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How not to pick up chicks

Postby Matt. K on Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:02 pm

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Firsty - Stubbsy and ALPHA-7 blocking the view for those who sit in the back
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Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:05 pm

The usual suspects, so nice lady, which one of these nefarious gentleman took you photo ?
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Postby MCWB on Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:07 pm

 ROFL, love it Matt! :lol:
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Postby Bindii on Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:32 am

Lmao..

why is it that photographers always look so uneasy when on that side of the lens... :)
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Postby Smudge on Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:45 am

Bindii wrote:Lmao..

why is it that photographers always look so uneasy when on that side of the lens... :)



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Postby Bindii on Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:51 am

Smudge wrote:
Bindii wrote:Lmao..

why is it that photographers always look so uneasy when on that side of the lens... :)



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Cept for you Emily..

you looked gorgeousssssss... :)
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Postby Smudge on Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:10 am

Bindii wrote:
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Bindii wrote:Lmao..

why is it that photographers always look so uneasy when on that side of the lens... :)



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Cept for you Emily..

you looked gorgeousssssss... :)


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Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:56 pm

:lol: :lol: Great capture!
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Postby Killakoala on Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:45 pm

Stubbsy, such a small chair for such a big tripod :)

Nice one Matt.
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Postby Yi-P on Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:52 pm

 LOL

Great stuff Matt :D
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Postby mickeyjuice on Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:23 pm

Yep, that's why I TAKE photos rather than appear in them...

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Postby dodge on Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:40 pm

If my eyes serve me correctly..the only disturbing thing in the pic is drinking wine out of plastic cups :shock:
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Postby Grev on Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:12 am

^ Drunk photographers with 100x more camera shake!
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Postby radar on Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:37 am

Great capture Matt

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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:11 am

Least I was smiling
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Postby dodge on Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:34 am

OT......Curious question..What Tripods are you guys using????

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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:32 am

I had a Benro A-327 and a KB-2 Ball head for the D200, a cheap and nast non name brand for the D70, and we tried to bungee ball a mini PS tripod to my broken third tripod but it wasn't stable enough to risk breaking the G9.

I'll let the others answer what they were using, but I think it was a mix of Benro and Gitzo.
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Postby wendellt on Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:37 am

how did you get such a large reserved space
usually that place is choc o block of people
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Postby stubbsy on Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:48 pm

Killakoala wrote:Stubbsy, such a small chair for such a big tripod :)

Nice one Matt.

rotflmao :lol:

That small chair is fantastic and it cost a whole $4.20

As for the tripods - mine's a gitzo 1325 with a Really Right Stuff BH55 pro head.

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Postby Matt. K on Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:58 pm

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We all ate garlic before going out on the town! :D
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Postby firsty on Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:47 pm

Plus I didn't shower for 2 weeks (the more stubbsy drank the less I smelt)

Benro C-328 with KB-2 ball head, mine was lowered in this shot as the other were suffering from an inferiority complex and I didn't want to ruin their evening :)
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