Too Cool For Me

I work in the tallest building in Denver on the 48th floor and have a great 360 degree view. How can I shoot through the glass and get the best results?

First off, don't try to sell me on Nikon or Canon. I've shot with both and for me, I prefer Sony. However, I'm looking for opinions from some pros who know Sony. I'm getting my first DSLT soon so I'm excited to see what it can do.

I was reading a book about portraits and saw this bit about a photographer in New York (Michael George) who set up a studio (Backdrop and lights) on a busy New York Street and took free portraits of anyone who wanted them to work on portraits. He would then email them to whomever wanted them. I thought it was a pretty cool idea to try.

My question is, what are the logistics of doing this. I had an idea of doing this on the Pedestrian Mall in Downtown Denver (16th Street Mall) minus the lights and doing natural light portraits with reflectors. Do you see any logistical issues?

I've only used a UV filter and decided to get a CP filter. How do I use it? Spinning?

Songs that come on and you have to listen to them? Mine are:

If by House of Heroes

Alive by Adelitas Way

Villian by Theory of a Deadman

Bit*h Came Back by Theory of a Deadman

Here We Go by Danger is My Middle Name

Last Song by DaveDays

I Don't Care by Apocalyptica

For a Rainy Day by Attaboy

The Drug in Me is You by Falling in Reverse

If I by Flobots

He's Changed by Go:Audio

This Song Saved My Life by Simple Plan

What are yours?

Along with Sony's translucent mirror, "Steady Shoot" inside, Facial recognition, they now have HDR built in. I'm going to buy this as an upgrade to my a330. It's the step below Sony's FF. I'm excited to see how this works. Opinions on in camera HDR?

I'm not choosing it just for this feature. I've shot with Sony for years and this is the step below FF. I don't have the money to get FF yet.

I'm always looking for new portrait spots. Mostly urban decay areas. Now that my wife has been assisting me, she does the same.

My grandmother dated a hippy named Dick Lind and he was a roving photographer that drove all over the Western US taking photos. She went with him often and got into it as well. We went to Santa Fe one year and she let me take some shots with her camera (using slide film). I still have them hanging on my parents wall.

Along with Sony's translucent mirror, "Steady Shoot" inside, Facial recognition, they now have HDR built in. I'm going to buy this as an upgrade to my a330. It's the step below Sony's FF. I'm excited to see how this works. Opinions on in camera HDR?

My grandmother dated a hippy named Dick Lind and he was a roving photographer that drove all over the Western US taking photos. She went with him often and got into it as well. We went to Santa Fe one year and she let me take some shots with her camera (using slide film). I still have them hanging on my parents wall.

I've always used continuous lighting and know it (Just need to buy them). What is the allure of strobes?

When giving my client's a disc, I am going to give them a low res disc with a watermark so they will not print. A letter from me will also state that I am not giving them the right to print from the disc. However, when exporting from Lightroom, you have the option to pick the quality of jpeg. What would be considered low-res on the slider and still look good for on-line work?

http://www.adorama.com/EL26265.html

I would love to do something simular, but does anyone have any experience using on of these?

I am having some major soft focusing problems. Especially in shade. Is there a reason for soft focus? Should I switch to shooting on manual only in shade?

I have recently have gotten on a portrait binge and haven't taken any non-people shots in a while. Are these shots any good or should I just stick to portraits?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinniew_11/sets/72157...

Also, what is the best way to market this product to my clients?

Here is the link to some of the best shots:

http://vinniewphotography.zenfolio.com/rock_the_dr...

Is the best way to give them a CD with watermarked (low res) images for web publishing and saw that printing is only allowed through my website? I feel like I'm getting cheated when my clients are going to Target with my disc and getting prints rather through me.

I often come across painters and sculptors who claim what I'm doing with photography as not art. What is your opinion?

I find if i set my autofocus point to a certain area (say head area when shooting portraits) I tend to get great shots and I can snap off 4-5 in the time it takes to manually focus a shot. Also, on manual focusing, how can you be perfectly sure it is sharp and in focus in the little view finder and find out later on your computer, it's not as sharp, especially when shooting in low F stops?

Some of the best shots I have seen, especially photojournalism photos are from photogs with the AP.