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aroseclark18 @aroseclark18 (36) • United States 18 Apr 11

Ok, so I have a canon slr, the rebel xs. You tell me... if I wanted to do some serious photography is this really a good camera. I want to start a photography business. I'm thinking of taking pictures of babies, weddings,...

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MrCoolantSpray I used a rebel xs for years and had no problems with it. If it's got a high enough resolution, you can get by perfectly fine with it. There are some features that higher end cameras have, like rear-curtain shutter sync for flash photography, which aren't...

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bongzkielacia @bongzkielacia (41) • Philippines 14 Apr 11

hi. i'm using a d5000 nikon dslr and i had photos already taken using that camera. however i want to do an indoor photo shoot with my friends but i only have the built in flash as my light. can anyone help me manipulate the...

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MrCoolantSpray Most, if not all, digital SLRs have a setting to change the ISO of the camera. In low light conditions, you'll need to bump up the ISO. If you're shooting in full auto mode, the camera will do it for you, and it'll probably want to use the built-in flash too....

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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Apr 11

In Colorado, they are voting on requiring ID to vote. I live in Colorado, I have to show ID already, so I am not sure what the question is. But here are the two sides of the issue [i]Democrats object to the Republican...

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MrCoolantSpray You got that right. It is by no means an inconvenience. I've never understood how people could leave their driver's license at home. If a person is going somewhere, he or she is usually going to take money. Money (paper or plastic) is almost always stored in...

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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Apr 11

In Colorado, they are voting on requiring ID to vote. I live in Colorado, I have to show ID already, so I am not sure what the question is. But here are the two sides of the issue [i]Democrats object to the Republican...

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MrCoolantSpray I've wondered that. Show up in the morning dressed in business clothes and vote for yourself, then show up again an hour later dressed casually and vote as your neighbor, then show up at shift change dressed one way and vote as your workaholic boss, then...

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MrCoolantSpray @MrCoolantSpray (1005) • United States 14 Mar 11

I'm compiling a playlist of songs mentioning photography. Here's what I've got so far: Kodachrome - Paul Simon Seventeen - Ladytron ("...they take a polaroid and let you go...") Photograph - Weezer Photograph - Def...

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MrCoolantSpray I've already got the Weezer one on my playlist. There's a country song whose name I forget, but it goes something like this: Hey grandpa what's this picture here It's all black and white and it ain't real clear Is that you? He said "Yeah, I was 11 ... If...

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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Apr 11

In Colorado, they are voting on requiring ID to vote. I live in Colorado, I have to show ID already, so I am not sure what the question is. But here are the two sides of the issue [i]Democrats object to the Republican...

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MrCoolantSpray The Chicago way--Vote Early, Vote Often. It's interesting how close Halloween and Election Day are--I guess it's easier for the dead to get up just once and make a week-long thing out of it, instead of waking up twice a year. 60ft^3 is a lot of earth to...

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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Apr 11

In Colorado, they are voting on requiring ID to vote. I live in Colorado, I have to show ID already, so I am not sure what the question is. But here are the two sides of the issue [i]Democrats object to the Republican...

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MrCoolantSpray There were elections in WI just last week--many of the local candidates ran no ads, had no websites, didn't get any articles in the newspaper. It was impossible to see where they stood on anything. It was also a non-partisan election (no parties listed on the...

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MrCoolantSpray @MrCoolantSpray (1005) • United States 16 Mar 11

I found this somewhere: http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ Long story short: a storage locker company starts auctioning off items in lockers with delinquent accounts. One of the items up for auction is a metric truckload of...

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MrCoolantSpray Only response = best response by default I've loved this style of photography, but I've never had the chutzpah to take pictures of random strangers. It just seems so invasive to me. Granted, she used a Twin Lens Reflex which was held at waist-level and is...

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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Apr 11

In Colorado, they are voting on requiring ID to vote. I live in Colorado, I have to show ID already, so I am not sure what the question is. But here are the two sides of the issue [i]Democrats object to the Republican...

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MrCoolantSpray I need a government issued ID to drive, how much more important is voting than driving? Having an ID is not racist. Everyone has to have one, and the only place to get one is the DMV. Everyone has to wait in line for hours, from rich capitalist to dirt-poor...

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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Apr 11

In Colorado, they are voting on requiring ID to vote. I live in Colorado, I have to show ID already, so I am not sure what the question is. But here are the two sides of the issue [i]Democrats object to the Republican...

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MrCoolantSpray There was much complaining, and I still see bumper stickers lamenting his election 11 years later. As for Obama, he hasn't proved anything. The records are sealed (if they exist) so nobody can be certain. We can't prove anything one way or the other until...

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laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 11 Apr 11

In Colorado, they are voting on requiring ID to vote. I live in Colorado, I have to show ID already, so I am not sure what the question is. But here are the two sides of the issue [i]Democrats object to the Republican...

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MrCoolantSpray @Avonrep-- Read your Constitution. Presidential elections are decided by the Electoral College, not by popular vote. In fact, in addition to the 2000 elections, the 1876 and 1888 elections went to the candidate with fewer popular votes too. If you don't like...

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adiyudawardana @adiyudawardana (50) • Indonesia 20 Feb 10

Sometimes we're end up to the dead end of creativity, stuck, brain zero. like me now.. I got a lot of design projects, and it will be come to the dateline in few weeks later. but now I feel like I dont know anything about design,...

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MrCoolantSpray Look at other people's work. I keep a example book of designs and layouts that I like and wouldn't have thought of on my own. I also found a book somewhere along the line--The Visual Thesaurus. It's written by the desing firm that did a lot of stuff with...

10 Apr 11

MrCoolantSpray @MrCoolantSpray (1005) • United States 7 Mar 11

I need to cut very precise, very small shapes into paper. I've looked around at various craft stores, and I've found the Elite Slice, Crikut, and several other machines but they don't look like they can cut as small as I need....

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MrCoolantSpray I think I found my answer--Silhouette SD from silhouetteamerica.com. Customizable, shapes down to a half inch, multiple substrates. The price is steep, but it does exactly what I want. Thanks everyone for your input!

10 Apr 11

Maulik58 @Maulik58 (71) • India 7 Apr 11

hello friends, i am seeking good career in natural photography. its full of adventure. one can not say anything about difficulty associated with this career because hobby and difficulty never go together. its really challenging...

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MrCoolantSpray Making money with photography is more about being a businessman and less about being a photographer. My suggestion: get to your library, and read some books on the business of photography, especially Photographer's Market for the current year. There might not...

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debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 20 Mar 11

As a child I was positively terrorized by the movie The Birds. I am beginning to be a bit frightened again. Mass deaths of animals and birds and fishes are being reported all over the world, unlike the Hitchcock movie where birds...

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MrCoolantSpray I know it's real, I"m just saying that the media is, perhaps, blowing it out of proportion. These are stories that, 10 years ago, would have run in the local paper only and now they're getting national press (I speak from experience--we had mass frog die-offs...

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debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 20 Mar 11

As a child I was positively terrorized by the movie The Birds. I am beginning to be a bit frightened again. Mass deaths of animals and birds and fishes are being reported all over the world, unlike the Hitchcock movie where birds...

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MrCoolantSpray IMO it's probably been going on for a very long time, it's just that now with the 24/7 news cycle we're hearing about it more. People are paranoid about anything that doesn't fit with the status quo, and birds falling from the sky certainly qualifies as that...

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MrCoolantSpray @MrCoolantSpray (1005) • United States 15 Mar 11

I've been a Canon user since my parents bought me my first SLR when I was 16. As far as hardware goes, they're pretty much the same--same megapixels, same options, same accessories. The only differences are the lens mounts and the...

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MrCoolantSpray What about flashes? Canon seems to have gone the all-wireless route for speedlights but Nikon still allows a PC-cord. Is there a plus side to either of those, or is it moot since most flash users that I'm aware of opt for a third party radio trigger (like...

21 Mar 11

Taskr36 @Taskr36 (13963) • United States 16 Mar 11

Once again the left shows both how little they think of black Americans and how little they care for the safety of American citizens. Apparently the Dayton, OH police department hasn't met the Affirmative Action quota. As a...

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MrCoolantSpray It's racist when you or I do it, but not when an institution demands it. It's as simple as that. But, it's not going to change anytime soon. It's the liberal party that demands affirmative action and cultivates the victim mentality. If a minority leaves...

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debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 15 Mar 11

Probably not any time soon. Hopefully the experts are correct, and we won't be effected at all. I took a look at a site called Understanding Global...

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MrCoolantSpray There are reports that some radiation might be good for people. Reference this NYTimes article from 2001: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20011127tuesday.html The money quote is this, near the end of the article: "Now, some...

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MrCoolantSpray @MrCoolantSpray (1005) • United States 16 Mar 11

I found this somewhere: http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ Long story short: a storage locker company starts auctioning off items in lockers with delinquent accounts. One of the items up for auction is a metric truckload of...

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