She and I both have photos in the Houston City Hall Annex Art on Loan Show that starts in late April. They will be hanging along with 100 other artists (photographers and painters) in the City Hall Annex downtown for a year. Thanks! I don't know of any links like that, but I can tell you that going digital is what brought me back to photography. I shot film from the time I was 10 until I was probably 25. For about 10 years, I was really not shooting at all. I just hated developing film. When my dad got his D70 and I played with it, I knew I wanted to start shooting again. The quality of digital is so incredible now and all the major camera manufacturers have discontinued their 35mm film cameras with the exception of only their MOST expensive pro line (usually $5000-$10000 cameras). Even they see the writing on the wall. With my 4GB card, I can shoot almost 700 photos before I need to switch cards and the battery in my camera will literally run for weeks without a re-charge.
cool thanks for the info guys. i got a canon digital for about $850 about 4 years ago. i rarely used it because it was such a large camera. i have about $5000 i can spend now and i know if i actually start learning about lenses that will be something to carry around as well. but as far as going out with friends i want something that hopefully i can fit in my pocket. i guess i need to do some research.
I suggest going to these sites. You can sit there for hours looking at photos or reading threads: http://www.fredmiranda.com http://www.texasphotoforum.com http://www.pbase.com
I was also at the premiere in Austin, and it was an amazing experience. This movie makes "300" look like 300 boys scouts selling girl scout cookies. This movie was in your face, with explosive action,hardcore violence up the wazzoo. What sucks for me is that i had to drive from Houston which is about 3 hrs to get to Austin. By the time that i got to Austin, i had like 3 hrs to kill but instead, spent those 3 damn hrs trying to find parking spots in downtown Austin. Overall, this movie is a masterpiece and in true form of a grind-house picture. Please folks, go watch this one late night and enjoy the hell out of it. It's one of the best movies I've seen in the last 10 yrs.
That's kind of a contradiction. Any really good camera is going to be an SLR with interchangeable lenses and they aren't small enough to fit in your pocket. Most photographers I know keep a point and shoot that will fit in a purse or jacket pocket for just taking out with friends, etc. But to get great photos, you need to shoot with an SLR. For that kind of money, you could EASILY outfit yourself with a great DSLR (a Nikon D200 or even a D2 given your price range) and a batch of killer lenses. I wish I had $5k to burn on camera gear.
I'm NOT a horror/gore movie fan. Honestly, I really dislike them. So, Rodriguez' film was really not my cup o' tea at all. I looked away for a big chunk of the film because all the blood and guts makes me queezy. The trailers, for the most part, were brilliant and hilarious. The one for "Don't" was a riot as was "Machete." Now, Death Proof was AWESOME. It started a little slow but it was really well made and the car chases were fantastic. Russell is so cool. That was a fun movie and, in places, hilarious.
Those faux trailers were so funny. It made the atmosphere feel like a drive-in movie. Tarintino suggested the crowd to fight each other if it lead to that, and that would've been a true grind-house experience. This is a super-charged energetic flick!!!
i got what your saying. i guess ill consider getting a $300 camera or so just to take out when i go downtown in austin or somewhere with friends.
