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6spd

Any better hosting sites than photobucket that don't kill quality?

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Cmike2780

I like Smugmug. It's not free, but the quality is much better. If you sign up for a year, it comes out to around $3.33 a month for the "basic" and $5 a month for the "power". The only big difference is a custom hostname, video storage and a few other little extras. There's no limit to the number of files you can upload and they allow you to upload images up to 50mb.

I get a $10 referral credit if you use my coupon code : omvZKcaChRwv8

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LunaZ

Are you using your lights as a constant source or as strobes for those shots?

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6spd

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TreeSemdyZee

Zenfolio is another one. Cheaper than SmugMug, since SM raised their price.

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6spd

I am starting my own photog business and was going to try a smugmug pro account, but I just need something in the time being. Since the good ones cost, I'll probably stick it out until smugmug or whatever I go with. Thanks though guys!

Cmike, will that referral work for a pro account too? I'll use it for you if I can!

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TreeSemdyZee

I can also get you a referral number for Zenfoilio if you're interested.

Huck

So I still have a lot to learn, but I've been playing around with night time photography and I took these last night. Using a D5100 with the stock 18-55mm lens. He problem I'm running into is that the street light next to my driveway makes a lot of the pics come out super orange/yellow colored. I'm trying to play with the white balance but not having much luck.

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Cmike2780

It would help if you posted your Shutter speed, aperture & ISO settings. Mixing lights with different color temps is always a bit tricky when setting white balance. You need to set a custom white balance.

Here's how to set it:
-Go to the location of your shoot. You'll need a gray card or at least something close to it in color (something neutral).
-hold down the WB button and turn the thumb wheel until it's set to "PRE"
-"PRE" will blink
-point your camera at the gray and click the shutter button. It should say "Good" if done correctly. That's it.

Alternatively, you can shoot in RAW and fiddle with the white balance afterwards.

For night landscape type photography, I usually do this:
-Set it to manual
-Set White Balance (see above)
-Set ISO to the lowest normal speed. I usually go with 100 or 200 the most.
-Set the aperture between f/8-f/11 if you want just about everything in focus.

Now all you have to worry about is the shutter speed. It's going to vary depending on how you want the scene to look. Just take a few shots until you see the one you want. Because of the ISO speed and aperture, you'll probably need to start at 1 second, then 2 second.....etc.

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LunaZ

That would be me.
But I think I'll try the custom WB route sometime so I know how to do it.

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Huck

Thanks cmike, I'll have to try out the gray card. I was shooting 100 ISO, 5.6f on the stock Nikon 18-55 lens, and I think 20 second exposure time. I'll post some pics later when I'm home for an example of what I'm talking about.


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Awesome Boxer!

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