BetterPhoto Q&A: Traditional Film Photography

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  Enlargements from MPIX
Hi Everyone!A friend requested an enlargement of a photo I took of her family, either a 16x20 or 11x14. Has anyone used MPIX for a print that size? How is the quality? I have only used them once ...
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November 09, 2005
 
  EVENING SHOTS
Hi guys,,,,wonder if anyone can help me....i have been asked to photograph a band playing in black and white but its in quite a dark bar/pub. can anyone give me some idea of what type/speed film I ...
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November 08, 2005
 
  using flashes
anyone know any good sites or tutorials or whatnot that goes into great detail about using flash. I gota cheap little flash (DIRT cheap) with a GN of 52 and it pretty much doesn't have any ma...
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November 11, 2005
 
  BLUE skies!!
Hey all just a quicky,Ive been having mixed results using Velvia 50 trying to achieve those REALLY blue skies!!! ... Anyone got any tips they can share?I have been keeping the sun behind me, but I ...
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November 09, 2005
 
  shooting
I would like to know how to get better photo out of my carma I have aolympus digital camra and I would like beter photos out of it....
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November 08, 2005
 
  Glamour photography poses & props
I am fixing to do some glamour photography (NOT NUDE GLAMOUR). I have been doing photography for about 2 years now (families, high school seniors, weddings, engagements) but, I have never done gla...
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November 08, 2005
 
  over/underexposed photographs
I have two Minolta cameras. I really just play at photography. I was fairly good in college, but that was 15 years ago and now two children later I am trying to get back into it. Things were goi...
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November 06, 2005
 
  Photographing Large Groups of People
It seems that when I am photographing large groups of people. I am getting the ones in front in focus, and the ones just a little behind them are slightly out of focus. I know about the depth of fi...
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November 08, 2005
 
  Shooting football photos...
I am using a Minolta Maxxum 7000i with a 70-210 zoom. I love the camera and all of the equipment but I am having a problem that I need help with. I shoot pictures for the local high school footba...
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November 10, 2005
 
  polaroid transfers
this may be a stupid question...but do you need a polaroid camera to do polaroid transfers? I keep picturing the remaining pictures in my childhood photo albums that were made with a polaroid came...
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November 07, 2005
 
  Parents bringing kids to see Santa pic's
I need some advice. My husband & I do Mr/Mrs Santa Claus 5 weekends starting soon, I being the photographer. The setting is a small local nursery business (not a Mall)which transforms into a ...
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November 15, 2005
 
  creating lighting balence
hi, my name is Sarah and I'm fairly new to photography and very eager to learn! I have recently had problems with creating a balenced lighting in my photos(faces bleached from flash or backgrou...
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November 07, 2005
 
  main light for indoor portraits
hi I want to shoot more portraits indoors, but found it very difficult to get good lighting...i dont have any special lighting equipments so I want to just use every day equipments. should I just...
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November 08, 2005
 
  Good manual flash w/ PC terminal
Hey guys I just got a new (to me) camera last night and it's fully manual and fully mechanical. It has a PC terminal (terminology?) on the lens to hook up a flash. Could anyone tell me a good...
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November 03, 2005
 
  developing
Does anyone know a good place to send off film for developing? I have had a few people ask me to do their christmas photo and want to do a good job. I want professional pictures not just wal-mart....
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November 08, 2005
 
  push processing B&W
I've been looking all over kodak's website and I can't find a link to push processing their film. I think I printed some charts at one point but I'm not sure where it is now. I'...
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November 02, 2005
 
  Feedback on my gallery
give me some comments....
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November 14, 2005
 
  PHOTOS PRINTED ON CANVAS
JUST THINKING ABOUT PRINTING SOME OF MY PRINTS ON CANVAS........ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS GOOD OR BAD?...
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November 01, 2005
 
  How to scan large format negatives into photoshop
I found a wonderful box of negatives that my dad took and developed back in the 1940s. They are 21/4 X 2 1/4 and 4 X 5. Some are in pretty bad shape and would need some work in photoshop. I can&#...
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October 31, 2005
 
  Willdlife photography
I plan to photograph birds this weekend, mostly duck, geese, etc. I have just started using slide film. To date all I have used is Velvia 100 for landscape and waterfalls. Please give me some recom...
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November 01, 2005