Comments on: Dude, How’d She Do That…A Basic Photography Set-Up on a Budget

By: Secret Agent Mama

Secret Agent Mama — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:34:30 +0000

Excellent and spot on.
Guess what.. I’m getting the 50mm 1.4! God, I will owe my husband a few blow jobs.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:59:22 +0000

Dood! You finally stepped up and got a DSLR? YAY! I can see that you’re loving it.

Did Matt make you get this one two? teehee

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:26:18 +0000

Mommytime.. who is my fav too by the way directed to your blog yesterday to let me know you just released this little piece of heaven. I am foaming at the mouth to know that you are able to take such glorious amazing pictures without the expense of an arm and a leg. It is amazing to me how much a lens can cost.

I stalk your pictures all the time over on flickr.. :)

PS. I shoot with a sony a100. I am just starting to understand the beast.

By: the planet of janet

the planet of janet — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:37:17 +0000

your photos are always so beautiful. of course it helps to have a beautiful child to photograph, too :-)

By: MommyTime

MommyTime — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:12:01 +0000

PS That bubbles photo is seared in my mind since the first time I saw it as a photo that MUST be entered in a contest somewhere, since it will certainly win. AWESOME.

By: MommyTime

MommyTime — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:10:16 +0000

Ahhh…. this is the beginning of what will be a beautiful partnership… I have the shoes; you have well, everything else, apparently :) But I’m willing to continue the barter.

I just got a Sony A200 dSLR for my birthday a month ago, so I’m just now embarking on this glorious venture. I have to grade a pile of papers tonight and thought I’d read just a post or two for a study break, so I can’t click over to all your lens links and learn all I should right this second.

But I will say THANK YOU for starting this series! What I would love is a post per lens where you pick apart exactly what you did for one single photo to get it look like that. Stuff about aperture, lighting, the tinkers you did in Photoshop (even a little before/after with the straight outta’ the camera version and the finished product?), so I could learn more. I think there are three key elements to great photos: composition, lighting, and technical expertise. The first can be adjusted slightly with cropping (though nothing removes the garbage cans from the background very well except a very shallow depth of field), but lighting — ah, that’s soooo key and so hard to learn. Ideas??

Okay, I’ll stop now, since this comment is nearly as long as your post. But I adore you for doing this, and I can’t wait to learn more.

Also, I like the new breezier feel on the site — much less cramped. A good thing.

By: Qweenie

Qweenie — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:30:43 +0000

Cool beans….must show hubby!!

By: angie

angie — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:14:27 +0000

Its nice to see someone else who is self taught. I am SO glad you posted about the lenses! Cause I thought I was ganna have to shell out a small fortune for the ones I want. I was considering finding used ones. But I so didn’t want a used lense! I wanted my own shiny new ones damnit!!!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:03:43 +0000

Fantab post! Thanks for the tips and ideas!