Survey

[MarkBarbieri]

These questions are in regards to you normal or most common shooting.

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S?
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG?
3) What post processing software do you use?
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use?
5) What lens do you use the most?
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most?
7) Do you usually use a UV filter?
8) What is your primary online hosting site?
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun?
10) Do you scrapbook?
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot?
12) What is your favorite subject?
13) What is your favorite photography book?
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level?

 

[JoeDif]

1) DSLR
2) RAW
3) Lightroom, Topaz Adjust & Detail, Paint Shop Pro
4) Av about 75%
5) Sigma 18-50 f/2.8
6) Olympus OM 50mm f/1.8
7) No
8) SmugMug
9) No but I've decided to put some serious effort into making some $$, although not as a primary income source
10) No
11) Tie - Eastern State Penitentiary and Philly Zoo
12) Landscape but want to start concentrating on street photography / people
13 ) Joe McNally - The Hot Shoe Diaries (currently reading it for the 3rd time)
14) I'd like to think experienced.

 

[annnewjerz]

1) DSLR
2) RAW
3) Photoshop Elements, although I'm in the market for Lightroom
4) A
5) Used to be the Sigma 30/1.4 but recently it's the Nikon 85/1.8
6) Lensbaby
7) No
8) SmugMug
9) I make a little money from my photography
10) No
11) I agree with Joe, the Philly Zoo is a lot of fun
12) My pets
13) Undecided
14) Somewhat-experienced

 

[Gianna'sPapa]

1)DSLR
2)RAW + JPEG
3)PSE 8 w/ Topaz DeNoise5
4)Av except when at racetrack then Tv
5)Sigma 28-70 f2.8
6)Sigma 70-200 f2.8 HSM
7)No
8)Flickr pro
9)Just do it for fun
10)No, but the DW claims to.
11)Chicagoland Speedway or any other race track.
12)Auto Racing
13)Kelby's PSE8
14)Somewhat experienced.

 

[littlekidagain]

1) DSLR
2) Both
3) ACDSEE PRO 3
4) AV mostly
5) Sigma 24-70 f/2.8
6) Pentax DA 55-300
7) Yes
8) Pbase & Zenfolio
9) Little money ,Much more for fun
10) NO
11) Around the Philadelphia Art Museum (I can't wait to go back to Eastern State Penitentiary)
12) My Dog
13) Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Vol. 1,2&3
14) Somewhat Experienced

 

[VVFF]

These questions are in regards to you normal or most common shooting.

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? Have both a 50D and S95, I use the 50D whenever I can
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? RAW
3) What post processing software do you use? LR3 and PS when necessary
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? Normally Av, M when using a flash
5) What lens do you use the most? Depends where I am, 17-55mm so far, just got a 35L that should be sharing the spotlight now. But if I'm shooting macro obviously my 100L
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? 100L
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? Only on the 17-55mm as it tends to keep the lens cleaner and its a protective filter as a UV filter serves no purpose
8) What is your primary online hosting site? Flickr
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? I've been offered money for prints but never accepted
10) Do you scrapbook? That's DF's job
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? I'll shoot anything
12) What is your favorite subject? I enjoy landscapes and macro, but as said I enjoy shooting almost anything
13) What is your favorite photography book? Never read a book, only online articles and a few magazines
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? Experienced. I would want to get much more experience in portraits both full body and typical headshots before calling myself a pro at all.

 

[MOmousefan]

1. Both
2. JPG
3. PSE 8
4. P
5. 18-24 on DSLR
6. Same
7. Yes
8. Photobucket
9. None
10. No
11. Family
12. Family
13. Any Dummies book
14. Novice

 

[photo_chick]

1) Mainly a DSLR but I've been known to use anything.
2) RAW with my DSLR
3) Photoshop CS5, Lightroom and sometimes Bibble
4) Av, Tv or M depending on what I need to do
5) an old 28-105
6) my trusty 28-105
7) NO.
8) Smugmug
9) I make some money
10) Yes
11) Wherever my kids are
12) My kids
13) Photography by Upton and London
14) Pro, novice, etc.. are such loaded terms. How about educated and fairly seasoned while acknowledging I still have things to learn.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLR
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? RAW
3) What post processing software do you use? Lightroom 3 and PS CS5
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? Av
5) What lens do you use the most? 70-200mm f/2.8 IS
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? 70-200mm f/2.8 IS
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? No
8) What is your primary online hosting site? Smugmug
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? I make about $200/year from prints ordered from Smugmug. That's split evenly between strangers ordering scrapbook shots and friends ordering shots from photo shoots.
10) Do you scrapbook? No. I'd like to, but it's not high enough on the priority list.
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? I don't really have one.
12) What is your favorite subject? My kids, landscapes, other people's kids - particularly girls.
13) What is your favorite photography book? There's no one book that I love. There are many that I like a lot.
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? Somewhere in the experienced to semi-pro range.

 

[Rental01]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLR
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? RAW
3) What post processing software do you use? Lr3 & Ps CS2
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? Av
5) What lens do you use the most? All I have is the kit lens: 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? Same for obvious reasons
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? Yes
8) What is your primary online hosting site? My own site for specific images, but SmugMug for the rest
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? I'd like to make a little money from it but I'm still building a portfolio now.
10) Do you scrapbook? No
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? There are a couple local parks around that I shoot at most often.
12) What is your favorite subject? Portraits, but I love architecture
13) What is your favorite photography book? I've not read one
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? Still an novice but gaining experience

 

[C&B Young]

Great topic, Mark!!!

1) DSLR
2) 70% JPG, 30% RAW
3) Post processing - Mostly Lightroom, Photoshop Elements when needed
4) Exposure mode - varies. Mostly Av/Tv
5) Lens most used- Lately Tamron 17-50
6) Lens I enjoy the most - Tokina 11-16. Still learning, but lots of fun
7) No UV filter. Lens hood yes.
8) My website is on Smugmug
9) Don't earn a living with photography. Won a bit in photography competitions at fall fairs this year, which I'll put towards new glass.
10) Used to scrapbook, can't find the time for it lately. Still have to complete our Disney scrapbook from 2 trips ago!
11) Besides Disney, like to shoot close to home.
12) Favorite subject is macro & nature close-ups
13) Favorite photography book? Don't read much lately, but have a few by Scott Kelby and Bryan Peterson
14) Somewhat experienced... but way more to learn still!

 

[AndrewWG]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLR
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? RAW
3) What post processing software do you use? LR2 & PSE
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? AV 70% and M 30%
5) What lens do you use the most? Tamron 17-50
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? Canon 100mm f2.8L macro
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? never
8) What is your primary online hosting site? zenfolio
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? hooked up with a local newspaper this year and earn enough to keep this hobby going as their primary photographer
10) Do you scrapbook? no
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? beaches/woods
12) What is your favorite subject? nature
13) What is your favorite photography book? no real favorite at this time
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? experienced with much more to learn still

 

[bostran1]

1. DSLR
2. RAW
3. Aperture and Photoshop
4. AV
5. 17-85 IS
6. 50mm 1.8
7. heck no
8. Flickr and MobileMe
9. Just do photography for fun
10. Nope, I do video slideshows and am working on books through Aperture
11. Nature landscapes in Massachusetts
12. Nature
13. Understanding Exposure
14. Experienced.

 

[Code]

1) DSLR
2) RAW
3) LR3, PS CS5
4) Av
5) Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8
6) Sigma 30mm f/1.4
7) No
8) Personal-Smugmug, Disney-Flickr
9) No
10) No
11) Anywhere my family is
12) My kids
13) The Moment it Clicks
14) Experienced

 

[ukcatfan]

1) DSLR
2) RAW
3) Bibble Pro and PSP
4) Av
5) SMC-DA 18-55mm (kit lens)
6) SMC-FA 50mm f/1.4
7) What is a UV filter?
8) Photobucket and Facebook
9) Never made a penny!
10) Nope
11) Anywhere my kids are
12) See #11
13) Understanding Exposure
14) somewhat experienced

 

[Chikabowa]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLR
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? RAW
3) What post processing software do you use? Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? Manual
5) What lens do you use the most? 70-200 f2.8
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? 70-200 f2.8
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? Yes. I am a complete klutz and bang my lenses on everything. I've broken more filters than I like to admit.
8) What is your primary online hosting site? Zenfolio and Flickr
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? It pays my mortgage and feeds my children, in other words, it's how I earn a living.
10) Do you scrapbook? No.
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? I can't really name one particular location because new stuff comes along in my head all the time. But I love shooting out on the beach.
12) What is your favorite subject? People, generally. Especially my own kids.
13) What is your favorite photography book? I think every person who wants to take pictures should read Understanding Exposure. One of the best starting spots in my opinion.
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? Pro.

 

[MICKEY88]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLRs
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? RAW
3) What post processing software do you use? Sony Image Date Litebox, Sony Image Data Converter, Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3,{Topaz Bundle} Portrait Professional Studio 9, Fxhome PhotoKey 3 Pro
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? A
5) What lens do you use the most? Minolta 28-75 2.8
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? Minolta 28-75 2.8
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? Never
8) What is your primary online hosting site? Zenfolio
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? Pay for some of my gear, pay for WDW trips. It's always fun, I accept or decline job offers based on whether or not I think they will be fun.
10) Do you scrapbook? No
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? Location doesn't matter when I'm shooting my favorite subject.
12) What is your favorite subject? Women13) What is your favorite photography book? Don't have one.
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level?

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLR
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? JPEG right now, my computer just can't handle the RAW files. SLOW.
3) What post processing software do you use? Capture NX2, trying to learn lightroom and CS4, but it's slow.
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? M
5) What lens do you use the most? Nikkor 55-200 or my 35mm
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? 35
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? no
8) What is your primary online hosting site? I've just used photobucket up until now, I don't upload that many shots.
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? Purely for the love of it. I did get a free bridesmaid dress for being the photographer in my friend's wedding...that was quite a day! shew!
10) Do you scrapbook? no
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? there's somewhere other than Disney????
12) What is your favorite subject? people. I can't get enough of them, love capturing a feeling in someone's face.
13) What is your favorite photography book? Understanding Exposure
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? Meh...I'm experienced enough to know that I don't know everything.

 

[Pugrpooh]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLR
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? Both
3) What post processing software do you use? Lightroom 3 and PSe7
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? P and also A
5) What lens do you use the most? ZD 12-60 f/2.8--4.0
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? ZD 50mm f/2.0
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? No
8) What is your primary online hosting site? Smugmug
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? No
10) Do you scrapbook? No
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? Family, parks, landscape
12) What is your favorite subject? My children, soon it will be my first grandchild
13) What is your favorite photography book? Right now it's Scott Kelby's Lightroom 3 because it's helping me learn LR so much better than if I tried it on my own.
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? Somewhat experienced

 

[Gdad]

1) Do you use a DSLR or P&S? DSLR
2) Do you shoot RAW or JPG? RAW
3) What post processing software do you use? CS3
4) What exposure mode (Auto, P, Av, Tv, M, Bulb) do you most often use? Av
5) What lens do you use the most? 28mm f1.4
6) What lens do you enjoy using the most? 28mm f1.4
7) Do you usually use a UV filter? No
8) What is your primary online hosting site? Flickr
9) Do you earn a living from photography? At least pay for your photo gear with your photography? Make a little money from photography? Just do it for fun? Fun
10) Do you scrapbook? Lord no
11) Aside from Disney Theme Parks, what is your favorite place to shoot? Smoky Mountians
12) What is your favorite subject? Family
13) What is your favorite photography book? Any of those old 'A Day in the Life of ___' books
14) Do you consider your photography skill level to be novice, somewhat experienced, experienced, semi-pro, pro level? Experienced