tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post112700833923456817..comments2024-03-15T21:43:52.652-05:00Comments on City in the Trees: Mission from 'ArryLone Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746801663695992138noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127192946388932312005-09-20T00:09:00.000-05:002005-09-20T00:09:00.000-05:00Tell your friend to use Frame to document somethin...<EM>Tell your friend to use Frame to document something s/he knows how to do well and likes to do, so it's less of a chore. All a potential employer wants to see is the documentation skills. The actual subject matter is less important.<BR/></EM><BR/><BR/>Thanks. I'll pass it along.<BR/><BR/><EM>Wow, geez... high-end stuff alright. I knew it would be mind-blowing. So jealous. :) Well, I shouldn't be. I might as well envy someone a Formula 1 racer. Yeah, great to have, but I'm hardly equal to the vehicle. It ought to be in the hands of someone who knows what to do with it. :)</EM><BR/><BR/>I used to feel the same way. I hope you won't always feel that way about camera gear. <BR/><BR/>Learning how to use a camera at all intimidated me for years. In 1989 I was in a pj class in college (for the first attempt at a degree), shooting with guys that are now pulitzer prize winners ... and I didn't even know the difference between fstop and shutter speed. What's ISO mean? Seriously, I got a C in that class and I think that was being gracious. The professor could see I was trying, but I was clueless.<BR/><BR/>Even after that, I still didn't have a real clue. My life back then, geez. [rolling my eyes] It was 1994 before I really started getting a handle on the technical skills. Until then, I just winged it. (Fake it until you make it was my inadvertent motto.) Also scared someone would find me out, "she doesn't really know how to use the gear, she's just faking!" <BR/><BR/>But I think back and wonder, if I hadn't been so clueless I probably wouldn't have ever even tried ... where would I be now? That scares me. <BR/><BR/>All I know is that I had a drive to shoot photos. I didn't know anything about photography or photojournalism or any kind of photography for that matter. Only that I wanted to shoot photos.<BR/><BR/>And now back to your regularly scheduled programming...katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093099038108888531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127169797364064912005-09-19T17:43:00.000-05:002005-09-19T17:43:00.000-05:00Glad I could help. I am curious about tech writing...<I>Glad I could help. I am curious about tech writing though ... is that short for technical writing?</I><BR/><BR/>Yup! :)<BR/><BR/><I>Any tips, advice or warnings I could pass along?</I><BR/><BR/>The best leg-up is to get hold of a copy of FrameMaker and get familiar with it. Most companies who treat manuals seriously used that instead of Word, which tends to corrupt documents beyond a certain size, and still does weird things with ordred lists. Adobe makes FrameMaker.<BR/><BR/>Tell your friend to use Frame to document something s/he knows how to do well and likes to do, so it's less of a chore. All a potential employer wants to see is the documentation skills. The actual subject matter is less important.<BR/><BR/><I>I shoot with a Canon 1D Mark II & a Canon 20D... I generally carry only a couple of lenses: a 16-35/2.8 & a 70-200/2.8 -- plus a 1.4 extender.</I><BR/><BR/>Wow, geez... high-end stuff alright. I knew it would be mind-blowing. So jealous. :) Well, I shouldn't be. I might as well envy someone a Formula 1 racer. Yeah, great to have, but I'm hardly equal to the vehicle. It ought to be in the hands of someone who knows what to do with it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127116487368942792005-09-19T02:54:00.000-05:002005-09-19T02:54:00.000-05:00Well, I'll be damned. Kat, I'm in your debt. Would...<EM>Well, I'll be damned. Kat, I'm in your debt. Would you believe I'm a tech writer when I'm not saving busloads of seniors, kittens from space mutants, and photojournalist from not wandering the world in their bare feet? If you didn't have a real career, you'd have a future in the craft. :)</EM><BR/><BR/>: ) Glad I could help. I am curious about tech writing though ... is that short for technical writing? or ?? I ask because I know someone who might like to get into that field. Any tips, advice or warnings I could pass along?<BR/><BR/><EM>I wish I had the skills and the courage to do what you do. I'd love to be the sort of person who could be a photojournalist... outgoing, bold, artistic, telling the world things it would otherwise overlook. You can tell; that's why I blog. But you blog with a capital B. Nevermind the bigshots. You're there. :)</EM><BR/><BR/>You've said this before that you "aren't the sort of person who could be a photojournalist". But you are a photojournalist. Maybe not professionally, but you certainly record a lot visually. AND you publish them in your blog for others to see and learn from. Which is "telling the world things it would otherwise overlook". So, from where I sit that makes you a photojournalist. <BR/><BR/>Before now, I would have never (in a million years) characterized myself the way you just did. Though after seeing through your definition, I guess I'm most of those things to <EM>some</EM> extent. Thanks for the compliment ... and for being a catalyst for a new thoughts in my mind. You have a way of doing that. : ) Oh, and thanks for the confidence booster there at the end too. : )<BR/><BR/><EM>But I'd love to know what a professional like you is really using. Tell me... I need to drool. :) Some sort of a Nikon? A Canon or Kodak-back I couldn't afford unless I sold my car? :)</EM><BR/><BR/>I shoot with a Canon 1D Mark II & a Canon 20D (the former belongs to the company I work for, the latter is my personal camera). As for lenses ... I've pared my gear down tremendously in the past couple of years (to save my back). So, I generally carry only a couple of lenses: a 16-35/2.8 & a 70-200/2.8 -- plus a 1.4 extender. I do have a few other lenses, but I find those two cover most everything I need for any given assignment. And yes, the gear is expensive ... but it lasts and needs to for all we put it through.katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093099038108888531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127101997211165172005-09-18T22:53:00.000-05:002005-09-18T22:53:00.000-05:00I'll have to go exploring the valley and see if I ...<I>I'll have to go exploring the valley and see if I can find that coyote sign. Too bad you don't have a GPS so you can post the route you took. ;)</I><BR/><BR/>Follow the map for the route down Westgate, TZ... when you come to the end of that, follow the path to the left past the garbage can, through the open field. When you get to the woods, you'll come to a T junction at the river, where the chainlink fence is. Turn right, and you'll see the bridge right off the bat. On the left hand side just before you cross that bridge is the "Do not feed the coyotes" sign. It's about a twenty minute walk from the traffic surface to that sign. But I promise you, it's in no way difficult to find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127095500292474652005-09-18T21:05:00.000-05:002005-09-18T21:05:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127094842707757692005-09-18T20:54:00.000-05:002005-09-18T20:54:00.000-05:00I'll have to go exploring the valley and see if I ...I'll have to go exploring the valley and see if I can find that coyote sign. Too bad you don't have a GPS so you can post the route you took. ;)James Redekophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833355144832388008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127080360260682552005-09-18T16:52:00.000-05:002005-09-18T16:52:00.000-05:00Bet those elves would see you're trustworthy if th...<I>Bet those elves would see you're trustworthy if they had a chance to get to know you. ; )</I><BR/><BR/>Sorry, you'll never get me in those bell-toed shoes. I gotta be me. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127080269482109122005-09-18T16:51:00.000-05:002005-09-18T16:51:00.000-05:00Bring up a new post, Click on the photo icon. 1)Th...<I>Bring up a new post, Click on the photo icon. 1)Then choose file 2) Add another item (up to five) 3)choose where you want them positioned 4)then Upload them. Back at the main post now ... click on the photo icon again, and repeat steps 1-4 until you've uploaded all the photos.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I'll be damned. Kat, I'm in your debt. Would you believe I'm a tech writer when I'm not saving busloads of seniors, kittens from space mutants, and photojournalist from not wandering the world in their bare feet? If you didn't have a real career, you'd have a future in the craft. :)<BR/><BR/><I>I know the feeling. I still feel it, sometimes. For me, it's usually when I'm at an assignment and some well-known, award-winning photojournalist is there too.</I><BR/><BR/>I understand what you mean. I hope I don't seem to be disregarding what you're saying when I tell you I wish I had the skills and the courage to do what you do. I'd love to be the sort of person who could be a photojournalist... outgoing, bold, artistic, telling the world things it would otherwise overlook. You can tell; that's why I blog. But you blog with a capital B. Nevermind the bigshots. You're there. :)<BR/><BR/>I know you have a P&S for what's going on right around you (as you know, so do I). But I'd love to know what a professional like you is really using. Tell me... I need to drool. :) Some sort of a Nikon? A Canon or Kodak-back I couldn't afford unless I sold my car? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127068502327731772005-09-18T13:35:00.000-05:002005-09-18T13:35:00.000-05:00It was the damnedest thing; every time I raised th...<EM>It was the damnedest thing; every time I raised the camera, they'd dive into the grass, disappear into the bushes, get waved into safe houses by Keeblerâ„¢ elves... Actually, the thing is, they were very small, many metres away, and unfortunately just don't show up.</EM><BR/><BR/>Gotta get closer. Bet those elves would see you're trustworthy if they had a chance to get to know you. ; )<BR/><BR/><EM>I'm glad I invested in it. I have to admit, I feel a step up when people catch me photographing something weird (like those goofy statues) with an SLR camera instead of my old P&S models... I look serious: okay, he's an eccentric photography buff instead of okay, he's an eccentric cheapskate wanna-be. :)</EM><BR/><BR/>I know the feeling. I still feel it, sometimes. For me, it's usually when I'm at an assignment and some well-known, award-winning photojournalist is there too. Silly path that I've somehow worn into my brain. I literally have to force myself to ignore their presence.katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093099038108888531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127066638453458722005-09-18T13:03:00.000-05:002005-09-18T13:03:00.000-05:00Kat actually caught me in mid-stream, and commente...<EM>Kat actually caught me in mid-stream, and commented on photo postings that I deleted once I had the full thread constructed. Apologies, Kat! :(</EM><BR/><BR/>Not a problem. : ) It's your blog. Plus, I knew I was interrupting (sort of). I just didn't know how your workflow operated. ; )<BR/><BR/><EM>Does anyone know a way to post text and photos at the same time?</EM><BR/><BR/>Yep, though I think the posting page may look different for different users. Depending on their OS and internet application. For me it works like this: Bring up a new post, Click on the photo icon. 1)Then choose file 2) Add another item (up to five) 3)choose where you want them positioned 4)then Upload them. Back at the main post now ... click on the photo icon again, and repeat steps 1-4 until you've uploaded all the photos.<BR/><BR/>At this point you are free to rearrange the photos at your will. Put them in whatever order you want and type captions as well as the main body of the text (or in your case mostly) prose.<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps. Might make the process flow a bit better for you.katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093099038108888531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127055664175447572005-09-18T10:01:00.000-05:002005-09-18T10:01:00.000-05:00Luckily, I have the e-mail of Kat's comments, so I...Luckily, I have the e-mail of Kat's comments, so I will requote them here, and respond where appropriate. :)<BR/><BR/><I>So, earlier today ... I commented on an old post of yours (early July I think). Had a photo of a crushed box in the grass & your foot. Anyway, in that comment I proposed that you create an occasional foot photo series. Posts that visually record where your feet have been. ; ) If you don't want to do it ... I might. Anyway, it could end up a really quirky kind of fun photo series.</I><BR/><BR/>My whole blog is that kind of thing, at least when I'm out wandering in good weather. Enjoying the texture of the setting under my feet without anything between it and me is something I enjoy, but it's about the whole journey... should be incidental, not integral, to quote Ruth Gordon's Maude from <I><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5862/harold.htm" REL="nofollow">Harold and Maude</A></I>. ;)<BR/><BR/><I>: ) Look, the O has a smiley face in it.</I><BR/><BR/>(This is a reference to the sign warning of rising storm waters.) Yes, and actually, so did a tree I photographed. Someone spraypainted a smiley on it. I considered adding it in conjunction with the sign, but given that I already had 40-some photos earmarked, that just seemed too frivilous for the work involved. :)<BR/><BR/><I>Where are the butterflies? </I><BR/><BR/>It was the damnedest thing; every time I raised the camera, they'd dive into the grass, disappear into the bushes, get waved into safe houses by Keeblerâ„¢ elves... Actually, the thing is, they were very small, many metres away, and unfortunately just don't show up.<BR/><BR/><I>Beep, beep ... LOL! Good one.<BR/><BR/>Who would feed coyotes?! Are these tame coyotes? I'm just wondering why there's a need for this sign. If you saw a coyote wouldn't you go the other way?</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks. :) Nope, they're wild. Hundreds, maybe thousands of coyotes live in <A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/greater-toronto-area" REL="nofollow">the GTA</A> because settlement development in the river valleys has been banned since the mid-1950s after <A HREF="http://www.hurricanehazel.ca/" REL="nofollow">Hurricane Hazel</A> pounded the city, including the famous tragedy of the homes ripped away on Raymore Drive. But anyway, for 50 years, the valleys have been largely untouched, and coyotes have moved into the urban environment here and elsewhere across the continent. Elsewhere in the blog, I mention being down in the East Don valley with a friend at midnight, skinnydipping and photographing the full moon. While we were there, we heard a coyote yipping well within a quarter mile of us.<BR/><BR/><I>So many photos, so little time! Looks like you had some good, quality time with the camera today.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm glad I invested in it. I have to admit, I feel a step up when people catch me photographing something weird (like those goofy statues) with an SLR camera instead of my old P&S models... I look serious: <I>okay, he's an eccentric photography buff</I> instead of <I>okay, he's an eccentric cheapskate wanna-be</I>. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1127048237274491032005-09-18T07:57:00.000-05:002005-09-18T07:57:00.000-05:00Apologies to Kat -- I realized after the fact that...Apologies to Kat -- I realized after the fact that I deleted several of her comments, because I post the photos so I can paste the HTML into the body of the text, and then delete the photo postings. Kat actually caught me in mid-stream, and commented on photo postings that I deleted once I had the full thread constructed. Apologies, Kat! :(<BR/><BR/>Does anyone know a way to post text and photos at the same time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com