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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 3193" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>I recommended the 85mm f/1.8 for indoor shooting and it's almost as expensive as the 70-300 VRii. The 70-300 will be great for outdoor and very close up shots. Two very different lenses for very different styles of shooting. </p><p></p><p>Paint Shop Digital Pro X3 is made by Corel, Inc. and right now now you can get it for $59.99 on sale. It's a good program and works well. It also has the RAW Converter you will need to shoot in Nikon NEF (RAW). Lightroom III has more features and has a more sophisticated photo editing system. But of course you pay more for it. You can down load both the Paint Shop and Lightroom programs for a 30 day free trial. I recommend doing so to determine which one you want to use. </p><p></p><p>Photoshop is more oriented to the graphic artist and it can do all the photo editing you want. But it is very complex to use with a very steep learning curve and runs in the $600 range. If you want to look at what Photoshop can do download the 30 day free trial of PSE8, Photo Shop Elements. It's a pared down version of Photoshop. These programs have very poor photo management systems. They are primarily for photo editing and graphic arts. </p><p></p><p>I keep harping on photo management. The first thing you need to learn is to organize, store, and manage your photo files. Organizing one or two thousand photos when you first start out is not much of a problem. But can you find a particular photo you remember taking three years ago out of the 20,000 or more you have on your computer? Being an active photographer over the years you will accumulate more than that. Also losing a couple of thousand photos because you didn't have the proper and well thought out photo management system in place can be heart breaking. Photo organization and management first then editing. You can always go back and edit pictures even years later but you can't do that with pictures you've lost or can't find.</p><p></p><p>You also need to start out with a good storage and back up system. You can buy an external 500 GB hard drive for about $80-$90. Whether it's the internal HD on your computer or an external they have a bad habit of going bad at almost any time. You need to have your photos stored in at least two places. Once on your computer and again on an external hard drive. Also consider storing on DVD's. If properly stored a DVD is good for about 10 years. Event photographers, like for weddings, use DVD's. Once they have made the "sale" they may not have to access the pictures for many years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 3193, member: 654"] I recommended the 85mm f/1.8 for indoor shooting and it's almost as expensive as the 70-300 VRii. The 70-300 will be great for outdoor and very close up shots. Two very different lenses for very different styles of shooting. Paint Shop Digital Pro X3 is made by Corel, Inc. and right now now you can get it for $59.99 on sale. It's a good program and works well. It also has the RAW Converter you will need to shoot in Nikon NEF (RAW). Lightroom III has more features and has a more sophisticated photo editing system. But of course you pay more for it. You can down load both the Paint Shop and Lightroom programs for a 30 day free trial. I recommend doing so to determine which one you want to use. Photoshop is more oriented to the graphic artist and it can do all the photo editing you want. But it is very complex to use with a very steep learning curve and runs in the $600 range. If you want to look at what Photoshop can do download the 30 day free trial of PSE8, Photo Shop Elements. It's a pared down version of Photoshop. These programs have very poor photo management systems. They are primarily for photo editing and graphic arts. I keep harping on photo management. The first thing you need to learn is to organize, store, and manage your photo files. Organizing one or two thousand photos when you first start out is not much of a problem. But can you find a particular photo you remember taking three years ago out of the 20,000 or more you have on your computer? Being an active photographer over the years you will accumulate more than that. Also losing a couple of thousand photos because you didn't have the proper and well thought out photo management system in place can be heart breaking. Photo organization and management first then editing. You can always go back and edit pictures even years later but you can't do that with pictures you've lost or can't find. You also need to start out with a good storage and back up system. You can buy an external 500 GB hard drive for about $80-$90. Whether it's the internal HD on your computer or an external they have a bad habit of going bad at almost any time. You need to have your photos stored in at least two places. Once on your computer and again on an external hard drive. Also consider storing on DVD's. If properly stored a DVD is good for about 10 years. Event photographers, like for weddings, use DVD's. Once they have made the "sale" they may not have to access the pictures for many years. [/QUOTE]
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