EPTTherefore I am very, very, VERY bored. There are only so many episodes of Canada's Next Top Model a girl can watch before she makes one of these blogs.
So fire away - ask me anything. (Preferably esports related, but whatever.)
[Bored] Ask me anything.
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
Therefore I am very, very, VERY bored. There are only so many episodes of Canada's Next Top Model a girl can watch before she makes one of these blogs. So fire away - ask me anything. (Preferably esports related, but whatever.) | ||
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Zurles
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Hyde
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A more serious question, how many photos do you normally take in one session?. And how many of them actually make it into the post? | ||
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PanN
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On July 12 2009 17:27 Spenguin wrote: Can I pay you to stop everyone making these threads, just because your all slightly famous? lol yes, but I am more interested in a photographers work than another nerdy rant. | ||
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MorningMusume11
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Kerotan
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Yes I'm bored too. And what of it. | ||
Heyoka
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This question cleverly includes the time both spent photographing and leisure time spent with whoever it is with the scene you regularly hang out with. | ||
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NeverGG
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@geegee1 - I don't currently, but I do plan to play SC2 when it comes out. Favourite gamers from each race; ~ Zerg: Jaedong. I know it's predictable, but I enjoy seeing how worked up he gets himself when he's losing. (aka. The last OSL finals.) His determination and drive to succeed make for some compelling games. ~ Terran: Boxer - I'm only just now getting round to discovering how revolutionary his play was back in it's day through VODs and reading up on older TL.net articles. ~ Protoss: Violet. He's always so lovely in person and it's nice to see him breaking through his own limitations to become something of a map specialist and rack up enough wins to get him to #54 on the Kespa rankings this season. @del: I've made a couple of things including a pretty yummy, but ugly kimbap lunchbox. I used to like eating food from the stalls outside the train station (fried sweet potato, ddekboghi etc.) but I had to stop because of my diet. I wish we could compare irl. I'd love to shoot something graceful and elegant such as professional dancing or ice skating. Anything with colorful costumes and a bit of class to it. I think I'd probably like to make over Hwasin - he's got such delicate and photogenic features that it would be interesting to see him with a different hairstyle and maybe a return to his cherry red 'sniper' colour to match his old glasses. @daz - they do broadcast America's Next Top Model here on a channel called OnStyle, but I'm watching CNTM on my laptop using Youtube. @theobsessed1 - I only do that stuff for scaramanga. @cunninglinguists - I'd like to go back to university and actually study photography formally. As for something else I think I'd like to work in interior design. @AlwaysGG - I laughed when I first saw your name <3 @Schnake - It totally depends upon the individual gamer. Certain gamers such as Savior, Firebathero, Gorush, Piano etc speak enough English to understand my instructions. However, with others it is literally a case of me using Konglish and also physically demonstrating the poses or moving the players into what arrangements I need. I try to do this as politely as possible, but most of us usually end up giggling over how weird it is compared to their normal photo shoots. @hyde - if I played more I'd probably be a dirty, no-gg toss who cheesed. In the early days I used to take about 500-1000 photos per event. Now I'm down to about 200 per proleague if it is a fun team to shoot such as T1 or KT and 50-100 per fan meeting plus about 50 for each individual photo shoot. I tend to vary from using 20-40 for events in total and around 5-10 for photo shoots in the final edits. @MorningMusume11 - not right now. @kerotan - I will be a harsh taskmistress and it will be messy. @heyoka - Well I have my full time teaching job Monday-Friday and in the spare time I get I tend to watch movies, go for walks, shop, listen to music and photograph non-esports things. I'm not very big on going out. Although I sometimes do hang out with lilsusie and the others. I do love visiting the book store (it's my big vice.) and also I used to enjoy sewing back home when I had a machine, but sadly I don't have one here. @lemonwalrus - I was waiting for it to hit 20 so I could do one big reply and make myself less bored ^^ @zurles - I've always thought that euphemism sounded overly cute.....  @konadora - I had the white tiger and bear ones given out free from Tous Le Jours, but I gave them both to Samsung Khan; This is the hat I gave FBH at Xmas http://www.nevergg.com/images/fantaken/beathat.jpg @generalstan - in terms of who I find most pleasing to photograph it's currently Hwasin for softer, more feminine photos and Canata for his amazing energy and the life and wit he brings to photoshoots. I like gamers with bowl cut hairstyles such as Backho and Canata - it's a cute style. | ||
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Zurles
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[B] @zurles - I've always thought that euphemism sounded overly cute..... fo' real | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
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How much would we need to pay you and lilsusie to set up a progaming shop to sell international? ^^;; | ||
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NeverGG
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@kona - It's a tough choice between Canata, Jaedong and Backho. @Perguvious - I love cheese/chicken cutlet and also the fried goguma from the street stalls. Also anything with tofu here is awesome. | ||
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only.her0
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JANGBI MUST NOW BE KNOWN AS POLARBEARTOSS | ||
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On July 12 2009 19:22 only.her0 wrote: http://www.nevergg.com/images/fantaken/beathat.jpg JANGBI MUST NOW BE KNOWN AS POLARBEARTOSS He's already Chubbytoss. Also, why did he steal it from FBH  It's unfair knowing how bad he is at TvP. | ||
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d(O.o)a
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On July 12 2009 17:06 theobsessed1 wrote: Would you be able to take a photo of a progamer holding up an autograph addressed to me specifically? I already tried this unfortunately it's impossible . | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 12 2009 20:25 sArite_nite wrote: What do you see yourself doing 5 years down the road? TBH probably not the same things I'm doing right now (aka. Esports photography and English teaching.) It semi-depends upon how esports develops in the future, but I have a desire to go back home and study photography properly in the future. Teaching can be rewarding, but it is also very draining. | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 12 2009 20:37 Pholon wrote:
1) A very short one so he doesn't wander off and hump FlaSh's leg or something. 2) A trillion? 3) That's really sweet of you regardless of what you send. 4) I like pachi's range of nicknmes - neggy, neggs, neveregg, neggles. 5) Not really. Except when people call me niggles. 6) I like black and purple. 7) I'll make anyone pancakes (but then eat them myself.) 8) .............pics or it didn't happen. 9) Kill it with fire. 10) I actually don't get much chance to read here because english books are kind of pricey. I also prefered reading manga back home and I'm an avid fan of Junji Ito and Kazuya Minekura. 11) I have kind of weird taste, but for pure WTFery and awesomeness the alien, rock and roll zombie movie 'Wild Zero' from Japan is pretty cool. Also anything by Takashi Miike - especially his production run on the series Keitai Sousakan 7 is excellent. 12) Nice - it's so boring. | ||
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WHO WILL YOU GO AFTER TO TAKE PICTURES? | ||
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konadora
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Yellow painted himself all silver Oh god lol | ||
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AlwaysGG
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at first i thought ur name is some kind of forgg never_v_ id hybrid lol | ||
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NeverGG
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@MrHoon - LMAO. Aside from you just winning this thread. As long as I didn't crash the scooter because I cannot drive to save my life I think the epic irony of YellOw's color pallete just about decides who I'd be chasing after. @AlwaysGG - Actually when I chose my name I didn't even know ForGG/Never_v_ existed. It's a quote from one of FBH's pages in the 2008 team diaries 'Legends never GG.' | ||
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1. I hope its not asked, I just went fast past all the questions, so how you got in Korea, how long have you been there and what are your plans of staying there? 2. Are you interested in art in general or its only the photography? Do you draw, sing or play the piano for example? 3. What is the best looking thing designed / created by man ? It can be building, machine, everything... 4. What is your favorite two color combination, for example black/white lilla/yellow. Do you like colorful things or rather plain and simple 5. Do you want to find realization as photographer outside the things you are doing at the moment, or with other words do you want to be a photographer for a lifestyle or art magazine. Which one is your motivation - the progaming or the idea of making pictures? 6. When you presented the BackHo card in a clip on youtube, I thought you are speaking with lovely accent Are you from UK? | ||
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NeverGG
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@Ypang - I don't ask the progamers for photos. It is all organized via the coaching staff/management and myself. They are requested and then we do the shoot. @disciple - 1. I came over here via being recruited through university to teach english. I've been here for two years now and I'm not sure right now, but I think I will stay at least one more year. 2. I am a terrible artist, but I did enjoy studying it in school (although I failed my exams miserably because I spent most of my lessons experimenting with paint and ignoring the teachers' instructions.) I'm not musical at all, yet I love listening to music and I used to sing (I've done a couple of opera chorus events etc.) I enjoy architecture more than visiting art galleries and I find exterior art (such as nature.) more engrossing and pleasant to photograph than paintings or installations. 3. I adore cathedrals - I'm not religious in any sense, but the intricacy of their construction and the contrast between the delicacy and vibrant colors of strained glass versus the angles of carved stone makes for some really beautiful viewing. 4. I'm a color and textures junkie. They draw me in when I'm photographing things. I actually like the stark contrast between black and white. I'm hoping to do more b/w photography in the future. 5. I think my motivation is a little bit of both. I do find progaming inspiring on many levels and it's one of the main forces keeping me in Korea because it is such a unique opportunity to photograph something you cannot find anywhere else in the world. I do want to go back to University if possible in the future and actually study photography formally though. 6. Yes, I am British. I'm always surprised when people mention my accent, but I have noticed it sounds a lot stronger on film than it does to me! @clazziquai - I've visited Wonju (boring.) Busan - which has a gorgeous beach at Kwangahli and although it was super hot I'd love to go back and explore the more 'seaside' atmosphere. Also Seoul - I think I like it best here because there is such a wealth of urban things to do. I love shopping (although I hate clothes shopping.) and trying out new foods. Also I'm hoping to explore the more historical side during the Winter months. | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 13 2009 09:42 pubbanana wrote: I love the Next Top Model series. My favorite is Germany's Next Top Model (hosted by Heidi Klum) followed by Australia's Next Top Model. I guess my third favorite would be New Zealand's Next Top Model. As for America's Next Top Model, I only ever liked one season which I cannot recall right now (It was the season with Norelle Van Herk). What's your favorite Top Model series? I enjoy laughing at Britain's Next Top Model because in comparison to ANTM (or indeed most of the others.) it looks so cheap and tacky. I think my favourite is still ANTM because Jay Manuel's creative direction is always interesting and I actually quite like the combo of judges they have recently. Also the girls are so gorgeous and the photoshoots (which are why I watch it.) seem to get more ambitious and creative which each season. | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 13 2009 09:59 Leath wrote: when are you showing us a picture of yourself? As I've said before how I look is irrelevant to the photos I take and the work I do. However, here is a recent photo of myself at Susie's house at xmas. ![[image loading]](http://i26.tinypic.com/wvvpyx.jpg) | ||
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-Favorite actor/actress -Favorite novel/book/ or whatever -Favorite music group etc. | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 13 2009 11:49 ZeeTemplar wrote: - Ever been in love? -Favorite actor/actress -Favorite novel/book/ or whatever -Favorite music group etc. 1) That's hard to define. I'm not really sure tbh. 2) I mainly watch Korean movies so my favourite actors are Ryeo Deokhwan and Park Giwoong. As for actresses I like people like Helen Mirren who can deliver really strong portrayals of women and Jessica Alba because she is hot. 3) I actually love reading novelisations of bad movies - the last one I read was Spiderman 3. They're so easy to read and amusing. I also recently read Tablo's book and it is very inspiring. 4) Korean: Epik High/Big Bang and Super Junior. Outside of Korea: The Cranberries. | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
On July 13 2009 11:18 NeverGG wrote: As I've said before how I look is irrelevant to the photos I take and the work I do. However, here is a recent photo of myself at Susie's house at xmas. cute puppy | ||
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NeverGG
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That's Ruby, Susie's puppy and she is so, so cute! | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
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NeverGG
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@ Rekrul - As long as Jaedong is the zerg player in question so I can do more photo shoots with him. | ||
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On July 13 2009 11:18 NeverGG wrote: As I've said before how I look is irrelevant to the photos I take and the work I do. However, here is a recent photo of myself at Susie's house at xmas. thats the war3 commentator, are they french in any combination? they seem ... odd, are my instincts incorrect? | ||
lilsusie
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the war3 commentator IS french, yes. that's ex-progamer, ToD | ||
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PH
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Mine is usually just open, open up levels and curves for color correction/adjustment, get rid of any annoying artifacts (dust, flare (only try to, though...lens flare is stubborn), etc) that may be there and that's about it... Also...do you have a wide-angle lens? Most of your photos look very narrow and like they have a lot of depth of field. | ||
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Grobyc
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On July 13 2009 15:27 PH wrote: What does your photo post-processing workflow consist of? Mine is usually just open, open up levels and curves for color correction/adjustment, get rid of any annoying artifacts (dust, flare (only try to, though...lens flare is stubborn), etc) that may be there and that's about it... Also...do you have a wide-angle lens? Most of your photos look very narrow and like they have a lot of depth of field. Mine is about the same - it varies for interior and exterior shots because I can use flash for my photoshoots/the fan meetings so usually those photos need a lot less editing than the non-flash interior ones. Interior shots: ~ Resize (500px for landscape and 350-400px for portrait.) ~ Adjust brightness/contrast. ~ Adjust saturation if needed. ~ Use blur tool to smooth out any remaining noise. ~ Crop if needed. Exterior: ~ Resize (size depends upon shoot theme, but is usually around 600px) ~ Adjust levels. ~ Use blur tool on gamers if needed (for blemishes/dark circles etc.) ~ Sometimes post-editing involves adding titles, converting to B/W etc. I only have one lens for the Nikon (since my kit lens vanished about five months ago.) It's a 70-200mm lens so it's not suitable for wide angle sadly. Hence no team shots. I also prefer to shoot at certain angles due to lighting and being a left-handed photographer. | ||
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NeverGG
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LOL - I don't actually. My Dad was a very heavy smoker and it put me off for life. It is very cheap to smoke here (much cheaper than England.) but I still couldn't bring myself to do it. | ||
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PH
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On July 13 2009 15:49 NeverGG wrote: Mine is about the same - it varies for interior and exterior shots because I can use flash for my photoshoots/the fan meetings so usually those photos need a lot less editing than the non-flash interior ones. Interior shots: ~ Resize (500px for landscape and 350-400px for portrait.) ~ Adjust brightness/contrast. ~ Adjust saturation if needed. ~ Use blur tool to smooth out any remaining noise. ~ Crop if needed. Exterior: ~ Resize (size depends upon shoot theme, but is usually around 600px) ~ Adjust levels. ~ Use blur tool on gamers if needed (for blemishes/dark circles etc.) ~ Sometimes post-editing involves adding titles, converting to B/W etc. I only have one lens for the Nikon (since my kit lens vanished about five months ago.) It's a 70-200mm lens so it's not suitable for wide angle sadly. Hence no team shots. I also prefer to shoot at certain angles due to lighting and being a left-handed photographer. You resize before you edit? I hate doing that in case I need a larger size for whatever reason...which has happened to me in the past. T_T. I heard brightness/contrast and saturation tools work like filters...a layer above the actual photo. I have no idea if that's bad or not, but it sounded bad the way my old editor told me about it, so I stopped using anything but levels/curves for color...lol. Oh yeah...another question. When shooting in the OGN studio, what do you set your camera to? I'm thinking "P" on the dial and 400ISO? I like to shoot full manual, but the lighting changed fucking constantly due to all the lights flashing about, so I ended up giving up on that idea when I went to visit...lol. | ||
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Athos
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What was the most difficult cultural difference for you? What do you like most about Korea? What do you mean your university 'recruited you' to come to korea? | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 13 2009 16:28 PH wrote: You resize before you edit? I hate doing that in case I need a larger size for whatever reason...which has happened to me in the past. T_T. I heard brightness/contrast and saturation tools work like filters...a layer above the actual photo. I have no idea if that's bad or not, but it sounded bad the way my old editor told me about it, so I stopped using anything but levels/curves for color...lol. Oh yeah...another question. When shooting in the OGN studio, what do you set your camera to? I'm thinking "P" on the dial and 400ISO? I like to shoot full manual, but the lighting changed fucking constantly due to all the lights flashing about, so I ended up giving up on that idea when I went to visit...lol. I don't resize using the camera - I do it as the first step of editing using Ifranview on my laptop and keep the raw images saved to my HD for a few days incase I want to make a wallpaper or something. Yeah I use P, but the ISO is set to H1. I need to fuck about with the settings once the Canon is ready and find out what Mr.Kang uses to shoot his interior photos. | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 13 2009 17:04 Athos wrote: How long have you studied korean and how do people respond to you as a white person living in an eastern culture? What was the most difficult cultural difference for you? What do you like most about Korea? What do you mean your university 'recruited you' to come to korea? I don't really study Korean in my spare time. I tend to get taught the odd word by gamers/friends etc and then use Konglish most of the time. I do have a little phrase book that I'm trying to read on the subway journeys to and from work though. I think for me it's been the whole concept of certain ideas over here not being part of the cultural lexicon - such as vegetarianism. It's got to be Esports. It's basically why I didn't go home a long time ago. There are other good sides such as the food, architecture, shopping and friends, but for me esports is such an intergral part of my life here now. I basically answered an advert on my university's in-house mail service about teaching in Korea and a couple of weeks later I landed in Incheon. I'd just finished my BA in East Asian Studies (with a part time job in a comic shop during the last two years of my studies.) | ||
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Rekrul
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On July 13 2009 17:42 Vilda wrote: When did you first hear about Starcraft (before or after you went there to teach?) and do you actually play the game as well? How long have you been interested in photography? I first heard about it whilst channel surfing at my Canadian/Korean friend's house after I got to Korea. I try, but between teaching and photography I just don't really have time to game much (or the energy.) I used to do some random photography back home (mainly related to my hobby of sewing.) but I only used a digicam. It's only been since getting my first DSLR that I realised I love it. | ||
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Leath
Canada1724 Posts
On July 13 2009 11:18 NeverGG wrote: As I've said before how I look is irrelevant to the photos I take and the work I do. However, here is a recent photo of myself at Susie's house at xmas. Great! Thanks. =) I agree it may be irrelevant in some perspective, but I am sure many people would love to put a face to names. Mostly for curiosity. Because there are people in TL who are such a strong part of the community, we grow kind of attached and want to learn more about the person behind the screen ^_^ | ||
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Masamune
Canada3401 Posts
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PH
United States6173 Posts
What does H1 ISO setting mean? I'm not familiar with Nikons...at all. ): | ||
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NeverGG
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On July 13 2009 17:54 Rekrul wrote: whos better at sc u or susie do you still talk to carina Susie plays more than me so her. I do, but very rarely - she's out of the country so we don't get much chance to chat given the timezones. | ||
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On July 14 2009 06:59 PH wrote: Oh no, what I meant was that I hate having to process the same photo twice. I also never ever delete any of my photos (I have like more 10GB of photos right now...and an additional 15 I lost when my previous hard drive died T_T ). I edit at full resolution, then resize to whatever size I need (depending on where I'm posting it; if I'm doing a print, I usually just submit the full resolution). I've been fucked over when I tried to duplicate results of the post-processing when I needed a larger resolution for whatever reason. That shit is sooo frustrating...ugh. What does H1 ISO setting mean? I'm not familiar with Nikons...at all. ): Ah I get you now - yeah post-editing is the most annoying part of photography for me. Unless it's the photo shoot photos which I actually love editing so much. Not just because there are way less of them.) It's the top setting for ISO on my mdel of Nikon (aka. the least crappy level lol.) @MorningMusume11 - It really depends upon the individual. I'm pretty overly sensitive to things like that and d get really upset over people (like taxi drivers etc.) being rude. I've met some really nice people (foreigners and Koreans.) since I've been here, but it is often balanced out by people who are rude and sometimes racist. I'd say it's about 7/10 for me so far. I think it is easier to be accepted here if you fit a certain expectation at times. I don't fit it so I'm less accepted. (Also I'm not out-going in the slightest except maybe when I'm photographing things so I choose to be away from people a lot of the time which is no fault of anyone here.) | ||
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VarmVaffel
Norway378 Posts
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lilsusie
3861 Posts
On July 14 2009 10:01 VarmVaffel wrote: How are you? How's the weather where you are atm? I can answer the 2nd one for her. FUCKIN' RAIN. (Monsoon season) | ||
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On July 14 2009 10:01 VarmVaffel wrote: How are you? How's the weather where you are atm? Tired and a bit fed up because I hate Tuesdays. Yeah Susie is right - it's tipping it down (as we say in England.) I adore the rainy weather when I'm inside though. I just wish it was a little bit less humid. Roll on Winter! | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
On July 14 2009 12:21 Ilikestarcraft wrote: i just went outside to the dentist i came back with sponges as shoes -_- Ewh - once I braved the Seoul rain in flip flops....never again. | ||
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