, it became the hobby of the people who don’t even know how to click on the button and develop the films. So there came the need of digital photography, a form of photography which uses digital technology to make images of subjects. Digital photographs can be transmitted, manipulated, stored and can be resized. This makes digital photography to rule the industry of photography.

Advantages of Digital photography

Digital photography has many advantages over the ancient form of photography.
The digital photography has its impact in this photography world and thereby the cameras used are further divided into consumer digital cameras and professional ones.
A few of the advantages have been summed up below:-

Advantages in the case of consumer digital cameras:-

• The snaps taken can be easily reviewed and the photographer doesn’t have to wait to develop the films. The same can be changed through the technology if it is blurred or has some defects.
• For a person like me who’s always ready to capture his hundreds of images, the ongoing cost is minimum unless and until we have to mail it.
• The pictures can be easily printed with the help of a computer and a colour printer.
• The best part is that videos can be easily made out of a digital camera while the same can’t be done with the help of a film photographer.

Advantages in the case of a professional digital camera:-

• The professionals need better lightning and composition which is why the film cameras are popular but the digital professional camera leads in this too and has better lightning and composition.
• The digital image is captured in the raw format and cam be changed in the three different formats of imaging which is then merged and processed with colour effects to produce a better picture.
• The professional camera brands like Nikon and canon have made it a point to promote the add-on of the digital single reflex lens cameras (DSLRs).Thus the 10+ mega pixel images can be easily used in the newspapers or may be even printed in the magazines.

After knowing all this about the digital cameras, one should not waste the time in buying a digital camera even if you tempt of having an artist inside him.

Digital Photography VS Film Photography: A debate

2009-08-09T22:42:00.000-07:00

Digital photography and Film photography has been discussed against each other from the time when the first camera was invented which can use digital technique to capture images.

The basic reason behind the discussion of both the forms of photography is that the film photography is passionately carried by the professionals or the art lovers while the digital photography is supported by the amateurs who only know to click the button and smile. Being an amateur, I love to click the button, take multiple snaps, resize it, and change the background of the image making the image a better piece to look at. But whenever I am surrounded by some real geeks of this field, I feel a bit nervous because I don’t know anything other than clicking.

Digital photography and the film photography differ in many ways. In some cases digital photography is the best option while in some cases film photography can’t be neglected.

Comparisons of both
1. Cost:-
• In digital photography, one doesn’t need to buy films to capture images but in film photography one has to bear the cost in buying the film rolls.
• In digital photography there is no need to process the images and the images can be easily downloaded to the computer, thus saving the cost. The same is not possible with the film photography.
• The cost of the models of the digital camera are quite low as compared to the cost of the traditional film cameras in which there is always a need of a bigger lens to adjust to the scenic environment.

2. Artistry:-
• In recent times, the digital photography has impressed the professionals along with the amateurs by introducing SLR’s cameras which have made their way in this field.
• But the way the films are developed in the dark room after images captured from a traditional film camera, the artistry of the photography can be seen. Though it takes a lot of pain in capturing the best shots through a film camera yet the art which is made alive by the traditional photographers are worth having a look at.

3. Technical comparisons:-
• Films always had limited latitude so the problem can be solved by the digital camera which has wider latitude. You get more details in the lights and shadows if you have wider latitude like that of a digital camera.
• The resolution of both the films and digital cameras depend on many factors. The resolution of the film camera can be predicted upon the basis of the size of the film used. The size of the films is categorised into 35mm, medium format and large format. It also depends on the speed of the film used and on the quality of the lens fitted to the camera. While the resolution of a digital camera depends on the mega pixels and sensor size.
• There has always been a problem with the dust present on the digital sensors of the digital cameras. The former has been resolved through a dust removing device present with the digital cameras available in the recent products. Such kind of thing has never been an issue in the case of film cameras as each time a fresh piece of film is used to capture the images.
• Digital SLR’s can be considered as hybrids of digital and film photography. The reason behind this is that they use lens mounts which were originally designed for the film cameras. This makes the image quality of the hybrid camera better than the film ones.

After all these comparisons I can easily state that none of the form of photography has the right to take the place of another and both of them are good in their respective places.

Hey! I have decided that I will have both with me. Whenever I am at my friend’s place and am partying I just need to click on the button of the digital camera and when I am wandering in the Himalayas, I would love to adjust the lens of my traditional camera AS 10 kodachrome and would love to capture the views of nature.

Digital photography: lesser cost with more storage

2009-08-07T03:11:00.000-07:00

Digital photography has been in the news since it was made. It is not an invention. It is something for the photographers to cheer for.

Today in the morning, a friend of mine came at my house and asked me to pack up my bags for a beach trip. I asked him “dude, do you have a camera and film rolls?” He was amused by this question and asked me if am living in an outdated world. Then he took out one of the tech magazines from his bag which was having a list of prices of digital cameras. I was shocked when I looked at the list. Brand like Sony was having a fairly cheap price. Next to it was Nikon and then Canon. The eye-catchy part of the list was the storage they were giving.

I managed to note down some of the configurations of the digital cameras. They have been summarized below:-

• Sony Cyber-Shot DSC W290
This model has 12.1 mega pixels, 5x3 inch display and costs cheap, ranges from $189 to $229.

• Sony Cyber-Shot DSC H-20
This one has less pixels than the above one i.e. 10.1 mega pixels
But has a bigger display that is 10x3 inch, exactly double that of DSC W290 and that is why its prices are a bit high and ranges from $243 to $289

• Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS3
Panasonic makes their way in the industry of digital cameras by making the prices of its models more competitive.
The camera just ranges from $389 to $449.It has 10.1 mega pixels, and an enhanced 12x3 inches display which make it a good buy.

• Canon-power Shot SD1200IS
It is a 10.1 mega pixels camera having a 3x2.5 inch display, than the regular Sony and canon cameras but its price pays for it which is in between $169 to $229.

Note:- The prices of the above models are subjected to change.

More Storage

Storage problems are resolved by the Digital photography. After capturing the images from the traditional film camera, the photographers had to store rolls of films and were always in doubt if the rolls disintegrate. The digital cameras are nowadays provided with 1GB, 2GB and even with 8 GB of memory cards. So for a person like me who loves talking multiple images of himself doesn’t need to bother about the space left as I can easily store multiple images in the memory card. After that, I can easily store the images in my computer and burn them into compact disks so I don’t need to bother for printing them. Storing them in the computer helps me to change the background of the images, fix the red eyes etc. with the help of graphics programs like Picasa. The reason of having a digital camera recently is to post snaps on social networking sites like twitter and MySpace.

So the advantage of having better storage and lesser cost brings the digital photography ahead of the traditional film photography.

Hey! I am going to the market to purchase a digital camera. What are you waiting for?

Digital Photography is preferred but does it make sense?

2009-08-07T01:55:00.000-07:00

“Digital photography is preferred by the common people of the United States of America”-a recent survey said. These days everybody is talking about the boost of digital photography but does it make sense? This question is needed to be asked to the people who prefer digital photography that are they doing justice to the art of photography, are they taking the world of photography where it should be.

Digital photography is the best way a person can hide his defects of not being a good photographer. The art of photography lies behind the films which have to be developed in a dark room. The passion of having a camera with a big lens can only be fulfilled if the person has bought a film camera. Digital photography though has many advantages but some of its disadvantages make an impact and proves that film photography will be the first option for the artistic people.

Disadvantages of digital photography
• The digital cameras have digital sensors but the problem is that these digital sensors have less dynamic range than the colour print film.
• The dust particles on the sensors really make it difficult to capture quality digital images. This problem does not exist in the traditional film cameras as each time a fresh piece of film is used.
• The digital cameras are completely dependent on the electric supply and the photographer doesn’t have any other option than to wait in the case of electricity shortage. Here the traditional film cameras lead as they have manual backups whenever the power of the battery is completely discharged.
• The digital photography makes it mandatory for the photographers to have computer literacy. The photographer should have a sound knowledge of different formats of digital images and must know how to convert an image from one format to another.
• Aliasing effect does occur when pictures are taken from a digital camera and are mainly responsible for destroying the quality of images.
• The most basic and widely used format is the jpeg format in digital imaging that is the images have .jpeg extension. The possibility is that this format will surely be replaced by some other advanced format in the near future.
• Downloading a 35mm image from the digital camera to the computer and then manipulating it sometimes become hasty and requires patience. In addition the quality of a 35mm image is not that much good. Here too, the traditional film cameras overheads as the quality of a 35mm image captured from a film camera is worth watching.
• When I was with my trekking group and we were discovering the mountains of digital camera the problem which I faced was of batteries and was envying of the images captured by some of my mates through their Nixon film cameras.

Artistry is lost

The real photographers are using ‘camera backs’ with their film cameras and give it a hybrid definition. However the photographers, be it a fashion photographer or a landscape photographer still fancy their traditional film cameras with big lens added as a prominent part in their camera. This strongly tells us that the real artists who are the masters of this field believe in clicking on the button of the film camera rather than a digital camera. In a digital camera, one can easily fix the defects caused during the capturing of the image. With the help of graphic software like picasa, one can fix the red eyes; change the background of the image. Thereby making the images a bit commercialised but inartistic.

I have decided that next time when I will be in the Himalayas or Andes, I would make it sure to keep a traditional film camera rather than a digital camera with a bigger zoom.

Digital photography-A need of a common man

2009-08-05T23:41:00.000-07:00

“Digital photography is one of the forms of photography which creates images of an object by using digital technology.”-Wikipedia

Digital photography for me is something more than photography. Digital photography guides me to the world of imaging where I can see myself as an image. It is the best option for a person like me who don’t have any knowledge about photography. All you need to do is to click on the power button, the lens automatically opens, just pass a smile and click on the button. In a minute or two, you get an image of yours which is something to cheer for.

Ancient form of photography talks about film photography where the device for taking photographs known as a ‘camera’ consisted of films which was needed to be developed in a dark room. So much of pain for developing films cannot be sustained by common people like us. We people don’t have time to have a detailed look at the snaps taken, how can we spend time on developing it. Digital photography again has an advantage that we don’t need to develop the films but to send it to the computer and view it.

Digital photography complements the title as it is surely a need for a common man. Resizing the images, making the images clear from the blurred ones, manipulating them and storing them can only be done in digital photography. We can create multiple copies of the images in some seconds only, so this makes digital photography far better than film photography.

Recent Survey
Digital Photography is preferred by the common Americans. This was recently recently stated by a reputed university of the USA. The survey or rather research was carried by some experienced researchers and the question was asked to 200-300 people.68 percent of the people thinks that digital photography is a better option while the rest 32 percent people which includes the fans of film photography thinks against the digital photography and blames it for destructing the art of film photography.

Recent innovation
The research in the field of digital photography is making it superior than the ancient forms. The measurements which have been taken are:-

1. 3D models will be created from collections of normal images. The scene can be viewed from novel viewpoints, but the part which is very difficult is to create a model.

2. Cameras with high dynamic range and displays are available. Cameras having power greater than 120 decibel are to be made.

3. Flutter shutter an accessory can remove the blurred images completely. It’s not available on the streets but can be found in some researcher’s laboratory.

4. With the help of controlled lights and sensors in computer, one can capture the reflection of an object. This is similar to artistry done in film photography. It is not in that much of use but it can be seen initiated in the museums.

5. Olympus DSLRs introduced the dust reduction systems so that the dust can be kept off from the image sensors are now common in use and can be seen in most of the brands of the digital cameras.

Film photographers can’t neglect it even
In recent times, the film photographers trying to make a camera that is hybrid of both the forms attach a ‘camera back’ of a digital camera. The same can be seen when a digital ‘camera back’ is attached to a medium format SLR cameras.
This proves that digital photography is something which cannot be neglected even by film photographers and thereby it makes it a position better in the industry of photography.

So now we can easily make a conclusion that though film photography is the first choice for an artistic person yet digital photography makes it way and becomes the first choice of the common men.

Nikon D5000 A Recall

2009-08-03T05:47:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,

I came across this news through one of the leading photography blog from India. The newly laaunched Nikon D5000 the upper entry level DSLR with tilt-and-swivel LCD is making progress in the markets. The newly launched camera is getting good respose in the market and in the meantime Nikon have discover that the electronic component related to power control in some Nikon D5000 digital SLR cameras does not meet factory specifications and may, in certain circumstances, prevent the camera from turning on, thus preventing operation of the camera. This forced Nikon to publish the D5000 service advisory. I have included the advisory in this article. Hope this helps you.

Nikon D5000 Advisory as per Nikon official website.

July 23, 2009

Notice to users of the Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera

Thank you for choosing Nikon for your imaging needs.

While Nikon takes great measures to assure high quality in its imaging products, it has come to our attention that an electronic component related to power control in some Nikon D5000 digital SLR cameras does not meet factory specifications and may, in certain circumstances, prevent the camera from turning on, thus preventing operation of the camera.

Indications of this issue include:

The camera cannot be operated when the power switch is on, even with a fully-charged battery.
The camera cannot be operated with the EH-5a AC Adapter connected through the EP-5 Power Connector and the power switch on.

The solution:
Nikon has isolated the issues related to this and has effectively resolved them. Preparations have been made at a special Nikon repair facility to streamline the processes associated with the solution. Service related to this issue, including the cost of shipping affected D5000 cameras to Nikon, as well as their return to customers, will be free of charge. To further minimize customer inconvenience, Nikon will return serviced cameras to customers promptly, employing (whenever possible) transportation that limits transit time to two days.

Is your D5000 affected by this Service Advisory?
To determine if your D5000 is affected by this Service Advisory, click the Check Serial Number link below and enter your D5000 serial number where indicated. If the serial number verification determines that your camera requires service, additional easy-to-follow instructions will be provided. Otherwise, no further action is necessary.

Check Serial Number

We apologize for any inconvenience that Nikon customers may experience as a result of this issue.

Nikon remains committed to providing only the highest quality photographic products and hopes that you will continue to choose Nikon for your imaging needs.

Contact:
If you have additional questions about this Service Advisory, please contact Nikon Customer Relations at 800-645-6678, 8am to 2am (Eastern), 7-days-a-week. To contact us by e-mail, visit Nikon at http://www.nikonusa.com, select Service and Support and then select Contact Service and Support.

For additional information, please see the Frequently Asked Questions provided in the link below.

Source of this information: http://nikonusa.com/Service-And-Support/Service-Advisories/D5000-Service-Advisory.page