@AJHenderson Woh...

@a_henderson yeah, it isn't my most upvoted answer, but it is up pretty high

my most upvoted is on IT Security with something like 136 upvotes

sometimes questions get featured on the side bar of other sites

and that can result in crazy high numbers of votes

@AJHenderson ah right, interesting. I think I was guessing folk searching for '24-70 Rockwell' or similar

@a_henderson possible, though it's probably unlikely to have been indexed highly that quickly

hmm, any idea how you got the facinating hat?

though I suppose that one really isn't much of a hat, more of a costume

@AJHenderson, indeed, apparently it's for "upvoting an answer that is accepted and has a score of at least 5."

@a_henderson fascinating

I was hoping they'd put one in that was pants on the head

to go with my gravitar

apparently I haven't made good enough friends yet with whoever it is that actually designs the hat or just haven't seen it yet if they did make one though

@AJHenderson Does advanced P&S like Sony RX-100 have off-flash sync or mirrorless at least is my bet?

@Boris_yo I'd be willing to hazard some advanced p&s probably have flash sync capability

I don't know about particular models though

@Leon hey, this is where chat is if you were having trouble finding it

Hello folks! I'm looking for advice from photographers, but it's not a stack exchange type advice question

hey there, what's up

I need to find a gift for my mother in law, and since she's been selling her photography at art shows and such for the last year I thought maybe something to go with that, but I have no idea

and when I google it, I get lists of equipment, but I literally have no idea

her website says "I use Canon digital cameras to produce my images and process them using Photoshop 6. My digital images are printed using a Hewlett-Packard Designjet Z3200 Photo inkjet printer with HP Pigment ink on Canson Infinity RAG Photographique, ultra smooth, pure white, 210 g/m2, acid free and optical brightener free archival paper designed for fine art inkjet prints."

how much are you willing to spend?

because she appears to be working at a level that it is going to be pricey to buy her anything that significantly helps out

@AJHenderson we spent $300 on my parents, so that neighborhood

yeah, you can't even buy her a set of ink cartridges

@AJHenderson lol

for her printer, a set of ink is probably around $600

perhaps I should look at some travel gear than, since she's traveling to art shows as far as CA from Houston

umm, maybe a memory card for the camera

or a display surface depending on what environment the shows are

but that would largely depend on if she already has display surfaces and how many memory cards she goes through

yeah, I'm not really sure, but my husband may know

there is unfortunately not a whole lot in the lower price range at the pro level. Even portable show backdrops get in to that kind of price range or higher

blah

most of the more typical options are already covered, for example, normally a color calibration device for the printer is a nice addon, but the printer she is using has one built in from the factory

even pro flashes are in the $400 + range

do all canon cameras use the same type of memory card, or do I need to find out specifically what hers takes

you'd need to figure out what her's takes

it could be CF or SD

or possibly both

my guess is she is shooting either a 5D series or a 1D series, so compact flash is likely a safe bet

okay, I'll look for something for traveling then I guess

but it isn't a guarentee

thanks for the help!

Cheers @AJHenderson!

and yeah, I don't see anything else that really is telling about her camera model on her site

oh

that is one thought

but again, you'd need to check more about her preferences, but camera cases for travel might also work depending on what she has now

those would be in your price range

@Zaralynda see above just in case you already left chat

@Leon hey

how's it going?

@AJHenderson oh, a bag?

@Zaralynda yeah, there are some nice travel options that could help with traveling, either a backpack if she doesn't have one yet (since I see it looks like she does a lot of outdoors shots) or possibly something she could use when traveling to shows to help better fit carryons (again assuming she doesn't already have something)

my husband (way amateur) has one of these that he likes smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BAX50G/r

traveling by air particularly is always a pain because you have to travel with much of your gear in the cabin because they won't let you put it in cargo

yeah I think so far they've driven to shows

ah

ok

but they've flown to some of the places she's taken pictures at

light modifiers might be another option, though for her style of photography, I'm not sure how much light modification she actually does

sorry, my brain is starting to work on thinking of what items are cheaper now

her personal collection has a ton of shots from south Africa, but I don't see them on her webpages

filters might also be another option

but that would require checking with her to see what filters she doesn't have that she would want

as that's more specific to the shooter

and if all else fails, a gift card to B&H is always a decent option too

@Leon btw, in regards to your question on castes in photography, I don't think there are caste's so much, but there are certainly different styles of shooter

B&H?

and some strong (and differing) opinions about the proper way to handle certain situations in professional capacities

@Zaralynda bhphotovideo.com

@AJHenderson oic!

them and Adorama are the two really big A/V/Photo stores

they have huge stores up in NYC and ship around the country

@Leon - as an example, I do wedding photography and I really don't like photographers that trample about as if they are the primary reason people are there and I'm a bit of a snob about staying out of people's way when I shoot, but then their perspective is that they need to get the best artistic shot possible and who cares what the impact is on the event itself

and there is probably a bit of a gradiation between those who are experienced shooters for events vs those who simply have some gear and go shooting an event without knowing the rest of the business

I wouldn't describe it as a caste though because it is more about choices and skills rather than being inherently better

more that we know what they don't know and that they are in over their heads and someone else is going to pay the price for their ignorance

and at another level, there is the fact that at the higher levels of photography, you start talking about differences in quality that the average person probably barely notices at all

@AJHenderson well, my sister hired a student for her wedding and all of the photos after the sun went down are a blurred disaster

@Zaralynda see, that isn't even what I'm talking about though, that's just a lack of technical skill

I'm talking about things like not being able to anticipate what is going to be important at the event

or not being able to put people at ease while taking the photos, or not being able to stay out of the way at key moments

things that have nothing to do with the technique of taking photos (or are at most tangental), but are key to making sure that you cover the event well

lots of people think that you just need a good camera, a good eye and good technique to shoot events, but it isn't actually that simple

and when you do events professionally and have seen enough people burned, there is a natural tendency to look down a bit on people that are doing things (even if out of ignorance) that you know are going to hurt others