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Master's Thesis finally ready!

Journal Entry: Fri May 9, 2008, 6:52 AM

Jarmo Tuutti
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Welcome to my gallery, hope you enjoy it. Feel free to give constructive critique, that's something I always appreciate. If you want constructive critique yourself, just ask and I try to take a look when I have time. Also if you have any questions about photography in general or my works, ask and I'll try to answer with my limited knowledge.



The Journal
Well, not really that much to do with art, but just had to share it here too... though probably no one would be interested. :P But I finally managed to return my master's thesis today. Basically that means that I have a bit more time on weekends and weekdays to use for photography, so I hope I can spend more time shooting then.

In case anyone would be interested, the title was (translation from Finnish) somewhat "Increasing shareholder value with customer selection in business-to-business marketing".

Also after last journal I managed to buy a teleconverter for my Sigma 100-300mm f4. 1.4x teleconverter makes it basically 140-420mm f5.6 lens, quite nice for bird photography. It seems to have good enough image quality, at least when stopped down to f8 and nice AF tracking with HSM.

Also you might have noticed my few latest bird photos that were taken with the combination. Now I just have to wake up some morning far too early to go and find if there would be some interesting birds to shoot. Something else than these gulls.

And finally, now that I have my studies somewhat finished, I think it's time to start looking for new apartment. Well, that's really interesting story, but I'm trying to find a nice 3 room apartment for me and my birds. And still no new feature... perhaps I should try to spend some time with that too.


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Pet birds:


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Something else:




Features
Simple and great, just right DoF and tones.


Basic portrait without any special tricks. Just great lighting and model pose make this really striking image.


Just amazingly original idea for still-life:


Just really beautiful portrait.



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Devious Information

  • Current Age: 25
  • Current Residence: Helsinki, Finland, the land of polar bear (at least according to National Geographic)
  • Interests: Marketing and politics (no, I don't have a soul, I even work as a consultant)
  • Favourite band or musician: Nightwish & Children of Bodom
  • Favourite genre of music: Metal
  • Favourite poet or writer: J.R.R. Tolkien & H.P. Lovecraft
  • Operating System: Windows Vista
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp & iPod
  • Favourite game: Baldurs Gate II
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC
  • Personal Quote: Those, who think they know everything really annoy us, who really know everything.
  • Tools of the Trade: Nikon D300, D80 and Canon G9

Devious Comments

~Narshaan:iconNarshaan: 10 hours 48 minutes ago Mood: Joy
Thank you for your many articles. I know I can always come here to learn more. :) I especially enjoyed your "Photographing as a hobby" and constructive criticism articles. Photography is so much fun!
*theFouro:icontheFouro: 4 days 12 hours ago
Thanks :)

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: 4 days 12 hours ago
Thanks, glad to hear that. :)

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: 4 days 12 hours ago
Hey,

Sure, I'll try to take some time soon to stop by. :)

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: 5 days 13 hours ago
Well, nothing stays ok forever, but good lenses last quite long. Not sure though about how long these new VR/IS systems and the fast internal AF motors will last.

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*Nephridel:iconNephridel: 5 days 16 hours ago
Yes, from what I heard and read it is ok to buy 2nd hand lenses, once you've have checked them for scratches or optic "errors". From what I understand there are no parts that get "old" like e.g. the shutter of a camera.

Btw, I've shown your photos to my girlfriend and she was also pretty amazed. :)

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*popstrel:iconpopstrel: 5 days 20 hours ago
love your gallery, would you mind checking my photography pieces out and giving me some critique/advice/constructive criticism?

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: 6 days 2 hours ago
Yep, to get that kind of focal lengths for dSLR at same apertures, you would have to spend quite amount of money. Naturally though the image quality would be far better.

Personally I'm using Sigma 100mm-300mm f4 for reach, paid 600€ for it second hand. Good image quality and really fast AF. And in 35mm film format it would be 450mm (same as those numbers you gave). With teleconverter I can get 630mm f5.6 in 35mm format.

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*Nephridel:iconNephridel: 6 days 4 hours ago
Ah, splendig. I'd appreciate that.

Yes, I think superzooms are flexible enough for beginners with ambitions. ;) Makros are quite decent and the 18x zoom (27-486mm) is also handy for that price. I assume I have to spend way more money to get the same optical abilities for a dSLR as I did for my superzoom.

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=Lemonachi:iconLemonachi: 6 days 8 hours ago
Hey there! I absolutely loved the vibrant photographs you have taken, especially of the flowers! :D

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~eranrez:iconeranrez: 6 days 11 hours ago
wonderful gallery you have here!

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: 6 days 13 hours ago
Nice to hear that those articles were useful. I think I'll take a look at your gallery with better time and try to find something to comment.

I would guess that you could enjoy dSLR when you can get it. I personally used a super zoom camera for few months only and got a dSLR after that. You don't need to be good photographer for it, just have good graps of basics of photography.

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*Nephridel:iconNephridel: 6 days 13 hours ago Mood: Optimism
Hi there,

thank you for the motivating, inspiring and informative articles about photography. They held quite some useful info for me.

I feel a bit like you, when you wrote that you started at some point with the idea to improve your skills.
I'm in a similar situation currently. I always liked taking pictures, but I was a mere party/sunday snapper for years.
But my girlfriend opened the door for me into this wonderful and rewarding world and I bought me what I considered to be a good and not too expensive model for beginners (Fuji Finepix s8000fd).
At the moment I'm just inhaling every guide, tutorial, etc. about photography. And I practise a lot of course.... well, at least when there is time.

Hehe, I also started to save money for a DSLR. :) By the time I have enough money, I might be "good" enough to enjoy working with it.

I was browsing your gallery and you have quite some amazing shots. I especially like those where you used the grad filters.

Btw you are welcome to browse through my deviations and feel free to comment.

Kind regards,

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~Cry-of-Death:iconCry-of-Death: 6 days 21 hours ago Mood: Joy
I love your work! :heart: :+devwatch:

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: May 11, 2008, 11:32:40 PM
Just happy to help. Also thanks for the watch. If you have any questions, just ask and I'll try to see what I can do.

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~rickynovak:iconrickynovak: May 10, 2008, 2:47:49 PM
Thanks for the constructive critisim/advise/tips, much appreciated! I see what youre saying about the underexposure of the malibu pics. also the dog was one of the first pictures i took with my camera, thats why it was in auto mode, i was just captivated by the quality as apposed to a normal digi. anyways thanks again and i hope you'll continue to help me out as i improve little by little. peace!

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: May 9, 2008, 11:55:00 AM
Thanks for the feature! :)

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=nikefan1988:iconnikefan1988: May 9, 2008, 4:38:37 AM
You're featured here in my journal.
-Dustin

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: May 8, 2008, 11:26:12 AM
Sure, go ahead. I wrote it so people can benefit from it, so it's nice if it can reach more people. :)

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~catskullcollector:iconcatskullcollector: May 8, 2008, 8:48:02 AM
Hi! You don't mind if I link your news article

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to one of my photography groups in multiply.com?

Here's the link.

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=Nikonist:iconNikonist: May 3, 2008, 6:42:52 AM
Thank you for join us!
You can find the community's rules here : [link] and for the members' list you can look at: [link]

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Have a nice day!


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=D4rkWizard:iconD4rkWizard: May 1, 2008, 6:17:21 AM
Thank you very much! I would appreciate of course any advice, because you can only go so far on your own... and i'll be glad to comment on your work also.

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*theFouro:icontheFouro: May 1, 2008, 6:06:02 AM
Thanks, that's something I really enjoy shooting.

You seem like a guy with good attitude for photography. I watched you too, so if you're interested, I can try to give some constructive critique from time to time.

And if you see anything wrong in my photos, I'm happy to hear it, to improve my skills.

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=D4rkWizard:iconD4rkWizard: May 1, 2008, 5:30:46 AM
Thanks for the fav! Love your landscapes... ;)

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