I'm doing some bw photos with my Nikon F55. I'm interested in some opinions
in how do I capture the atmospere and the feeling on faces. I'm hooked to
faces, portraits.
Here's the view: It's usualy an old going out, art place where young artists

I'm not absolutely sure that this the right place for this question, but
I give it a try.
I'm going to Chicago for a meeting and trying to shoot some pictures.
However, I don't really know what places are worth a few shots. Is there

I sell paintings on eBay so need to take reasonably photos of them.
But I'm having real trouble getting decent photographs of paintings
that are predominantly red, with my digital camera.
They come out reasonably well if I capture them by diffuse bright

I was wondering.....
At what shutter speed do you start using a Tripod?
TIA
Jerry

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to photograph a church wedding
without using a flash?  The church's existing tungsten lighting is
relatively dim even during the day.  Any and all suggestions are welcomed.

           I have a Canon 500n plus a Canon 430ez flash gun, I would like
to know the difference between a 430 ez flash gun & the later EX type flash
gun, ie: what does the later model do that mine dos`ent? Thanks for your
help. MPD

Any recommendations on filter to use for this?

I need to photograph a antique "Air" cane from the 1850's that has
engraving and most particularly an inscription on it.  It is steel and
about 2+ inches in diameter.  I can get the inscription fair but
because of the curvature of the surface I only get some of it and

I'm new to the group. I'm just starting out (who isn't, right?) and I
was wondering if anyone knows of some suppliers that have nice
backdrops. I was checking out ebay and there are a few that I'm
interested in, but I thought I would try here first. I'm looking for