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| Post 5,341 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 11:33 |
SB Smarthomes Super Member |
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On February 16, 2011 at 02:13, SOUND.SD said...
While there is no doubting the work and home are incredible (they are fantastic), I am calling BS (or should I say PS) on the daytime quality of the image. Not that you were trying to fool anyone here because we all know better but if you are achieving that image quality during the day than I am doing something wrong.
On that note, how do they watch during the day? As others have already pointed out, these photos are all heavily processed and were taken for use in my portfolio. In the process I'll usually take photos of other areas of the house and present these pictures as a gift to the client. There will be manually operated black out curtains over all the windows in this room, they just hadn't been installed yet when I took the photos. I'm scheduled back there in a couple weeks to redo the Audyssey Pro audio calibration once the curtains are up. Daytime viewing in this room is still adequate (high contrast screen)... here are some photos taken during the day with my iPhone showing the real screen image (right from the phone). These were posted back a few weeks ago. On January 7, 2011 at 19:39, SB Smarthomes said...
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| Post 5,342 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 11:38 |
SB Smarthomes Super Member |
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On February 16, 2011 at 05:37, SOUND.SD said...
Not to drag this into the dirt because I really was just messing around but I have read the link you keep referring to and I dont see where it says anything about the images on the screen. I wasn't sure myself so looked back and found where I mentioned it here... On January 29, 2011 at 10:53, SB Smarthomes said...
It's a combination of things... The photos are taken with multiple exposures on a tripod. These pictures were taken with 5-7 shots all bracketed 1 f-stop apart (my camera can do this automatically). I also use a hot light and occasionly a flash to eliminate some shadows. Once you have the bracketed exposures, they are sent into HDR software (I use Photomatrix) which creates an image with wide dynamic range. This is what makes an image closer to what your eye can actually see. The best example of this is being able to see the view out the windows. From here it goes to Photoshop for additional work to crop, correct verticals & color, sharpen, add TV images, etc. In some cases, the HDR software doesn't do a good job with the windows and I pick the photo with the best exposure for the view out the window and then layer multiple images in photoshop. This takes more time, but can provide a better result. It's a fairly involved process and takes time. At this job I spent almost 3 hours setting up and taking the photos and then another 3-4 hours processing the images. Here's a picture of the setup:   |
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| Post 5,343 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 11:54 |
SB Smarthomes Super Member |
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Below is an example of what I would print to give to the client along with the digital files. I print them at 16" x20". I usually make extra copies for the architect, interior designer, builder, etc. Everyone loves having good quality photos of their work and it creates a lot of good will which also results in strong referrals. I'm lucky to have photography as a hobby. It's time consuming (usually 3-4hrs on-site and then about twice that long to process), but if I didn't do it myself, I probably couldn't afford to hire a pro. 
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| Post 5,344 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 13:30 |
Mr. Stanley Elite Member |
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On February 15, 2011 at 15:25, Indigo said...
If I were you, I'd rather have a St. Pauli's girl... Uh oh, she's back! Drama drama!
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
Frank Lloyd Wright
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| Post 5,345 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 15:59 |
In between service calls so I finished another blog. Totally should photoshop my photos but I don't have that much time so I 'improved' one photo to see and the results didn't seem worth doing to all the photos. Maybe someday when I don't have my tools on I can take the time... The new blog, minor shot at Best Buy, can't help it.
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| Post 5,346 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 16:52 |
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Today I assembled the most thorough quote ever and know I forget something, aaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!! I hate the feeling of something has to have been left out.
Crestron has a part number for every single screw, its amazing. ;)
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| Post 5,347 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 17:41 |
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On February 16, 2011 at 16:52, longshot16 said...
Today I assembled the most thorough quote ever and know I forget something, aaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!! I hate the feeling of something has to have been left out.
Crestron has a part number for every single screw, its amazing. ;) Ever send out a quote and forget a really expensive part (like $12,000)... just asking!!
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
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| Post 5,348 made on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 17:54 |
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On February 16, 2011 at 17:41, Mr. Stanley said...
Ever send out a quote and forget a really expensive part (like $12,000)... just asking!! $12k is crazy but I think we could argue that. I hate the $65 dollars parts that start to add up.
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| Post 5,349 made on Thursday February 17, 2011 at 12:42 |
Middle Atlantic parts can get out of hand, I just started bundling and adding in some extra misc. to cover all the tiny parts I was tired of trying to include in quotes. Meanwhile, yet another project blog (I won't keep this pace going, should be busier next week) The 'C' project and the dreaded 'I own a Bose surround sound, please connect it' scenario.
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| Post 5,350 made on Thursday February 17, 2011 at 16:04 |
Mr. Stanley Elite Member |
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SB - Nice camera gear, dude!
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
Frank Lloyd Wright
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| Post 5,351 made on Friday February 18, 2011 at 04:14 |
Steve Hutch Long Time Member |
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On February 16, 2011 at 17:41, Mr. Stanley said...
Ever send out a quote and forget a really expensive part (like $12,000)... just asking!! I was up until 11.30 last night working on a proposal, arose again at 5.00am to finish it, emailed to customer, and then realised at about 11.00am that I had forgotten to mention how much the prewire would cost or the labour to install all the equipment. I think I need some sleep........
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| Post 5,352 made on Friday February 18, 2011 at 06:35 |
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On February 18, 2011 at 04:14, Steve Hutch said...
I was up until 11.30 last night working on a proposal, arose again at 5.00am to finish it, emailed to customer, and then realised at about 11.00am that I had forgotten to mention how much the prewire would cost or the labour to install all the equipment. I think I need some sleep........ I finished the aforementioned proposal and waited to sent it in the morning assuming I left something out. Next morning I added all of the RCA connectors (over 100), lacer bars, and the AVR rackmount kit. ;) Sent it Realized I forgot the custom engraving on the touch panels........Dang it!
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| Post 5,353 made on Friday February 18, 2011 at 09:46 |
cjoneill Select Member |
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Have you guys thought about keeping a check list of common parts needed for jobs that you go over before sending out proposals?
CJ
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| Post 5,354 made on Friday February 18, 2011 at 09:55 |
longshot16 Super Member |
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On February 18, 2011 at 09:46, cjoneill said...
Have you guys thought about keeping a check list of common parts needed for jobs that you go over before sending out proposals?
CJ Of course I have prepackaged "groups" for this sort of thing exactly but its still a living process and constantly needs attention.
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| Post 5,355 made on Saturday February 19, 2011 at 23:15 |
phil Founding Member |
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I went to the Tea Party(Tea BAGGERS for you pablum pukers) rally in Madison today.  There were some anti governer Walker signs,  Some pro governor Walker signs,  But the best sign was this one! 
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