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mitchell_pgh · Mar 27, 2007, 04:24 PM

If you could ask a VERY high end photographer any questions, what would they be?

I'll take the 5 best and ask them tonight as a special National Geographic event and respond back tomorrow.

Gossamer · Mar 27, 2007, 05:03 PM

Boxers or briefs?

RAILhead · Mar 27, 2007, 05:07 PM

1. Which do you prefer: film or digital? Why?

2. Will you help keep medium format alive?

3. What are your thoughts on so many photogs "going digital" and abandoning film?

4. What is you post-processing software of choice?

Jawbone54 · Mar 27, 2007, 05:30 PM

Where is the future of photography going, stylistically speaking?

and...

Do you use those pricey cameras to take ultra-high res pictures of your feces?

Railroader · Mar 27, 2007, 06:59 PM

What is your image workflow from shutter to final output?

OldManMac · Mar 27, 2007, 07:01 PM

I'm surprised no one's thought of the most obvious one; Do you use a Mac?

brassplayersrock² · Mar 27, 2007, 07:11 PM

if you could have just ONE camera. what would it be, and why??

alex

iMOTOR · Mar 27, 2007, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh

I'll take the 5 best and ask them tonight as a special National Geographic event and respond back tomorrow.

1. What is the one aspect of making pictures you are most obsessed with?

2. Do you believe that true originality can exist in modern photography?

3. What do you feel is more important in photography; aesthetics or communication?

4. When you make pictures, are you concerned with how the viewer will perceive the message of the photograph?

5. Are you happy with the direction that modern photography is going?

Railroader · Mar 27, 2007, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by KarlG

I'm surprised no one's thought of the most obvious one; Do you use a Mac?

Ahem...

Originally Posted by RAILhead

4. What is you post-processing software of choice?

Originally Posted by Railroader

What is your image workflow from shutter to final output?

alligator · Mar 28, 2007, 09:26 AM

How does your wife let you buy so much equipment?

Railroader · Mar 28, 2007, 12:22 PM

^^^ Indeed! How do you appease the finance chairperson? ^^^

mdc · Mar 28, 2007, 12:31 PM

If you were forced to use one lens for a week, what one lens would it be?

Nikon or Canon?

OldManMac · 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Ahem...

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but that does nothing to address my question. I've sold lots of Windoze machines to professional photographers, and I subscribed to Outdoor Photographer for years (and when the phtographers therein mention their workflow and software, they're just as likely to state that they use Windoze), and the Mac is not as dominant in professional photography as it perhaps once was. As a matter of fact, when I worked for Apple, one of my projects was to cold call every photo studio in the northeastern suburbs of Detroit, and one of my questions was exactly what platform they used. The majority used Windows.

design219 · Mar 28, 2007, 01:10 PM

With the ease of alteration in digital imaging today, what should or could be done to bring credibility and relavance back to photojournalism?

Gossamer · Mar 28, 2007, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by KarlG

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but that does nothing to address my question. I've sold lots of Windoze machines to professional photographers, and I subscribed to Outdoor Photographer for years (and when the phtographers therein mention their workflow and software, they're just as likely to state that they use Windoze), and the Mac is not as dominant in professional photography as it perhaps once was. As a matter of fact, when I worked for Apple, one of my projects was to cold call every photo studio in the northeastern suburbs of Detroit, and one of my questions was exactly what platform they used. The majority used Windows.

Um...If you ask them what their post-processing software of choice is and they reply "Aperture," I'll give two guesses as to their platform...

Railroader · 03:26 PM

Nevermind...

EDIT: Oops, Gossamer beat me to it.

Dakar² · Mar 28, 2007, 03:13 PM

But what I really want to know is, what's their OS of choice.

Surprised that hasn't come up yet.

Railroader · Mar 28, 2007, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar²

But what I really want to know is, what's their OS of choice.

Surprised that hasn't come up yet.

I only want to know what version of Vista they prefer. 10.3 or 10.4.

IceEnclosure · Mar 28, 2007, 04:37 PM

So, what's their workflow? You better have asked.

Railroader · Mar 28, 2007, 06:06 PM

Who cares... I want to know whether or not they use a Mac!

IceEnclosure · Mar 28, 2007, 06:19 PM

yea but with bootcamp : \

Railroader · Mar 28, 2007, 07:31 PM

Touche'

OldManMac · Mar 28, 2007, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by Gossamer

Um...If you ask them what their post-processing software of choice is and they reply "Aperture," I'll give two guesses as to their platform...

Um....that would be rather obvious, wouldn't it? but that wasn't mentioned in Railroader's original post, and not being a professional photographer, Aperture, which is fairly new to begin with, didn't register with me. Besides, as I've already pointed out, the majority of pros don't necessarily use Macs in any event, but go ahead and make fun of me if it makes you feel better.

Railroader · Mar 28, 2007, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by KarlG

Um....that would be rather obvious, wouldn't it? but that wasn't mentioned in Railroader's original post, and not being a professional photographer, Aperture, which is fairly new to begin with, didn't register with me. Besides, as I've already pointed out, the majority of pros don't necessarily use Macs in any event, but go ahead and make fun of me if it makes you feel better.

"I hate to be the one to brake it to you..." but your post did seem a bit defensive and ignorant.

Doofy · Mar 28, 2007, 10:51 PM

"So... ...how long did you try painting for before you gave it up and got into photography?"

<ducks>

Railroader · Mar 29, 2007, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

"So... ...how long did you try painting for before you gave it up and got into photography?"

<ducks>

<throws pallet at Uncle Doofy>

I'll answer that, because pathetically, that is my story. I tried painting for about 15 years, all the while keeping photography on the back burner. It was the birth of my children that nessesitated the switch. Oils are hard to wash off a 2 year old's tiny fingers and face.

Dakar² · Mar 29, 2007, 01:29 PM

I'll admit I'm not a very good painter (though I still do some work from time to time), but unless you're going for some kind of stylistic interpretation, a photograph is a better representation of the subject matter.

Photoshop can do a lot (stylistically) nowadays, anyway.

Doofy · Mar 29, 2007, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Oils are hard to wash off a 2 year old's tiny fingers and face.

Timo · Mar 29, 2007, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by alligator

How does your wife let you buy so much equipment?

I like that one.

"Bokeh: fad or art?"