Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
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Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby damnhor2 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:05 am
Hey guys, well, first off let me say I'm new to this forum.
My name is Amit and I am 26 years old. I am from ISRAEL.
And I'm sorry to start off like this, but I have been searching for something and can't quite find it, so I thought you guys could help me :)
I want to print a few surf related pictures to decorate my room. I need them to be in ULTRA HI-RES so they would come out professional and I was thinking something in this direction:
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It's a shame I don't have that one in high res...
Anyway, any suggestions?
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby RJD » Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:43 am
How about you checkout one of the stock photography sites ?
What kind of surf pics are you after, arty, close in shortboarding breaking moves, longboarding, scenic?
http://www.acclaimimages.com/search_terms/surfing.html
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http://www.surfimages.com/
etc
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby damnhor2 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:36 am
Thanks for the link man, but all the pictures in those websites are for sale, and for mad money!
I don't wanna pay for pics, that's why I'm printing at home :)
Any other suggestions?
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby essex sucks » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:32 pm
the only way u will do it if u don't want to pay for it is to take the pic yourself 9 out of 10 pics on the net are not at high res so no good for printing big
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby damnhor2 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:09 pm
I'm talking about an A4 page, not a poster...
Plus, they want like $200 a pic on those sites...
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby RJD » Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:19 pm
Then find a cheaper site or take one yourself.
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby damnhor2 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:34 am
Ok..., I was hoping to get maybe some other kind of help.
You know, since we all love surfing I thought each user could maybe post a picture or two, I didn't expect to get "Then find a cheaper site or take one yourself." That's not very helpful or friendly now is it?!
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby RJD » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:21 am
You havnt even said what type of surfing pic you are after.
You come on here and offer nothing except 'I want' as your first post expecting something free.
You know it takes a lot of effort, time and expensive equipment to get good surf photos - and it doesnt seem like you can even be bothered looking through flickr etc (check out creative commons licence pics there).
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby phillwilson » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:34 pm
hi damnhor2,
have you thought about making a collage of smaller images ? thought you could grab whatever photos you could get hold of that inspire you and arrange them in an artistic way on one board, or assemble it in photoshop or similar if you have that type of programme and knowledge.
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby damnhor2 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:13 pm
Oh, I am sorry, I thought the image was in the first thread...
I am looking for pictures like this:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_kdM3_2Dn32I/Rjg ... +Point.jpg
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby damnhor2 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:14 pm
Phillwilson, that is a nice idea however I want to decorate a few walls, each with 2-3 pictures.
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Re: Need your help with Surf-Points pics :)
Postby tomcat360 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:46 pm
Buy a poster. They're like 20 bucks.
Bottom line is if you want a professonial photo you need to pay for it. As I am trying to get into the photo industry, there is nothing you can do more to piss off a photographer than ask for their work for free. You wouldn't expect someone to shape you a board for free, including free materials. You're asking a photographer who has invested tens of thousands of dollars in gear and thousands of hours to their art to then do it for free. Not cool.
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